VOCABULARY HOUSES
DESCRPTIONS
SPACIOUS
COSY: comfortable
STYLISH
PEACEFUL
ISOLATED
MODERN
DECOR
IN A FASHIONABLE DISTRICT
FULLY-EQUIPPED
TRADITIONAL
FULLY FURNISHED
AFFORDABLE
EASILY ACCESSIBLE
OBJECTS
POTTED PLANTS
LIGHT FITTINGS
FRENCH WINDOWS
MIRROR
LOFFE TABLE
DRAPED CURTAINS
ORNAMENTS
A WOODEN FLOOR
IDIOMS
DESCRIPTIONS
BARE
AIRY: plenty of fresh air
IMPERSONAL
RUSTIC
LIVED-IN: a place like this looks as though they have been used to worm a lot.
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME: make someone feel welcome
HOME-MADE
HOME-SHOPPING
HOMESICK: feel unhapp bc u are away from home
HIT HOME: if a criticism about you hits home, you realize it's true
BE HOME AND DRY: to have succeeded in doing something
HOME TRUTH: an unpleasant fact about yourself
HOME BIRD: someone who likes to stay at home
CAME HOME: BE REALISED
FIXED EXPRESSIONS
TO BE SITUATED IN
IN THE COUNTRY/ SUBURBS/ THE HEART OF
CLOSE TO
WITHIN EASY REACH OF/ WALKING DISTANCE
HOISTED: raised
HOLD OUT: resist and not give in
LEAFY: with many plants
WINDING: with many decorative and turns
ORNAMENTAL: decorative
LOCKS: curls
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IDIOMS
HALFWAY HOUSE: something that combines particular features of two other things, especially in order to try to please people who do not like the two things on their own.
A HOUSE OF CARDS: a complicated organiztion that is very week and can be easily destroyed
AS SAFE AS HOUSES: very safe
EAT SB OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME: to eat a lot in other's house
GET YOUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER: solve your problems
HOUSE CORRECTION: correccional
A HOUSE DIVIDE AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND
GET ON LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE: a group cannot achieve a same goal if they fight between each other
THROW IN THE TOWEL
THROW MONEY DOWN IN THE DRAIN: waste money
IDIOMS
SKELETON IN THE CLOSET: a secret
HIT THE ROOF: become angry
GO OUT THE WINDOW: when an idea doesn't exist anymore
BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR: plans unlikely to happen
EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK: almost everything tht you can imagine
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
GO ROUND THE HOUSES: take long time to get to the point
HOME IN ON: become closer to your target
HOME AWAY FROM HOME
CLOSE TO HOME: affect someone in a strong and personal way
BE HOME AND DRY: have a successfully completed something.