Lingoda Group Class Notes 64

Topic: Expressing feelings
Related skill: Communication
Date: 22 December 2024
Teacher: Rachel

What I've learned

Idioms

to wear your heart on your sleeve

• Meaning: to allow your feelings to be seen by others.
• Example: Eric is one to wear his heart on his sleeve. We always know how he’s feeling!

Vocabularies & Phrases

V&P	Definiation	Note
astonished	very surprised	I was astonished by how expensive the meal was.
devastated	completely destroyed	She was devastated when they told her her contract was being ended.
thrilled	extremely happy about something	I was thrilled when I found out I'd got the promotion.
furious	extremely angry	We were furious with our parents for forgetting to feed the dog.
awkward	difficult to use, do, or deal with	I felt quite awkward when I realised I didn't know my colleague's name.
to feel down about something	觉得沮丧	My husband has left me and I'm feeling a bit down about it.
to be over the moon	兴奋无比；形容无比幸福	We were over the moon with our son's exam results. They were great!
to get on someone's nerves	使某人心烦意乱：极度令某人烦恼或恼火	My neighbour really gets on my nerves. He makes so much noise!

Expressions

Polity asking about feelings

We can use the following questions to politely ask someone how they're feeling:

• Are you feeling ok?
• Do you have something on your mind?
• What’s the matter?
• Would you like to talk about it?
• Is everything alright?

Matter can be used as both a nounand a verb.

What's the matter? Are you okay? (= as anoun)

Being open and honest about how you feel mattersto me. (= as a verb)

Describing feelings

We can use the following, more advanced adjectives to describe how we feel:

• astonished
• devastated
• thrilled
• furious
• awkward

• I felt awkward when my boss started shouting at the client.
• I was thrilled when they told me I was getting promoted.

More idiomatic expressions

Here are some more idiomatic ways of describing how we feel:

• to feel down about something
• to be over the moon
• to get on someone's nerves

• Tom's complaining really gets on my nerves. He needs to stop!

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