house Flashcards
terrace
/ˈterəs/[countable]
*a flat, hard area, especially outside a house or restaurant, where you can sit, eat and enjoy the sun
1. Close to the villa is a big pool with a sun terrace around it.
2. The view from the roof terrace is spectacular.
3. All rooms have a balcony or terrace.
utility room
uˈtility ˌroom noun [countable]
a room in a house where washing machines, freezers etc are kept
1. On the ground floor one bay would serve as an entrance and utility room, with a stair to the first floor.
move to somewhere
نقل مکان کردن
1.When are you moving to Memphis?
2. Some houseboats can be moved to other parts of the river.
one house
تاکید بر تلفظ
/haʊs/
two houses
تاکید بر تلفظ
(plural houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/)
housing
تاکید بر تلفظ
ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ ●●○ W2 noun
*the houses or conditions that people live in
1. health problems caused by bad housing
2. Our country has a huge housing problem.
spacious
/ˈspeɪʃəs/ ●●○ adjective
*a spacious house, room etc is large and has plenty of space to move around in OPP cramped
1. a spacious living area
cramped
/kræmpt/ ●○○ adjective
**a cramped room, building etc does not have enough space for the people in it → crowded
1. The kitchen was small and cramped.
2. a cramped apartment
3.The troops slept in cramped conditions with up to 20 in a single room.
balcony
/ˈbælkəni/ ●●○ noun (plural balconies) [countable]
*a structure that you can stand on, that is attached to the outside wall of a building, above ground level
1. It has two large balconies.
2. Has your flat got a balcony?
3.The twin bedded rooms have private shower-rooms, and some have a balcony.
five-bedroom
1.It is a five-bedroom house.’
2. It has five bedrooms.
3. There are four good-sized bedrooms.
luxury apartment
/ˈlʌkʃəri/ ●●○ noun (plural luxuries)
1.They stayed at luxury hotels during their trip.
flat
noun [countable]
(PLACE TO LIVE) (especially British English) a place for people to live that consists of a set of rooms that are part of a larger building SYN apartment
1.They have a flat in Crouch End.
2. a two-bedroom flat
3.The building was knocked down to make way for a block of flats (=a large building with many flats in it).
4.granny flat
granny flat
noun [countable]
(British English) a separate place inside or next to someone’s house that is designed for an old relative to live in
knock sth down
to destroy a building by breaking its walls
syn demolish
1. These old houses are going to be knocked down.
demolish
(v) /dɪˈmɑːlɪʃ/
demolish something to pull or knock down a building; to destroy something
1. The factory is due to be demolished next year.
(on) the ground floor
- a ground floor flat
(on) the first floor
- She lives on the first floor.
(on) the second floor
1.She lives on the second floor.
(on) the top floor
- Our office is on the top floor.
seventh floor
- We are located on the seventh floor of the building.
step
/step/ ●●● S2 W1 noun
[countable] a flat narrow piece of wood or stone, especially one in a series, that you put your foot on when you are going up or down, especially outside a building
1. Jenny sat on the step in front of the house, waiting.
2. He climbed the wooden steps and rang the bell.
3. a flight of (=set of) broad stone steps
broad
/brɔːd $ brɒːd/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective
( WIDE )a road, river, or part of someone’s body etc that is broad is wide OPP narrow
1.We went along a broad passage.
2. He was six feet tall, with broad shoulders.
3. six feet/three metres etc broad
4. The room is three metres long and two metres broad.
front door
(ˌfront ˈdoor) noun [countable usually singular]
*the main entrance door to a house, at the front → back door
1.He got up immediately when the key turned in the front door.
stair
/steə $ ster/ ●●● S2 W3 noun
1 → stairs
2 [countable] one of the steps in a set of stairs
2.1. Lucy sat down on the bottom stair.
2.2.I can hear him on the stairs.
lift
/lɪft/ (n)
(IN A BUILDING) [countable] (British English) a machine that you can ride in, that moves up and down between the floors in a tall building
(SYN elevator American English)
1. They took the lift down to the bar.
2. It’s on the 3rd floor. Let’s use the lift.
lock
/lɒk $ lɑːk/ (noun)
(FASTENING) [countable] a thing that keeps a door, drawer etc fastened and is usually opened with a key or by moving a small metal bar
1. I’m sorry, there isn’t a lock on the bathroom door.
2. The key turned stiffly in the lock.
3. a bike lock
stiff
/stɪf/ (adj)
(DOOR/DRAWER ETC British English) difficult to move, turn, or open
1. Pull hard – that drawer’s very stiff.
stiffly (Adv)
key
/kiː/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable]
a small specially shaped piece of metal that you put into a lock and turn in order to lock or unlock a door, start a car etc
**house/car keys
1. I lost my house keys.
2. A bunch of keys hung from his belt.
**Don’t say ‘the key of’ something. Say the key to something.
3. I can lend you a spare key to the store until you get one cut (=made).
neighbor
(neigh‧bour British English, neighbor American English /ˈneɪbə $ -bər/) ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]
*someone who lives next to you or near you
1.One of the neighbors complained about the noise from the party.
2. FBI agents were interviewing all their friends and neighbors.
3.Our next-door neighbors (=the people who live in the house next to us) say they’ll look after our cat for us while we’re away.
quiet
/ˈkwaɪət/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective (comparative quieter, superlative quietest)
(MAKING NO NOISE) not making much noise, or making no noise at all
1.We’ll have to be quiet so as not to wake the baby.
2. It’s a nice car. The engine’s really quiet.
3. I’ll be as quiet as a mouse (=very quiet).
4.in this quiet village
village
/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]
*a very small town in the countryside
1. a little fishing village
hall
/hɔːl $ hɒːl/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]
( ENTRANCE) the area just inside the door of a house or other building, that leads to other rooms SYN hallway
**in the hall
1. We hung our coats in a cupboard in the hall.
2. a huge tiled entrance hall
tile
/taɪl/ ●●○ S3 noun
[countable] a flat square piece of baked clay or other material, used for covering walls, floors etc
1. bathroom tiles
living room
living room ●●● S3 noun [countable]
*the main room in a house where people relax, watch television etc SYN lounge
1.We all settled around the television set in the living room.
dining room
dining room ●●● S3 noun [countable]
*a room where you eat meals in a house or hotel
1. Inside, there is a lounge, dining room and a barbecue.
study
/ˈstʌdi/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural studies)
( ROOM) [countable] a room in a house that is used for work or study → office
upstairs
/ˌʌpˈsteəz◂ $ -ˈsterz◂/ ●●● S2 (adverb)
*towards or on an upper floor in a building OPP downstairs
1. I went upstairs and had a shower.
2. She’s upstairs in bed feeling ill.
outside
/aʊtˈsaɪd/ ●●● S1 W1 (adverb, preposition)
* not inside a building SYN outdoors OPP inside
1. When we got up, it was still dark outside.
2. Go and play outside.
**not inside a building or room but close to it
3. Could you wait outside please.
4. I’ll meet you outside the theatre at two o’clock.
modern
/ˈmɒdn $ ˈmɑːdərn/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective
1 [only before noun] belonging to the present time or most recent time SYN contemporary
1.modern family home
parking
/ˈpɑːkɪŋ $ ˈpɑːr-/ ●●● S3 noun [uncountable]
*spaces in which you can leave a car or other vehicle
1. Free parking is available at the hotel.
view
/vjuː/ ●●● S1 W1 noun(SIGHT) [countable, uncountable]
what you are able to see or whether you can see it
**view of
1. We’d like a room with a view of the sea.
**good/bad/wonderful etc view
2.The house has wonderful views over the valley.
**be in view/come into view
3.Suddenly the pyramids came into view.
cupboard
/ˈkʌbəd $ -ərd/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] *a piece of furniture with doors, and sometimes shelves, used for storing clothes, plates, food etc → closet, wardrobe, cabinet
1.It’s in the kitchen cupboard.
2.The cupboard doors were open.
(kitchen) equipment
ɪˈkwɪpmənt/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL (noun) [uncountable]
*the tools, machines etc that you need to do a particular job or activity
مثل قاشق چوبی و ملاقه و مخلوط کن واینا
tap
/tæp/ ●●○ S3 noun
*WATER/GAS [countable] (especially British English) a piece of equipment for controlling the flow of water, gas etc from a pipe or container SYN (faucet American English)
1. Tap water (=water that comes out of a tap) is usually heavily treated with chemicals.
2.She went into the bathroom and turned on the taps.
3.kitchen/bath/garden tap
4.I washed my hands under the kitchen tap.
5.cold/hot tap (=the tap that cold or hot water comes from)
faucet
ˈfɔːsɪt $ ˈfɒː-/ ●●○ noun [countable] American English
*the thing that you turn on and off to control the flow of water from a pipe SYN (tap British English)
1. I turn on some faucets and water flows into the dishwasher.
sink
/sɪŋk/ noun [countable]
*a large open container that you fill with water and use for washing yourself, washing dishes etc → basin
1. Dirty plates were piled high in the sink.
fridge
/frɪdʒ/ ●●● S2 noun [countable]
*a large piece of electrical kitchen equipment, used for keeping food and drinks cool SYN refrigerator, → freezer
1. I had been saving up to buy a cooker and fridge and Brian’s mum and dad gave us some of the furniture.
cooker
/ˈkʊkə $ -ər/ noun [countable] (British English)
*a large piece of equipment for cooking food on or in SYN (stove American English)
1.a gas cooker
stove
/stəʊv $ stoʊv/ ●●○ noun [countable]
*a piece of kitchen equipment on which you cook food in pots and pans, and that contains an oven (SYN cooker British English)
*on the stove
1.a pot of soup simmering on the stove
2.a camp stove
oven
ˈʌvən/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]
*a piece of equipment that food is cooked inside, shaped like a metal box with a door on the front → cooker, stove
1.Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C.
2.Press the mixture onto the bread and bake in a hot oven for ten minutes.
washing machine
washing maˌchine ●●● S3( noun )[countable]
*a machine for washing clothes
1.Every night at bedtime I hide his hairbrush in his pillow and sometimes he hides my shoes in the washing machine.
dishwasher
dish‧wash‧er /ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə $ -ˌwɒːʃər, -ˌwɑː-/ ●●○ noun [countable]
*a machine that washes dishes
1. Could they go without their dishwashers and washing machines?
**especially American English someone whose job is to wash dirty dishes, plates etc, especially in a restaurant
rubbish
/ˈrʌbɪʃ/ ●●● S2 noun [uncountable] (especially British English)
*food, paper etc that is no longer needed and has been thrown away (SYN garbage, trash American English)
1. a rubbish bin
2.household rubbish
3.rubbish tip/dump (=a place to take rubbish)
trash
/træʃ/ ●●● S3 noun [uncountable]
*(American English) things that you throw away, such as empty bottles, used papers, food that has gone bad etc
(SYN rubbish British English)
1. Will someone take out the trash (=take it outside the house)?
2.Just put it in the trash.
garbage
/ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ $ ˈɡɑːr-/ ●●● S3 noun [uncountable]
(especially American English) waste material, such as paper, empty containers, and food thrown away (SYN rubbish British English)
1. Can you take out the garbage when you go?
bin
/bɪn/ ●●● S2 noun [countable]
(British English) a container for putting waste in → trash can, waste paper basket
1.Throw it in the bin.
→ dustbin, litter bin
1.The rubbish bin is full.
2.a wastepaper bin (=for paper you throw away)
3.I threw the letter straight in the wastepaper bin.
4. You need to empty the bin.(opp fill)
5.The bin is empty.
خاموش و روشن کردن وسایل الکتریکی
1.Turn the light on.
2. Turn the dishwasher off.
3.Turn on/off the washing machine.
قطع و وصل کردن آب یا گاز
1.Turn the tap on.
2. Turn the gas cooker off.
housework
/ˈhaʊswɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ ●●○ noun [uncountable]
*work that you do to take care of a house, for example washing, cleaning etc → chore
**do (the) housework
1.I spent all morning doing the housework.
2. I don’t like doing housework.
**Housework is an uncountable noun and is not used in the plural. You say:
3.I help my mother with the housework.
4.All the housework was done by him.
چند مدل مختلف برای بیان ظرف شستن
- Do the washing up
- Wash the dishes
گذاشتن لباسها در ماشین لباسشویی
Do the washing
اتو کشیدن
Do the ironing
تمیز کردن گاز و کابینت
Clean the cooker and cupboards
پختن و آماده کردن غذا برای خانواده
Prepare and cook meals for the family
مراقبت کردن از بچه ها وقتی از مدرسه میان خونه
Look after the children when they come home from school
غذا دادن به گربه ها
Feed the cats
everyday
/ˈevrideɪ/ ●●○ adjective [only before noun]
*normal, not special
1. the problems of everyday life
2. wearing everyday clothes
have to
used for saying that sb must do sth, or that sth must happen:
1.I have to cook the meals/clean the house.
do the
do work in the house , e.g. cleaning and washing
housework
clean the house
homework
work teachers give students to do after class
prepare
/prɪˈpeə $ -ˈper/ ●●● S1 W1 verb
make sth ready:
prepare the launch/dinner
look after sb
do the things for sb that they need:
1. I look after my grandmother because she can’t see very well.
international student accommodation
/ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəl◂ $ -tər-/ ●●● S2 W1 adjective
/əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃən $ əˌkɑː-/ ●●○ W2 AWL noun
a place for someone to stay, live, or work
*The international student accommodation has people from many different countries.
national
/ˈnæʃənəl/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective
related to a whole nation as opposed to any of its parts → local
National is about one country:
1.National newspapers
2.National holidays
a few
some, but not many
1.I’ve put a few pictures on the wall to make it feel like home.
space
/speɪs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
(uncountable) the amount of an area, room, container etc that is empty or available to be used
1. How much space is there on each disk?
2. There is space/room for you to sit here.
3. There is space/room for three chairs here.
furniture
/ˈfɜːnɪtʃə $ ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [uncountable]
large objects such as chairs, tables, beds, and cupboards
1. A bed is a piece of furniture.
wooden
/ˈwʊdn/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective
*made of wood
1. The furniture is all wooden and quite nice.
sheet
/ʃiːt/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable]
(FOR A BED) a large piece of thin cloth that you put on a bed to lie on or lie under → blanket, duvet
1.I’ll go and find you some clean sheets and blankets.
2.white cotton sheets
next to
(preposition )
*very close to someone or something, with no other person, building, place etc in between
1. There was a little girl sitting next to him.
2. There’s a lamp next to the bed.