Tell me about the view from one of your windows. What can you see?

A natural way to answer

My bedroom window looks out onto a quiet street with a row of houses. In spring there are flowers in the front gardens. It's a simple view, but it's pleasant and it gets the morning sun.

Key phrases to use

• gaze out — to look out steadily and dreamily, usually through a window“She sat gazing out at the rain.”
• stare out of the window — to look out through a window for a long time, often while thinking or daydreaming“I caught myself staring out of the window all afternoon.”