Friday, 16 July 2010

Houses

Houses


apartment: a place to live that is part of a larger building, owned by a landlord who collects monthly rent

  • They will rent an apartment until they have enough money to buy a house.


cabin:
a small, roughly built house

  • The family likes to stay in a cabin in the mountains in the summer.


a bedroom on a ship

  • The cabins on the ship are quite small.


an inside area of an airplane

  • Those airplanes have a very large passenger cabin.


condominium:
a building or group of buildings whose apartments are individually owned

  • They are building a new condominium near here.


an apartment in a condominium

  • As soon as he graduated he bought a condominium in the city.


cottage: a small house of one story

  • His family has a cottage at the beach, where they go every summer.


house: a building designed as a place to live

  • They are expecting a baby and want to move to a bigger house.


hut: a small shelter, with no amenities

  • The children made a hut in the woods.


mansion: a large house

  • The mayor's official residence is a beautiful mansion.


rambler: a house, bigger than a cottage, that has a number of rooms that are all on one floor.

  • They are looking for a rambler, because her mother can't climb steps.


townhouse: a house built in a row of houses, with side walls connected

  • Townhouses usually have a lot of steps.

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