Lessico: Houses, flats and rooms

Question 1

An accommodation that can be rented for short periods of time

Answer 1

Short-let accommodation

Question 2

small flats designed for one person

Answer 2

studio flats

Question 3

kitchen that is already equipped with modern cooker, washing machine, cupboards, etc.

Answer 3

fully-fitted kitchen

Question 4

casa dei sogni

Answer 4

dream home

Question 5

casa a 4 piani

Answer 5

four-storey house

Question 6

studio accogliente

Answer 6

cosy study

Question 7

camere da letto luminose e ariose

Answer 7

light, airy bedrooms

Question 8

appartamento al piano interrato

Answer 8

basement flat

Question 9

trasformare in un appartamento per nonni

Answer 9

turn into a granny flat

Question 10

build an extra room or two onto an existing house

Answer 10

add (or build) an extension

Question 11

completamente ristrutturato (rinnovato)

Answer 11

completely refurbished

Question 12

repair, repaint and decorate (a house)

Answer 12

do up an old house.

Question 13

lasciare casa, trasferirsi

Answer 13

to move out

Question 14

edificio in rovina, fatiscente

Answer 14

dilapidated building

Question 15

pieno di spifferi (corridoio o sala)

Answer 15

draughty hall

Question 16

stanza angusta

Answer 16

cramped room

Question 17

un posto tutto mio

Answer 17

a place of my own

Question 18

alloggi a prezzi accessibili

Answer 18

affordable housing

Question 19

accendere un grosso mutuo

Answer 19

take out a big mortgage

Question 20

festa di inaugurazione della casa

Answer 20

house-warming party

Question 21

lasciare la propria casa

Answer 21

to leave home

Question 22

avere nostalgia di casa

Answer 22

to feel homesick

Question 23

accogliere qualcuno in casa

Answer 23

welcome someone home
(welcome him home)

Question 24

relax and make yourself comfortable (To a guest who’s just arrived)

Answer 24

make yourself at home

Question 25

mi sento come a casa ( a mio agio)

Answer 25

I feel at home

Question 26

house used only forweekends, holidays, etc.

Answer 26

a second home