landlady
gb/lˈændlˌeɪdi/ us/lˈændlˌeɪdi/
B1
Engelsk
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Navneord
B1
role
1
woman who rents out property
A landlady is a woman you rent a home or room from.
Brugsmønster:
[someone]'s landlady; the landlady of [a building/place]
Typisk fejl:
Do not confuse landlady (the person who rents out a place) with lady (a polite word for a woman).
Synonymer
landlord (Now often used as a gender-neutral term for the property owner/manager.)
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property owner (More general; does not necessarily imply renting to tenants.)
Antonymer
tenant (A person who rents and lives in the property.)
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lodger (A person who rents a room in someone’s home.)
Ordforbindelser
my landlady
|your landlady
|the landlady
|landlady and tenant
|landlady's permission
|complain to the landlady
|call the landlady
|pay the landlady
|meet the landlady
|the landlady of the building
Temaer
housing
|daily_life
|business
Eksempler
- Our landlady fixed the heating the next day.
- I pay my landlady by bank transfer on the first of every month.
- The landlady said we could keep a bicycle in the hallway.
Læringseksempler
- My landlady lives upstairs.
- I called the landlady about the leak.
Navneord
B2
role
2
woman who runs a pub
A landlady can also be a woman who runs a pub or inn.
Brugsmønster:
the landlady of [a pub/inn/hotel]
Typisk fejl:
This meaning is mainly British; in other varieties of English, people may more often say owner or manager.
Synonymer
publican (British term for a person who owns/manages a pub; can be male or female.)
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proprietor (More formal; used for an owner of a business such as an inn or hotel.)
Antonymer
customer (A person who visits the pub/inn to buy food or drink or stay.)
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guest (A person staying at the inn or small hotel.)
Ordforbindelser
the pub landlady
|the landlady of the pub
|the landlady of the inn
|chat to the landlady
|ask the landlady
|the landlord and landlady
|local landlady
Temaer
food_and_drink
|travel
|work
Eksempler
- The landlady poured us two pints and asked where we were from.
- We asked the landlady of the inn if there were any rooms available.
- The landlady said the kitchen stops serving food at nine.
Læringseksempler
- The landlady works behind the bar.
Grammatik
Udtryk
live-in landlady
1/lˈɪv ˈɪn lˈændlˌeɪdi/
fixed phrase
landlady who lives there
A live-in landlady lives in the home that she rents rooms in.
Eksempler
- The room is in a quiet house with a live-in landlady.
- He preferred a place without a live-in landlady so he could have more privacy.
- The ad says no overnight guests because of the live-in landlady.
resident landlady
1/ɹˈɛzɪdənt lˈændlˌeɪdi/
fixed phrase
landlady living on premises
A resident landlady lives in the same place that she rents out.
Eksempler
- It’s a lodger arrangement with a resident landlady.
- The contract is different when there is a resident landlady in the property.
- She rented the spare room to students as a resident landlady.