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[9:02] Daily English Listening Practice: Detailed Vocabulary of Household Rooms

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This article introduces different rooms and common items in a house through short English listening passages, suitable for beginner learners to practice daily listening and master vocabulary related to everyday living scenarios.

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A house is divided into different rooms. In my house, there is a living room. There is a couch, two chairs, a coffee table, and a television set in the living room.

In the kitchen, there is a stove and a refrigerator. There is also a sink and a dishwasher in the kitchen. There is a kitchen table and chairs. We eat most of our meals at the kitchen table.

We have a dining room. There is a dining table and chairs in there.

There is a washroom or bathroom. There is a toilet, sink, and bathtub in the bathroom. There is also a shower in the bathroom.

We have three bedrooms. The bedrooms are upstairs. My brothers' room, my room, and my parents' room all have beds in them. We also have dressers in our rooms. There are closets in all of the bedrooms. We keep our clothes in the closets.

There is a basement in our house. We store things in the basement.

There is a laundry room in the basement. There is a washing machine and a dryer in the laundry room. This is where we wash and dry our clothes.

There is a garage attached to the house. We keep the car in the garage. You drive up the driveway and into the garage.

We also have a front yard and a backyard. There is a vegetable garden in the backyard. There are some flowers and a tree planted in the front yard.

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basement
noun
1. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level
often used for storage
Synonym: cellar
2. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
bathroom
noun
1. a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
Synonym: bath
2. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
Synonym: toiletlavatorylavcanjohnprivy
garage
noun
1. an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
2. a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
Synonym: service department
garden
noun
1. a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
2. a yard or lawn adjoining a house
3. the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden
kitchen
noun
1. a room equipped for preparing meals
laundry
noun
1. workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
2. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Synonym: washwashingwashables
living
noun
1. the experience of being alive
the course of human events and activities
e.g. he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
Synonym: life
2. people who are still living
e.g. save your pity for the living
3. the financial means whereby one lives
e.g. each child was expected to pay for their keep
he applied to the state for support
he could no longer earn his own livelihood
Synonym: supportkeeplivelihoodbread and buttersustenance
4. the condition of living or the state of being alive
e.g. while there's life there's hope
life depends on many chemical and physical processes
Synonym: animationlifealiveness
dining
noun
1. the act of eating dinner