Improve Your English: English in Everyday Life

master bedroom, master bath:
Th
e largest, or main, 
bedroom or bathroom in a house.
mudroom:
A small room where people can remove their 
dirty or muddy footwear before entering the rest of the 
house.
pantry:
A relatively small closet-type storage room.
pretty good:
Very good.
quote-unquote:
A phrase that is used to indicate the 
statement following it is a direct quotation.
row houses:
Houses built side by side and attached to 
the ones next to them.
surround sound:
A feature of a stereo or sound system 
that makes the sound appear to be coming from all direc-
tions around the listener.
two-by-fours:
Pieces of wood used in construction that 
are roughly two inches thick and four inches wide of 
varying lengths.
under roof:
Completed to the point that the roof has 
been put in place.
Victorian house:
A style of house similar to those popu-
lar during the Victorian era of England.

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QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
1. Which of these speakers has the most unusual 
home and why?
2. Whose home is most similar to yours and why?
3. Describe the house that you grew up in.
4. Which is your favorite room in the house where 
you live now and why?
5. How do homes in the United States diff er from 
homes where you grew up and why?
6. Identify three words or phrases in this chapter 
that are new to you, and write a sentence with 
each one.

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