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Language Summary 5
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LOCATION
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in the city centre in a quiet/lively/friendly neighbourhood
HOMES AND BUILDINGS in the co·untry in a residential area
in the suburbs on the ground/first/top flo·or

a suburb /sAb3:b/ an area where people live outside the
centre of a city: They lived in a suburb of New York. People who
live in the suburbs have to commute into the city .
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a neighbourhood / ne1b;:}hud/ the area of a town or city that
is around someone's home: I live in a quiet neighbourhood.
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lively / la1vh/ a lively neighbourhood has a lot of places to go
• (cafes, restaurants, clubs, etc.) and a lot of interesting things
an apartment block a cottage /kot1d3/
happening in it: We live in a very lively neighbourhood.
a residential area a part of town with a lot of houses or flats,
but no offices, big shops or factories: My parents live in a
residential area just outside the city centre.

TIPS• In the UK the suburbs often have a lot of detached
houses and are usually quite expensive places to live.
• the ground floor [UK] = the first floor [US]; the first floor [UK] =
the second floor [US], etc.
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a detached /d1tretf t/ house a terraced /tenst/ house
• We can also say a ground-floor flat, a top-floor flat, etc.
TIP• We can say an apartment block, an apartment building or
m Phrasal verbs (2) 58 p40
a block of flats.
PARTS OF A HOME
clear sth o·ut tidy a room, cupboard, etc. and get rid of the
things in it that you don't want any more: I'm going to clear out
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the garage this weekend.
sort sth o·ut arrange or organise things that are not in order or
are untidy: I need to sort out my notes - I can't find anything!
give sth away give something to someone without asking for
money: I didn't need my old TV so I gave it away.
throw sth away or throw sth o·ut put something in the rubbish
bin that you don't want any more: A What should I do with this
lamp? B Throw it away/out, it's broken.
a balcony a garage /grera:3/
take sth o·ut remove something from a place: Can you take
the rubbish out for me, please?
tidy (sth) up make a room or place tidy by putting things
back in the place where you usually keep them: I always tidy
up before I go to bed.
put sth away put something in the place where you usually
keep it: Don't leave your clothes on the floor- put them away.
come back return to a place: John's on holiday, but he's
coming back tomorrow afternoon.
a loft a study go thro·ugh sth carefully look at things to find something or
to see if you want to keep them: I went through everything in
these boxes and threw away a lot of junk.

a roof stairs

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TIP• We can also say upstairs and downstairs to talk about the
floor above or below where we are now: I think you left your wallet
upstairs. If you're going downstairs, can you make some tea? • • •
throw away/out put away
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