Let's Learn English! Topic: Things On Other Things! ⏲️🏷️🧰 (Lesson Only)

brown part is called the belt loop. It's a belt loop. You

have belt loops on your pants but your belt itself might have

a little belt loop at the front. But yeah the gold part

over there is called a buckle. And we might even call it a

belt buckle. Like we might name if it's if it's actually on a

belt we would call it a belt buckle. My watch has a band. So

this is a watch band. By the way Jen and I talked a long

time not a long time. We talked for a bit yesterday about where

you When you put your watch on what is this part called when

you put it together we weren't sure if it was a clasp or a

snap. Did you get that? When you snap a snap together it

latch or a fastener. There's a we weren't sure but this is

actually a Fitbit. So a band. And again we would probably

call that a watch band. If I was specifically talking about

a watch. Laces. Uh most of us have shoes with laces. Although

it's becoming more common to have shoes that you can just

slip on your feet. Shoes that don't have laces. But all of my

shoes have laces. When I put my shoes on I tie my laces. Um

when I get home I undo my laces when I take my shoes off. My

skates also have laces on them. And I should probably get my

skates sharpened. Although I'm not sure there's anymore

definitely my watch band. Okay and this is my watch. Well it's

makes a snap. Um I don't wear a of clothes with snaps. Um

sometimes my pants might have a snap on the front when I put my

pants on. Most of my pants have a button. But a snap would have

two parts when you push them together. It goes snap. It

might go click as well. And by the way I will do a lesson on

sounds at some point. I just never get to it. Zipper. So

this is a pretty common one. I do think the zipper was

invented in Canada. I'm not 100% sure of that. Uh let me

just check for a sec where was the zipper invented? It says oh

it debuted at the World's Fair in Chicago. Ah I was wrong.

the gold part here is called a buckle. By the way the tiny

Saint Catharines Ontario created the first well sounds

like another one of those things where Canadians and

basketball though in Canada. Just just just to just to clear

the air. Buckle. So yes I wear a belt everyday. I wear a belt

Americans are fighting over who invented it. We did invent

to hold my pants up. But I also just wear it because I think it

looks nice. It's a fashionable thing to wear. A belt has a

buckle. When you put your buckle when you put your pants

on you buckle your belt. Um but the thing on the front the

actual little loop with the thing that moves. Notice I

don't know the names of those two is called a buckle. So the

Wait. It says that the Lightning Fastener Company in

gate's broken right now I need to fix that when you close the

gate it goes click and then it won't open until you flip it or

click it how would I open a latch unlatch it I guess but we

would probably just say open that's the universal verb for

opening something when you close our gate on our back on

our fence or on our backyard it has a latch and then it it will

not open until we open it. Um I'm not explaining that one

very well. I'm almost done. And I'm feeling like I'm going too

quick right now. Oh well sorry about that. This is the last

one though. My windows have a crank. So a crank is something

skating this year. The arena I don't even think the arenas

way my window opens like the window right there. If I turn

it the other way the window closes again. When I was little

when I was a kid the windows in our cars had a crank. You had

to crank the window down and crank the window back up. So

notice I'm using the word crank to describe this. It has a

little knob on the end. Um so you grab the knob and then you

turn the crank. Um but it's also the verb like you can say

I'm going to open the window. But I could also say I'm going

to crank the window open. Can you crank the window shut

because it's getting cold or warm outside. Whichever

whichever makes the most sense. So it's something it's of like

that you this is the cranking action. If I turn the crank one

have ice in them anymore. So maybe next year. A stamp. So a

stamp is usually something that lets you have something with

ink in it and you put the stamp there and then you press it on

a piece of paper. So the thing is called a stamp. And then the

thing it leaves on the paper is called a stamp. Jen puts her

flowers in brown paper. And we have a stamp with the name of

our farm and we use the stamp to stamp the brown paper. So it

has our stamp on it. I know I'm getting confusing but it's fun

for me to say things like that. So the thing we use this thing

is called a stamp. And that little thing it leaves on the

and they click together when we close the gate for actually our

flowers there's a stamp on the paper that says the name of our

farm.

Bezel. So your phone has a bezel around the screen. Your

computer has a bezel around the screen. Um my phone has a

little bezel. It's the area around the edge of your screen.

So anytime you buy a phone they're trying to make phones

to have smaller and smaller bezels. So they want the whole

front of the phone to be a screen. My screen my phone has

fairly small bezels. It's not huge but the bezel is the area

around the edge. Our backyard has a gate and that gate has a

latch so a latch is something where there's usually two parts

paper is called a stamp as well. So when someone buys our

find on an article of clothing on a piece of clothing that you

there's actually a button here. So a button is something you'll

fasten and once you put that piece of clothing on. So when I

put my shirt on I fasten the buttons or I button up my shirt

or I do the buttons. Like with little kids when the buttons

are open we might say hey do up your buttons. So buttons

guess it closes it up. I don't know what the right word for it

something used to when you when you're wearing something it I

my microwave there are buttons. Um there are buttons on my

would be. Um but We also have buttons in other places. So on

computer. There are buttons on a calculator. There are buttons

wrong with your engine. Anytime a light is normally off and

it gets dark in here. If I push this button it gets really

light but then my camera will adjust. My camera as well has a

lot of buttons on it. This might be the most common thing

that you will find on other things. Okay. Uh buttons are

everywhere around us. They are primarily what we use to

work we have a lot of machines at work we have a lot of

control or interact with the machines, the equipment, the

equipment and they all have panels or control panels on

devices around us. Leaver. So this one you might not see as

them if the panel only had little lights we would probably

something that you can move with your hand. So this here is

just call it a panel but as soon as the panel has buttons

much as I do. A lever is something oop. A lever is

and switches we would call it a control panel so that would be

actually a tractor. Probably on a farm. I have a lot of farm

the difference between those two handle So there are handles

equipment. A lot of farm equipment has levers on it. My

on a lot of things. This is a handle on a drawer. So when I

tractors have levers. I can move. On the tractor I want the

go to the kitchen the drawers have handles. Um people always

on this remote control for my light. So if I push this button

like me to say drawer more than once so they can hear how it's

then turns on when there's a problem on a vehicle or

pronounced. So there are handles on all the drawers in

something else. We usually call it an indicator light because

my kitchen. There's a handle on the door to my van. I have a

it's indicating that something's wrong. So it's most

wear jewelry one of the ways you put it on is there's a

commonly found in a vehicle you're driving and then

anything that you can grab to either open something or carry

something goes wrong and your mechanic might say are there

something. So if you have a purse it has handles on the

any indicator lights on on the dash or on the dashboard. So an

top. Um I have a case that I carry my laptop in and the case

indicator light is a light that comes on on to indicate

has a handle on top. Again drawers have a handle. When I

something to let you know about something with a machine or

open my van I unlock it and then I pull the handle and then

vehicle or piece of equipment. A dial. So basically a dial is

the van door will open. So there are many things that have

a knob. There's no real difference between a dial and a

handles on it. Probably because we have hands. And it does have

knob. Um so you might have a dial that you can turn to turn

the word hand in it. Have you noticed that? Handle has the

can see that my collar is attached to my shirt here

word hand in it. It must be a word that came from the other

the volume. I would use both the same way. Um but a dial

again is round usually and you can turn it one way or the

word. I don't know the exact name for that. Clip. So a clip

box on a can of food or other places. A tag. So this is a

other. So you might say someone might say to you oh it's too

an interesting thing. Um like this is a tape measure and it

loud in here. Which dial is for volume or which knob is for

kind of a funny one. Um most shirts have a tag in the back.

a button goes through a button hole. You have to sew a button

has a little clip on the side. So you can clip it on your

I can't really show you by very easily. Um when the tag is too

volume. Button. So I wear a lot of shirts that have buttons. So

toolbox and it has a handle on the top. Basically a handle is

big though it bothers me. I don't like it when my shirt has

little clasp. So if I had a gold chain around my wrist if I

on with thread. If it falls off I have to sew it back on.

feels weird. So I often cut them out. But a tag is

had a bracelet there would be a clasp I would use. I would kind

Luckily the shirts I buy always come with two extra buttons on

a really big tag or two tags in it. Because it just kind of

of put it on and then I would kind of click it together or

the side. Did you know that with men's shirts? So I have

this where the tag is sewn into the shirt. But a tag also be

connect it together with the clasp. So these are very very

buttons here. If one falls off there's actually a couple extra

something that you will find in a shirt. It might look like

tiny clasps that you would have on. I think the most place

also wear shirts that usually have a button down collar. You

something that hangs from a piece of clothing with a

would be a necklace or a pendant. A pendant is like a

buttons right here. I can take one and I can sew it on. Um I

just clothing. I can't think of other examples right now. But

necklace as well but it usually has something hanging at the

up the volume. You might have a knob you can turn to turn up

string. And there are tags on other things as well. More than

end. Um and then there's usually a clasp at the back. Um

There's a whole bunch of things in our world. They have other

yeah I don't wear jewelry because like even my watch I

interesting. Anyways at the end of the workshop there was a QR

shirt it will usually have a tag in it. Or a dress or a

code we could scan to give feedback. So that was really

don't know I don't like having things on me. I don't know what

blouse. Sticker. So a sticker on one side is sticky. That

really fun. Engraving. So an engraving by the way this works

lot of jewelry. I think jewelry's beautiful but I

means when you get a sticker it's usually on a piece of

in a couple of ways. You can engrave something and then it

paper. And you peel it off. And it has one side with a design

has an engraving on it. So an engraving is when usually you

and equipment interchangeably we often do that in English at

and the other side is sticky. When you touch it it sticks to

have metal and you use something very sharp or you use

personally don't wear very much jewelry. Let's make this a

your finger. So you take a sticker off the piece of paper

a tool it might even be powered that will etch out little

little bigger so you can see what I'm talking about. So they

pieces of the metal and then when you're done all of the

it comes on and you put it on something else. My students

little lines make an engraving. If you win a trophy it might

have a lot of stickers on their laptops at school. It's very

kind of You click and hook, click and hook it and then it's

have a little spot on it where there's an engraving where it

common for people to decorate their laptop with some

that have a panel. A panel is any part of something that has

says you know best English teacher of 2022 Bob the

stickers. Usually people find stickers representing things

they like. Maybe a cartoon they watch as a kid or a sticker

together. A panel. So there are a lot of things in the world

engine to speed up. I move a lever ahead. It's called the

from their favourite band. Um maybe I don't have Bob the

engraving on it. So it's when you have something metal and

of knobs. I'll talk about all of those later. Um but it's

they kind of remove some of the metal to make a design or

probably the most common example would be when you buy a

a lot of buttons. A lot of lights. A lot of dials. A lot

picture on it. Um I actually have I have a mug from a

lesson I thought I'll see if I can think of 30 or 35 things.

wedding. Well not a mug. It's more of a beer stein like a big

things on them that we use everyday. So in this English

call it the control panel. I don't think I have it. Oh I do

and it has a metal plate on the front. And it has the name of

Little things in the world around us that we use to

the bride and groom engraved. It has an engraving on the

usually on a piece of equipment or on a machine. Sometimes we

I just used the verb used twice and again it was hard to think

front. Snap. So a snap is like a button. Uh it does the same

interact with things or that we use when we use something there

have a slide for that. Sometimes we call it a control

job but it works differently. There are two parts to a snap

of a title but it's things on other things and you'll see

and when you push them together it goes snap. And like it goes

panel. Because it's where you stand it's what you use to

obscure. There's two new words for you maybe. Um the lesson

so it snaps together. So we use the word to describe the sound

what it is in a bit even though the title is kind of vague or

control the machine or the equipment and I'm using machine

we use it to describe the thing and we use it to describe

itself is full of very common words we use to describe the

actually doing it. So when you snap a snap together it makes a

the term for that would be. Um so I'm not someone who wears a

Canadian. If I won a trophy there might be a little

things around us that are on other things. First one label.

usually a piece of fabric or cloth. I'm trying to show you

throttle. There's no foot pedal. Well sorry my one

So often when you buy something there will be information on

my pocket here. I don't have a flap over my pocket. But this

tractor does have a foot pedal. But normally with a tractor

things. But a label is something you would find on a

there is a lever. When I yeah I'm not going to describe all

can of soup it has a label. If you want to know how much salt

pocket here the arrow is Pointing to what we would call

the things I do with a tractor. But a lever is like a straight

or sugar or other things are in your soup you can read the

button and that button will close that flap. So again a

thing with a handle. And you can kind of move it one way or

label. In English we often will say to people well read the

the other to make a machine do something. I'm trying to think

a flap. So this is a pocket on a shirt. The pocket has a

label. If someone said to me do these cookies have a lot of

of something in your that might have a lever on it. Maybe

flap is something that it's attached at one end and it

sugar in them. And if they were store bought cookies in English

someone can think of something in the chat. Something that

moves like this. Okay? Um it can move like this as well. But

when we say store bought it means something you bought at

might have a lever on it. But it might be more common on on

yes there aren't a lot of flaps I can think of in the world.

equipment like big pieces of equipment. So we have barcodes

the store instead of baking at home. I might say well I don't

has you can close the pocket because it has a flap. It's

and we have QR codes. So a barcode is often found on the

know read the label. Or if someone is allergic to

something. Sometimes people are allergic to certain things in

to a YouTube workshop at YouTube. This is very very

But I do have some shirts where there's a pocket and the pocket

food. You might say to them you better read the label before

soup on the label there will be a barcode somewhere. Um a a

kind of a Funny word to say flap. Knob. So a knob is

you eat that. So the first one label you can see now how these

barcode is used at the grocery store so the computer can see

belt. So a clip is usually something small and it's

are very common words that we use to describe things on other

what you're buying when you scan it. It goes beep and then

as well but it's almost always round. And it's something that

the side. And we often call that the label. If you have a

you can grab and turn. Okay. So you can turn the knob. Let's

you then it knows what you are buying. And a QR code is a

interchangeably when I buy a bottle of water it has a cap on

have knobs on the front that you can turn. Our old oven had

concert coming up there might be a poster in town saying

talk about cap and lid and we do sometimes use them

say you have a a really old stereo like a a radio. It might

little more used between people. Like if there's a

the top I take the cap off to drink water and then I put the

a knob on the front. You would turn the knob to set the

cap back on I was going to say something else about the cap oh

there's a concert and it might say here's a QR code if you

temperature on the stove. So a knob is a round thing on

something that you can grab and turn one way or the other. Um

want more information. And then if I scan the QR code it will

we sometimes call it a bottle cap if it's on a bottle but we

and we sometimes just call it a dial as well. I don't know. Oh

take me to a website that will tell me more about it. So a QR

also have the word lid so this is a a water bottle that you

I do have dial on here. We'll get to that in a sec. Uh an

code is a little more recent. In the last 10 or 15 years QR

can refill the thing that goes On top here I would call a lid.

indicator light. So an indicator light if you look

call this a cap. And I was trying to figure out the actual

codes have been popping up more and more places. I was just at

here you see the yellow engine light. So if you're driving a

But I would also sometimes call this a lid. But I would never

a workshop. I was actually in Toronto this past week. I went

vehicle and that light comes on it means that there's something

difference last night. And I don't really know what it is. I

something that is usually round. It can be other shapes

or pop or water we we call it a bottle cap. And I think if you

label of a piece of out of a food item. If you have a can of

usually made so that you can hook something onto yourself.

Canadian stickers. But if I did you might put one on your

Um a pen actually has a little clip on the on it as well. Some

call it the lid. Um and for bottle like this I would call

pens do at least. I'm looking for I don't have a pen around

have a jar like a jar of jam or a jar of peanut butter I would

but a pen you can click to like you can click the pen. But

it the lid. So slight difference. I wouldn't say to

often there will be a little clip the pen if you want to

clip it onto your pocket. So this is a clip. There aren't a

my kids put the cap back on the peanut butter. I would say put

lot of clips in the world but I know a friend of mine has a

drinking water and they didn't put the lid sorry I should say

other friend has a phone case. A very durable phone case

the lid back on the peanut butter. But if someone was

clip for his camera. He can clip it on his belt. And my

because he works outside. And he it has a clip on the side so

they didn't put the cap on nicely and it popped off. I

he can clip his phone onto his belt. A screen. So there are

would say oh you didn't you didn't turn the cap tight on

what is happening with that device or with that machine. So

this bottle. So cap and lid. Slight difference there.

you look here at this calculator the grey part up top

phones have a screen on them. Your TV is all screen. A

Hopefully I did a good job of explaining the between the two.

the grey green part is the screen. Your phone obviously

necklace and I don't wear a bracelet. But often when you

control panel might have a small screen on it as well.

Class. Now I do not wear a lot of jewelry. I don't wear a

There are definitely screens all around us. Like my light

think whenever you have a bottle for drinking like soda

over there has a control box and there's a little screen on

laptop. Um maybe I should have stickers. Now I'm not going to

to a 100% brightness. Now it's at a hundred percent and I

do sticker. Anyways stickers are usually colourful and

it. It says the light is at 85% brightness. I could turn it up

could turn it back down again. I shouldn't play with my lights

bright. Again one side of the sticker is sticky. And when you

while I'm making an English lesson. But there are many

things now that have a screen so that you so that you know

put it on something it doesn't come off again. It is stuck on

a screen. A flap. So this is an interesting one. A flap is

there. So I used a bunch of words in there. Sticker the

sticker is sticky. When you put it on something it's stuck on

screens all around us. So this is a pretty common one. Um if

there. So there you go. A number of different variations

and words to talk about things that stick to other things.

Magnet. So we used to have more of these. A magnet is something

that is attracted to metal. So it's it does the same thing as

a sticker kind of. But it will only stick to something metal

business. So here's this is a tricky one because I'm going to

front of our fridge. But about 15 years ago we bought a fridge

else that is metal. We used to have a lot of stickers on the

where the front is not it's not magnetic can't stick stuff to

it. I think it's a different kind of metal. It's probably

aluminum or something. But the side of our fridge is still

magnet has a north and south pole. And a magnet will stick

metal or steel. So you could put magnets on the side. So a

to another magnet or it will stick to something that is

metal. I'm sure you have these in your country in as well. A

lot of businesses will make magnets and give them to

people. Hoping that they'll put the on their fridge and then

it'll be like a little advertisement for that

and you can take it back off again and put it on something

have buttons or lids or caps or dials or knobs or cranks.

title. But if you look around you you will see things that

And I think it's more of it was hard for me to think of a

other things. Now you might think this is a strange topic.

Well hello and welcome to this English lesson about things on

a lever but it's more we would definitely call it a crank.