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Kitchen appliances and things

cooker dishwasher fridge grill oven, stove sink (unit) food processor dish drainer freezer dishes cutlery pottery cabinet microwave oven counter coffeemaker smoke detector fitted kitchen electric kettle toaster scales corkscrew tin opener work surface

Household equipment

broom bucket carpet sweeper cloth clothes basket dish cloth duster dustpan, shovel brush mop ladder ironing board washing machine lawn mower hose sprinkler watering can power saw ceiling fan circuit breaker plunger vacuum cleaner, hoover clothespins light bulbs laundry basket garbage can mousetrap toilet paper toilet brush toilet roll paper towels extension cord plug socket, outlet switch wire scaffolds fixtures meters

Words to describe a house

homely cozy, snug 10m by 12 m bare neat, tidy spacious, airy comfortable stylish lived-in livable-in rustic crowded one/two/three-(bed)room flat, house suburban, country jam-packed, cluttered space-saving well-equipped well-kept fully-furnished # unfurnished affordable easy/difficult to maintain first/second floor flat renovated be in good / bad condition be in a mess be in the squalor, squalid have amenities luxurious self-contained stuffy draughty  

Household chores

to keep house to tidy to clear (the attic), clear out the junk to clean the house from top to bottom to do the washing up, wash up to dust, do the dusting to wash , do the washing to cook, do the cooking to iron, do the ironing do gardening to put the rubbish out, to empty the waste bin to hang out washing to make beds to sweep to wipe to hoover to water plants to keep clean to mow the lawn, cut the grass

Household disorders

jammed lock, door a door, window won’t open be stuck dripping tap fused lights electric breakdown power cut, blackout short circuit ground / earth fault broken window leaking radiator, roof to burst (a pipe) a light bulb, fuse has gone gas leak to leak blocked pipe, drain, sink to creak (door) crack (n,v) to flake (paint) a loose plug loosen screws stain on te carpet, wall to stain ruined carpets come off (a handle) damp on the wall

Building stages and repairs

to get planning permission to level the site to dug the foundation to lay the foundation to put up, build a house to put on, install the roof to tile to slate to put in the doors, windows to install the electricity, water system, the telephone, central heating etc. to dig drains to plaster to paint a house, a fence to paint walls blue/ yellow etc to whitewash to extend a house to repair to restore to the original condition to renovate to restore to the original condition to re(decorate), refurbish to alter, to rebuild to repair, mend, fix to replace (power points, switches, light bulbs) to get a plumber/ builder/ electrician/ carpenter to fix smth. to unblock drains

Materials



brick slate, shingle tile wood clay concrete plaster cement stone pebble lime tin, tinplate, roofing iron plastic marble thatch

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 622


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