English in a Minute: Phrases with 'home'

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  Ah, this studio.

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  Home sweet home.

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  Let's learn four phrases with home.

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  Now, this studio is not my home, but when I arrive at my real home,

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  I might say, ah, home sweet home, to express relief and happiness after time away.

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  Home sweet home.

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  Now I can finally relax after a long day at work.

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  If you have guests in your home and you want them to feel comfortable,

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  you could say, make yourself at home.

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  This invites them to treat your home as if it's their own.

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  Come in, help yourself to snacks, take a seat on the sofa, make yourself at home.

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  If something is nothing to write home about, it means it's ordinary and unexciting.

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  My weekend?

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  Nothing to write home about.

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  I just did some housework and watched TV.

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  If you're on the home stretch, it means you're on the last bit of the journey.

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  literally or metaphorically.

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  Our home renovation has taken two years, but it's almost finished now.

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  We're on the home stretch.

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