Shoes

Shoes

boots: a protective covering for the feet and part of the legs

• You need boots for walking in the snow.

flats: women's shoes that have a very low heel

• Flats are more comfortable for walking.

high heels: women's shoes that have a built-up heel, often three to four inches high

• Many women like to get dressed up in high heels.

lace-ups: shoes that are tightened to the feet by laces that are threaded through holes in the upper part of the shoe

• Children usually get their first lace-ups when they are learning to walk.

loafers: men's or women's slip-on leather shoes that look like moccasins with a solid sole

• Loafers are more casual than oxfords, but they are dressier than sneakers.

Mary Janes: little girls' shoes with a strap over the top

• Even big girls and women like Mary Janes.

moccasins: soft leather shoes traditionally worn by native North Americans

• Mocassins are especially pretty when they have decorative beading.

oxfords: leather lace-ups

• Some private schools require the students to wear oxfords as part of the school uniform.

pumps: women's medium-heel or high-heel shoes with closed toe

• Pumps can be worn almost anywhere.

sandals: shoes made of a sole and straps

• Sandals are great in the summertime.

shoes: a covering for a person's feet

• Everybody likes to get new shoes.

sneakers: sports shoes with rubber soles; tennis shoes, running shoes, basketball shoes, etc.

• People of all ages wear sneakers.

wedges: high heels with a solid portion that connects the heels to the sole

• Wedges seem to go in and out of style.

Automobiles

Automobiles

automobile: a passenger vehicle that has four wheels and its own engine, for travel on land

• Many families have more than one automobile.

car: an automobile

• Our neighbors just bought a new car.

convertible: a car whose top can be folded back or removed

• It's very pleasant to ride in a convertible in nice weather.

sedan: a car that has a front seat and a rear seat and either two doors or four doors

• The sedan is a popular car style.

SUV: (Sport Utility Vehicle) a high-performance four-wheel-drive car built on a truck frame

• There are lots of SUVs on the streets, especially in the suburbs.

van: a large boxlike automobile that has sliding side doors

• Many people who have small children buy either an SUV or a van.

vehicle: any device used for carrying passengers, goods, or equipment

• Bicycles, motorcycles, cars, and sleds are all vehicles.

Streets

Streets

avenue: a wide street in a city

• The avenues in the city are wide and elegant.

beltway: a freeway that forms a circle around a city, connecting its outer suburbs

• Traffic is fast on the beltway, and you have to be careful.

freeway: a highway with several lanes and few or no stoplights; vehicles enter and exit via ramps

• There are always a lot of trucks on the freeway.

highway: a main public road that connects towns and cities

• The highway is usually crowded.

road: an open way for the passage of vehicles, people, or animals

• The road that leads to our cabin is not paved.

street: a public way for automobiles, usually with buildings on both sides

• What street do you live on?

toll road: a freeway that charges money to use it

• We took the toll road and got there much faster, but it cost ten dollars in tolls.

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.