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words that are used by the majority of English speak-
ers. The book is by no means limited to more advanced
speakers, however, and would be useful for anyone

learning the language to dip into to impress their teach-
ers or friends.
It is structured according to the seven fundamen-
tal categories of facial expression, universally common

throughout all cultures, made famous by the psycholo-
gist Dr Paul Ekman. These are Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear,
Disgust, Contempt and Surprise. The words are arranged
in alphabetical order into these categories.

Each emotion has a short description explaining its
meaning, its nuances and its use. Then, the reader is
provided with a handful of collocations, phrases and id-
ioms. These include commonly paired verbs, nouns, ad-

jectives, adverbs and prepositions, as well as syntactical
configurations and colloquial phraseology. There are also
examples of how such terms can be used in hashtags.
Example sentences are given, and these are predomi-

nantly focused towards the use of emotional language in
digital contexts like social media. The internet is a sig-
nificant new dimension of cultural expression and it is
important for those learning English to understand the

weird and colorful language used by people online. This
is easier said than done, but some effort has been put
into decoding and contextualizing terms like “saltiness”

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