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Moving home - Vocabulary

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  • flat/house share
    a flat or house where friends live together
  • BONUS: handy with DIY
    able to do repairs
  • fully-furnished
    a house or flat that you rent with all furniture lready in it
  • BONUS: mod cons
    modern conveniences (e.g. fridge, microwave)
  • BONUS: dodgy
    not reliable or safe
  • a squatter
    a person who lives in a place, without paying rent to the owner
  • BONUS: beats trawling
    it's better than looking through a lot of information
  • flat-/house-hunt
    look for a house or a flat to live in
  • BONUS: a bit of a nightmare
    difficult, unpleasant
  • BONUS: ground rules
    the limits or boundaries in terms of behavior
  • lodger
    someone who pays to live in a house or flat with a person who owns it
  • put down a deposit
    pay money when you start to rent, returned when you stop renting
  • BONUS: turn up unannounced
    visit someone without telling someone in advance
  • landlord/landlady
    a person who owns a house or a flat that people can rent
  • BONUS: it's worth the hassle
    the benefits compensate for the difficulties
  • BONUS: pokey
    small and uncomfortable
  • BONUS: in the same boat
    in the same difficult situation
  • move in
    start living in a house or a flat
  • tenant
    a person who rents a house or a flat
  • Bonus: to be drawn to
    attracted to, interested in
  • do sth up (a property)
    to repair or decorate a building so that it looks attractive
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