Квартира на месяц

A Flat for a Month

A2 · Elementary · fiction · 10 scenes · Premium story

Artyom has a new job on the other side of the city and three flats to see on Saturday. The first is the cheapest and the quietest, and forty-five minutes further away. The second is closest and shines, and has a main road under the window that the agent would rather not discuss. The third is a fifth floor with no lift and furniture that has outlived several families — and a landlady who tells him what is wrong with it before he asks. Built to teach comparatives: cheaper, closer, better, worse, quieter, and what «самый» is actually worth.

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Characters

Artyom (Артём) — Needs a flat by Sunday
Irina Pavlovna (Ирина Павловна) — The third landlady
The second landlord (Второй хозяин) — Did not come himself

Vocabulary from this story

квартира — flat
снимать — to rent
объявление — advert
хозяйка — landlady
хозяин — landlord
договор — contract
залог — deposit
аренда — rent
тысяча — thousand
ремонт — renovation
мебель — furniture
ключ — key