 English vocabulary word of the day, scrap, from espressoenglish.net. First let's work on the pronunciation. S-C-R sounds like in the words screen and script. The letter A has the A sound like in nap, rat, and happy. And the final P sounds like in lip, stop, and cap. Say the word after me, scrap. Scraps are small leftover pieces of something like fabric, metal, food, paper, etc. They are generally small pieces that you're not going to use for the main purpose. For example, I cut the meat into pieces and fed my dog the scraps. So the main part of the meat I will use for cooking. But the extra parts, the small leftover pieces, called scraps, I give to my dog. In the same way, scrap metal refers to random pieces of metal that can be processed and reused. You might also hear about a scrapbook. A scrapbook is a book that you create with pictures, pieces of news, decorations, etc. Some people like to create scrapbooks as a hobby. Scrap is also an informal way to say throw away. For example, the old TV couldn't be fixed, so we decided to scrap it. Related to that, the expression on the scrap heap means in the garbage, not wanted or needed. For example, I sent several proposals to my boss, but she threw them all on the scrap heap. This means she did not want or need my proposals, so she threw them away. That's the end of our video series Word of the Day in May. But you can learn a lot more words inside my Vocabulary Builder course. Click the link in the video for free sample lessons from Vocabulary Builder 1 and 2. Level 1 is for pre-intermediate to intermediate students, and Level 2 is for those who are more advanced. You can also get a discount if you buy both levels together. Visit espressoenglish.net, click on Courses, and look for the Vocabulary Builder course.