How to say the 13th Element Correctly? 

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How to say the 13th Element Correctly? 

Today we're going to talk about renting an apartment, 租房, after this lesson, you'll be able to talk about some details of renting an apartment in Chinese.
New vocabulary:
租房子/公寓： rent an apartment
中介: agent
租金: rent
房东: landlord
看房: see the house
预算: budget
物业费: management fee
押金: deposit
精装修: fine decorated
两房一厅一卫: two bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom

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租房（renting an apartment）

1. One second
2. It depends
3. Really?
4. Ok, then
5. Over there
6. Got you 
7. Forget it / Never mind
8. You ok?
9. Sorry?
10. Sounds good
11. Sure
12.  We’ll see
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Can you translate these everyday English phrases into Chinese?

Today we’re gonna talk about ordering food online,点外卖, after this lesson, you’ll be able to talk about some details of food delivery. 
New vocabulary ：
购物车（gòuwùchē）：shopping cart
下单（xiàdān）： place an order
外卖小哥（wàimàixiǎogē）/骑手（qíshǒu）：delivery man 
代金券（dàijīnquàn）：voucher
收藏（shōucáng）：collect
评价（píngjià）：feedback, comment
赠送（zèngsòng）：throw in 
联系客服（liánxìkèfú）：contact customer service
配送费（pèisòngfèi）： delivery fee 
网红餐厅（wǎnghóngcāntīng）：instagrammable restaurant
家常便饭（jiāchángbiànfàn）：Daily ordinary meals at home, metaphor common things

点外卖（ordering food online）

在家办公（zàijiā bàngōng） ，working from home， in recent years , some people have to work from home due to the virus ,so today ’s topic is 在家办公.
What would you do when you 在家办公 ? 
通勤时间（tōngqín shíjiān）： commuting time
疫情（yìqíng）： pandemic
线上会议（xiànshàng huìyì ）：online meeting
静音（jìngyīn）：mute
邀请（yāoqǐng）： invite
共享屏幕（gòngxiǎng píngmù）：share screen
断断续续（duànduànxùxù）： break up ，off and on
摄像头（shèxiàngtóu）：camera
美颜（měiyán）：beaty mode
适应（shìyìng）：adjust，get used to something
自由自在（zìyóuzìzài） fancy-free

在家办公 （working from home）

请客(qǐngkè)，treat somebody to a meal ，have you ever 请客？ What would you say during 请客? 
Today's vocabulary ：
AA制（zhì）：split the bill 
聚餐（jùcān）：get together and have a meal
忌口（jìkǒu）：the food you don’t eat
点餐（diǎncān）：to order food
推荐（tuījiàn）：to recommend
招牌菜（zhāopáicài）：specialty
别客气（biékèqi）：make yourself at home
随便点（suíbiàndiǎn）：order whatever you want 
抢（qiǎng）： scramble
消费（xiāofèi）：consume , consumption
饥不择食（jībùzéshí）： eat whatever you can catch