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| <div style="font-size:300%;">Home, sweet home...</div>
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| Hi everyone!
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| In this lesson we are going to learn some vocabulary and expressions related to "Home". Please feel free to edit the lesson with more vocabulary.
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| Make yourself at home!
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| ==Words==
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| !Word
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| !Meaning
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| |cozy
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| |warm and comfortable
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| |-
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| |cramped
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| |not having enough space
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| |dingy
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| |dirty and dark
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| |bright
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| |having a lot of light
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| |spaciousness
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| |having alot of space
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| |roomy
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| |large in size
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| |convenient
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| |easy to get
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| |-
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| |private
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| |belonging to one person
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| |shabby
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| |to be in a poor condition
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| |landlord
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| |owner
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| |tenant
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| |person who pays rent
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| |noisy
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| |making alot of noise
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| |safe
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| |free from danger
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| ==Expressions==
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| Here are some useful expressions using "Home". Feel free to complete the list by editing this wiki page ;)
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| === A man’s home is his castle===
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| *Meaning: a sentiment that a man should have freedom to do what he wants in his home (originally “An Englishman’s home is his castle”)
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| === Bring home===
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| *Meaning: make clearly appreciated or understood (usually said of something unpleasant)
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| === Bring home the bacon===
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| *Meaning: earn a wage, or be successful
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| === Charity begins at home===
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| *Meaning: a sentiment that one should take care of family and friends before offering aid to others
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| === Chickens will/have come home to roost===
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| *Meaning: said as an admonition that actions have consequences
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| === Come home to roost===
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| *Meaning: return to cause trouble, in an analogy to chickens returning to their coop at the end of the day
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| === Go home and get (one’s) beauty sleep===
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| *Meaning: said jocularly of or by one who must depart early, facetiously because of the necessity of getting enough rest to avoid being considered unattractive because of sleep deprivation
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| ===Halfway house===
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| *Meaning: Something that combines the qualities of two different things
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| *Example: This band is a halfway house between rock and pop.
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| ===A house of cards===
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| *Meaning: An organization or plan that is weak and can easily be destroyed
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| *Example: Their plan turned out to be a house of cards.
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| ===As safe as houses===
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| *Meaning: Be very safe
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| *Example: I’ve locked the door. They’re as safe as houses.
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