Lesson 5: Buildings and listening. Jun 23rd, 2005

On this show we talked about buildings and how to show a speaker that you understand what s/he says.
(Due to technical difficulties, Rob’s voice sounds a little in the background today. We will rectify this problem for future shows)

Utterances to show you understand the speaker
Uh-hu/Mm-m
Oh really/Oh yeah
I see/Oh yes

Other vocabulary
subsidised
Example: government subsidised property. 

Both sides of the pond
First floor/Ground floor
Second floor/First floor
Third floor/Second floor
Apartment building/block of flats
The projects/Council estate