Lesson Introduction
Moving can be such a pain! Not only do you have to pack up your entire life into small brown boxes, but you also have to move them to another location! Well check out today's EnglishPod lesson to find out to one man's pets when he finds out that his lease is suddenly up!

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A:   Ok, that's fine. Bye.
B:   What happened?
A:   That's it, my lease is up. I have to move.
B:   What? Why? Can't you renew it?
A:   The owner apparently is selling this place to make way for the construction of a parking lot
B:   Well, I can help you pack. We should start looking for a new place for you ASAP.
A:   I think I might move in with my parents for a couple of months until I can find something. You know how hard it is to find a decent place around here. I'm gonna have to put most of my stuff in storage for a while.
B:   Well, let me know if there's anything I can do to help out.
A:   Actually, would you mind looking after my pet tarantula and snake for a couple of weeks?
B:   hehe.. sure

lease     A contract granting use of property

renew  to cause something to continue to be effective
 
pack  wrap up

pack  to put articles in a case or container for moving 
 
place  A building or an area 
 
storage  A space for storing goods

look after  take care of

make way for  to create space for something else

SAP  as soon as possible 

decent  good

 look after  take care of

moving truck     a big truck that can be hired or rented to carry furniture and boxes to   another place

bubble wrap    transparent plastic material commonly used for packing fragile items

real estate agent    One that is autohirzed to sell land or property

deposit  A sum of money given as security for an item acquired for temporary use. 
 
movers  One that transports household or office goods from one location to another as an         occupation

lease

I didn't buy the car, it's a lease vehicle.
According to your lease, you will have to pay a fine for destruction of property.
We are only leasing the apartment for one year.

make way for

 Make way for the king!
 We'd better make way for that ambulance.
 The company reduced its stock to make way for the new products.

ASAP

 I want you to clean up this mess ASAP.
 Get back to me ASAP about the details of the deal.
 If we don't finish this project ASAPB we could be fired.

decent

The city government was full of decent hard-working people.
The car is decent enough. It gets me from point A to point B.
This is a matter of common decency, you should really apologize for your behavior.

look after

 We looking after my friend's dog this week.
 Can you look after my daughter while I away?
 I put Mary in charge of looking after the Jones account.