1 00:00:00,270 --> 00:00:01,410 Guys, guess what? 2 00:00:02,130 --> 00:00:07,920 I found a whole bunch of new ways that you can say you're 'scared', ok? 3 00:00:08,070 --> 00:00:08,930 Let's get into it. 4 00:00:15,260 --> 00:00:26,900 G'day, you mob! Welcome back to my channel, I am Pete and this is Aussie English, the number one place for anyone wanting to build confidence, speak fluently and take their English to the next level. 5 00:00:27,170 --> 00:00:40,330 In this episode, I'm going to teach you more than 20 awesome synonyms, awesome expressions, and if you stay to the end, a bunch of slang and informal English ways that you can say that you are 'scared' in English, ok? 6 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,690 But before we get into that, guys, don't forget to smash that subscribe button. 7 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:52,460 Give a little poke to the bell notification button too, so that you can stay up to date with all of my episodes. 8 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:59,480 And if you want to take your English to the next level even faster, don't forget to go down below and download my podcast. 9 00:00:59,510 --> 00:01:01,040 The Aussie English Podcast. 10 00:01:01,070 --> 00:01:05,410 This is a podcast designed for advanced English learners, ok? 11 00:01:05,450 --> 00:01:10,130 We talk about expressions, I interview people, I talk about current affairs, culture, history. 12 00:01:10,430 --> 00:01:13,280 It's a great place to take your English to the next level. 13 00:01:13,790 --> 00:01:15,920 Anyway, let's get into this episode. 14 00:01:20,550 --> 00:01:23,580 Alright, so number one is: 'afraid'. 15 00:01:24,620 --> 00:01:27,390 'Afraid'. I'm afraid of heights. 16 00:01:28,410 --> 00:01:29,850 Two: 'fearful'. 17 00:01:30,660 --> 00:01:32,520 'Fearful'. The U.S 18 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,310 is fearful of what Russia is going to do next. 19 00:01:36,210 --> 00:01:37,770 It's probably true. 20 00:01:37,770 --> 00:01:39,660 Number three: 'frantic'. 21 00:01:41,460 --> 00:01:45,930 'Frantic'. When the mother lost her son, she was frantic. 22 00:01:47,490 --> 00:01:49,650 Four: 'freaked out'. 23 00:01:50,610 --> 00:01:51,630 'Freaked out'. 24 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,720 That's a good phrasal verb, good informal phrasal verb for you to use. 25 00:01:54,750 --> 00:01:59,970 'Freaked out'. During the thunderstorm the dog freaked out. 26 00:01:59,970 --> 00:02:01,890 Number five: 'frightened'. 27 00:02:02,610 --> 00:02:03,690 To be 'frightened'. 28 00:02:04,170 --> 00:02:07,730 The little boy is frightened of the dark. 29 00:02:07,730 --> 00:02:09,870 Number six: 'spooked'. 30 00:02:10,590 --> 00:02:14,460 'Spooked'. Something spooked the horse and it bolted. 31 00:02:15,250 --> 00:02:16,620 'Spooked'. 32 00:02:16,620 --> 00:02:18,990 Number seven: 'panicked'. 33 00:02:18,990 --> 00:02:22,860 'Panicked'. He panicked when his house caught on fire. 34 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,280 I'd probably panic, too, especially if I was inside. 35 00:02:26,860 --> 00:02:28,740 Number eight: 'horrified'. 36 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:35,150 'Horrified'. When we heard about the murder, we were horrified. 37 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,320 Got a whole bunch of ones ending in '-ied' here. 38 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:41,060 Number nine: 'petrified'. 39 00:02:41,060 --> 00:02:46,550 'Petrified'. That's like you've been turned to stone, I think, if you were to be petrify something. 40 00:02:46,910 --> 00:02:49,910 'Petrified'. So, you're so afraid you can't move, right? 41 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:55,280 'Petrified'. My wife's completely petrified of spiders. 42 00:02:55,850 --> 00:02:59,000 True story, Kel hates them. 43 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,340 And number ten: 'terrified'. 44 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,530 'Terrified'. Why are you so terrified of flying on planes? 45 00:03:07,310 --> 00:03:08,090 'Terrified'. 46 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,800 Alright, guys! Take a minute to pause right now, pause the video. 47 00:03:16,190 --> 00:03:29,780 I'm going to show on the screen a bunch of these words that we just went over, and I want you to take one of these that you didn't know or one that you did and you want to practice, go down into the comments and create a sentence using this word, ok? 48 00:03:29,780 --> 00:03:38,210 The best way for you to learn new vocabulary and reinforce the older vocabulary that you already know is by using it straight away, ok? 49 00:03:38,420 --> 00:03:39,920 Use it to learn it. 50 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:41,240 And I'll see you in a second. 51 00:03:42,410 --> 00:03:43,610 Alright, guys, welcome back. 52 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,410 I've got another 10 feet here, ok? 53 00:03:45,740 --> 00:03:47,210 And we get into expressions now. 54 00:03:47,330 --> 00:03:48,010 Let's get into it. 55 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,090 Number 11: 'to give someone the creeps'. 56 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,870 That's a good one, I think that's probably American, but we use it all the time. 57 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,290 'Gives me the creeps'. 'To give someone the creeps'. 58 00:04:03,470 --> 00:04:05,780 Horror movies always give me the creeps. 59 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:06,670 Don't like them. 60 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,000 Number 12: 'to give someone the heebie jeebies'. 61 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,570 Same thing, 'give someone the creeps', 'give someone the heebie jeebies'. 62 00:04:15,620 --> 00:04:17,300 Probably not that common, but it's a funny one. 63 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:18,380 Just sounds funny, right? 64 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,660 'Heebie jeebies'. Wonder what 'heebie jeebies' are... 65 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,520 She heard a blood curdling scream and it gave her the heebie jeebies. 66 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,120 Number 13: 'to make your blood run cold'. 67 00:04:29,780 --> 00:04:32,060 'To make your blood run cold'. 68 00:04:32,450 --> 00:04:36,200 They saw a drop bear in Australia and it made their blood run cold. 69 00:04:36,470 --> 00:04:37,880 Guys, Google, what a drop bear is, you're going to laugh.. 70 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:42,420 14: 'to make someone's skin crawl', right? 71 00:04:42,570 --> 00:04:46,250 That's like the feeling of your skin crawling, like there's animals on it... 72 00:04:46,850 --> 00:04:48,590 'to make your skin crawl'. 73 00:04:48,890 --> 00:04:51,080 Cockroaches always make my skin crawl. 74 00:04:53,110 --> 00:04:53,230 Ah, they don't really, they're fine. 75 00:04:53,230 --> 00:04:57,800 15: 'to jump out of your own skin'. 76 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:06,710 You'd have to be pretty scared to literally jump out of your own skin, but that's the basic idea, I guess, you jumped so much, so quickly, that you leave your skin behind. 77 00:05:08,210 --> 00:05:11,120 When they surprised me, I nearly jumped out of my own skin. 78 00:05:11,540 --> 00:05:14,370 16: 'heart misses a beat'. 79 00:05:14,370 --> 00:05:16,420 For your heart to miss a beat, right? 80 00:05:16,420 --> 00:05:20,720 So, it's like you got so scared, your heart stopped for a second and then kept going, right? 81 00:05:20,750 --> 00:05:26,270 When I proposed to my wife, her heart skipped the beat. 82 00:05:27,670 --> 00:05:30,650 Number 17: 'to shake like a leaf', right? 83 00:05:30,650 --> 00:05:33,980 To be shaking a lot, like a leaf in the wind on a tree, right? 84 00:05:34,010 --> 00:05:36,620 'Shake like a leaf', to be very scared. 85 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,920 The storm made her cat shake like a leaf. 86 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:47,060 Number 18, and this is similar to shake like a leaf, it's to do with, you know, shaking, 'to quake in your boots', right? 87 00:05:47,090 --> 00:05:49,250 'To have someone quaking in their boots'. 88 00:05:49,490 --> 00:05:52,870 The bully threatened me at school and I was quaking in my boots. 89 00:05:52,870 --> 00:05:53,330 Right? 90 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,590 Number 19: 'to look like you've seen a ghost'. 91 00:05:57,950 --> 00:06:01,640 So, you'd be incredibly pale, you look like you've seen a ghost. 92 00:06:01,910 --> 00:06:04,450 What happened, mate? You look like you've seen a ghost. 93 00:06:04,730 --> 00:06:09,710 Alright, and the last one, before we get into the bonus section, guys, 'scared stiff', right? 94 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:11,790 Sort of like 'petrified'. 95 00:06:11,810 --> 00:06:13,580 You're stiff, you can't move. 96 00:06:13,730 --> 00:06:14,990 'To be scared stiff'. 97 00:06:15,460 --> 00:06:17,420 We'll go over some rude ones in the next section. 98 00:06:18,050 --> 00:06:22,460 'Scared stiff'. When she saw a ghost, she was scared stiff. 99 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:27,950 Alright. Good job, guys. 100 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:37,160 Good job. Remember, pose the video again, I'm going to show you a bunch of these on the screen and I want to see you down in the comments using some of these expressions in a sentence. 101 00:06:37,460 --> 00:06:38,750 Use it to learn it. 102 00:06:38,780 --> 00:06:39,710 I'll see you below. 103 00:06:40,940 --> 00:06:44,000 Alright, guys. Now, let's get into the informal slang section. 104 00:06:44,330 --> 00:06:54,500 These are a few really good slang terms that you can use probably anywhere in the world, but definitely in Australia to show that you are scared or to suggest that someone else is scared, ok? 105 00:06:58,820 --> 00:07:00,180 Number one: 'gutless'. 106 00:07:00,710 --> 00:07:02,180 This is a common one in Australia. 107 00:07:02,490 --> 00:07:09,290 So, if someone is an incredible wuss, they're scared, they're not very courageous, you may call them a 'gutless wonder', right? 108 00:07:09,590 --> 00:07:11,270 That bloke's a gutless wonder. 109 00:07:11,620 --> 00:07:15,750 But if they're just scared or lack courage in general, you can just say that they 'gutless'. 110 00:07:15,980 --> 00:07:18,110 Man, that bloke's completely gutless. 111 00:07:18,830 --> 00:07:20,210 That was a gutless thing to do. 112 00:07:20,750 --> 00:07:21,890 'Gutless', right? 113 00:07:21,890 --> 00:07:24,980 To have no stomach, effectively, you've got no guts. 114 00:07:25,250 --> 00:07:26,780 'To have guts' is to have courage. 115 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,850 Number two: 'to pack your dacks' . 116 00:07:29,850 --> 00:07:31,700 This is a it's a good one. 117 00:07:31,940 --> 00:07:33,650 'To pack your dacks'. 118 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,530 So, your 'dacks' is your underwear, right? 119 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,840 And if you're packing them, you're putting things in them. 120 00:07:38,990 --> 00:07:41,540 What can you imagine you're filling your dacks up with? 121 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,590 Poo, right? Because you're so scared, you pooing in your pants. 122 00:07:45,620 --> 00:07:48,710 So, it is a sort of indirect way to suggest that you're pooing yourself. 123 00:07:48,980 --> 00:07:50,090 'To pack your dacks'. 124 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:55,100 And this is a politer evasion because you're not swearing or directly talking about poo. 125 00:07:55,460 --> 00:07:56,510 'To pack your dacks'. 126 00:07:56,810 --> 00:08:00,140 When I saw the bully at school, I was packing my dacks. 127 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,560 Number three, similar to the last one, 'to pack yourself'. 128 00:08:04,310 --> 00:08:05,350 'To pack yourself'. 129 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,320 When I skydive for the first time, I was packing myself. 130 00:08:09,710 --> 00:08:11,540 Number four: 'to be chicken'. 131 00:08:12,110 --> 00:08:16,160 'To be chicken'. If you're 'chicken', you're 'gutless', you're scared, you're afraid. 132 00:08:16,490 --> 00:08:21,590 You're 'chicken'. My dog is completely chicken when it comes to swimming in the water. 133 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:22,730 'Chicken'. 134 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:32,840 Alright, guys. That was the last one for the video episode, but you can listen to the next set of phrases that I have, they're a little ruder that I'm saving for the podcast episode. 135 00:08:32,930 --> 00:08:42,140 So, if you want to listen to that, go down in it to the description below and you'll be able to click the link and listen to that episode, but let's keep going, podcast listeners. 136 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,960 Alright. Number five, getting into the rude ones. 137 00:08:45,260 --> 00:08:47,480 'Shit scared', right? 138 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,470 'Shit. scared', incredibly scared, incredibly frightened. 139 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,480 This is a good collocation to use informally. 140 00:08:54,830 --> 00:08:57,230 She was shit scared of wasps. 141 00:08:57,530 --> 00:08:58,730 'Shit scared'. 142 00:08:59,030 --> 00:09:02,320 Number six: 'to be scared shitless', right? 143 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,310 The idea here being that you have no poo left. 144 00:09:04,340 --> 00:09:05,790 You're so scared, right? 145 00:09:06,140 --> 00:09:07,940 To be 'scared shitless'. 146 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,180 Driving at night scares me shitless. 147 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,070 'Scared shitless'. 148 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,280 Number seven: 'to be shitting bricks'. 149 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:20,660 I don't know why bricks, that's just one that we use, though. 150 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:22,340 'Shitting bricks'. 151 00:09:22,970 --> 00:09:24,200 Pretty uncomfortable thought. 152 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:27,770 I shit bricks whenever I have to do public speaking. 153 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,250 True story. I hate public speaking, I shit bricks. 154 00:09:31,460 --> 00:09:37,720 Number eight, this is a two for one: 'to be crapping yourself' or 'to be shitting yourself', similar to 'pack your dacks', right? 155 00:09:37,730 --> 00:09:41,060 Or 'to be packing yourself'. You're pooing yourself because you're so afraid. 156 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,460 'To crap yourself', 'to shit yourself'. 157 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:49,310 Before they bungee jumped, they were shitting themselves, they were crapping themselves. 158 00:09:49,970 --> 00:09:53,960 And the very last one here, guys, number nine: 'to shit your pants'. 159 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,790 'To shit your pants'. 160 00:09:56,330 --> 00:09:59,110 This is probably the most obvious one of the lot, right? 161 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:00,950 'To shit your pants'. 162 00:10:01,220 --> 00:10:05,030 The first time I got into a fight, I shat my pants. 163 00:10:05,810 --> 00:10:07,680 Alright, guys, that is the end of this episode. 164 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:09,890 Don't forget to smash that subscribe button. 165 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:15,920 Give a poke to the notification button, so that you can stay up to date with all the new videos coming out. 166 00:10:16,220 --> 00:10:21,530 Make sure that you check the other videos out in this series that I'll a link above and at the end of this video. 167 00:10:21,860 --> 00:10:29,840 And if you want to take your English to the next level, make sure that you're listening to my podcast, it's an advanced English podcast called Aussie English. 168 00:10:30,110 --> 00:10:40,340 You can access it below, you can find it on any podcast app, and we talk about expressions, we talk a lot about Australia, news, culture, history, current affairs, everything like that. 169 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,380 Go check it out, you won't be disappointed. 170 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:43,710 Anyway, I'm Pete. 171 00:10:43,940 --> 00:10:46,040 Thanks for joining me again, guys, and I'll see you soon. 172 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:46,940 Peace!.