LEARN ENGLISH PODCAST: ESSENTIAL ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS TO SAY HOW YOU'RE FEELING (WITH SUBTITLES)

- [Jack] Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com.

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Now, what we're going to discuss is how to express emotions

and how you're feeling.

So I'm going to give you lots of phrases here.

There are nine different emotions

that I'm going to talk about.

Fear, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, trust,

anticipation, shame and boredom

and for each one of these

you're going to learn between three and six phrases.

So lots of phrases to learn.

And we're going to go through things like,

adjective and preposition of combinations.

For example, to be angry about something,

angry about.

You're going to learn some expressions and idioms,

ED and ING adjectives for example,

bored and boring and how to use these two.

You're going to learn some adverbs and why we use these.

And also very importantly, intonation and stress

because when we're expressing our emotions

we sometimes do so in a strong way

or we use a certain type of intonation

and we might want to stress a certain word.

Before I get started with the first emotion and examples,

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The first emotion we are going to talk about is fear, fear

and there are different ways we can talk about this.

So I'm just going to give you an example from my life

because if you didn't know I am scared of heights,

to be scared of something and I am scared of heights.

When I watch those videos of people,

I think in Russia mainly,

where they're on the edge of a building

my feet start hurting.

I get this weird sensation in my feet

and my hands get sweaty too

and even just thinking about it now

I can feel this in my feet.

So I'm very scared of heights.

Now listen to these two sentences, okay?

Standing on the edge of that building was scary,

was scary.

Or you can say, "I was so scared

"when I was on that building.

"I was so scared when I was on that building."

Now I really emphasized the adverb so.

"I was so scared when I was on that building."

And that's the first lesson when it comes to stress.

We stress the adverb to really give it that emphasis.

"I was so scared."

Now, another way to talk about this

and the stronger word here is to say,

"I'm terrified of heights.

"I am terrified of heights."

So to be terrified of something.

An American expression here is to say, "it freaks me out."

So when something really scares you can say,

"it freaks me out."

But another one that I like is to be scared to death.

To be scared to death about something.

So you can say, "when I was on the edge of that building

"I was scared to death."

If you'll listen on a platform with a comment section

tell me what phobias you have.

Are you scared of heights or are you scared of spiders

or snakes or something else like that?

So leave a comment below.

Number two is anger, anger.

And the simple sentence here is to say,

"I'm angry about something."

Or to give the adverb, "I'm really angry.

"I'm really angry about what he did.

"I'm really angry about what he did."

So you can tell in my voice

that there is anger and disappointment there.

"I'm really angry about what he did."

A similar word here is to use the word mad, mad

and you can say,

"it makes me so mad when people do something."

Finish that sentence.

"It makes me so mad when people..."

You can think of a good example in your life.

And if you are angry with somebody, you can say,

"I can't believe you did that.

"I can't believe you did that."

Which is also expressing some surprise

or shock about something but the main emotion here is anger.

"I can't believe you did that."

Or, "I'm so upset about that.

"I'm so upset you did that.

"I'm so upset you did that."

Now that last example upset can be used in the next one

which is sadness.

To be upset is to be sad but upset can also mean angry too.

But sadness, the simple one here is, "I'm sad.

"I'm sad that you did it.

"I'm sad that we lost today."

For example, I like to give football examples.

"I'm sad that Preston lost again today.

"I'm sad that Preston lost again today."

A stronger word here is to say,

"distraught.

"I'm distraught.

"I'm distraught.

"I'm distraught that Preston lost today.

"Again, I'm distraught that Preston lost today."

And one from the UK is gutted.

I say this a lot, "I'm gutted that we lost today.

Or "I'm gutted that I didn't get that job.

"I'm gutted I didn't get that job."

Let's change the tone a little bit with number four

because this is joy.

Joy, smiling faces, happy

and the obvious one here is to be happy about something.

"I'm happy you came to the party."

Or to really emphasize it,

"I'm so happy you came to the party.

"I'm so happy you came to the party."

Now we can also ask questions here by saying things like,

"will you be happy if you quit your job?"

So you can imagine somebody talking about their job

and not really enjoying it so much

and you say, "well, will you be happy

"or will you be happier if you quit your job?

"Will you be happier

"than you are now if you didn't have the job?"

Now joy can also be with some type of enthusiasm too.

And I'm gonna give you two American expressions

I hear all the time here.

And the first one is to be pumped about something.

"I'm pumped about this game. I'm pumped about tonight.

"I'm pumped about tonight."

And the next one is to be stoked.

"I'm stoked," which means I'm happy.

"I'm stoked," I'm really happy.

Now one that isn't quite as strong here is glad.

It's very common in everyday English

to be glad about something.

And another one is here, "I'm glad you came.

"I'm glad you came to the party."

Or if you can imagine a situation where

you want to go to a party

and let's say your friend doesn't really want to go

but then you get to the party and they have a lot of fun

and they're drinking and having a great time

and you say, "aren't you glad you came now?

"Aren't you glad you came now?"

And then they admit,

"okay, yup it's a good party I like it."

The next one is surprise.

The surprise emotion

and this is the one where you might hear people

use strong intonation.

For example, "I'm surprised he bought that car.

"I'm surprised he bought that car."

Where this goes quite high,

"I'm surprised he bought that car."

Or, "it's surprising.

"It's surprising."

If you want to use the ING, "it's surprising."

To make this a little bit stronger

you can use the word shock or shocked.

"I'm shocked she did that."

This is a strong adjective here

where you really stress that word,

"I'm shocked she did that.

"I'm shocked she did that."

One of my favorite expressions is,

"I can't believe it.

"I can't believe it."

Where you can see intonation rise, "I can't believe it.

"I can't believe it."

Now, before I talk about the next one

be sure to go to the description

and look at the examples in the description too

because that's going to help you learn them.

Okay the next one is trust.

Trust, the emotion of trust

and this could be a positive thing

or you can talk about this in the negative as well

and there's a word here that you're going to learn soon

that's really useful.

But the first sentence,

the simple one is, to trust somebody.

"I trust him."

Now, do you notice where I stressed here?

"I trust him.

"I trust him."

So you can imagine a situation where

you're talking to somebody about let's just say a babysitter

and your wife says, "I'm not sure.

"I'm not sure about this person."

But you're emphasizing that you are sure,

you do have the trust so you say,

"I trust him.

"I trust him."

So it's a good example of how you can stress a word

to give the emphasis to something.

In this case I, "I trust him."

If you watch romantic comedies, you might hear somebody say,

"I should never have trusted her.

"I should never have trusted her."

So this is the should have,

talking about a regret in the past

or something that you shouldn't have done in the past,

"I should never have trusted her."

So in this case you trusted her but she did something wrong

so you say, "I should never have trusted her."

A question you can ask is,

"do you think I should trust them?

"Do you think I should trust them?"

If you want to get advice from somebody else.

And the word I wanted to teach here is trustworthy.

To be trustworthy.

"I don't think he's very trustworthy.

"I don't think he's very trustworthy.

"He's not to be trusted.

"He's not to be trusted."

So to be trustworthy means that this person...

You can trust this person.

So, I don't think he's very trustworthy

means you don't trust him.

Next one is anticipation

and there are three main expressions here

that I think are really useful.

The first one is this,

"I'm really looking forward to our vacation.

"I'm really looking forward to our vacation."

So the preposition here is to,

I'm looking forward to something.

"Are you looking forward to your vacation?

"Are you looking forward to it?

"Are you looking forward to it?"

The second way you can say this is,

"I can't wait for our vacation.

"I can't wait for our vacation."

Or, "I can't wait for it.

"I can't wait for it."

And the third way to say this is,

"I'm excited about our vacation.

"I'm excited about our vacation."

So you can look forward to a vacation.

You can say, "I can't wait for our vacation."

Or, "I'm excited about our vacation."

To ask a question is simply, "are you excited about it?

"Are you looking forward to it?"

You don't really say, "can you wait for it?"

You just say, "are you excited about it?"

Or, "are you looking forward to it?"

And if you don't have any anticipation for something

and you're not excited about it you can say,

"to be honest, I'm not looking forward to seeing them later.

"To be honest,

"I'm not looking forward to seeing them later."

Whoever these people might be.

We have two more so stay with me.

The next one is shame.

The emotion of shame

and there are three examples here that I want to share.

The first one is, "I feel bad.

"I feel bad.

"I feel bad about what I did."

Or, "I feel bad about what I said."

To feel bad about something.

You can ask the question,

"do you feel bad about saying that?

"Do you feel bad about it?

"Do you feel bad about it?"

To make it stronger you can say,

"I feel terrible for doing that.

"I feel terrible for doing that."

And the last one for this emotion is,

well I'll tell you a little story

where somebody I know replied to all

in the office and lots of people

saying things about people

that she didn't want anyone else to know

because she thought she was only replying to one person

and this was obviously a horrible feeling,

situation to be in and to explain this you can say.

(sighing deeply)

"I just wanna hide.

"I just wanna hide.

"I just want to escape."

Because you have that horrible feeling

and you don't want...

You just don't want people to see you in that moment.

And the last one for today is boredom.

Boredom,

and kids use these phrases a lot, "I'm so bored.

"I'm so bored.

"I'm so bored."

And this is a great example of bored versus boring

and here is the difference,

"I'm bored of this book now.

"I am bored of this book now."

But if you wanna describe the book you can say,

"this book is boring.

"This book is boring."

So those are the nine emotions that I wanted to teach today.

I hope you found those phrases useful.

To get the most out of them

definitely check out the description

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because I'll leave a list

of some of the phrases that we use today

so you can see a good example.

And if there is a comment section below

tell me what you're scared about in terms of phobias.

Do you have a phobia?

I know people who are scared of balloons, for example

or a lot of people are scared of snakes and spiders

including people that I know.

Like I said, I'm scared of heights I still am

even just talking about it

now my feet have this weird sensation

but there are times when

I've done things with heights, you know?

So even though I'm scared of heights

I did go at paragliding,

I think it was.

Let's just see if it is paragliding,

okay in the image where...

Yeah, I think it was...

Yeah, paragliding with somebody in Argentina

and even though I was scared of heights

that seemed okay to me.

But it's mainly when I'm on the edge of a building

or just thinking about people

in those precarious situations.

It seems like it's always a video from Russia

but there are daredevils or people who like to go to

the tallest buildings in the world, climb them

and then take a selfie at the top

where they have to really...

I don't wanna talk about it anymore

but let me know in the comment section

what you're scared of in terms of a phobia?

Are you scared of the dark?

For example, are you still scared of the dark?

Let me know below

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