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Let's learn three phrases with hat.

I'm keeping something under my hat.

No, it's not my hair, it's a secret. If someone asks you to keep

something under your hat, then they mean don't tell anyone else. We're planning a surprise party

for Georgie, but keep it under your hat. Next, we're going to talk about wearing many hats.

Usually, it's talking about jobs you do

or the kind of tasks you do in those jobs.

If you wear many hats, then you do different jobs

or different tasks in your job.

You'll need lots of skills because you have to wear many hats in this job.

Enough about wearing a hat.

Now let's take one off. If you take

your hat off to someone, you recognize something good that they've done. You don't actually

need a hat. You just say, I take my hat off to you. Thanks for this amazing day. I have to take

my hat off to everyone involved in organizing it.

You've done so well.

You don't need a hat.

You just need these phrases with hat.

Try to use them this week.