10 Ways to Say What You’re FEELING in English

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Do you sometimes struggle to express your emotions in English?
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When most of us start learning
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a language, we learn the basic words to express how we feel.
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Sad, mad, glad.
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But as life goes on, we realize that there are so many emotions
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that just can't quite be expressed with these basic words or phrases.
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That's why in today's lesson, I'll teach you expressions related to
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emotions as well as opposite expressions that you can use in common situations.
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To be cheesed off.
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If you're cheesed off, you're feeling annoyed
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fed up or angry.
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If said with the right tone, this expression will clearly
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let the other person know that you're not happy with what they're doing.
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This is a phrasal verb that can be separated so you can say:
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We often use cheesed off with "with". Other synonyms
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to express this emotion are:
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The opposite of this emotion could be to delight in something.
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If you delight in something, you get a lot of joy or pleasure from it.
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We can separate this phrasal verb.
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For example, we can say:
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Synonym for this emotion include:
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Now let's imagine you have an exam tomorrow
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and you suddenly realize that you studied the wrong chapters.
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You made a mistake and you're running out of time.
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How would you express your emotions in this situation?
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Oh, what am I going to do?
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This expression is a bit informal, but if someone freaks out
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or if something freaks them out, they suddenly feel surprised
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confused, upset or angry.
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You can also use this to mean very excited
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or emotional, or to make someone else feel that way.
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We can separate this phrasal verbs so we can say:
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We often use freak out with on.
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For example, she freaked out on him.
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Some common synonyms for this emotion would be:
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Here an opposite emotion would be to chill out.
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This phrasal verb means to relax without worrying or feeling anxious.
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We don't generally separate this phrasal verb.
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Synonyms for this phrasal verb include:
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So now you just completed
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a group work task and your classmate or coworker
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who didn't help you at all is trying to take all of the credit again.
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How would you express this emotion?
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I can't believe that she's telling everyone that she help you when she didn't
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Unbelievable.
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When you feel fed up, you've just had enough.
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You feel annoyed or disgusted by something that you have experienced for too long.
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We often use fed up with "with" for example:
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Some common synonyms for this emotion would be:
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Here an opposite
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emotion would be to content yourself with something.
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This means to be satisfied with something.
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Often something that is disappointing in some way.
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In other words,
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you're not quite happy with the situation, but you accept it and it's OK.
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This phrase usually follows the pattern:
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You could include other details in the sentence,
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but the structure would remain quite similar.
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Synonyms for this phrase include:
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So now you're at home with your family and your parents tell you that they want
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to make an important announcement. You start to feel really emotional.
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In this situation, you might say that you're feeling choked up.
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When someone becomes choked up,
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they become unable to speak and almost begin to cry because of strong emotion.
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This could be positive or negative emotion,
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so they could be feeling sad or very happy.
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We generally do not separate this phrasal verb. Other synonyms
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for this emotion include:
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An opposite expression for this could be to crack up. If you crack up
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or if something or someone cracks you up, you laugh suddenly and a lot.
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We can separate this phrasal verb.
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As this phrasal verb means to laugh or cause someone to laugh,
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there is no other synonym that quite matches it.
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Now, let's imagine you cooked
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a lovely meal for your friends who you invited over for lunch.
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Suddenly, one of your friends
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makes a joke about your home and the taste of your food.
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How dare they?
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To tell someone off means to speak angrily because they have done
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or said something wrong.
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We can separate this phrasal verb.
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Synonyms for this include:
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The opposite reaction in this situation might be to lighten up.
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This means to take things less seriously and see the humor in the situation.
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We cannot separate this phrasal verb.
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Synonyms include:
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So today we learned
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10 phrases you can use to express your emotions
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in different situations. To help you continue your learning,
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we've put together a free downloadable pdf that you can access
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by clicking on the link in the description below.
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I hope you enjoyed this lesson as much as I did teaching it, and most
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It's important to understand that a person who is fluent
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may not always be 100% accurate, but they will still be generally understood.
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