Fun Feeling Idioms-3, May 23, Nico Nico Douga

May 23, 2010
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When you’re talking about feelings, we usually just say: Subject+BE+adjective
Ex: I am angry/sad/happy.
or
Subject+FEEL+adjective
Ex: I feel angry/sad/happy.
Which is stronger? be/feel?
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Warm-up:
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How many words do you know for:
happy
satisfied < pleased < glad < happy < thrilled < ecstatic
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1. I’m feeling a little ~.
Hints: 落ち着かない, 不安な, 神経質になっている,restless
a) prickly
b) antsy
c) buggy
d) butterlies
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2. He gets angry easily. He gets angry at the drop of a ~.
Hint: quickly, easily
a) hat
b) cap
c) scarf
d) shoe
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3. We were having fun until that party ~ showed up.
Hint: Someone who ruins a party
a) diarrhea
b) shitter
c) pooper
d) crapper
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4. He talks too much. He’s got verbal ~.
a) diarrhea
b) shitter
c) pooper
d) crapper
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5. He is so annoying. He is such a ~.
a) stomachache
b) backache
c) toothache
d) headache
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6. That man is fearless! He has nerves of ~.
a) copper
b) steel
c) iron
d) lead
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7. My father loves to tell ~ jokes. Hint: 親父ギャッグ
a) cucumber
b) carrot
c) corny
d) cabbage
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8. I’m feeling a little ~ after babysitting my nephews.
Hint: upset, tired
a) frazzled
b) dazzled
c) razzled
d) razzed
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9. She cries easily. She’s a ~.
a) mama’s girl
b) crybaby
c) scaredy cat
d) book worm
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10. It’s not healthy to keep all your feelings ~ up.
Hint: 自分の中に閉じ込める
a) bottled
b) boxed
c) folded
d) wrapped
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Answers:

1. b) antsy
2. a) hat
3. c) pooper
4. a) diarrhea
5. d) headache
6. b) steel
7. c) corny
8. a) frazzled
9. b) crybaby
10. a) bottled