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Moving home - Vocabulary

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    Gateway B2+ Unit 6
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  • do sth up (a property)
    to repair or decorate a building so that it looks attractive
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  • flat-/house-hunt
    look for a house or a flat to live in
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  • flat/house share
    a flat or house where friends live together
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  • fully-furnished
    a house or flat that you rent with all furniture lready in it
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  • landlord/landlady
    a person who owns a house or a flat that people can rent
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  • lodger
    someone who pays to live in a house or flat with a person who owns it
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  • move in
    start living in a house or a flat
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  • put down a deposit
    pay money when you start to rent, returned when you stop renting
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  • a squatter
    a person who lives in a place, without paying rent to the owner
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  • tenant
    a person who rents a house or a flat
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  • BONUS: ground rules
    the limits or boundaries in terms of behavior
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  • BONUS: a bit of a nightmare
    difficult, unpleasant
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  • BONUS: turn up unannounced
    visit someone without telling someone in advance
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  • BONUS: in the same boat
    in the same difficult situation
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  • BONUS: beats trawling
    it's better than looking through a lot of information
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  • BONUS: handy with DIY
    able to do repairs
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