Near to my home - Intermediate

In English we have a lot of phrases for saying that something is near to a place. The examples below are talking about 'home' but many of the phrases can also refer to other places

10 expressions to Use In Speaking And Writing: 
  1. Just next door (to my home)
  2. Just beside
  3. On my street / On the same street as..
  4. Just up / down the road
  5. Not far from (my home)
  6. Right on my doorstep
  7. Just a stone's throw away
  8. Just round the corner
  9. A two-minute walk from..
  10. In your neck of the woods
How To Use These Phrases In Your English: 
  1. Phrases 1 and 2 say that the place is the next building at the side of your building
  2. Phrases 3 and 4 say that the place is in the same road or street
  3. Phrases 5 and 6 both mean that the place is very near your home. Phrase 6 is not literal and can be some hundreds fo metres away.
  4. Phrases 7 and 8 are not literal but they both say that the place is very near - in the same section of your town at least.
  5. Phrase 9 is quite literal and the number of minutes can be any number. People often exaggerate when they use phrases like this - or maybe they walk much faster than you do.
  6. Phrase 10 is an idiomatic phrase that means somewhere near another person's house. It is neary always 'YOUR' and not 'MY'.
Intermediate

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