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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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!