The decluttering trend - How do I declutter? 6 Minute English

Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with 6 Minute English! In many consumer societies these days, people tend to buy and keep lots of things - after all, these things are cheap! But what happens when all of the things we buy become too much? What do we do with all the stuff? Recently, people have been trying to find ways to reduce the amount of stuff that they own. Rob and Neil find out all about the latest decluttering trend, how to do it and why in this 6 Minute English!

You'll find the transcript and the vocabulary on our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-190411

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬:
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𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞
collection of clothes untidily kept on the floor rather than in a wardrobe.

𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫
untidiness caused by having too many things – to declutter is the process of getting rid of things

𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 (𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦)
to deal with a problem and try to fix it

𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥
with an emotional and/or nostalgic connection

𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭
change

𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝
an expression that means to use what you’ve got and fix something if it breaks rather than buying new things

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