ESL Podcast 175 - Places to Live

apartment - a set of rooms to live in that can be rented in a building; usually a bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, and living room

Let's clean the apartment before my parents arrive for a visit.

condo - short for condominium; a set of rooms to live in, like an apartment, that someone can buy

Our condo is on fifth floor and Jack's is on the sixth.

townhouse - a home in a row of houses, built with the wall of one townhouse connected to the next one

I live in a two-story townhouse not far from my work.

down payment - the part of the money owed on a home or object that is given to the owner when you promise to buy; it is also a promise that you will pay the rest later

You can hold the item with a down payment and then make payments each month.

to go through - to have someone/something help you to do something

Do you think we need to go through a ticket agency to get front-row tickets for this concert?

real estate agent - someone who is licensed to help people buy and sell property

A real estate agent can tell us which neighborhoods are the safest.

single-family home - a house and the property around it; these houses are separate from each other and are not connected

You won't find any apartments in this area. There are only single-family homes in this part of town.

multi-story building - a building with more than one floor or level

The Apex Corporation is on the third floor of that multi-story building over there.

penthouse - an apartment on the top floor of a building

This is the only elevator in the building that goes all the way up to the penthouse.

backyard - the area on a property behind a house

The children are playing soccer and having fun in the backyard.

duplex - a building, usually a big house, separated into two areas which can be lived in or owned separately

I live in the front unit of this duplex and my landlord lives in the back unit. [ ]-bedroom, [ ]-bath - a quick way to describe the details of a place to live by saying how many bedrooms and bathrooms it has

Now that we are expecting our third child, we'd like to move to a three- bedroom, two-bath house.

bungalow - a small, one-level house

After my parents retired, they sold their big house and moved into a small bungalow.

love at first sight - to love someone or something the first time you see them/it

When she saw him from across the room, it was love at first sight.

to forgive - to stop feeling angry toward someone

I hope you'll forgive me for not remembering your name.