Learn the English Phrases TO FREAK OUT and CONTROL FREAK

In this English lesson I wanted to help you

learn the English phrase to freak out.

When you say that someone is freaking out,

or sometimes when you say an animal is freaking out,

it means they're going crazy

and doing all kinds of abnormal things.

Let me explain a little bit.

When someone drives in our driveway,

sometimes our dogs will freak out.

That means they'll bark and jump around

and they'll be all excited

because someone has arrived at our place

and maybe they don't know who it is so they freak out.

Sometimes when a person finds out some exciting news,

they might freak out.

They might jump for joy or scream

or they might be really excited.

They might freak out because they're really, really happy

about something that's happening.

It can also mean a negative emotion.

Like sometimes when I'm walking at night

and Jen will say something from a dark room

or something like that, by the way

that doesn't happen very often, but you get my point.

If someone was to jump out and scare me, I would freak out.

I would scream a little bit

and I would maybe run away a little bit.

I would freak out.

So it's any time you express a lot of emotion,

positive or negative, in a way

that's a little bit uncontrolled.

The second phrase I wanted to teach you today

is the phrase control freak.

This is something that we call someone

who always wants to be in control of a situation.

I have a certain relative where

when I make food at their house,

they kind of watch me and tell me what to do

because I don't think they trust me when I make food.

They're kind of a control freak.

They wanna make sure I measure everything correctly

and I fry everything for the right amount of time.

They're a bit of a control freak.

Sometimes you might have a boss

who's a bit of a control freak.

They kinda watch you all the time

and they're always telling you what to do

and telling you when you do something wrong.

Anyways, to review, when you freak out, when you say,

"Oh, if I win the lottery tomorrow, I'm going to freak out,"

it means you are going to have an outburst of emotion,

either positive or negative.

If you won the lottery, it would be positive.

And when you say someone is a control freak,

it means they want to be in control

of any kind of situation.

Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Halla.

"You are so kind, Bob

"I assume when you are angry, you don't shout.

"I think making lessons on YouTube calms you down.

"Thank you."

And my response, "Oh, I shout sometimes.

"I'm mostly calm, but I'm human, just like everyone else."

In fact, the other night,

my son was mowing lawn really late

just outside the window of our house.

And I do appreciate when he mows our lawn,

but it was really loud and I was trying to work

and I got a little bit angry, a tiny bit angry.

Sorry, there was a tree there I had to duck under.

And I shouted a little bit.

I didn't say anything mean.

I said something like, "Hey, stop making so much noise.

"I'm trying to work. I'm trying to think."

So yeah, I'm not exactly a perfect person.

I think I've mentioned that a number of times before.

You have to realize that on YouTube

and on all different kinds of social media,

you always see the best side of someone.

I will admit I try really hard to be a nice person,

but like I said in the comment, I'm human.

I'm just like everyone else.

I get angry. I get sad.

I get a little bit of,

I get a little bit depressed every once in a while

a couple times a year, especially in February

when there's not a lot of sunlight.

So don't ever think that Bob the Canadian

is a perfect person who never yells,

always smiles and is always happy.

I'm just like you.

I'm a normal human being who has all the normal behaviors

and emotions that other people do.

These though are something that make me happy.

So talking about being a normal human being and being kind,

flowers always make people kind.

Jen and I have been working really hard here.

We've been growing sunflowers,

which make people super happy.

Let me check my time here.

Oh, I'm done.