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| boarding house | n | (house offering board and lodging) casa oferecendo hospedagem | pensão sf |
| Some friends and I are staying in a boarding house this summer. |
| clean house | v | literal (do housework) literal | fazer faxina loc vt |
| Now that spring has come, it's time to clean house. |
| clean house | v | figurative (business, government: reform , change personnel) figurativo - exterminar a corrupção | fazer faxina loc vt |
| When staffing his office, the first thing a new president does is clean house. |
| clean house | n | (house that is free of dirt) | casa limpa loc sf |
| Trevor tried to cheer me up by saying that women with clean houses are boring. |
| clearing house, clearinghouse, clearing-house | n | (financial: central institution that settles transactions) instituição bancária | câmara de compensação loc sf |
| clearing house, clearinghouse, clearing-house | n | (academic: collects and distributes information) troca de informações | órgão centralizador, central loc sm |
| A scholarship clearing house is a source of scholarship information from a wide range of institutions. |
| coffee house | n | (café, small restaurant where fresh coffee is served) | café sm |
| The Golden Horn was a 60's coffee house where you could find coffee, folk songs and poetry but no alcohol . |
| coffee house | n | (Netherlands: café where cannabis is served) na Holanda, café onde se vende cânabis | café sm |
| In most of the coffee shops in Amsterdam you can order a coffee or beer and a selection of cannabis from a dozen different countries. |
| dance house | n | US (venue where dances are held) | casa de baile loc sf |
| frame house | n | (house with a timber frame) | casa de madeira loc sf |
| Frame houses are common in the USA, where timber is cheap and plentiful. |
| fraternity house | n | US (male college students' residence) | residência da fraternidade loc sf |
| Fraternity houses are a uniquely American phenomenon, I believe. |
| front of the house | n | (façade of residential building, house front) fachada | frente da casa loc sf |
| The front of the house mimicked a Neo-Gothic facade. |
| front of the house | n | (rooms towards front of a house) salas na parte da frente de uma casa | frente da casa loc sf |
| Whenever I come in the back door my dog runs from the front of the house to greet me. |
| fun house | n | (fairground, amusement park) | casa de diversões loc sf |
| guest house | n | (private residence offering board and lodging) | casa de hóspedes loc sf |
| My parents stayed in the guest house while visiting us for three weeks. |
| hash house | n | US, slang (cheap restaurant) gíria, restaurante barato e sem higiene | pé-sujo sm |
| I ate dinner in a hash house near the station. |
| house arrest | | | prisão domiciliar |
| house cat | n | (domestic feline, pet cat) | gato doméstico loc sm |
| A lion is a wild cat, not a house cat. |
| house cleaner | n | (sb employed to do domestic cleaning) | faxineiro sm |
| | | faxineira sf |
| house dog | n | (domestic canine, pet dog) | cachorro doméstico loc sm |
| One of the best house dogs, in the opinion of some people, is the poodle. |
| house guest | n | (sb staying at one's home) | hóspede sm |
| house in | vtr | (accommodate in) | abrigar em loc vt |
| The museum includes an extensive library, which is housed in the basement. |
| house lights | npl | (lights of a residential building) | iluminação residencial loc sf |
| I always leave some house lights on when I go on holiday. |
| house lights | npl | (theatre: lights over seating area) teatro, cinema | iluminação da plateia loc sf |
| The house lights were dimmed as the performance started. |
| house of delegates | n | US (government lawmaking group) | câmara dos representantes loc sf |
| The house of delegates is the policy making body of the American Bar Association. |
| house of prayer | n | (church, place of worship) igreja | casa de oração loc sf |
| The house of prayer was the name the missionaries gave their little church. |
| house of worship | n | (church) igreja | casa de adoração loc sf |
| You cannot go into a house of worship dressed like that. |
| house party | | | grupo de convidados |
| | | festa de vários dias |
| keep house | | | cuidar da casa |
| lady of the house | | | dona da casa |
| man of the house | | | homem da casa |
| manor house | n | (country house, stately home, mansion) casa grande e esplêndida no campo | casa senhorial loc sf |
| | | solar senhorial loc sm |
| There is a village fete at the manor house this weekend. |
| master of the house | | | chefe da casa |
| opera house | n | (building where opera is performed) casa de ópera | teatro lírico loc sm |
| Sydney has one of the world's most famous opera houses. |
| town house | | | residência urbana |
| upper house | | | câmara alta, senado |
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