Messes & Chores
髒亂和家務
photo By Rampant Gian
mess 髒亂 (名詞)
messy 髒亂的
clean 乾淨的
cleanliness 潔淨 (名詞)
organized 有條不紊的
to clean 清潔;清洗
to organize 整理

You should organize your closet. It's a mess!
你應該整理整理你的衣櫃。簡直亂成一團!

My new year's resolution is to get organized.
我的新年新希望是可以成為一個有條不紊的人。

Your room is not very clean. Can you clean it today?
你的房間不太乾淨耶。你可以今天把房間清理一下嗎?

Clean up your mess.
把你製造的髒亂清理乾淨。

You should straighten up your room.
你應當把你的房間收拾整齊。

Let me tidy up a bit.
讓我整理一下。

Put your toys back up please.
請把你的玩具放回去上面。

Did you pick up your toys?
你有把你的玩具都撿起來嗎?

dirt 髒污
dirty 髒的
filth
汙穢
filthy 骯髒的
grime 污垢;塵垢;積垢
muck 糞便;淤泥;堆肥
sticky
黏的
to scrub 擦洗;刷洗
to wipe 擦拭

He scrubbed the bathtub. It was filthy.
他把浴缸刷洗了一遍。它本來非常髒。

The counters are sticky. We need to wipe them.
這些檯面黏乎乎的。我們需要把它們擦一擦。

Wipe off the counters.
將檯面擦拭乾淨。

spot 斑;點
streak 條痕
mark 痕跡
smudge 汙跡
smear 污漬
spotless 一塵不染的
immaculate 潔白的;潔淨的;完美無瑕的

You have a spot of mustard on your tie.
你的領帶上有一點芥末醬。

There was a streak of mud running down his shirt.
他的襯衫上有一長條沾染泥土的痕跡。

Your coffee cup left a mark on the table.
你的咖啡杯在桌子上留下了痕跡。

housekeeping  
housework  
chores 瑣事;雜務
household chores 家事
spring-cleaning  

Did you do your chores?
你有做好你分內的家事了嗎?

vacumming
housewife 家庭主婦
household 家庭 (名詞);家庭的 (形容詞)
servant 僕人

Take out the trash.
倒垃圾。

Wipe the kitchen counter.
擦拭廚房檯面。

Clean the toilet.
清洗馬桶。

Wash the windows.
清洗窗戶。

Sweep the floor.
掃地。

Vacuum your bedroom!
用吸塵器把你的臥室清掃乾淨!

Mop the floor.
拖地。

to spill (使)灑出;(使)溢出

My mother mopped up the spilled milk.
我的母親把灑出的牛奶拖乾淨。

photo by Bergius
cleaning products 清潔產品
cleaner 清潔工
baking soda 小蘇打;蘇打粉
vinegar
dust 灰塵
dusty 布滿灰塵的
to dust 撣去灰塵;擦掉灰塵

The furniture is dusty. Can you dust it?
這個家具布滿了灰塵。你可以把它上面的灰塵擦掉嗎?

wax
to polish 擦亮

The floor was so well polished that the lady slipped.
這地板的打蠟做得太好,以致於那位女士滑了一跤。

The silverware is tarnished. It needs to be polished.
這銀器都褪色了。它需要被再次擦亮才行。

to recycle 回收
recyclable 可回收的

Throw that away. You can't recycle it.
你可以把它當垃圾丟掉。那個不能回收。

You should get rid of your old worn-out clothes.
你應該把你已經穿爛的舊衣服丟掉。

She gave away her old books.
她把她以前的書籍捐贈出去。

My sweater is a hand-me-down.
我這件毛衣是別人穿過的恩典牌。