Finding a Home in the Willow District
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/ክሪብ/
Slangቤት/መኖሪያ
A person's house or apartment.
የአንድ ሰው ቤት ወይም አፓርታማ
Slang term used to refer to one's home in an informal way.
/ኤ ስቶንስ ስሮው/
Idiomየድንጋይ ውርወራ ያህል ርቀት
A very short distance.
በጣም አጭር ርቀት
Used to describe how close two locations are to each other.
/ሴትል ኢን/
Phrasal Verbመላመድ
To become comfortable in a new house or job.
በአዲስ ቤት ወይም ሥራ ውስጥ መላመድ ወይም መደላደል
The process of getting used to and organizing a new living space.
/ሆም ኢዝ ዌር ዘ ሀርት ኢዝ/
Proverbቤት የልብ ማረፊያ ነው
Your true home is with the people or places you love.
እውነተኛ ቤትህ የምትወዳቸው ሰዎች ወይም ቦታዎች ያሉበት ነው
A saying that means home is more about emotion than just a building.
/ስፒክ ኤንድ ስፓን/
Idiomጽዱና ግልጽ ያለ
Completely clean and tidy.
ሙሉ በሙሉ ንጹህ እና የተስተካከለ
Commonly used to describe a house that is perfectly clean.
/ካምፊ/
Colloquial Expressionምቹ
Comfortable.
ለሰውነት ምቾት የሚሰጥ
An informal, shortened version of the word comfortable.
/ካውች ፖቴቶ/
Slangሶፋ ላይ የሚውል ሰነፍ
A lazy person who spends a lot of time sitting on the sofa.
ብዙ ጊዜውን ሶፋ ላይ ቁጭ ብሎ ቲቪ በማየት የሚያሳልፍ ሰነፍ ሰው
Describes someone who sits and watches television for long periods.
/ሀርት ኦፍ ዘ ሆም/
Metaphorየቤት ማእከል
The central and most important part of a house.
የአንድ ቤት ማዕከላዊ እና በጣም አስፈላጊ ክፍል
Usually refers to the kitchen where the family gathers.
/ስቴት ኦፍ ዘ አርት/
Advanced Vocabularyዘመናዊ
Using the latest and most advanced technology.
የቅርብ ጊዜውን እና የላቀ ቴክኖሎጂን መጠቀም
Used to describe modern appliances or equipment.
/ሂት ዘ ሄይ/
Idiomለመተኛት መሄድ
To go to sleep.
ወደ መኝታ መሄድ
An informal way to say you are going to bed for the night.
/ስናግ ኤዝ ኤ ባግ ኢን ኤ ራግ/
Simileበጣም ተደላድሎ
Extremely comfortable and warm.
በጣም ምቹ እና ሞቅ ያለ
Describes someone who is very cozy, especially in bed.
/ሶልት ኦፍ ዘ እርዝ/
Idiomቅን እና ደግ ሰዎች
Very good and honest people.
በጣም ጥሩ እና ታማኝ ሰዎች
Used to describe kind, decent, and reliable neighbors.