14.5 Living In a Flat

Question 1

Pros and cons

Answer 1

The advantage and the disadvantage of something

Question 2

Secure

Answer 2

Safe from attack, harm or damage

Question 3

Prone to sth

Answer 3

Likely be affected by sth, often sth bad

Question 4

Be located

Answer 4

If sth is located in a particular place, it exists there or has been put there

Question 5

Handy

Answer 5

Located in convenient place

Question 6

Level

Answer 6

A floor of a building

Question 7

The disabled

Answer 7

People who can not use a part of their body properly

Question 8

The elderly

Answer 8

A polite word for ‘old people’

Question 9

Hassle

Answer 9

Informal

A situation that annoys you or cause you problems

Question 10

Upkeep

Answer 10

The work needed to keep sth in good condition

SYN Maintenance

Question 11

Service charge

Answer 11

Money that people in flats pay for the repair and management of the building

Question 12

Considerable

Answer 12

Quite large

SYN significant

Question 13

Irritation

Answer 13

The feeling of being annoyed

Question 14

Soundproofed

Answer 14

Design to stop sound from entering or leaving

Question 15

Restriction

Answer 15

A rule or law that limits what you can do

Question 16

Lease

Answer 16

A legal agreement to rent or own a property for a particular period of time

Question 17

Own sth

Answer 17

If you own sth, it is yours, it belongs to you (= you are the owner)

Question 18

High-rise

Answer 18

Very tall and with a lot of floors

Question 19

In case of sth

Answer 19

If sth happens