House:: (Noun) Abode, Accommodation, Address, Dwelling, Residence

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SYNONYMS

House: (noun) abode, accommodation, address, dwelling, residence


ABODE (formal) 1. someone`s home sometimes used humorously: Welcome to my
humble abode. | a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home) (ro = locuinta)

2. right of abode the right to live in a country (ro = resedinta)

ACCOMMODATION a place for someone to stay, live, or work: The price for the
holiday includes flights and accommodation.

- In everyday English, people usually say somewhere to


stay/live rather than accommodation: She`s trying to find
somewhere to live. | Have you found anywhere to stay yet?

ADDRESS the details of the place where someone lives or works, which you use to
send them letters etc: What`s your new address?

DWELLING (formal) a house, apartment etc. where people live.

RESIDENCE (fomal) 1. a house, especially a large or official one: the ambassador`s


official residence.

2. legal permission to live in a country for a certain period of


time: Jeff has permanent residence in Canada, but is still a US citizen.
TO SMILE: beam, grin, laugh, smirk, simper, sneer

BEAM v. to smile very happily: Sherman looked at his sons and beamed proudly.

GRIN v. to smile widely: She grinned at me , her eyes sparkling.

LAUGH 1. To make sounds with your voice, usually while you are smiling, because
you think something is funny: Maria looked at him and laughed.

2. to say something in a voice that shows you are amused: You look
ridiculous! Nick laughed.

3. not know whether to laugh or cry: to feel upset or annoyed about


something that has happened but also be able to see that there is something funny
about it: And when I couldn`t find the passports honestly, I didn`t know whether to laugh or
cry.

4. used when someone has just told you something that is completely untrue,
asked for something impossible, etc: Can you finish this by tomorrow? Don`t make me
laugh!

SMIRK to smile in an unpleasant way that shows that you are pleased by someone
else`s bad luck or think that you are better than other people: What are you smirking at?

SIMPER to smile in a silly annoying way: Becky simpered at him as he spoke. (a mustaci)

SNEER to smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for
someone or something: Is that your best outfit? he sneered.

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