18 terms

Terms	Definitions
real estate	property in the form of land or buildings
estate agent	someone who works for an estate agency
the bigger the better	an expression for a big house
Cape Cod	a style's house with 1 or 2 flowers, a rooft construct a pont and a chemines on the middle of the place
Georgian	a style's house, a large rectangular house with the windons rectangulars.The design of the house is symmetry.
modest	for a house : not large in size or amount, or not expensive
bungalow	a house that has only one storey (= level)
cottage	a small house , usually in the countryside
a step up from	an improvement over; one level better or higher than
mobile home	an inexpensive home that is built in a factory and has wheels so that it can be pulled to where the owners will live, with pieces of wood or plastic used to hide the wheels
to come into some money	to inherit; to receive money from someone when that person dies
colonial	a home built in one of the styles that was popular in North America before the United States became a country, usually with one or two floors and with very steep (with a sharp angle) roofs
Greek revival	a home or other building that is similar to ancient Greek architecture, with pillars (columns; vertical structures) in the front or all around the building, like many U.S. government buildings
split-level	a type of home where the main floor where one walks into the home is halfway between an upper floor, usually where the bedrooms are, and a lower floor, usually where the family room or basement is
ranch	a long, rectangular home with only one floor and large windows, usually with little architectural decoration inside or outside
the sky's the limit	a phrase used to show that there are no limits or controls, so one can do whatever one wants, without paying attention to how much something costs
ostentatious	doing or saying things to try to impress other people, especially spending a lot of money to draw attention to oneself
deal with it	an informal, slightly rude phrase used to tell someone that he or she must accept something or learn to tolerate it because it is not going to change

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