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.