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The meaning of the English word "house" and how you use it

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house
(noun) (sing.) a building or similar place where people or animals live; a dwelling
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Kimberly

Kimberly

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Kimberly is an English language editor and linguist from the United States who firmly believes that learning new languages can help make the world a better place. She has experience in language education and accessibility and has worked with a number of organizations that empower socioeconomically disadvantaged English language learners, refugees, and recent immigrants.
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Let's go to my house !
My house has two bedrooms .
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Video Examples

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Ruumber: The Uber For Your Home
Is your house not big enough to fit Ruumber ?
Ruumber: The Uber For Your Home
Introducing , Ruumber , a personal driver for inside your house .
Ellen and Tim Talk Big Cats
Right back in the house .
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White house
(noun) the place where the president of the USA lives
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Kanako

Kanako

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Kanako has an AAS in administrative office technology. She is a native Japanese speaker and studied English literature prior to moving to the U.S. She has also taken correspondence courses in EN-JP translation and works as a translator/localizer which involves tasks such as editing machine translations and localizing web contents. She has also worked as an in-person interpreter for businesses based in Japan.
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The White House is located in Washington DC .
The president of the United States lives in the White House .
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Using Make and Do
your voice will be heard in the White House .
The Surprising History of Christmas Trees
They are n't in the Christian Bible , and it's such a new tradition that only one of these four guys had one in the White House .
The Surprising History of Christmas Trees
His son had to sneak one into a White House closet .
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tree house
(noun) a platform or building constructed among the branches of a tree typically built for children to play in
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Sami

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Sami is a native French speaker, French-English translator and localizer originally from Paris. He studied English literature in Istanbul, Turkey, before working in translation and traveling full-time.
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This tree would be perfect for building a tree house !
Our backyard has a tree house , and the kids love it .
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Peppa Pig Plays in a Tree House
A tree house ?
Peppa Pig Plays in a Tree House
And the little curtains are for your tree house .
Peppa Pig Plays in a Tree House
Peppa and George love their tree house .
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Haunted...house
(noun) a house that is visited by ghosts or other scary things; a place where people go to be scared by actors dressed up as ghosts and other scary things
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Kanako

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Kanako has an AAS in administrative office technology. She is a native Japanese speaker and studied English literature prior to moving to the U.S. She has also taken correspondence courses in EN-JP translation and works as a translator/localizer which involves tasks such as editing machine translations and localizing web contents. She has also worked as an in-person interpreter for businesses based in Japan.
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Let's go to a haunted house .
I have never been in a haunted house before .
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Video Examples

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Halloween - Scary Vocabulary
Haunted house .
Halloween - Learn the Words!
Haunted house .
Halloween - Learn the Words!
Haunted house .
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eat...out...of...house...and...home
(idiom) (infinitive) to eat everything that a person owns eat (someone) out of house and home
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Aline de Barros Kauffma

Aline de Barros Kauffma

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Aline has a bachelor's degree in Travel & Hospitality and worked in the aviation industry for almost 20 years. She lives in São Paulo, Brazil and is now a full-time translator and localizer.
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Try not to eat your aunt out of house and home when you visit her .
When he football team comes over , they can probably eat us out of house and home .
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English Vocabulary Courtesy of Shakespeare
Without him , we'd never eat our " flesh and blood " out of house and home .
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