Unit 9 Flashcards
Placed in a good location
Conveniently located
Old and often valuable
Antique
Small, comfortable and warm
Cosy
A person who prefers to do things by himself
DIY enthusiast
Cold air blowing through the room
Draughty
Depressing
Gloomy
Crowded place; does not have enough space for people in it
In cramped conditions
Sth is in a bad state
In poor condition
Sth has to be repaired very quickly because is in a very poor condition
In urgent need of repair
A small house, especially one built of wood in an area of forest or mountains
Log cabin
House that can be moved
Mobile home
Building that was built recently
Newly built
Covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way
Overgrown
A particular lenght of time with a beginning and an end
Period
With only a few basic pieces of furniture
Poorly furnished
Old and in a very poor condition (furniture)
Rickety
A building that is in a very bad condition
Run-down
Bierzaca woda
Running water
Made with taste, nice and attractive
Tastefully decorated
Roof made with straw
Thatched
Clothes, carpets that are very thin and in a bad condition
Threadbare
Areas that has a lot of buildings and not many open spaces
Built-up
Bored and annoyed with sth
Cheesed off
Fairly rich
Comfortably off
A long distance away
Faraway
You do not have much money
Hard up
Crash, collide; front part of one vehicle hits the front part of the other
Head-on
Inside the building
Indoor
Clothes, curtains etc are especially made to fit
Made-to-measure
Clothes made in standard sizes, not especially to fit a person
Off-the-peg
Car etc that is coming towards you
Oncoming
Conected to internet
Online
Outside the building
Outdoor
Remote, place where is not many people
Out-of-the-way
To, from or in another town
Out-of-town
Expressing your opinions honestly and directly
Outspoken
For or during the night; happening suprisingly quickly
Overnight
Meal served to people who are sitting at a table
Sit-down meal
Very difficult
Uphill struggle
Including all the latest information
Up-to-date
Exhausted
Worn out
A room, building etc that is next to sth
Adjacent
A feeling of not being part of a group
Alienation
To make sth less painful or difficult
Alleviate
To walk slowly in a relaxed way
Amble
Sufficient
Ample
With a single sudden action
At a stroke
A structure in a park that has a roof but no walls and is used by a band playing music
Bandstand
Materials that can change naturally into substances that do not harm the environment
Biodegradable
Eyes covered by a piece of cloth
Blindfolded
To talk too proudly about your achievements
Boast
Galaz
Branch
Very impressive
Breathtaking
To reduce sth into lower level ; to land; obalic rzad, property values
Bring sth down
To do sth that needs to be organized and planned
Carry sth out (into study)
Very upset
Choked
Warstwa farby
Coat of paint
Limits or borders
Confines
A line of hard rocks formed by a coral, found in warm sea water that is not very deep
Coral reef
Elegancko, schludnie ubrany
Crisply uniformed
Shaped like a cross
Cruciform
Pokruszony
Crumbling
A situation where no more progress is possible; a street with no way out at one end
Dead end
To eat sth quickly because you are veryhungry
Devour
To repair a car or a building
Do sth up
A series of printed spots
Dotted
To prepare a written document (list, contract)
Draw sth up
To visit someone you know, usually without arranging any particular time
Drop by
To damage or destroy sth with dynamite
To dynamite
Sewage
Effluent
Jasny; to make sth clear to someone
Enlightening
To tell sb legally that they must leave the house they are living in
Evict
To separate one area from another with a fence
Fenced off
To keep moving your hand or feet especially because of being bored or nervous
Fidget
To behave in a way towards sb that shows you are sexually attracted to them
Flirt
In order to help sb
For the sake of
To begin to feel comfortable in a new situation, place
Get settled in
To understand or deal with sth difficult
Get to grips with
Ciagac po sadach
Go through the courts
Green leaves and plants
Greenery
To argue when you are trying to agree about the price of sth
Haggle
A lot of hair on a person’s body; dangerous
Hairy
Doing sth yourself rather than just talking about it or telling other people to do it
Hands -on (exhibits)
Sth annoying because it causes problems or is difficult to do
Hassle
A place someone likes to go to often
Haunt
To make it difficult for sth to develop or succedd
Hinder
A large crowd moving in a noisy uncontrolled way
Horde
Szukanie domu
House-hunting
Very clean and tidy
Immaculate
Perfect
Impeccably
To teach someone to think, behave or feel in a particular way over a period of time
Instill
Exchange (ideas)
Interchange
A lazy person who avoids work
Layabout
A building of historical interest and is protected by a government order
Listed building
A long list of problems, excuses
Litany
Awful, terrible
Lousy
Building that does not have many storeys
Low-rise
Plants that have many leaves and grow healthy and strong
Lush
an area of low wet ground that is always soft (bagna)
Marshland
Unnecessarily
Needlessly
Sth that is ready to use when you need it
On tap
A structure that is built over and into the water so that boats can stop next to it or people can walk along it
Pier
Pierze w poduszce
Pillow sham
A game played on a machine with a sloping board
Pinball
A series of stages in owning houses (first small and later more expensive/ bigger)
(To get on the) property ladder
Ustawic sie w kolejce po
Queue up for
Refuse immediately and directly without giving a reason
Refuse point blank
Famous
Renowned for
Someone who has just started doing the job and has little experience
Rookie
Behaving in a noisy, rough way
Rowdy
To protect sth from harm or demage
Safeguard
Spread over a wide area or a long period of time
Scattered
A game in which you need to find a treasure
Scavenger hunt
A mark or slight injury caused by rubbing against a rough surface
Scrape
Scieki
Sewage
Swimming under water with a snorkel (pipe)
Snorkelling
To explain sth clearly and in detail
Spell sth out
To lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way
Sprawl
Robic przysiady; to live in a building without permission and without paying rent
Squat
Someone who lives in an empty building without permission
Squatter
Press
Squeeze
Zespol grajacy na garnkach
Steelpan band
Extremely attractive or beautiful
Stunning
Able to be touched; relating to the sensation of touch
Tactile
Napawac sie widokami
Take in the sights
Warstwowy; with many levels
Tiered
A reptile that has a hard shell and usually is green
Turtle
To give strength and support to sth and help it succeed
Underpin
To seperate pieces of wire etc that are twisted together
Untangle
A path that is used a lot by people
Well-trodden
Wetlands
Areas that are partly covered with water or are wet most of the time
To spend time in a pleasant and lazy way
While sth away
To turn or twist sth several times around sth else
Wind
Bogaty
Affluent
Platac
Tangle
