Hi guys, welcome back to my channel, and welcome to another vocabulary lesson. In today's video
I am going to teach you the names for rather common household tools. Some of you might
be aware that the word "tool" can also mean idiot. So just so we're clear, when I say
"household tool" in this video, I am not talking about that annoying cousin who won't go away
and just hangs around your house like a bad smell. I'm talking about...
these things.
To start with we have a spanner, which is also known as a wrench in the US. This particular
spanner is an adjustable spanner because you can use it on different-sized objects. Normally
it's used to tighten or fasten nuts and bolts, but you can also use it in emergency situations
to hold onto things such as this.
This is another type of spanner, but this one is called a ring spanner, just like the ring on your finger.
Hmm, would that work?
No, maybe not.
So you use this to fasten and tighten nuts on the end of bolts.
This is perhaps not the right size, but I think you get the idea.
So what I'm taking off there is a nut.
Normally they're hexagonal in shape.
This is a washer - a washer that's seen better days.
And on the right we have a bolt.
This is a regular spanner, but like the ring spanner it comes in all different shapes and sizes
- how exciting.
This is a pair of pliers, which you can use to hold onto things, and twist things
like your brother's nose, for example. And it can
also be used in emergency situations.
If you've ever bought furniture at Ikea then you probably have a couple of these.
These are Allen keys, and you use them to tighten nuts and screws.
Speaking of screws, here is a screwdriver. This is a flat-headed screwdriver for those
very common screws that just have an indented line in the top, or a slot. I don't think
this one is the right size. I clearly wasn't supposed to be a builder. It's always nice
when you know you haven't missed your vocation.
This one here is a Phillips head screwdriver, used with Phillips head screws.
That sounds oddly like a sexual position.
This is an electric drill. I can feel the vibrations already. You use this to put holes into things,
but for body piercing I do recommend you go to a professional piercer.
These are drill bits - if you want to change the size of your holes.
And if you are very young, unless you are
Amish, you probably haven't seen one of these. This is a hand drill. So just like the electric
drill, but you use your hand instead of electricity.
This is a tomahawk, but I know it looks very similar to an axe.
You can use it just like an axe for cutting off fingers or cutting down your neighbour's tree.
This is a chisel. Seeing as they've been around for thousands of years,
I probably don't need to explain what you use it for. Normally you do use it
with one of these - a hammer. But I better not do that on my mother's dining room table.
And here we have a mallet - a bit like a hammer, but you use it for big, serious stuff, like
tent pegs or your ex-boyfriend's presents.
Here we have a saw. This is a wood saw.
As you can imagine it's used for cutting wood. If you want to cut metal you need a hacksaw,
which you often see in movies hidden in the birthday cakes of prisoners wanting to escape.
This is a scraper - used to remove wallpaper or paint.
And here we have a tape measure.
This tape measure has a small spirit level on the top here. A spirit level is used to
check if a surface is horizontal. This is a bigger spirit level. And it's called a spirit level
because this liquid is normally a type of alcohol.
Don't you like the sound of that?
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