Active Vocabulary

1. District (noun) –1. округ, район, e.g. They live in a new district of Kiev. 2. Область, місцевість, e.g. He lived in the English lake district. Their district stretches nearly 150 miles, from the mountains to the sea. 3. геогр. назва, округ, e.g. District of Columbia.

district noun

Colloc. neighbouring, surrounding, central district, e.g. Fire crews from all the surrounding districts helped to fight the fires in the city. Every city has its central business district.

Outlying, remote district, e.g. A new railway station to help people commuting from outlying districts.

Rich, wealthy, poor, working-class district, e.g. The building was located in the poorest districts of the city.

Rural, suburban, urban, agricultural, business, commercial, financial, industrial, mining, residential, shopping district, e.g. Donetsk is the biggest mining district Ukraine.

2. Terrace (noun) – 1. Ряд будинків уздовж вулиці, e.g. Terrace houses are typical for England. Our house is in a long Vistorian house in north London. 2. Тераса, насип, e. g. paved, sunny, cafe, garden, roof terrace. The hotel has a roof terrace overlooking the sea. The two women were enjoying the view of the city from the terrace

Terraced (adj.) – терасований, e.g. They were walking along the terraced street.

3. To locate (regular verb) – 1. Визначати місцезнаходження, e.g. They managed to locate the enemy’s camp. 2. Оселитися, e.g. The company has located on the West Coast. 3. Розташовувати(ся), usu. passive, e.g. The house is conveniently located, about two hundred meters from the shopping centre. 4. Знайти (показати) місцезнаходження чогось, e.g. Can you help me to locate the town on the map?

To be located – розміщуватися, e.g. to be conveniently (ideally, strategically, physically) located. Two people can meet in virtual reality even if physically located in different continents.

4. Flat (noun) – квартира. Amer. (Apartment), e.g. The flat is well-planned (badly-planned, cosy, comfortable, well laid out, modern, shabby, furnished, unfurnished, one-room, two-room, one-bedroomed, bachelor flat). Even the prices of small bachelor flats are unbelievable.

The flat overlooks smth. (faces smth.). There is a marvelous block of flats overlooking the marina (a specially designed harbour for yachts and small boats).

Flat (adj.) – плоский, рівний, горизонтальний, e.g. There were a lot of low buildings with flat roofs.

Block of flats – багатоквартирний дім.

5. Tiny (adj.) – крихітний, дуже малий, e.g. A tiny cottage was surrounded by the garden. Look at his tiny fingers, aren’t they sweet?

Syn. small, little, wee, miniature.

6. Floor (noun) – 1. Підлога, настил, e.g. I can’t sleep on the bare floor! (carpeted, parquet, tiled, wooden, bathroom, kitchen floor). Can you help me to clean (mop, polish, sweep, wash, wax) the floor? 2. поверх. e. g. ground, first, second etc. floor, lower, upper floor. The offices occupy the two top floors of the building.

Syn. storey.

Ці слова часто заміняють один одного.

e.g. Our flat is on the ground floor (on the first storey) – на першому поверсі. Our flat is on the first floor (on the second storey) – на другому поверсі.

Коли мова йде про кількість поверхів в будинку, вживається слово storey, e.g. How many storeys are there in your house?I live on the top storey.

7. To live

8. To have got

9. Huge (adj.) – величезний, гігантський, e.g. Canada is a huge country. This is a really huge amount of money!

To be ( look, become, grow), e.g. Her eyes grew huge.

Syn. big, large, enormous, tremendous, vast, immense.

10. Need

need verb

ADV. badly, desperately, really, urgently She needed some money badly. Research is urgently needed into the causes of this illness. | certainly, definitely | clearly, obviously | just, only, simply I just need some information. | hardly You hardly need me to tell you that your father is still very frail and must not be upset. | not necessarily These people may need 24-hour attention, but they do not necessarily need to be in hospital. | no longer | still

VERB + NEED be going to | be expected to, be likely to, may well You may well need to look outside your preferred area to find affordable accommodation.

11. Rooms: living room, bedroom, bathroom, utility room, hall, toilet

12. Furniture : sofa, wardrobe, double bed, bookshelves, armchairs

13. Lazy Sunday

14. To enjoy doing smth.

15. To surf the Net

16. Cushion

17. The rest of the family