Vocabulary: Housework, Chores & Cleaning

Vocabulary B1/B2

Housework & Cleaning

The exhaustive guide to keeping things spotless! Switch between daily chores, cleaning tools, deep cleaning vocabulary, and idioms.

Make vs. Do 🎬

Watch Teacher Sopheak explain the difference between 'Make' and 'Do' when talking about chores. We DO the laundry, but we MAKE the bed. Learn these tricky collocations!

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Tool Match

Which tool do you use together with a dustpan?

(តើឧបករណ៍មួយណាដែលអ្នកប្រើជាមួយបែលអូសសម្រាម?)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Idiom Meaning

If the office is "spick and span", it is...

(ប្រសិនបើការិយាល័យ "spick and span" វាមានន័យថា...)

IDIOM TRAP ❌

If someone tells you to "sweep it under the rug", are they asking you to clean well?

(បើគេប្រាប់អ្នកឱ្យ "sweep it under the rug" តើគេកំពុងប្រាប់ឱ្យអ្នកសម្អាតឱ្យបានល្អមែនទេ?)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Context Fill

Please take out the ___ before you leave the shop.

(សូមយកសម្រាមទៅចោលមុនពេលអ្នកចាកចេញពីហាង។)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Action Match

Which action means to clean a surface with a wet cloth?

(តើសកម្មភាពមួយណាមានន័យថាសម្អាតផ្ទៃដោយប្រើក្រណាត់សើម?)

Cleaning Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Tidy Up 🧹 Take 5 minutes to tidy up your current workspace. What actions did you do? (e.g., I wiped the desk, I organized the papers.)

Writing Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Chore List ✍️ Write down three chores that need to be done at the Soksabike office tomorrow. Use verbs like 'Sweep', 'Mop', and 'Sanitize'.

Teaching Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Teach a Colleague 🙋‍♂️ Explain to a team member the difference between "Wash" and "Rinse" when cleaning the tour bicycles.

Speaking Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Voice Note 🎤 Record yourself saying: "Fixing these old bikes takes a lot of elbow grease, but they look spick and span now!"

Ask a Question 🙋‍♂️

តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

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Recent Questions

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Kanha 3 hours ago

Teacher, what is the difference between wash and rinse?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Hi Kanha! "Wash" means to clean something using soap and water (like washing the tour bikes). "Rinse" is the step after washing, where you use only clean water to remove the soap! 💧

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Vireak 5 hours ago

Is a Broom the same as a Mop?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Not quite! A Broom (អំបោស) is dry and used to sweep dust and dirt into a pile. A Mop (ឈើជូតកម្រាលឥដ្ឋ) is wet, used with water and soap to wash the floor. 🧹

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Nita 7 hours ago

What does "Elbow grease" mean? Does it mean my elbow is dirty?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 6 hours ago

Haha, no! It is a fun idiom. "Elbow grease" just means hard physical effort, especially when scrubbing or cleaning something difficult. 💪