Homework:
reading, p. 66/67 (C + D + E) and grammar, p.68
Posh /pɒʃ/ adjective
1 EXPENSIVE expensive and used or owned by rich
people
A posh hotel/restaurant
2 SOCIAL CLASS [SOCIETY] UK
A
posh voice
Filthy /ˈfɪlθi/ adjective
1 DIRTY extremely dirty
Wash your hands, they're filthy!
2 OFFENSIVE rude or offensive
Filthy language/jokes
Smoking is a filthy habit.
Woodland /ˈwʊdlənd/ noun [ C , U ]
[ GEOGRAPHY ] an area of land with a lot of trees
ˌ Half ˈ board noun [ U ] mainly UK
The price for a room in a hotel, which includes
breakfast and dinner.
Self-catering /ˌselfˈkeɪt ə rɪŋ/ adjective UK
Describes a holiday in which you have a kitchen so
that you can cook meals for yourself
We decided to stay in
self-catering accommodation rather than in a hotel.
cuisine /kwɪzˈiːn/ noun [ U ]
[ FOOD ] a style of cooking
French/international
cuisine
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I found a small flat in the student quarter.Granada
A growing
number of households have at least one computer.
Families
are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the
person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house).
Dirty old men
Make do
to manage to live without things that you would like
to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like:
We didn't have cupboards so we made do with boxes.
house 
types of house: terraced house British English/row house American English one of several houses that are joined together
detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house
semi-detached house British English a house that is attached to another house on one side
cottage a small house in the country
bungalow British English a small house with one floor
duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes
apartment also flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives, which is part of a larger building
condominium/condo American English an apartment in a large building, which is owned by the people who live there
studio apartment/studio also bedsit British English an apartment with one main room and no separate bedroom
a very large house: mansion, palace, country house British English,stately home British English
someone who sells houses and land: estate agent British English,real estate agent American English, realtor American English
someone who rents a house from another person: tenant
someone who owns a house and rents it to people: landlord,landladyhouse
types of house: terraced house British English/row house American English one of several houses that are joined together
detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house
semi-detached house British English a house that is attached to another house on one side
cottage a small house in the country
bungalow British English a small house with one floor
duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes
apartment also flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives, which is part of a larger building
condominium/condo American English an apartment in a large building, which is owned by the people who live there
studio apartment/studio also bedsit British English an apartment with one main room and no separate bedroom
a very large house: mansion, palace, country house British English,stately home British English
someone who sells houses and land: estate agent British English,real estate agent American English, realtor American English
someone who rents a house from another person: tenant
someone who owns a house and rents it to people: landlord,landladyhouse
QUARTER:
Part of a city
[Usually singular] an area of a town:
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A historic
quarter of the city
It’s a five-minute walk to the centre
You have to drive everywhere.
stew‧ard‧ess [countable]
a woman whose job is to serve food and drinks to
passengers on a plane or ship [↪ flight attendant]
Someone can rob a person or place, but you
cannot say that they rob an object or amount of money. Use steal: He
robbed a bank, stealing cash and valuables worth $500,000.
household [countable]
All the people who live together in one house [= house]:
A growing
number of households have at least one computer.Families
are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the
person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house).
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