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Car - vocabulary
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ascincoquinas
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Car - vocabulary
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Hello everybody! I need help, please! Is this a tailgate/boot door or a rear door?  |
2 May 2016
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Jayho
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It looks like a hatchback / 5 door car. Where I am, it would be called a rear door in the car manual and the area behind the door is the boot. We usually just refer to the boot area and not the actual door. "Can you open the boot please"
The word tailgate is not commonly used here to refer to the door, but tailgating is (driving too closely to a car in front).
Cheers
Jayho |
2 May 2016
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btgaska
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Tailgate or trunk in the American Midwest. |
2 May 2016
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douglas
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AE- back door, hatchback, or rear door (note: hatchback often refers to the entire car)
 hatchback
"tailgates" are on pick-up trucks
 tailgate
trunks are in cars (sedans)
 trunk (BE= boot) "boot" is BE
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3 May 2016
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FrauSue
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In the UK, I would think of the rear side door if you said "rear door" - for me, the picture os of the boot (not "boot door"). I would say "Can you open the boot, please?" |
4 May 2016
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