mindmap root((居住)) reside expresses the idea that a person keeps or returns to a particular place as his or her fixed, settled, or legal abode: ~ happily in New Hampshire. live may stress the idea of actually spending one's time and carrying out the activities of one's family life: ~d for years in the house next door. dwell a close synonym of these words, is likely to appear in elevated language: longed to ~ amongst trees and hills. sojourn distinctively implies a temporary habitation or abode or a more or less uncertain place or way of living: ~ed for a while in the south of France. lodge also suggests a habitation for a time and may connote restricted accomodations such as in a hotel or rooming house: chose to ~ there for the night. stay is the term commonly used in place of sojourn or lodge: ~ed at that hotel for the entire week. put up is the equivalent of lodge, and usually suggests the status of a guest: decided to ~ at her sister's house for the weekend.