apartment -
balcony -
basement - ,
be adjacent to smth.-
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be cramped for space -
be short of light -
bedsitter (bedsitting room) - -
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bedspread -
blind -
bookcase -
building -
bunk bed -
camp bed
carpet -
ceiling -
cellar - ,
chandelier -
chest of drawers -
closet - ,
coat rack -
coffee table -
conservatory -
convenience -
cooker hood -
corridor -
cottage - ,
country - house
cover with dust sheets - ( )
cover -
crammed up with things -
cupboard - ,
curtain -
curtain-rail -
cushion -
dinner set -
do the decorating -
drawing room -
dressing stool -
dwelling
estate agent -
fence -
fitted carpet -,
flight of stairs -
flush - toilet
freezer
fridge
front of the house -
floor (parquet, polished) - (, )
furnish -
furniture -
garage -
geyser -
hall -
hangings - ,
hedge -
hearth -
home - ,
houseplant -
housewarming party -
interior -
kitchen -
landlord -
lavatory -
let a flat -
lift -
linoleum -
living room
lounge -
manor -
mansion -
mat - ,
mixer tap - ,
mortgage - , (
)
move in/to - ,
move the furniture around -
nursery -
one/two...-room flat - /
one/two...- storeyed house - /-
oven -
papered -
parquet -
passage -
patterned -
pillow -
pillow-case -
plain - ( )
pull back the curtain
put up the curtains (take down ~)
( ~)
quilt -
radiator - ,
real estate agency -
refrigerator -
refuse-chute -
renovate - , ,
repair -
rent a flat -
rug -
running water -
self-contained flat -
semi-detached house -
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share a room with smb.
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sheet -
shift -
shoe-rack -
show the dirt -
single bed -
sink - ( )
sky-scraper -
sewing-machine -
spyhole -
stack chairs -
standard lamp-
statuette -
stereosystem -
stool -
storeroom -
stove - ,
study -
sun-porch -
tap -
tea set -
tenant - ,
TV set -
upholstery -
utensil - ,
wall lamp -
wall-paper -
toilet -
upholstered furniture -
threshold -
tiled -
wall units -
wardrobe -
washing machine -
washable wallpaper -
water supply -
whitewash n. ; v. ,
window-sill -
yard -
Conversational Formulas:
Do you live in a house or a block of flats? ?
I've just had my flat repaired. () .
Their flat is well furnished. .
We moved to another flat. 1) .
2) .
I live at 15 Gogol Street. 15 .
I live on the fourth floor. .
X. Make up statements or questions for which the following could serve as response. Use the words and expressions suggested below:
a room in a mess; bad housing conditions; an untidy kitchen; a cosy smartly furnished room; a room crammed with furniture; a room with a lack of furniture; an old room (with old furniture) that needs redecoration; getting about the house; using a lift.
1.
Yes, dear, you're right. The place is in an awful mess. I'll get around to things first.
2.
Yes, the repairs should be done, but we can't do them ourselves. Wait till the spring and let's have the repairmen in.
3.
I think I've had enough of that endless description of your friend's home.
4.
On the contrary, I think their flat is bare to the point of emptiness!
5.
You see, there was something wrong with the lift and I had to.
6.
Yes, there's something in what you say, but still it was a pleasant house to stay in.
7.
No wonder! The place has not been redecorated for years.
8.
I see you're not much of a house-wife! Let me help you a bit.
9.
Yes, the telephone doesn't help you to get things done, does it?
10.
Now I see you've got your bearings in the house!
