dilapidated house

collocation in English

meaningsofdilapidatedandhouse

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dilapidated
adjective
uk
/dɪˈlæp.ɪ.deɪ.tɪd/us
/dɪˈlæp.ə.deɪ.t̬ɪd/
old and in ...
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house
noun
uk
/haʊs/us
/haʊs/
a building that people, usually one family, ...
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(Definition ofdilapidatedandhousefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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After all, one finds a tenant still in adilapidatedhousein spite of any provisions which might entitle the landlord to enter.
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This enables first-time buyers to move into adilapidatedhouseon the basis of do-it-yourself improvements.
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To the best of my knowledge those statements did not deal with the specific point concerning someone who is buying adilapidatedhouse.
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They had to fend for themselves and cope with the bills and problems to which theirdilapidatedhousein my constituency gave rise.
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She owns a small,dilapidatedhouseand lives in it.
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Of course, it will not have the effect that everydilapidatedhousewill be put right within the space of a few years.
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You are dealing with a decayed industry, and anyone who has been trying to do anything with adilapidatedhouseknows what an expensive thing it is.
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Dong-joo then proceed to adilapidatedhouse, and looked inside.
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The demon carries him on his back and whisks him away to the nowdilapidatedhousethat sits atop of onti mane estate.
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Next day they find his horse outside a small,dilapidatedhouse, and he wishes them good morning from the door.
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Following the trail of treehuggers, the group eventually discover a clearing in the forest containing adilapidatedhouse.
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Three similarly deformed men bury it near theirdilapidatedhouseduring a rainstorm.
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Instead of being adilapidatedhouse, it was now practically a museum, filled with odd statues, trophies, and other interesting knick-knacks.
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The painting shows a range of domestic activities behind adilapidatedhouse, with a house of better condition to the right.
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She works hard to repair thedilapidatedhouseand sustain the family on their own crops.
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He instinctively drives to an old,dilapidatedhouse.
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Thedilapidatedhousewas considered for demolition in the 1970s, but a historical group restored the house.
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Thereafter, he was jailed in adilapidatedhouse.
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In his days of forest-dwelling, he grows a beard and finishes adilapidatedhouse.
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Mumbiram made his studio in thatdilapidatedhousewith a leaky roof.
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