🇬🇧🇨🇳 dwelling - 住宅 : English Lesson

Meaning of "dwelling" ("住宅"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A dwelling is any place where a person or animal lives and feels at home, like a house, apartment, tent, cave, castle, or even a cozy treehouse.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our dog thinks his true dwelling is the couch, and the humans are just visiting.

When I saw my messy room, I wasn’t sure if it was a normal dwelling or a disaster movie set.

The ghost in the story chose a spooky mansion as its dwelling, because apparently apartments are too crowded.

The squirrel’s dwelling is a tree, but it also thinks our attic is its vacation home.

Grandma says her dwelling is peaceful, except when we visit and turn it into a popcorn factory.

A child sees a small dwelling under a tree. The child makes a tiny dwelling of wood and cloth. A cat comes to the new dwelling. The child brings a blanket into the dwelling. At night the cat sleeps in the dwelling and the child smiles, safe and warm, and feels happy.

This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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