| squat | an empty building where people start living without the owner's permission |
| hovel | a very poor, dirty house or flat in a bad condition |
| pied a terre | drugie mieszkanie w centrum |
| penthouse | a luxury flat at the top of a building |
| council housing | houses provided by the state for ppl who can't afford to buy their own houses |
| high-rise flat | a flat in a tall, modern building with a lot of floors |
| granny flat | a set of rooms for an elderly person, connected to a relative's house |
| the rat race | wyścig szczurów |
| Feng Shui | a Chinese philosophy - the position of buildings and arrangements of objects is important |
| minimalism | a style which involves using the smallest possible range of materials, colours etc. |
| post-modernism | a style of archit. arts, etc. popular in the 80s and 90s; includes features from different periods |
| New Age | way of life&thinking, 80s, wide range of beliefs&activities: astrology, alternative medicine etc. |
| subsistence farming | farming where people live by growing just enough food for their own family |
| household word/name | something everyone knows |
| drink on the house | N a free drink |
| home thruths | info that is true but not pleasant or welcome; gorzka prawda |
| nothing to write home about | nothing special |
| hit home | become fully understood or fully felt |
| That's the story of my life | That's what always happens to me |
| have the time of your life | have a wonderful time |
| get a new lease of life | become more energetic and active than before |
| dog's life | a very unhappy and difficult life |
| bustling | full of activity and noises |
| dark and dingy | dark and depressing (for rooms) |
| drab | grey and depressing (_ r _ _) |
| draughty | cold because cold currents of air continually enter it / pełen przeciągów |
| dreary | boring and depressing (_ _ e _ _ _) |
| gloomy | dark and depressing (_ _ o _ _ _) |
| godforsaken | horrible, boring and depressing (for towns and cities) |
| unspoiled | has not lost its local character becasue of tourist developments |
| touristy | designed to attract tourists and lacking any local colour as a result |
| stuffy | lacking fresh air and unpleasant as a result |
| occupant | lokator |
| spacious | very large; przestronny |
| sleepy | a very quiet place where very little happens |
| seedy | dirty and untidy and generally connected with illegal/immoral activities |
| remote | far away from other towns/villages/people; odległy |
| pok(e)y | uncomfortably small |
| plush | very comfortable and expensively decorated |
| picturesque | very pretty (for buildings/towns/villages) |
| musty | old and damp - smelling/ pachnący stęchlizną |
| slum | slumsy |
| throughout | wszędzie |
