flat hunter someone looking for a flat (two or three
rooms on the same floor)
there''s no privacy you cannot be alone
hostel a building in which young people (usually
students) can live cheaply
I have to be in I must be back in the hostel
self-contained with its own bath room and lavatory
lounge sitting room, living room
the day off the day free, i.e. you do not have to go
to work
accommodation houses, flats, rooms: somewhere to live
ring up telephone
keep your fingers crossed a superstition; this is meant to
bring good luck
eager keen, enthusiastic
you don''t really mind it''s not important to you
dozens many, a lot (twelve to a dozen)
let offer for rent (you often see signs
saying FLAT TO LET)
set off start a journey
let him know tell him later
reasonable sensible, moderate
a pretty good idea quite a good idea, a fairly good idea
agency here means a firm that collects details
of flats and passes them on to the flat
hunters for a commission, usually the
equivalent of a week''s rent
fee payment
rent payment for use of a building usually
paid by the week or the month
motorway high-speed road with limited access
road drills machines for breaking up the road surface
bulldozers vehicles that move earth in large
quantities
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