😄😥 Feelings: Phrasal verbs with Georgie

Calm down, phrasal verbs aren't  that bad. This is a BBC Learning  

English video all about feelings.  I'm Georgie, let's get into it.

Starting with verbs for when you keep your  emotions on the inside. If you 'bottle up'  

your feelings, 'you keep them inside  instead of talking about them'. It's  

this idea of putting your feelings  inside a bottle and closing the lid.

'Neil It's not good to bottle up your feelings.  

You should really try and  open up and talk about it.'

'open up' that means 'you share your  feelings openly and talk about them'.

'Well, it's great to see you opening  up a bit and sharing your feelings.'

'Yeah... It feels really good to open up.'

'Are you... holding back tears?'

If you 'hold something back', it  means 'you hesitate to do or say  

something'. You can 'hold back tears'  or 'hold back from saying something'.

'Don't hold back - let it all out!'

Oops, shouldn't have said that. Now let's  look at verbs for when you lose control  

of your emotions. 'break down' means  'you lose control of your emotions and  

start crying'. We usually use  it to talk about someone else.

'Georgie, Neil was just talking  about his dead dog, and he broke  

down and he cried... I don't know what to do!'

'blow up' means 'lose emotional control in an  angry way'. We use 'blow up' for explosions,  

so imagine someone exploding with anger.

'Yeah, he was sad... but now he just found out  

his favorite football team lost and  he just blew up - he was so angry!'

'Don't freak out! I'll come and help.'

'freak out' means 'lose emotional control',  

but it's more flexible. You can 'freak  out' because of 'excitement', for example:

'I freaked out when I saw my  favorite pop star on the street.'

Or because you're nervous:

'I freaked out when I was doing  a presentation on the stage.'

'Georgie I'm freaking out! What should we do?'

'Calm down! It's gonna be fine.'

Now, verbs about regaining  emotional control. 'calm down'  

is when 'your emotions start up here and  you bring them down to a neutral level'.

'Everyone calm down - take a deep breath, okay?'

'chill out' is similar to  'calm down'; it means 'relax'.

'I think we just need a holiday so we can really  chill out and stop worrying about everything.'

Remember, don't 'freak out,' just  'come back' to BBC Learning English  

and we'll 'work on' more phrasal verbs  and how to use them. See you next time!