| Id | ESLPod_0202_WE_0079 |
|---|---|
| Episode Id | ESLPod 202 |
| Episode Title | At the Gas Station |
| Phrase | cap |
| Text | In this podcast, the word "cap" means a cover or a top to a container: "If I don't find the cap, I'm going to have to throw out this jar of peanut butter." "Cap" can also be used as another word for hat: "Baseball caps are worn even by people who don't play baseball." The word can also be used to mean a restriction or a limit on something: "She knew she had to put a cap on her spending if she wanted to save enough money for a new car." In this way, it can also be used as a verb, "to cap": "The football players went on strike last year because the management wanted to cap their salaries." Finally, "to cap off" can also be used to mean to add something special at the end of something: "To cap off her long list of victories, the lawyer won a very difficult case just before she retired." |
| Topics | Daily Life | Transportation |
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