Unit 6 Flashcards
A person who owns a house that people can rent (isabel)
landlord/landlady
To start living in a house (Isabel)
move in
A person who occupies a rented property from a landlord. (Julian)
Tenant (The tenant refused to pay his monthly rent)
Look for a house or flat to live in (Jose)
Flat-/house-hunt
A person or a group of people who ilegally lives on a property. (Daniela)
Squatters (The police arrested some squatters who lived in the abandoned house next to the school)
The activity of looking for a place in which to live.(Daniela)
Flat/house hunt (My sister is searching for a new residence, so I am helping her with the house hunting)
To clean, repair, paint and improve an old property. (Daniela)
DO UP
If you do up your grandmothers old building, you decorate and repair it so that it is in a better condition.
Two or more people who live in the same flat or apartment and share the costs
(Silvia)
Flat/house share
She entered into a flat share with her workmate
A flat which contains all the necessary items to live comfortably (Silvia)
Fully furnished (the flat has a sofa, bed, shelves… so it is fully furnished)
Something which wasn’t especially good or remarkable (Miguel)
not be anything to write home about (The book was OK but it wasn’t anything to write home about)
A person who pays to live in a house with the house´s owner. (Miguel)
LODGER (The lodger asked me to install an air condition in the house because of the heat)
Unpleasant facts or opinions that you learn about yourself, usually from someone else (Miriam)
Home truths
(He decided it was time to tell her a few home truths)
Pay money when you start to rent, returned when you stop renting
(Silvia)
Put down a deposit
(I had to put down a deposit before renting my house)
A place where you feel as comfortable as in your own home
Silvia
HOME FROM HOME
(The hotel was like home from home for me)
Be comfortable with someone or something (Miriam)
BE AT HOME WITH
I’m at home with my new job
The amount of salary you receive when you work (Sara)
TAKE HOME
(Can I ask how much you takehome a month?)
To move quickly towards something (Sara)
To home in (she homed in on the shoes she saw in the sales)
Make you realise something (usually unpleasant) or understand it better than before (Sara)
TO BRING STH HOME TO SB
Someone who has important or influential relatives or friends.(Sara)
WELL CONNECTED
They were a well-connected family.
Certain to achieve a victory(Jimena)
BE HOME AND DRY
(I did well on my exams so I’m home and dry for the semester)
Something very dirty. (Jimena)
FILTHY
(the flat my uncle bought was filthy before he repaired it)
Built in a wide area and it may be ugly (Jimena)
SPRAWLING
( The grey building next to my house is sprawling in a U shape)
Something known by many people (Jimena)
RENOWED FOR
(Rome is renowned for its monuments)
Participate with others at a party or social event (Miriam)
MINGLE
(Guests began to mingle at the bar, talking with strangers and friends about the weather and politics)
Sharing a particular experience or circumstance with someone else (Miriam)
IN THE SAME BOAT
(Remember that you are not alone, a lot of people are in the same boat)
Having a particular value, especially in money (Amaya)
TO BE WORTH
Worth (our house is worth £200,000)
An apartment with only 1 room, a bathroom and a kitchen area (Amaya)
STUDIO FLAT
A place full of people (Amaya)
CROWDED
By 10:00 the restaurant was crowded.
Certain or extremely likely to happen (Amaya)
BOUND
Repair, paint and improve an older property (Elena)
DO UP (a property)
The principles on which future behavior is based (Elena)
GROUND RULES
the machines and devices, such as washing machines and fridges, that make the ordinary jobs in a home easier (Elena)
MOD CONS (MODERN CONVENIENCES)
Not safe place (Elena)
DODGY
Her new flat is in a dodgy area.
A floating vehicle unable to move under its own power, usually a home. (Julián)
BARGE
I live on a barge
A person in charge of guarding property (Julián)
PROPERTY GUARDIAN
(He is the property guardian of a basketball court)
social event where people with an available room and others who are looking for one meet (Javier caña)
SPEED FLATSHARING
something very small (Javier Caña)
POKEY
(That mouse was pokey)
modern appliances (Ricardo de Lombas)
mod cons (I’ve mod cons in my house)
Its better doing this than do other things (Ricardo de Lombas)
beats trawling ( i prefer beats trawling than renting)
an annoyance (Ricardo de Lombas)
A bit of a nightmare (renting this flat was a bit like a nightmare)
To clean a building and decorate it (This house has been completely refurbished) (Natalia)
REFURBISH
Attracting much attention or publicity (Natalia)
HIGH PROFILE
Full of activity (Natalia)
BUSTLING
The bustling village
A person with whom you share a flat (Jose)
Flatmate
a residential block in or attached to a university, college, etc (Jose)
HALL OF RESIDENCE
a problem brought about by pressures of time, money, inconvenience, etc. (Jose)
HASSLE
It´s worth the hassle
the money you are expecting that you’re going to spend (Miguel)
Budget (Its budget is the second highest in total value for poverty reduction)
Unable to leave the house (T)
HOUSEBOUND
A detailed search or questioning (T)
A HOUSE-TO_HOUSE
Every seat was taken (T)
A FULL HOUSE
A lot of people staying at your home (T)
A HOUSEFUL
Sth you don´t have to pay for, free. (T)
ON THE HOUSE
To set the limits or restrictions (T)
TO DRAW THE LINES
To solve a problem or a difficult situation (T)
TO WORK OUT
Few available (T)
SHORT SUPPLY
Work in cooperation (T)
LIAISE
Able to do repairs at home without having to pay a person for it. (T)
TO BE HANDY AT DIY
Loan,usually for a house, that you have to pay monthly
MORTGAGE
Become less angry. (T)
TO COOL OFF
Get angry (T)
TO LOSE YOUR TEMPER
In a good condition because you have a lot of money, (T)
WELL-OFF
Very clean (Fran)
SPOTLESS
Very rich (Fran)
WELL-OFF
Full of people (Fran)
CROWDED
Very dirty (Fran)
FILTHY
very successful (Paula)
THRIVING
with lots of hills and roads going up and down (Paula)
HILLY
famous and well known for (Paula)
RENOWNED FOR
in bad condition because no-one has spent money on repairs or taken care of (Paula)
RUN-DOWN
Very clean (Lucía)
Spotless
Rich (Lucía)
Well off
Lively and exciting (Lucía)
Vibrant
A place where important events have occurred in the past (Adrián)
Historic (Toledo is historic.)
A kindly greeting or reception (Balza)
Welcoming
Something old (Balza)
Shabby
Separated from other persons or thing (Balza)
Isolated
Well known or important in history (Balza)
Historic
A place with lots of mixed cultures (Adrián)
Cosmopolitan (Paris is a very cosmopolitan city.)
Pleasing or attractive to the eye (Adrián)
Picturesque (The landscape was picturesque.)
With good transportation services and connections (Adrián)
Well-Connected (London is very well-connected.)
showing signs of long use (Javier.G)
Shabby (that car is shabby)
very clean (Javier.G)
Spotless (my room is very spotless)
a very upsetting dream (Alonso)
Nightmare
to make something more modern (Alonso)
Update
is an arrangement by which people are granted accommodation within a property in exchange for keeping the property under observation and in good condition
Property guardianship
visited by tourists (often used to suggest lack of authenticity).
Touristy
inexpensive; reasonably priced.
Affordable
container for heating water.
Boiler
