English Vocabulary: Personality, Relationships, and Housing

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering personality traits, relationship phrasal verbs, housing styles, domestic features, and property rental terminology.

Reliable / dependable

Trustworthy and able to be counted on (niezawodny, godny zaufania).

Stubborn

uparty (pozytywnie np. Sportowiec)

Easy-going

Relaxed, calm, and not easily upset or worried (wyluzowany).

Sensible

Possessing or displaying practical wisdom, sound judgment, and reasonableness (rozsądny).

Sensitive

Easily affected emotionally or quick to perceive feelings (wrażliwy).

Broad-minded

Tolerant and open to varied opinions, lifestyles, or views (o otwartym umyśle).

Clumsy

Awkward in physical movement or in handling objects (niezdarny).

Short-tempered

Quick to lose patience and become angry or explosive (wybuchowy, porywczy).

Persuasive

Able to convince others to believe or do something through reasoning (przekonujący).

Considerate

Tactful, polite, and mindful of other people's needs and feelings (taktowny, uprzejmy, liczący się z innymi).

Level-headed

Calm, balanced, and capable of making sound, rational decisions (zrównoważony, trzeźwo myślący).

Accomendation

Zakwaterowanie

Suburb

Przedmieścia

Spacious

Przestronny

Wise

Mądry

Vaise the rent

Podnosić czynsz

Lower the rent

Obniżać czynsz

Trustworthy

Godny zaufania

Self-important

Having an inflated or conceited view of one's own significance (zadufany w sobie, zarozumiały).

Narrow-minded

Intolerant and having a limited perspective or closed outlook (o ograniczonych horyzontach).

Tight-fisted

Reluctant to spend money; stingy or miserly (skąpy).

Argumentative

Having strong opinions and a tendency to dispute or argue with others (silna opinia).

Obstinate

uparty (negatywnie)

Get together

To meet or assemble socially with others (spotkać się).

Hang out

To spend time informally relaxing or socializing (spędzać czas).

Split up

To end a romantic relationship or separate (rozstać się).

Take after

To resemble an older family member in character, habits, or appearance (wrodzić się w kogoś / być podobnym).

Drift apart

To gradually lose closeness or intimacy in a relationship over time (oddalać się od siebie).

To get on well with someone

To maintain a friendly, cooperative relationship with someone (mieć dobre relacje z kimś).

To fall out with someone

To quarrel or have a serious disagreement that disrupts a relationship (pokłócić się z kimś).

To make up with someone

To reconcile and re-establish friendly terms after an argument (pogodzić się z kimś).

To look up to someone

To admire, respect, and view someone as an exemplary role model (podziwiać kogoś, brać przykład).

To let someone down

To disappoint someone by failing to fulfill their expectations or trust (zawieść kogoś, rozczarować).

Come around

To pay a casual visit to someone's home (wpaść do kogoś z wizytą).

Come into

To enter a place (such as an office), or to inherit money or property upon someone's death (wejść np. do biura; dziedziczyć w spadku).

Fully furnished

Completely equipped with all required furniture and household essentials (w pełni umeblowany).

Detached house

A standalone, single-family residential house not connected to adjacent properties (dom jednorodzinny / wolnostojący).

Terraced house / row house

One of a continuous row of joined houses that share common side dividing walls (szeregowiec).

Skyscraper

A very tall multi-story building (wieżowiec).

Studio flat

A compact one-room self-contained flat with a combined living and sleeping space plus a bathroom (kawalerka).

Within walking distance

Sufficiently close to be reached easily on foot (w odległości krótkiego spaceru).

Cluttered

Disordered, untidy, and filled with an excess of objects (zagracony).

Spotless

Immaculately clean and devoid of any dirt or blemishes (nieskazitelnie czysty).

Run-down

In a state of disrepair, dilapidation, or neglect (zaniedbany).

Airy

Spacious, light, and with plenty of fresh circulating air (przestronny).

Shabby

Worn-out, scruffy, or showing notable signs of neglect and use (obskurny).

Built-in wardrobe

A wardrobe custom-fitted into a wall recess (szafa pod zabudowę).

Tenant

An individual who occupies rented land, accommodation, or property (lokator, najemca).

Landlord / landlady

A person who owns property and leases or rents it to tenants (właściciel / właścicielka).

Utilities

Basic public service supplies such as gas, electricity, and water, along with meter fees (opłaty licznikowe / media).

To redecorate

To refresh, paint, or refurbish the interior design of a home (odnowić, przeprowadzić remont).

To do up the house

To renovate, repair, and comprehensively restore a home (wyremontować dom od podstaw).

Deposit

A sum of money paid up front as financial security against property damage when renting (kaucja).

Household chores

Routine cleaning, washing, and maintenance duties performed in a home (obowiązki domowe).

To dust the furniture

To clean and wipe away accumulated dust from household surfaces (ścierać kurze).

To maintain a garden

To regularly care for, preserve, and tend to an outdoor garden (dbać o ogród).

Block of flats

A multi-story residential building comprising separate private apartments (blok mieszkalny).