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Places - Buildings Where People Live

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Places - Buildings People Live In

apartment
block
apartment block
block of flats (British English)
bungalow
cottage
duplex (American English)
flat (British English)
floor on the ground / first / top floor
house
detached house (British English)
semi-detached house (British English)
terraced house
story - ten / multi-story building (British English - storey)

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