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Describing objects Today I'll try to describe some objects, which I don't know the equivalent word in English. I could check the translation at linguee.com, for example, but I rather try to express myself explaining how is the object itself or what it does. The first one you connect or plug in the outlet so you can turn on more than one electrical device at the same time. For instance, if you use this object you don't have to worry about having only one outlet in a certain wall of your living room because it allows you to turn on your TV, Home Theather, and Blue-Ray Player altogether. The second one you normally have in your kitchen. It's made of steel - I think - and it's used for opening bottles, like beer bottles. It has a circle or something like that. You attach ( I don't know the right verb that would describe the action here ) this circle to that part of the bottle you want to remove - and wich I also don't know the name, so it's the third thing I want to know how is it called in English - and then you pull this object ( the second one ) and by doing so you remove the third object from the bottle. I hope someone understands all this...

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Describing Objects

Today I'll try to describe some objects, for which I don't know the equivalent word in English. I could check the translation at linguee.com, for example, but I rather try to express myself by explaining how is the object itself or what it does.
The first one you connect or plug in the outlet so you can turn on more than one electrical device at the same time. For instance, if you use this object, you don't have to worry about having only one outlet in on a certain wall of your living room because it allows you to turn on your TV,  Home Theather,  and Blue-Ray Player altogether.
The second one you normally have in your kitchen. It's made of steel - I think - and it's used for opening bottles, like beer bottles. It has a circle or something like that. You attach screw ( I don't know the right verb that would describe the action here ) this circle into the part of the bottle you want to remove - and for which I also don't know the name. That is so it's the third thing I want to know what to call how is it called in English - and then you pull this object out ( the second one ), and by doing so you remove the third object from the bottle. I hope someone understands all this...


The first one is a power strip or surge protector. The second one is a corkscrew and the third is a cork :). Nice work! 

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Thank you, Gregory. The second and third things were, in fact, a bottle opener and a crown cap.
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Is the first one a power-strip or something like that? The second one is definitely a corkscrew of some kind.

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