Language/English/Vocabulary/At-Home

2022-01-11T18:43:23Z

Joanna13:

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<div style="font-size:300%;">Home, sweet home...</div>

Hi everyone!
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.

Make yourself at home!

==Words==
{| class="wikitable"
!Word
!Meaning
|-
|Cozy
|Warm and comfortable
|-
|Cramped
|Not having enough space
|-
|Dingy
|Dirty and dark
|-
|Bright
|Having a lot of light
|-
|Spaciousness
|The quality of being large and having a lot of space
|-
|Roomy
|Large in size
|-
|Convenient
|Easy to get
|-
|Private
|Belonging to one person
|-
|Shabby
|To be in a poor condition
|-
|Landlord
|A person who leases (rents) his or her house, apartment, townhouse, or condo to a tenant
|-
|Tenant
|A person who pays rent to the landlord
|-
|Noisy
|Being loud
|-
|Safe
|Free from danger
|-
|Bathroom
|Any room with a toilet and sink
|-
|Bedroom
|A room in which one sleeps (where a bed is found)
|-
|Garage
|An attached or detached section of the house in which you keep your vehicle(s)
|-
|Basement
|The ground level of the house
|-
|Dining room
|Where the meals are eaten
|-
|Living room
|A common area for entertainment. For example, Television, Video Gaming, Sitting area for guests
|-
|Apartment
|A unit in a residential building
|-
|House
|An individual establishment
|}

==Expressions==
Here are some useful expressions using "Home". Feel free to complete the list by editing this wiki page ;)

=== A man’s home is his castle===
*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”)
=== Bring home===
*Meaning: make clearly appreciated or understood (usually said of something unpleasant)
=== Bring home the bacon===
*Meaning: earn a wage, or be successful
=== Charity begins at home===
*Meaning: a sentiment that one should take care of family and friends before offering aid to others
=== Chickens will/have come home to roost===
*Meaning: said as an admonition that actions have consequences
=== Come home to roost===
*Meaning: return to cause trouble, in an analogy to chickens returning to their coop at the end of the day
=== Go home and get (one’s) beauty sleep===
*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

===Halfway house===

*Meaning: Something that combines the qualities of two different things
*Example: This band is a halfway house between rock and pop.
===A house of cards===

*Meaning: An organization or plan that is weak and can easily be destroyed
*Example: Their plan turned out to be a house of cards.
===As safe as houses===

*Meaning: Be very safe
*Example: I’ve locked the door. They’re as safe as houses.

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