I.
noun
1 ( BrE ) set of rooms ⇨ See also ↑ apartment
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , spacious
▪ modest
▪ cramped , little , poky , small , tiny
▪ comfortable , cosy
▪ beautiful , nice
▪ luxury , posh
▪ shabby
▪ modern
▪ self-contained
▪ purpose-built
▪ furnished , unfurnished
▪ one-room , studio
▪ one-bedroomed , two-room , etc.
▪ bachelor , granny
▪
Even the prices of small bachelor ~s are unbelievable.
▪
They converted two rooms of their house into a granny ~ for Tony's elderly mother.
▪ attic , basement , bottom , downstairs , first-floor , ground-floor , penthouse , top , top-floor , upstairs
▪
the people who live in the downstairs ~
▪ high-rise
▪
a block of high-rise ~s
▪ empty , unoccupied
▪ rented
▪ council
▪ holiday
▪ next
▪
They live in the next ~.
… OF FLATS
▪ block
▪
The tall blocks of ~s dominated the skyline.
VERB + FLAT
▪ have , own
▪
They have a ~ in Paris and a house in Normandy.
▪ rent
▪
The musician rented a ~ in a fashionable area of London.
▪ let , sublet
▪
The landlady found they had been illegally subletting the ~.
▪ buy , sell
▪ find (sb) , look for
▪
Do you think that the council could find me another ~?
▪ get (sb)
▪
We got her a ~ in the same block as ours.
▪ live in , occupy , stay in
▪
Our ~ is one of the two occupied in the block.
▪ share
▪ move into
▪ move from , move out from , move out of
▪ build
▪ decorate , refurbish
▪
a contract to refurbish 18 council ~s
▪ lock , lock up
▪ let sb/yourself into
▪
She let herself into the ~ with the spare key.
▪ leave , let sb/yourself out of
▪ break into
▪ evict sb from
FLAT + VERB
▪ be located
▪
The ~ is located in a modern development.
▪ face sth , overlook sth
▪
a luxury block of ~s overlooking the marina
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
I'll meet you back at your ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She lives in the top ~.
PHRASES
▪ convert sth into ~s , divide sth into ~s , make sth into ~s , turn sth into ~s
▪
The house has now been converted into ~s.
2 flats low-lying land
ADJECTIVE
▪ coastal ( esp. BrE ), tidal
▪ mud (usually mudflat ) , salt , sand
▪
mud and sand ~s rich in animal life
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~
▪
These birds live on the tidal ~s.
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look
▪ become
▪ lie , stay
▪
I can't get this material to lie ~.
▪
She lay ~ on the ground.
▪ remain , stay
▪
Interest rates have remained ~.
▪ fold sth , get sth , make sth , press sth
▪
Shall I fold the paper ~ or roll it up?
▪ knock sb
▪
He knocked me ~ on my back.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ absolutely , completely , perfectly
▪
The sea was almost completely ~.
▪ almost , nearly
Flat is used with these nouns: ↑ base , ↑ battery , ↑ beer , ↑ belly , ↑ calm , ↑ cap , ↑ chest , ↑ contradiction , ↑ countryside , ↑ denial , ↑ desert , ↑ dish , ↑ door , ↑ expanse , ↑ fee , ↑ foot , ↑ ground , ↑ intonation , ↑ iron , ↑ land , ↑ nose , ↑ number , ↑ paint , ↑ palm , ↑ plain , ↑ plane , ↑ racing , ↑ rate , ↑ refusal , ↑ road , ↑ rock , ↑ roof , ↑ sandal , ↑ screen , ↑ sheet , ↑ shoe , ↑ slab , ↑ statement , ↑ stomach , ↑ surface , ↑ tax , ↑ terrain , ↑ tone , ↑ tummy , ↑ tyre , ↑ voice , ↑ vowel
III.
adv.
Flat is used with these adjectives: ↑ broke