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1. Do you pay your landlord a fixed charge for heating?
你是不是付给你的房东固定的取暖费?
2. Local landlords drove them off their plots.
当地的地主将他们从他们的土地上赶走。
Looking for an Apartment-(找房子)
A:I need to find a new place to live.
我要另找一个地方住。
B:Yeah? Why? Don’t you like living with me?
是吗?为什么?你不喜欢和我一起住吗?
A:Oh, it’s not you. I just want my own place.
哦,不是因为你的缘故。我只是想有自己的私人空间。
B:Well, check the newspaper.
好吧,看看报纸上有没有。
A:Jeez…I didn’t realize a single bedroom apartment went for so much these days.
哇呀,我没料到一个单间公寓这些天这么贵。
B:Yeah, prices have really gone up the past couple of years.
是呀,过去这几年价钱真是提高不少。
A:Oh, here’s one. It’s looks like its in this neighborhood, $600 a month. That’s not to bad.
哦,这儿有一个。好像在这儿附近。每个月600元,还过得去。
B:No, it’s pretty good. Why not give the landlord a call?
不仅如此,真很不错呢。为何不给房东一个电话呢?
A:Hello. I’m calling about the one bedroom in Lincoln Park. Could I take a look at it? Yes. Tonight at six is fine. Thanks.
你好,我打电话过来询问林肯公园的这间房。我可以去看看吗?是的。今晚六点可以,谢谢。
1. 房东:在美国找房子住是要签租约 (lease),交押金(deposit), 在一些住房比较紧的地区,房东(landlord)还要住户有人担保. 所以,任何的口头或email 中的协议是没有任何约束力的.
2. 土地所有人:这些贵族还算没有成为管理自己财产那个意义上的土地所有人(landlord). 他们接受出自附庸劳动的贡纳,而对其并不指导也不监督. 这就是中世纪支配日耳曼贵族土地的形态. 最终,骑士成了骑士的可继承地产(fee)的所有者和管理者.
1. (男)房东
Someone''s landlord is the man who allows them to live or work in a building which he owns, in return for rent.
e.g. His landlord doubled the rent.
他的房东把租金提高了一倍。
2. (酒吧的)店主,老板
The landlord of a pub is the man who owns or runs it, or the husband of the woman who owns or runs it.
e.g. The landlord refused to serve him because he considered him too drunk.
酒吧老板觉得他已经喝多了,拒绝再给他添酒。
3. (家庭旅馆或客栈的)店主
A landlord is the man who owns or runs a boarding house or inn.
noun
1. a landowner who leases to others