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2010.01.07

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Today's LessonCATEGORY: イディオム
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME   くつろぐ、楽にする

Explanation

  • To make yourself at home (for example, at a hotel or in someone else's home) is to relax and get comfortable, as if you were in your own home.
  • (例えば、ホテルや人の家において) make yourself at home と言うと、自分の家にいるようにリラックスしてくつろぐ、という意味になります。

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME

examples

  1. (to a guest)
    Sit down and make yourself at home. I'm almost done making dinner.
  2. (in an office)
    Mr. Jackson should be ready for you in about 10 minutes. Go ahead and make yourself at home. There's coffee over there if you'd like some.
  3. Luke let us stay in his cabin over the weekend. We really made ourselves at home while we were there.

英会話レッスンStay well!