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Home Noun Ev Place  /Həʊm   Aile Ocağı Anayurt

Level A1 
Kind noun
Front home 
IPA  /həʊm   / noun
Back ev, aile ocağı
anayurt
Back 2

home (noun)

 /həʊm   / noun
 
 1 [countable, uncountable]
the place where you live or where you feel that you belong
ev, aile ocağı
 She left home at the age of 21.
 That old house would make an ideal family home.
 Stephen went abroad and made his home in Canada.
 Children from broken homes (parçalanmış ailelerin çocukları) sometimes have learning difficulties.
 Now we've got this computer, we'd better find a home (yer)for it.
 note at HOUSE1
Home'dan önce to öntakısının kullanılmadığına dikkat ediniz:
 It's time to go home.
 She's usually tired when she gets/arrives home.
 Eğer başka birinin evinden bahsediyorsak şöyle demeliyiz:
 at Jane and Andy's
 ya da:
 at Jane and Andy's place/house.
 2 [countable]
a place that provides care for a particular type of person or for animals
yurt, yuva, ev
 a children's home
 an old people's home
 3 [singular]
the home of sth
the place where sth began
anayurt
 Greece is said to be the home of democracy.
IDIOMS
at home
1 in your house, flat, etc.
evde
 Is anybody at home?
 Tomorrow we're staying at home all day.
Amerikan İngilizcesi'nde home genellikle at öntakısı almadan kullanılır:
 Is anybody home?
 2 comfortable, as if you were in your own home
kendi evindeymiş gibi, evinde gibi
 Please make yourself at home.
Rahatınıza bakın.
 I felt quite at home on the ship.
 3 (used in sport) played in the town to which the team belongs
kendi sahasında
 Liverpool are playing at home on Saturday.
OPPOSITE AWAY
romp home/to victory
to win easily
 The horse has romped home in his last two races.
 United romped to a 4-0 victory over Juventus.
 

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