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