sábado, 1 de julio de 2017

AT HOME

  • Places
    • A slum
    • Habitable 
    • come to may place
    • to move house
    • a sense of belonging
    • Homesickness
    • A stone-throw away form my house 
  • Ways of living
    • To rent a flat
    • to pay us rent
    • A deposit to a flat
    • A mortgage
    • Raising house prices
    • To keep the house tidy
  • Houses
    • A block of flats
    • A tower block
    • High-rise flats
    • A hovel
    • A flight of stairs
    • a wood cabin
  • Outside
    • A greenhouse
    • A conservatory
    • a driveway
    • A shed
    • A patio
    • A pond  
    • The surroundings 
    • A buzzer downstairs (timbre en un edificio)
  • Inside
    • a spiral staircase / stairwell
    • The lift
    • On the ground floor
    • The beams
    • fully  furnished
  • At home
    • In the  kitchen
      • An open-plan kitchen
      • A frying pan 
      • A tea towel  ( un trapo de cocina)
      • He dropped the cup and ruined his T-shirt with a stain
      • My wife and I take turns  to cook
    • In the dining room
      • On the sofa  / In the armchair
      • a trhee seater sofa
      • the remote control
      • He spilt the coffee and made a mess on the carpet
      • A fireplace
      • A mantelpiece
      • curtains
      • Shutters
      • Blinds
    • In the bedroom
      • a double bed
      • a chamber pot
      • a duvet.
    • In the bathroom
      • The washbasin
    • Others
      • A spare room
      • A utility room 
      • a gamesroom
      • An attic
  • Problems at home
    • The batteries are run out
  • Expressions
    • To play at home
    • To feel at home
    • To hit home (conmocionar)
    • Until the cows come home
    • to home in (focus)
    • To eat me out of house and home
    • to come home to me (realize)
    • household name
    • To bring the house down ( to be successful in a theatre, for instance)
    • To get like a house on fire
    • To bring a drink on the house  (when  the bartender invites you)
    • To tell sb  some  home truths  ( decirle cuatro verdades a uno)

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