EFE learning modules / House, Furniture & Neighborhood

House, Furniture & Neighborhood @ Describing different rooms, naming furniture items, and explaining the features of your neighborhood.

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Make yourself at home

/ሜክ ዩርሰልፍ አት ሆም/

እንደ ቤትህ እይው

To feel relaxed and comfortable in someone else's house.

በሌላ ሰው ቤት ውስጥ እንደራስህ ቤት ምቾት እንዲሰማህ ማድረግ።

In Practice

"Please come in and make yourself at home."
"I want my guests to make themselves at home."
Fluent Tip

Used when welcoming guests to your house.

On the house

/ኦን ዘ ሃውስ/

በቤቱ ወጪ (በነጻ)

Something provided for free by a business (usually a restaurant or bar).

በንግድ ድርጅት (በተለይ ምግብ ቤት) በነጻ የሚሰጥ አገልግሎት ወይም ዕቃ።

In Practice

"The drinks are on the house."
"Since it was his birthday, the dessert was on the house."
Fluent Tip

Common in service and hospitality contexts.

Hit the ceiling

/ሂት ዘ ሲሊንግ/

በጣም ተቆጣ

To become extremely angry.

በጣም መቆጣት ወይም መበሳጨት።

In Practice

"Dad hit the ceiling when he saw the broken window."
"She'll hit the ceiling if she finds out about the party."
Fluent Tip

Used to describe a sudden outburst of anger.

Safe as houses

/ሴፍ ኤዝ ሃውዝስ/

በጣም አስተማማኝ

Extremely safe or secure.

በጣም ደህንነቱ የተጠበቀ ወይም አስተማማኝ።

In Practice

"Your money is as safe as houses in this bank."
"This investment is safe as houses."
Fluent Tip

Often used to describe financial security or physical safety.

Eat someone out of house and home

/ኢት ሳምዋን አውት ኦፍ ሃውስ ኤንድ ሆም/

ያለውን ጨረሰበት

To eat a lot of someone's food, making it expensive for them.

የሰውን ምግብ በብዛት በመብላት ቤቱን ባዶ ማድረግ።

In Practice

"My teenage cousins are eating us out of house and home."
"Having guests for a month will eat you out of house and home."
Fluent Tip

Usually used humorously about guests or children.

Everything but the kitchen sink

/ኤቭሪቲንግ በት ዘ ኪችን ሲንክ/

የሚገኘውን ነገር ሁሉ

Almost everything imaginable.

ሊታሰብ የሚችልን ነገር ሁሉ ማካተት።

In Practice

"She packed everything but the kitchen sink for a weekend trip."
"The new car has everything but the kitchen sink."
Fluent Tip

Used when someone takes or includes too many things.

Get your house in order

/ጌት ዩር ሃውስ ኢን ኦርደር/

ጉዳዮችህን አስተካክል

To organize your own affairs before criticising others.

ሌሎችን ከመንቀፍህ በፊት የራስህን ጉዳዮች ማስተካከል።

In Practice

"You should get your own house in order before telling me how to live."
"The company needs to get its house in order."
Fluent Tip

Used as advice to fix internal problems first.

A roof over your head

/ኤ ሩፍ ኦቨር ዩር ሄድ/

መጠለያ

A place to live; basic shelter.

የመኖሪያ ቦታ ወይም መሰረታዊ መጠለያ።

In Practice

"Be grateful you have a roof over your head."
"He worked hard to keep a roof over his family's head."
Fluent Tip

Focuses on the necessity of having a home.

Lead someone up the garden path

/ሊድ ሳምዋን አፕ ዘ ጋርደን ፓዝ/

አታለለ

To deceive or mislead someone.

አንድን ሰው ማታለል ወይም የተሳሳተ መረጃ መስጠት።

In Practice

"The salesman led us up the garden path about the house's condition."
"Don't let them lead you up the garden path."
Fluent Tip

Used when someone is being dishonest about a deal.

Sweep something under the carpet

/ስዊፕ ሳምቲንግ አንደር ዘ ካርፔት/

ነገር መደበቅ (ለማድበስበስ)

To hide a problem or mistake instead of dealing with it.

ችግርን ወይም ስህተትን ከመፍታት ይልቅ ለመደበቅ መሞከር።

In Practice

"You can't just sweep your debts under the carpet."
"The scandal was swept under the carpet by the management."
Fluent Tip

Refers to avoiding difficult issues.

Open house

/ኦፕን ሃውስ/

ክፍት የቤት ጉብኝት

A day when people can visit a house that is for sale.

ለሽያጭ የቀረበን ቤት ሰዎች እንዲጎበኙት የሚፈቀድበት ቀን።

In Practice

"We are having an open house this Sunday."
"The open house attracted many potential buyers."
Fluent Tip

Real estate terminology.

Home sweet home

/ሆም ስዊት ሆም/

ጣፋጭ ቤቴ

Used to express pleasure at being back in one's own home.

ወደ ራስ ቤት በመመለስ የሚሰማን ደስታ መግለጫ።

In Practice

"After a long trip, I can finally say: home sweet home!"
"There is nothing like home sweet home."
Fluent Tip

Commonly said upon arriving home after a long absence.