to stay with (someone) - to live in someone's home for a short time

When you visit California next month, do you want to stay with me?

houseguest - someone who visits you and sleeps in your home

Omar has some houseguest staying with him right now and he asked me if he could bring them with him to the party.

As (someone) said... - a phrase used when someone is repeating or saying in another way what they have said before

We have to get there in 15 minutes. As I said, there isn't enough time to stop for coffee.

guestroom - a bedroom in your home where visitors sleep

She said that she didn't want to make her guestroom too comfortable or her guests will never leave.

ever since - throughout a time period since something happened in the past

He's been afraid of the water ever since he fell off a boat when he was 8-years- old.

to get along with (someone) - to be together with someone without having problems or arguing

This time, let's try to hire an office manager that everyone can get along with.

in the way - someone or something that gets between you and what you want, or that makes a situation inconvenient

I can't see the movie because that woman's hat is in the way.

to hog - to keep or to use all of something

Stop hogging the cookies and let everybody else have some, too.

pet peeve - something specific that happens often that bothers you

One of my pet peeves is when people park their cars so that they take up two parking spaces.

slob - someone who is messy or lazy

I don't like it when my parents visit me at my apartment because they think I live like a slob.

to overstay (someone's) welcome - to stay longer than the other person (usually the person who invited you) wanted you to stay

I'd better go. It's after 11 and I don't want to overstay my welcome.

to throw out - to tell someone to leave

Those guys drank too much and started a fight, and the owner of the bar threw them out.

to move in - to begin to live somewhere

She plans to move in to her new apartment this weekend and I promised to help her.

to be bowled over - to be very surprised

The boss was bowled over when all of his employees decided to quit on the same day.

to talk (someone) out of (something) - to try to change someone's mind; to try to get someone to change their decision

Adam tried to talk me out of buying this car because he said it wasn't in good condition, but I had already paid for it.

to make up (one's) mind - to make a decision, with no plans to change it

Sometimes it's so hard to make up my mind about where to take my date for dinner.

free spirit - someone who doesn't follow the rules of society; someone who doesn't like to do what everyone else does

It's hard to know where she will move next. She's such a free spirit.

who am I to... - I should not; I don't have the right, power, or ability to...

If you want to quit your job, who am I to stop you?

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