Useful Words and Expressions
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 391.
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| Place to live: | a house; a country cottage; a block of flats (Br.E.); an apartment building (Am.E.); a flat (Br.E); an apartment (Am.E.). | |
| Rooms: | a living (sitting) room; a bed-sitting room; a dining room; a bedroom; a study; a kitchen; a hall; a bathroom; a toilet. | |
| Furniture: | a (coffee) table; a (computer) desk; a (swivel) chair; an armchair; a stool, a shelf; a bed, a sofa (-bed); a bedside table; a wardrobe; a cupboard; a chest of drawers; a mirror. | |
| Electrical things: | a reading/standard lamp; a light; a video; a hi-fi (system); a CD (player); a stereo; a computer; a (colour) TV (set); a radiator; a vacuum cleaner; an air conditioning (system). | |
| Other things for a room: | a plant; a poster; a picture; a drawing; a carpet; a rug; curtains; a telephone; an answer phone. | |
| Parts of a room: | a door; a window; a floor; a ceiling; a fireplace; a windowsill; wallpaper; a floor. | |
| Things for a kitchen: | a fridge; a freezer; a kitchen table; a washing machine; a cooker; a dishwasher; a microwave. | |
| Adjectives: | old; ancient | modern |
| quiet | busy; noisy; (over)crowded; | |
| safe | dangerous | |
| clean | dirty; polluted | |
| beautiful; wonderful | ugly | |
| sunny/bright | gloomy | |
| excellent | awful | |
| exciting | dull; depressing; boring | |
| famous | notorious. | |
| Shops and other buildings: | a department store; a supermarket; a baker's; a greengrocer's; a flower shop; a newsagent's; a chemist's; a travel agency; a library; a post office; a bank; a fire station; a police station; a cafe; a restaurant; a pub; a barber's; a hairdresser's; a hospital; a bookstore; a shopping centre/mall; a station; a church; a Health/Medical Centre; a museum; an airport; a theatre; a cinema; a concert hall; a Sports Club. |
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| Exercise III. Find in the text English equivalents for these word combinations and sentences | | | Dialogues |