Home & living

a second home

a familiar, welcoming place

A second home is a place where you feel comfortable and welcome, even though you do not live there.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why do you keep going back to that village?

It feels like a second home to me.

Play the conversation

That little cafe has become a second home since I started working nearby.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: That cafe feels like my second house.

Say: That cafe feels like my second home.

Use “second home” for a place that feels emotionally familiar and welcoming, not “second house.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be like a second home; feel like a second home

Your turn: say it out loud

That little cafe has become a second home since I started working nearby.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

a second home

a familiar, welcoming place

“That little cafe has become a second home since I started working nearby.”

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