Advanced vocabulary to describe house and flat and sample IELTS answers
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- Learn advanced vocabulary and practice answering real exam questions.
Vocabulary covered in the tutorial:
Idioms:
Social butterfly
Party animal
Couch potato
To let off steam
Phrases:
To entail a lot of upkeep
Love at first sight
To come at a reasonable price
In the vicinity
On the flip side
Nouns:
Creature comforts
Vista
Listings
Flaw
Monkey bars
Mortgage
Down payment
Tenant
Landlord
Property
Rental deposit, security deposit
Utilities
Utility bill
Verbs:
To feature
To scour
To opt for something
Asset
To gravitate
Adjectives:
Picture-perfect
Rambling
Cramped
Spell-binding
Unsurpassed
Abundant
Much-needed
Affordable
00:00 Intro
01:54 Types of housing
02:29 Amenities and creature comforts
04:58 Property, tenant, landlord, mortgage, down payment
06:10 To pay rent, rental deposit, utility bill, affordable
07:45 To scour, listings, asset, prime location, residential area
10:12 Within a walking distance, in the vicinity, a rambling park
11:12 Recreational activities, a dog park, walkable area
11:55 Picture-perfect view, spell-binding view, vista, to overlook, as far as the eye can see
13:07 Dilapidated, derelict
13:55 Detached house, cramped, party animal, to throw a party, a social butterfly
15:30 On the flipside, high-maintenance, to entail a lot of upkeep
16:24 IELTS Cue cards, part 2 speaking section
19:56 Can you describe a place where you live?
20:46 What kind of housing/accommodation do you live in?
21:34 What do you like about your flat?
22:12 Which rooms do you spend most of the time in?
22:40 What can you see from the windows where you live?
23:00 Do you prefer living in a house or in a flat?
24:08 What do you dislike about your flat?
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Wow, thanks a lot! I thought my english is quite good, but now I feel that there is a lot of space to learn more! I like the way you put the things down, without going too deep, so it is better to understand and not lose focus. Thank you!
Thank you! Your English is indeed very good, with more than 170,000 words in English in current use, there will always be some room for improvement. :) But for IELTS, even for Band 9, you don't need to know all the words in current use. It's more like pick and choose what to use :)
Thank you for this video! Excellent stuff.
My pleasure!
It Is amazing how in all your lessons you take some difficult question and make it so simple to answer. Your videos are very helpful, especially when I dont really have ideas how to answer this or that, or which words to use to make my answer better. Thank you Alina!
Thank you! Glad to know that it helps to expand your vocabulary.
And confidence in being able to give a good answer too!