household

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things to sleep between
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(a pair of) sheets
something to clean and polish table tops
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a duster
something to wash your face with
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a flannel
and to dry it with
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a towel
something to wipe your mouth with after eating
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a serviette or napkin
something to put round baby’s bottom
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a nappy
things to keep you warm in bed
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blankets (bedspread/duvet)
something to blow your nose with
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a handkierchief (tissue, hankie)
something to wash up with
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a discloth or scourer
and dry the dishes with
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a tea-towel or teacloth
something to cover the table before laying it
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a table cloth
something to put hot dinner plates on
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a table mat
something to clean the floor with
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a floor cloth
things to stop people peeping through the windows at you
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net curtains (blinds)
check how fast you’re deiving in your sports car
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a speedometer
how much more air you need to pump into your tires
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a pressure gauge
which way you’re travelling in the desert
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a compass
what your temperature is
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a thermometer
how heavy you are
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a pair of scales
how many centimeters
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a tape measure
how much electricity or gas
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a meter
how much you’ve spent at the supermarket
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a cash register (till)
how fast to play music
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a metronome
how much oil in the car
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a dipstick
how long a line is
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a ruler (metal rule)
how fast you’ve run
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a stopwatch
when your line or surface is exactly level
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a spirit level
about the atmosphere pressure
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a barometer
how many degrees
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a protractor
how much alcohol is in your blood
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a breathalyser
a way of life that is full of activity and excitement
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life in the fast lane
have a wonderful time
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have a time of your life
become more energetic and active than before
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get a new lease of life
a very unhappy and difficult life
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a dog’s life
have a life that is protected from unpleasentness
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lead a sheltered/busy/quiet/normal life
(not) be very serious
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(not) be a matter of life and death
do something very dangerous
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take your life in your hands
bring new ideas and energy to something
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breathe new life into
get on very well with someone
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get on like a house on fire
something/someone everyone knows
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a household word/name
free of charge
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on the house
information that is true but not pleasant
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home truths
nothing special
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nothing to write home about
become fully understood/felt
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hit home
make yourslef feel comfortable in someone else’s home
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make yourself at home
empty building where people start living without the owner's permission
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squat
a very small, dirty house or flat in a bad (or run down) condition
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hovel
with or without furniture
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furnished/unfurnished
a luxury flat at the top of a building
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penthouse
rented accommodation provided by the state for people who have low incomes
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council/social housing
a large group of such housing
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a council estate
flats in a tall, modern building with a lot of floors
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high-rise (flats) or tower blocks
a set of rooms for an elderly person, connected to a relative's house
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a granny flat
full of activity and noise
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bustling
dark and depressing (for rooms)
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dark and dingy
grey and depressing
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drab
cold because cold currents of air continually enter it (under the door, through cracks in the window, etc)
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draughty
boring and depressing
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dreary
dark and depressing
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gloomy
horrible, boring and depressing (for towns/cities)
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godforsaken
old and damp-smelling
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musty
very pretty (for buildings/town/villages)
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picturesque
very comfortable and expensively decorated (for rooms/hotels/restaurants)
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plush
uncomfortably small
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pok(e)y
far away from other people, towns
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remote
dirty and untidy and generally connected with illegal/immoral activities
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seedy
a very quiet place where very little happens
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sleepy
very large
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spacious
lacking fresh air and unpleasant as a result
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stuffy
designed to attract tourists (with big hotels, nightclubs, shopping centres, etc) and lacking any local colour as a result
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touristy
has not lost its local character because of tourist developments
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unspoiled

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