Vocabulary for Urban Living: Neighbors, Parking, and Housing

Vocabulary for Urban Living

Neighbour: person living near you

Zip code: code of letters and digits added to a postal address

Post code: postal number for the area of the city where you live in

Parking lot: place where vehicles can be parked in

Car park: place where vehicles can be parked in

Elevator: small room that carries people/goods up and down a building

Lift: device that carries people/goods up and down inside buildings

Make a name for yourself: become famous/respected by a lot of people

Make a start on/get going: begin something

Get the picture: understand what you are told

Have something against: object to something

To do your utmost: do your best

Have no option (but to do something): not have the possibility to do something else

Make a list of: write down the things to do

Do the Job: performs the work you want to be done and achieves results you want

Have no hesitation in: to not hesitate

Get underway: start, get going

Make a point of: make a special effort

Grammar

Pasivas: add be + ed/3acolumna, si infinitivo->be made to infinitivo, let->be allowed to, algunos verbos y preps-> to be/being + 3acolumna

Pasivas impersonales: 1) sujeto->verbo en pasiva+ to infinitive, to be ing, to have, to have been ing 2) it-> vbo en pasiva + that (misma clause)

Attic: ático

Loft (casa tipo almacén)

DIY (design it yourself)

Cellar (bodega, sótano)

Tool

Hallway (pasillo, entrada)

Demolish (demoler)

Renovate

Install

Bungalow (casa de un solo piso)

Terraced houses (casas pegadas)

Semi-detached (casas juntas pero no pegadas)

Skyscraper

Multi-storey (edificio de varias plantas)

Stable (cuadras)

Makeover (cambio de imagen) mansion

Condos (casa de varias personas)

Stately homes (mansión vieja de campo, señorial)

Subdivisions (estructuramiento territorial tipo ciudad -> pueblo..)

Cottages (casa de campo)

Block of flats/apartment blocks (bloque de pisos)

Duplexes (casa dos pisos con escalera)

Studio flats (muy pequeños, tienen lo necesario)

Flat- apartment

Centre-center

Chemist’s -drugstore

Ground floor-first floor

Pavement-sidewalk (acera)

Neighbour-neighbor

Post code- zip code

Car park- parking lot

Urbanisation-urbanization (proceso de urbanización en ciudades)