Vocabulaire

house

/haʊs/

Exemple: “This is my house.”

Synonymes: firm, home, menage

forlorn

Adjectif

Exemple: “The house looked forlorn.”

Synonymes: lonely, abandoned

Antonymes: cheerful

electricity

Nom

Exemple: “The house has no electricity.”

Synonymes: power, electric power

Antonymes: darkness

property

Nom

Exemple: “This house is my property.”

Synonymes: ownership, asset

Antonymes: debt

roof

Nom

Exemple: “The roof is red.”

Synonymes: top of house

Antonymes: floor

furniture

Nom

Exemple: “The room has new furniture.”

Synonymes: chairs and tables, household items

Antonymes: empty room

apartment

Nom

Exemple: “I live in an apartment.”

Synonymes: flat, home

Antonymes: house

home

Nom

Exemple: “I am at home.”

Synonymes: house, place to live

Antonymes: office

supermarket

Nom

Exemple: “I buy food at the supermarket.”

Synonymes: market, store

Antonymes: home

bakery

Nom

Exemple: “There is a bakery near my house.”

garden

Nom

Exemple: “The children play in the garden.”

Synonymes: yard

sandwiched

Adjectif

Exemple: “Our house is sandwiched between two tall buildings.”

Synonymes: wedged, placed between

Antonymes: separate, isolated

brother-in-law

Nom

Exemple: “My brother-in-law helped us move house.”

Synonymes: relative by marriage

Antonymes:

coal

Nom

Exemple: “The old house was heated with coal.”

Synonymes: fuel

Antonymes:

domesticity

Nom

Exemple: “The novel portrays the quiet routines of domesticity.”

Synonymes: home life, household life

Antonymes: adventure, public life

unsettling

Adjectif

Exemple: “There was something deeply unsettling about the silence in the house.”

Synonymes: disturbing, disquieting

Antonymes: comforting, reassuring

their

Déterminant

Exemple: “Their house is near the park.”

Synonymes: belonging to them

Antonymes: our

large

Adjectif

Exemple: “They live in a large house.”

Synonymes: big

Antonymes: small

means

Nom

Exemple: “They don’t have the means to buy a house.”

Synonymes: resources

flood

Nom

Exemple: “The flood damaged many houses.”

Synonymes: overflow

theirs

Pronom

Exemple: “This house is theirs.”

Synonymes: belonging to them

imagine

Verbe

Exemple: “Imagine a big house.”

Synonymes: picture

around

Préposition

Exemple: “There are trees around the house.”

Synonymes: near

Antonymes: far

destroy

Verbe

Exemple: “The fire destroyed the house.”

Synonymes: ruin

Antonymes: build

describe

Verbe

Exemple: “Can you describe your house?”

Synonymes: explain

Antonymes: hide

big

/bɪɡ/

Exemple: “It is a big house.”

Synonymes: conspicuous, prodigious, intense

Antonymes: little, small