HOUSING
House or flat (apartment)
Houses:
o a detached house stands alone and is not joined to any other building
o a semi-detached house is joined to another house on one side
o a terraced house is part of a line of houses that are all joined together
o a block of flats is a tall modern building that is divided into flats
o a housing estate is a part of a town or city full of blocks of flats
o a cottage is a small house in a village or in the country
o a bungalow is a house with only one floor and no upstairs.
o country house/mansion is a very huge and wonderful country house
o palace, castle, tent, windmill, lighthouse, houseboat, caravan, hotel
Flats:
studio flat, one/two/three …bedroomed flat
Location:
In the centre, in the suburbs, on/by a river, in the mountains, …
Material – stone, brick, wood, concrete
Parts of the house:
o rooms (living/sitting, dining, bed-, ), kitchen, bathroom, toilet, staircase, roof, chimney
o ground floor = 1st floor = downstairs (in a house with 2 floors)
o 2nd floor = upstairs (in a house with 2 floors)
Your household duties: vacuum cleaning, cleaning, washing, ironing, washing up
Room in general
floor x ceiling, walls, windows (curtains, blinds), door (handle, lock, key)
on the floor – wooden floor, carpet, rug, lino, tiles
on the walls – pictures, paintings, posters, photos, decorations, mirror, socket
central heating, radiators, fireplace, heater
bin = basket
other decorations – candles, candlestick, plants, cushions, vase, tablecloth, …
Furniture and equipment
sofa/settee/couch, armchairs, coffee table, bookcase, cupboard, chest of drawers, wall unit, shelf/shelves,
hi-fi, DVD, video recorder, stereo with loudspeakers, TV set
fireplace, heating, radiator
beds – double bed, twin beds, bunk beds, pillow + blanket
wardrobe, chest of drawers, lamps,
table, chairs, cooker – stove, oven, microwave, fridge, freezer, coffee machine, kettle, dishwasher, cupboard,
bath, shower, mirror, washbasin…washing machine
balcony, garden (tree, bush, flower bed, grass, lawn, fence, gate), garage, attic x cellar
Useful things: broom, vacuum cleaner / hover, lawn mower, lighter, match, corkscrew, mailbox, plate, cup, saucer, cutlery, knife, penknife, spoon, fork, tin opener, bottle opener, tray, glass, saucepan, frying pan, sewing machine, coffee machine, battery, light bulb, box, torch, iron, blender …
!!! There is, there are
apartment byt
armchair křeslo
ashtray popelník
attic půda
balcony balkón
basket koš
bath vana
bathroom koupelna
battery baterie
bedroom ložnice
bin odpadkový koš
blanket přikrývka
blender mixér
blinds žaluzie
block of flats bytový dům
bookcase knihovna
bottle opener otvírák na lahve
brick cihla, cihlový
broom koště
bungalow bungalov
bunk beds palandy
bush keř, křoví
can opener otvírák na konzervy
candle svíčka
candlestick svícen
caravan karavan
carpet koberec
castle hrad, zámek
ceiling strop
cellar sklep
central heating ústřední topení
centre centrum
chest of drawers komoda
chimney komín
cleaning uklízení
coffee machine kávovar
coffee table konf. stolek
concrete beton, -ový
cooker sporák
corkscrew vývrtka
cottage chata, chalupa
couch gauč
country house venkovský dům
cup šálek
cupboard kredenc, skříňka
curtain záclona, závěs
cushion polštářek
cutlery příbor
decorations ozdoby
detached house samost. dům
dining room jídelna
dishwasher myčka nádobí
door dveře
double bed manžel. postel
downstairs dole, dolů
drawer zásuvka
duty povinnost
equipment zařízení
fence plot
fireplace krb
flat byt
floor podlaha, patro
flower bed záhon
fork vidlička
freezer mrazák
fridge lednička
frying pan pánev
furniture nábytek
garage garáž
garden zahrada
gate brána
glass sklo, sklenička
grass tráva
ground floor přízemí
handle klika
heater kamna
hi-fi hifi věž
house dům
household domácnost
housing estate sídliště
hover vysavač
huge velký
iron žehlit, žehlička
ironing žehlení
kettle konvice
key klíč
kitchen kuchyně
knife nůž
lamp lampička
lawn trávník
lawn mower sekačka
light bulb žárovka
lighter zapalovač
lighthouse maják
lino lino
living room obývák
locate umístit
location místo
lock zámek
loudspeaker reproduktor
mailbox pošt. schránka
mansion panské sídlo
match zápalka
microwave mikrovlnka
mirror zrcadlo
oven trouba
painting obraz, malba
palace palác
penknife nožík
photo fotografie
pillow polštář
plant pok. rostlina
plate talíř
poster plakát
radiator radiátor
roof střecha
rug kobereček
saucepan hrnec
saucer podšálek
semi-detached house dvojdomek
settee pohovka
sewing machine šicí stroj
shelf/shelves police
shower sprcha
sitting room obývák
socket zásuvka
sofa pohovka
spoon lžíce
staircase schodiště
stairs schody
stone kámen, -ný
stove plotna
studio flat garsonka
suburbs okraj města
tablecloth ubrus
tent stan
terraced house řadovka
tiles obkladačka
toilet toaleta
torch baterka
tray tác
tree strom
TV set televizor
twin beds 2 sam. lůžka
upstairs nahoře, nahoru
useful užitečný
vacuum cleaner vysavač
vacuum cleaning vysávání
vase váza
video recorder videorkordér
wall unit obývák.stěna
wall zeď, stěna
wardrobe skříň
washbasin umyvadlo
washing praní
washing machine pračka
washing up umývání nádobí
windmill mlýn
window okno
wonderful báječný
wood dřevo
wooden floor dřevěná podlaha