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Preface

Emotions are hard to put into words. They are there, in
our heads, before we can even open our mouths. It is
more natural to feel them than to describe them. They

are hard to pin down in concepts and hard to distinguish
between. Rarely do we feel only one singular emotion,
and rarely can we describe exactly how that emotion
feels to us personally. Emotional language is therefore

slippery, consisting of semantic nuances and ambigu-
ities, differing sometimes wildly between cultures, class-
es and individuals.
This book hopes to assist those learning English

with deciphering the murky waters of emotional vocab-
ulary. It is targeted at higher-intermediate to advanced
learners, aiming to enrich their vocabularies beyond
basic emotional terms like “happy” and “sad”. The words

range from simple to complex and obscure, giving the
reader plenty of ammunition for their linguistic arsenal.
They also include popular modern vernacular and slang;

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