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Vocabulary: housing - English lesson
Finding accommodation has always been a problem. It's the main action creating a household.
You can either buy your lodging, or rent it, depending on circumstances and on the money you have.
Here is the vocabulary that may be useful to you...
... on the premises... To accommodate
To live in London |
He lives at number 10 |
His main/ second home |
To reside/ a resident |
The premises |
Accommodation |
To accommodate sb To put sb up/ to house |
The householder/ the occupier |
A dwelling |
A shelter |
A house for sale... A removal lorry
A house for sale (to be sold) |
Property/ real estate |
An estate agent (GB) / A realtor (US) |
A property developer |
The managing agent |
To settle in Paris |
To move in a new flat/ to move |
A removal |
- A house of one's own
- To own one's own house
- An owner-occupier
- To let a house: when you're an owner, you let your flat to a tenant.
- To rent a house from sb: the tenant pays the rent to the owner and rents the flat..
The owner |
My landlord/ landlady |
To sublet sth to sb |
The rent |
A receipt |
A tenant |
To share a flat |
A flatmate (GB)/ a roommate (US) |
A lease |
To renew a lease |
A guarantee/ a deposit |
To give somebody notice |
- The owner lets a flat and receives the rent.
- The tenant rents a flat (and pays the rent) to the owner.
- To give a three months' notice
A boarding house |
To board with sb |
A paying guest |
Eviction |
To evict sb |
To rehouse sb |
- board and lodging (room and food)
- half board: room + breakfast and one more meal.// full board: room and meals.
- the people next door
The caretaker/ the porter: GB |
The janitor/ the manager: US |
A neighbour/ the neighbourhood |
Housing problems |
The homeless |
A slum |
A shanty town |
Squalid |
- To sleep rough
- A doss house GB/ a flophouse US
- Unfit for human habitation
Let's hope you have a "sweet home" to shelter and welcome you!
Then, the test will be no problem! Go for it!

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