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ESLPod_0454_WE_0582 Hailing and Taking a Taxi The word "meter," in this podcast, is a small machine in a taxi that shows how much money one needs to pay based on how long one has been in the taxi and how far the taxi has gone: "Hideaki was horrified when he saw that the meter had hit $80." The word "meter" is also used to talk about any small machine that says how much of something one has used: "How often does the water company read the meter at your house?" A "parking meter" is a small machine on the side of the road that one puts coins into to be allowed to park there for a certain amount of time: "Sayir put $1.25 into the parking meter, so we have an hour before we have to move the car."

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ESLPod 454 meter Transportation

Id	ESLPod_0454_WE_0582
Episode Id	ESLPod 454
Episode Title	Hailing and Taking a Taxi
Phrase	meter
Text	The word "meter," in this podcast, is a small machine in a taxi that shows how much money one needs to pay based on how long one has been in the taxi and how far the taxi has gone: "Hideaki was horrified when he saw that the meter had hit $80." The word "meter" is also used to talk about any small machine that says how much of something one has used: "How often does the water company read the meter at your house?" A "parking meter" is a small machine on the side of the road that one puts coins into to be allowed to park there for a certain amount of time: "Sayir put $1.25 into the parking meter, so we have an hour before we have to move the car."
Topics	Transportation

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