Apedia

Hood Eslpod Coat Piece Car Graduates Buying Jacket

Id ESLPod_0321_WE_0316
Episode Id ESLPod 321
Episode Title Buying a Jacket or Coat
Phrase hood
Text The word "hood," in this podcast, means the part of a coat that is attached to the neck and can be pulled up to cover the back and top of one's head: "Pulling up your hood can keep you warmer in cold weather." A "hood" is also the large piece of metal at the front of a car that covers the engine: "When the car started making strange noises, we looked under the hood to see what was wrong." At a graduation ceremony, a "hood" is the piece of colored fabric that graduate students wear, showing what degree they have earned: "The engineering graduates have blue hoods, and the English graduates have red hoods." In informal English, a "'hood" is a "neighborhood," or an area where people live: "Shawna has a lot of friends in her 'hood."
Topics Clothing + Grooming | Shopping

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Trimmed means trim eslpod word yellow christmas buying

Previous card: Butt phrase means stop eslpod involved butting telling

Up to card list: ESLPod What Else Does It Mean?