https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/f8d635bc-aba3-436f-827c-a39a1e020140 Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with 6 Minute English! Buttons are what we have on our clothes to fasten them but the word is also used for things that we push to make things happen. Things like your bedside alarm, radio, toaster, kettle. We press hundreds of buttons every week without thinking about it. Sometimes we are just drawn to pushing them, but as this programme discusses, some people have a button phobia. To download a transcript and audio, visit our website here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-181220 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟔 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬: How creative should we be? https://youtu.be/bizx7atWYkQ Objectification: Is there really a 'perfect body'? https://youtu.be/3DL3Htt8vck The smell of coffee https://youtu.be/5R3WdBE1-JM The teenage brain https://youtu.be/xwbAWiqMuNE 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 small, usually round, objects we use to fasten clothes, also objects we can press to make different things happen, e.g. You press a button to call a lift 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 something that makes you feel like you want to do something you shouldn’t, e.g. Having a big red button with the words ‘Don’t Press’ on it, would be a big temptation, I’d just want to press it. 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 something that is convenient is easy to use without difficulty, e.g. the buttons on are lift are convenient to use. 𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 not being able to stay still, always moving around to get comfortable or prevent boredom. e.g. My mum always told me to stop fidgeting in the cinema as it was disturbing the other customers. 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 fingers and toes are digits – digital = having fingers and toes 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 making ourselves look nice by cleaning, washing and doing our hair, for example [Cover: Getty Images] #BBCLearningEnglish #LearnEnglish #6MinuteEnglish Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:59:34 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/f8d635bc-aba3-436f-827c-a39a1e020140 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.