Getting to know each other 
The Image of the other
Letter 2 My HOME
Useful Vocabulary		

Deadline:  January 10th 2008

Here are some hints for useful words in English. You can make your own dictionary by checking the meaning of them in your language in a dictionary and writing the translation into the space provided, if you wish.

English	Mother tongue
	
flat – apartment		
block of flats		
semi-detached house		
terrraced house 		
detached house		
cottage   -  farm		
building		
living room		
bathroom		
cupboard – storeroom		
sleeping room		
kitchenette		
balcony -  terrace		
hall		
desk		
lift - elevator		
garden		
courtyard		
pollution		
playground		
shopping centre 		
cinema		
city		
city centre = downtown		
Village		
the neighbours		
Pet		
Bench		
Chair		
Sofa		
Television = TV (set)		
Carpet		
Field		
in the country		
Wallpaper		
		
quiet  noisy		
spacious small		
narrow  wide		
untidy  tidy		
		
crowded  void		
heated cold		
Agricultural		
urban   rural		
Everywhere		
usually  now and then		
with pleasure		
often  rarely		
always  never		
next to..		
Instead		
		
to cook – to bake		
to do handicrafts		
to tidy up		
to go out		
to light ...		
to switch on  (light)		
to switch off		
to prefer		
to like		
to like		
to do homework		
to take care of ...		
to go for a walk		
to cycle		
to share		

The vocabulary list for all topics prepared by the Italian teacher team (Emanuela, Tiziana, Rodolfo, Beatrice, Isabella, Marlis, Simonetta, Maurizio)