Stop Saying “Scared”: Nervous, Anxious or Terrified?

https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/156-stop-saying-scared-nervous-anxious-or-terrified/This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.Martin says he was “scared” before a presentation, while waiting for an important result and when a large dog ran towards him. Julia shows why those three situations call for more precise English.In this short Precision English episode, you will learn:nervous — worried or tense before a specific event or performance;anxious — worried or uneasy, often because the outcome is uncertain;terrified — extremely frightened by an intense or immediate danger.The conversation compares anticipation, continuing uncertainty and extreme fear. It also practises the patterns “nervous about”, “anxious about” and “terrified of”, and explains why “very terrified” is normally unnecessary.Finish with a four-part active-recall challenge and improve the general sentence “I was scared” by choosing the precise word for the situation.On the episode page, choose from seven listening speeds, follow the transcript and download the printable vocabulary guide.Level: B1–B2 · Focus: precision vocabulary · emotions · fear and worry · listening and speaking · Format: short conversational Slow EnglishKeywords: nervous anxious terrified difference, stop saying scared, precise English vocabulary, nervous versus anxious, terrified meaning, describe fear in English, B1 B2 vocabulary, slow English podcast, English listening practice, Your English Toolbox#EnglishVocabulary #PrecisionEnglish #SlowEnglishPodcast #LearnEnglish #EnglishListeningPractice #YourEnglishToolboxFree study materialsDownload the complete learning materials for this episode:• Full transcript (PDF)• Vocabulary guide (PDF)Español: Transcripción y vocabulario en español disponibles en la web.Deutsch: Transkription und Vokabular auf Deutsch auf unserer Website verfügbar.Français : Transcription et vocabulaire en français disponibles sur notre site web.فارسی: Your English Toolbox پادکستی برای یادگیری زبان انگلیسی با سرعت دلخواه شماست. با گوش دادن به توضیحات روشن و داستان‌های جذاب، مهارت شنیداری انگلیسی خود را تمرین کنید، واژگان کاربردی، اصطلاحات انگلیسی و عبارت‌های روزمره را یاد بگیرید و با اطمینان بیشتری از زبان انگلیسی استفاده کنید. برای دسترسی به متن کامل و واژگان این قسمت به زبان فارسی و انتخاب سرعت پخش مناسب خود، به وب‌سایت ما سر بزنید.Follow Your English Toolbox on X and Instagram.💬 We’d love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, leave a comment, share your thoughts, or tell us how you’re using these tips to improve your English. Your feedback helps us grow and create even better content for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.