| I. Types of dwellings |
- 1. public building
- 2. dwelling house
- 3. mansion
- 4. weekend house
- 5. block of flats
- 6. multi-storey block of flats
- 7. sky-scraper
- 8. palace
- 9. castle
- 10. barracks
- 11. flat/apartment
- 12. penthouse
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- 13. studio
- 14. permanent / temporary residence
- 15. top floor
- 16. two-storeyed house
- 17. semi-detached cottage
- 18. ranch
- 19. condominium
- 20. villa
- 21. bungalow
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| II. House Parts |
- 1. nurcery
- 2. study
- 3. living room / sitting room
- 4. dining room
- 5. bedroom
- 6. bathroom
- 7. lounge
- 8. kitchen
- 9. pantry
- 10. attic
- 11. roof
- 12. loft
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- 13. basement
- 14. balcony
- 15. chimney
- 16. French window
- 17. front door
- 18. door lock
- 19. spy-hole
- 20. front steps
- 21. staircase landing
- 22. porch
- 23. veranda
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| III. Premises and Outhouse |
- 1. yard
- 2. lawn
- 3. orchard
- 4. garden
- 5. lawn
- 6. sward
- 7. flower-bed
- 8. fence
- 9. hedge
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- 10. path
- 11. pond
- 12. well
- 13. summer house
- 14. green-house
- 15. two-car garage
- 16. tool shed
- 17. pavement
- 18. summer house
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- IV. House fittings and accommodations
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- 1. modern conveniences: electricity, cold and hot running water, gas, central heating
- 2. washing machine
- 3. ironing table
- 4. dishwasher
- 5. vacuum cleaner
- 6. fridge
- 7. cooker / gas-stove / electric stove
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- 8. radio
- 9. stereo
- 10. music centre
- 11. reading/standing/wall lamp
- 12. telephone
- 13. toilet
- 14. lift
- 15. chute
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| V, Furniture |
- 1. bed / divan-bed
- 2.sofa
- 3.chair
- 4.arm-chair
- 5.dressing stool
- 6.table / desk
- 7.dressing table
- 8.TV stand
bookcase / cupboard / wardrobe |
- 9.mirror
- 10. carpet / rug / mat
- 11. curtain
- 12. stool
- 13. cabinet / bedside cabinet
- 14. wall-furniture
- 15. swite
- 16. unit(s)
TV set |
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- 1. To be situated / located
- 2. to live in the country / in town
- 3. to live in the centre / in the suburbs / on the outskirts of
- 4.
- 5. to live in a two-room flat
- 6. to be in a good/ bad location
- 7. to be in a safe/dangerous place for living
- 8. residential street
- 9. to be a long way from
- 10. to be … kilometers from the town centre
- 11. to be quite near public transport / the tube station
- 12. to be next to the park
- 13. a good-sized room
- 14. high / low ceilings
- 15. to lead into (about doors)
- 16. to face south / north
- 17. to look out into
- 18. to overlook (the sea)
- 19. to move into / to move out / to move from / to move back to
- 20. to move house
- 21. to decorate
- 22. to furnish (a flat)
- 23. to be chosen to match the style of the house (about furniture)
- 24. a well-furnished flat
- 25. to rent a room / a house
- 26. to buy a flat
- 27. to share a room
- 28. to have one’s own room
- 29. a single room
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- 30. to trespass
- 31. to live next door to smb
- 32. to keep the house
- 33. to keep things in order
- 34. to do jobs around the house
- 35. to tidy up
- 36. messy/untidy
- 37. to sweep the floor
- 38. to iron
- 39. to polish
- 40. to dust
- 41. to air
- 42. to wash up
- 43. to empty garbage pail
- 44. to paint a door white
- 45. to paper the walls
- 46. to whitewash the ceiling
- 47. to tile the bathroom
- 48. to heat the house
- 49.
- 50. to be in good repair
- 51. to be in need of repair
- 52. to fix the tap
- 53. to screw in a bulb
- 54. to ring the bell
- 55. to answer the door bell
- 56. to answer the telephone
- 57. to switch off/on the light
- 58. a well-planned house
- 59. to be on the first floor
- 60. to be on the ground floor
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- VII. Proverbs and idiomatic expressions
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- 1. An Englishman’s home is his castle.
- 2. There is no place like home.
- 3. East or west, home is best.
- 4. to keep open house
- 5. to make smb feel at home
- 6 to feel at home
- 7. to come to one’s place
- 8. to make oneself at home
- 9. to be homesick
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