Why We Keep Things We Never Use | English Learning Podcast | Everyday English Academy

Practise talking in English about the things you keep but never use, from empty boxes to spare shirt buttons. Join Sarah and Mike for a slow, easy conversation about clutter and memories, and learn how to explain what you want to keep when sorting things at home.

Do you have a drawer full of things you keep just in case? You'll practise describing odds and ends, explaining how boxes take up space, talking about sentimental gifts, and finding ways to meet in the middle when sharing storage space.

This episode is perfect for B1 English learners who want to improve their everyday vocabulary and speak more confidently about clutter, personal belongings, and reasons for keeping things.

💡 Tip: Describe one crowded drawer aloud using three expressions you hear in today's conversation.

⏱️ Chapters

0:00 Introduction

0:36 Talk About Unused Things in English

5:54 Everyday Words for Clutter and Storage

13:35 Describing Sentimental Things in English

18:13 Talking About Decluttering Your Home

21:40 Speaking Practice

22:17 Vocabulary Review and Everyday Use

📚 Vocabulary in this episode

• clutter: too many things lying around

• declutter: remove things you don't need

• pile up: gather in larger amounts

• odds and ends: small things of different kinds

• overflowing: so full things come out

• hold on to: keep instead of giving away

• just in case: to prepare for possible needs

• spare: extra and ready if needed

• hoard: collect and keep too much

• toss: throw something away

• sentimental: special because of personal memories

• attic: room directly under the roof

🎯 In this episode, you can practise:

• Describing A Crowded Drawer

• Keeping Things Just In Case

• Talking About Sentimental Gifts

• Explaining What Takes Up Space

• Decluttering Your Home In English

• Sharing Storage Space

• English shadowing practice

• English listening practice

• B1 English vocabulary

Everyday English Academy helps English learners build listening, speaking, vocabulary and confidence through slow, easy everyday conversations with Sarah and Mike about familiar situations like sorting a crowded cupboard.

Get comfortable and learn along with Sarah and Mike as they talk about crowded cupboards and special memories.

Keep practising by describing one crowded drawer aloud using three expressions from today's conversation. 🔔 Subscribe to Everyday English Academy for a new episode every week.

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