Preparing A Pet-Friendly Airbnb For Dog Guests
A2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for beginners
What does “-friendly” mean in English (pet-friendly, kid-friendly)?
This host prepares a pet-friendly Airbnb, meaning a place that welcomes pets. The real prize here is the suffix -friendly. Attach it to almost any noun and you get “good for” or “not hostile to” that thing: kid-friendly restaurants, eco-friendly products, budget-friendly prices, beginner-friendly apps. English builds new adjectives this way constantly.
Listen for two more useful bits: a fully fenced yard (completely enclosed), and doggy bags, which here means bags for dog waste. Heads up, the same phrase can mean a box for restaurant leftovers, so context decides. Learn -friendly and you instantly understand a whole family of everyday English adjectives.
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?
General English frequency
Spoken English frequency
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
- ▸In Airbnb and Booking.com listings: pet-friendly, family-friendly
- ▸On product labels: eco-friendly, skin-friendly, wallet-friendly
- ▸In app and software reviews: beginner-friendly, user-friendly
- ▸In US travel and pet-care blogs about bringing dogs along
- ▸Anywhere a business signals “you and yours are welcome here”