Survival Phrases
The exact phrases you need for real life abroad — with practice dialogues and audio, for every level.
Practice pronunciationRenting & Housing
Finding a place, utilities, and repairs.
Viewing an Apartment
Use these phrases when you visit an apartment, ask about costs, and check what is included.
Viewing an Apartment
Use these phrases when viewing an apartment to ask the landlord or agent essential questions about the property, costs, and terms.
Renting & the Lease
Use these phrases to ask important questions and agree on terms when you are renting a new apartment or house.
Renting & the Lease
Use these phrases to negotiate rental terms, understand your legal responsibilities, and successfully sign a new lease.
Renting & the Lease
Use these selected phrases to confidently navigate property viewings, clarify strict legal obligations, and negotiate the nuanced terms of a rental agreement with a landlord or leasing agent. At the advanced level, securing an apartment involves far more than simply asking about the monthly price. You are expected to dissect the fine print, gently push back on unfavorable clauses, and protect your long-term financial interests. Whether you are inquiring about buyout penalties, confirming maintenance stipulations, or ensuring your deposit is legally safeguarded, this vocabulary is essential. It helps you project competence and authority while maintaining an appropriately pragmatic conversational tone throughout the demanding leasing process.
Setting Up Utilities
These phrases will help you successfully navigate phone conversations to activate, transfer, or manage your home utility services.
Setting Up Utilities
Use these phrases when you need to connect your utilities, provide meter readings, or sort out billing for a new home.
Repairs & Maintenance
Use these phrases to report problems in your home and ask your landlord or property manager for repairs.
Repairs & Maintenance
Use these phrases when you need to contact your landlord or building manager to report a problem and ask for a repair.
Talking to Neighbors
These phrases will help you introduce yourself to new neighbors, handle issues like noise or packages, and ask for small favors.
Talking to Neighbors
Use these phrases to meet the people living near you, ask for small favors, or solve everyday problems.
Trash & Recycling Rules
Use these phrases to ask your caretaker or landlord about the waste and recycling rules in your new home.
Trash & Recycling Rules
Use these phrases to ask about trash rules and recycling in your new apartment.
Furnishing Your Place
Use these practical phrases to ask the right questions about stock, dimensions, and delivery when buying furniture for your home.