{"id":7020,"date":"2019-05-30T09:31:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T13:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=7020"},"modified":"2019-05-30T09:31:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T13:31:36","slug":"household-issues-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/household-issues-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Household issues in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hello to all readers! How has the month of May been treating you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moving or spending some time in a new country can be a great source of joy and excitement as a new world opens up and you become part of another culture that is often not similar to yours. However, it is common to find many difficulties in everyday household chores. Simple issues that we used to do almost automatically can turn into big problems with a language barrier. If you are interested in learning some short and phrases in English that can be useful in everyday life, you are in the right place! Today we are going to teach you some of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7021\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7021\" class=\"wp-image-7021 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/05\/renovate-3293498_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"hand painting a door white\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/05\/renovate-3293498_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/05\/renovate-3293498_960_720-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/05\/renovate-3293498_960_720-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Household issues in English (photo by Pixabay)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><b style=\"font-size: 16px\">Light bulb<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We need to\u00a0<i>change the light bulb<\/i> in the room because it just burned out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can you hold the ladder for me while I\u00a0<i>change the light bulb<\/i>?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong style=\"font-size: 16px\">Rent<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you remember to\u00a0<em>pay rent<\/em> this month?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our\u00a0<em>lease<\/em>\u00a0expires at the end of the year. We had better get in touch with the\u00a0<em>real estate agency<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Internet<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The technician will stop by this afternoon to\u00a0<em>set up the internet<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<em>\u00a0internet just crashed<\/em>, I will reboot the modem.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 16px\">Power failures<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you know where the candles we bought are? I need them because the\u00a0<em>power went off<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yesterday it rained so hard that the\u00a0<em>power went off.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b style=\"font-size: 16px\">Key copy, spare keys<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A friend of mine is going to stay over this weekend, I need to make a\u00a0<em>copy of the keys <\/em>for him.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I left you a set of <em>spare keys<\/em> on the table.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Clogged sink\/ toilet\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Who left leftover food in the sink? It got <em>clogged<\/em>!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I need to call the plumber to <em>unclog<\/em> the sink.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Someone threw paper tissues in the toilet and now\u00a0<em>it&#8217;s clogged<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>\u00a0Home improvement\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can I borrow your\u00a0<em>drill<\/em>? I have to hang my new shelf.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am going to the hardware store to get some\u00a0<em>nails<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Leak<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are stains all over the ceiling, I think there must be a\u00a0<em>leak<\/em> there.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only after yesterday&#8217;s rain did I realize the amount of\u00a0<em>leaks<\/em> we have in this house.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Mold<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This bread is not good, it looks like\u00a0<em>it&#8217;s moldy<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Leaving doors open is the best way to\u00a0<em>prevent mold<\/em> in cabinets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Trash<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When does the the<em>\u00a0garbage truck<\/em> come around?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do not forget to\u00a0<em>take out the trash<\/em>, they collect it today.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>I need to\u00a0<em>sort out my trash<\/em>\u00a0because we\u00a0<em>recycle<\/em> here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>General issues<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My computer\u00a0<em>crashed<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The refrigerator is not freezing properly, I wonder if it\u00a0<em>defective.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yesterday I was going to use the microwave and I realized it is\u00a0<em>damaged<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The water in the shower is very cold, I think it may have\u00a0<em>burned out<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Painting<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The wall is\u00a0<em>peeling off<\/em>, we need to give a new\u00a0<em>coat of paint<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I did not like this wall, how about we\u00a0<em>paint it<\/em> yellow?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think we should\u00a0<em>paint<\/em> our wall to make it more lively.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can you give me the contact of the <em>painter<\/em> who worked in your house?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What about you? Have you ever had to face household issues like these? Let us know! A great week to all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/05\/renovate-3293498_960_720-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hand painting a door white\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/05\/renovate-3293498_960_720-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/05\/renovate-3293498_960_720-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/05\/renovate-3293498_960_720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Hello to all readers! How has the month of May been treating you? Moving or spending some time in a new country can be a great source of joy and excitement as a new world opens up and you become part of another culture that is often not similar to yours. 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