Exercise 1

There was an incident in the "rest room".
Another word for the rest room is the:

bathroom

This is correct. A "rest room" (US), despite its name, is another term for "the toilets" (UK), or "the bathroom" (US). Icarus was surprised that an attendant in the "rest room" tried to dry his hands with a silk towel.

coatroom

A coatroom is either a room where coats and jackets can be left temporarily, or in some cases a small lounge. If it is required to pay a small fee to leave your jacket, we call this area the coat check. The incident which Icarus refers to in this dialogue did not take place in the "coatroom" but in the toilets.

waiting room

Although it sounds like one could "rest" in the "rest room", the term actually refers to the "toilets" or "bathroom" and not to a lounge or waiting area. A waiting room is the area in which people sit before being called in for an appointment (for example) such as one finds at a doctor's office.

lounge

Although it sounds like one could "rest" in the "rest room", the term actually refers to the "toilets" or "bathroom" and not to a lounge or waiting area. A "lounge" is a space generally used for relaxing in a home, office or building.

Exercise 2

Trey mentions that he once bought 24 bottles of cologne.
What happened to these bottles of perfumes?

He left them in the cloakroom in the airport by mistake.

He dropped them whilst trying to catch his plane.

They were seized and kept by officials at the airport.

They exploded in his luggage when he went through the security check.

I don't know

Trey mentions that he once bought 24 bottles of cologne.
What happened to these bottles of perfumes?

He left them in the cloakroom in the airport by mistake.

Trey does not mention going to a cloakroom in the dialogue. He did not leave the perfumes in a cloakroom at the airport. A "cloakroom" is the room in which coats are kept in a public place (a museum or restaurant for example).

He dropped them whilst trying to catch his plane.

Trey does not mention running through the airport in the dialogue, nor does he mention "dropping" the bottles. To drop something is to physically lose control of it, so that it falls. This is not what happened to the bottles of perfumes.

They were seized and kept by officials at the airport.

Trey says that the perfume was "confiscated in customs". This means that customs officials took the perfume bottles as Trey was breaking international regulations or laws by trying to bring them back to the States. "Customs agents" or "officials" are officers who supervise the transport of goods or materials in between countries, generally stationed at all international airports.

They exploded in his luggage when he went through the security check.

Trey does not mention the bottles exploding when he went through the security check. The verb "to explode" means to burst due to internal pressure. This is not what happened to the perfume.

Coat-room meaning in English

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