Describe Your Feelings And Emotions In English

Hello

I'm fine, thanks.

(laughing)

Hey Anna, you're back. How are you?  

Fine, thanks. Do you ever find that you don’t have  the vocabulary to express how you are feeling?  

One of the most overused phrases in English by  both native speakers and English learners is,  

“I’m fine.” We use this phrase when we’re  happy, sad, tired, angry… the list is endless!  

However, it often doesn’t reflect how we’re  truly feeling in that moment. In today’s video,  

we’ll be looking at vocabulary and phrases  which will help you express how you really feel.  

Oh, I am delighted to hear that you got the  job. You must be over the moon. This news has  

really cheered me up. I just used three  alternative ways to express “happiness”.  

Did you catch them all? Let’s have another listen.  

Oh, I am delighted to hear that you got the job.  You must be over the moon. This news has really  

cheered me up. We can use the word “delighted” to  convey that we’re really happy about something.

The phrase, “over the moon” is also used to  convey how happy or pleased we’re feeling.

“To cheer someone up” is, you  guessed it, everyone’s favourite,  

a phrasal verb. It means “to make someone happy  if they have been feeling a little bit down.”  

I hope today’s video cheers you up!

Here’s a word to express how I am feeling  right now: ENERGISED. And another one:  

MOTIVATED. So I am making the most of this feeling  

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No, no they can't kill off doctor McGorgeous.

Oh, I'm heartbroken. Oh, I'm gonna  feel down about this for weeks.

Oh, babe, I'm devastated.

Did you catch the three ways  I used to express my sadness  

about my most loved character being killed  off my favourite TV program? Try again.

No, no they can't kill off doctor McGorgeous.

Oh, I'm heartbroken. Oh, I'm gonna  feel down about this for weeks.

Oh, babe, I'm devastated.

We use heartbroken to express the  overwhelming sadness we sometimes experience.

To feel down or to be down,  

is used to express how sad we’re feeling. It’s  often used with quantifiers such as “a bit”,  

“I’ve been a bit down recently. I  think it’s because of the bad weather.”

Devastated, is a strong way to convey how sad  or upset we are about something or someone.

What do you mean you're two hours late,  you really know how to make my blood boil.  

You know John will be furious,  he's always flying off the handle.

Sometimes people can really boil your blood.  

Did you hear the three expressions I used  to express my anger? Have another go.

What do you mean you're two hours late,  you really know how to make my blood  

boil. You know John will be furious,  he's always flying off the handle.

The expression “to make someone’s blood boil”  means to make someone extremely angry or annoyed.

We can also use “furious” as  a strong synonym for “angry”.

“To fly off the handle”  

is an idiom which we use when someone is so  angry that they lose control of their emotions.

I hope my students don’t fly off the handle  when I tell them about the end-of-term exam!

I'm sorry sweetie, I can't watch a film I'm  knackered. I've been exhausted all week,  

it's just been crazy at work hopefully  tomorrow I'll feel a little bit less drained.  

See you later. Did you hear the three ways  I expressed tiredness? Have another listen.

I'm sorry sweetie, I can't watch a film I'm  knackered. I've been exhausted all week, it's  

just been crazy at work hopefully tomorrow I'll  feel a little bit less drained. See you later.

Knackered is an informal British expression which  means to be extremely tired. In other contexts,  

it can also mean “broken”. “Can you give  me a lift to work. My car is knackered.”

In a more formal context, we can use  “exhausted” to also express extreme tiredness.

And, “to be or to feel drained” is when we’re  so tired that we barely have any energy left.  

I hope this video doesn’t  leave you feeling drained!

Let’s see how well you’ve remembered  today’s new vocabulary and phrases.  

We learned 12 new ways to express  happiness, sadness, anger, and tiredness.  

I want you to pause the video and take  a minute to see if you can recall them.

Time’s up! Let’s see how you’ve done. For other  ways to express happiness we learned delighted,  

to be over the moon and to cheer someone up”. To express sadness, we learned heartbroken,  

to be or to feel down and devastated. When we want to show how angry we are,  

we learned furious, to see red,  and to make someone’s blood boil. 

And finally, tiredness. We looked at  drained, knackered, and exhausted.

Well, if you’re not feeling too knackered, I’d  be over the moon if you could add a comment. Why  

not practise some of the vocabulary and phrases  you saw today and tell me how you’re feeling. 

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Thank you for watching and have a great  day! Oh and don't forget to subscribe.

And cut. How are you feeling?

Yeah, I’m fine, ha, no I am feeling  a little bit drained if I'm honest.

Should we go and get some food?

Do you know what, why not, food always  cheers me up. Let’s do it!