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Ever felt 'packed like sardines'? Rory vividly describes his massive new apartment, but reveals the one major downside that forces him to wake up at 5:30 AM every day. What's the trade-off worth?

Maria & Rory

· 5 min read

This episode’s vocabulary

Vividly

adverb — in a way that is very clear, powerful, and detailed in your mind:

Spacious

adj. — large and with a lot of space: a spacious house/living room.

Well-equipped

adj. — having the necessary tools, clothes, equipment, etc.

Massive

adj. — very large in size, amount, or number.

The skyline

noun. — a shape or pattern made against the sky, especially by buildings

Waistline

noun. — an imaginary line going round the narrowest part of your waist.

Packed/squashed like sardines

idiom — if people are packed or squashed like sardines, they are positioned very close together so that they cannot move: We were squashed like sardines in the rush-hour train.

Luxurious

adj. — very comfortable and expensive: They have a very luxurious house.

Get the bus to work

collocation — travel by bus to work.

The décor

noun. — the colour, style, and arrangement of the objects in a room.

Inclination

noun. — a feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a particular thing: My own inclination would be to look for another job.

Interior design

noun. — the art of planning the decoration of the inside of a building such as a house or office.

The seafront

noun phrase — the part of a town on the coast next to the beach, often with a road along it and a row of houses and shops facing the sea: We rented a house on the seafront for the summer.

Packages

noun. — an object or set of objects wrapped in paper, usually in order to be sent by post

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