Learners usually have only "happy", "sad", "tired" and "angry". These are fine, but British people at home use shorter, warmer, more colourful words: chuffed, gutted, knackered, miffed. When learners hear them, they often have no idea what has happened. In this episode: • Happy and surprised • Disappointed and annoyed • Tired • Hungry, money and feeling ill • SCENE: AFTER SCHOOL (an invented household) • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: chuffed — pleased (casual); chuffed (CHUFT) over the moon — extremely happy (casual) made up — very happy (casual, especially in the North of England) gobsmacked — amazed, very surprised (casual); gobsmacked (GOB-smakt) gutted — very disappointed (casual); gutted (GUT-id) in a mood — in a bad, grumpy mood (casual) miffed — a bit annoyed (casual) cheesed off — annoyed (casual) knackered — very tired (casual); knackered (NAK-uhd) shattered — very tired (casual); shattered (SHAT-uhd) worn out — very tired after a lot of work (neutral) peckish — a bit hungry (casual); peckish (PEK-ish) starving — very hungry (casual) skint — having no money (casual) under the weather — a bit ill (neutral) Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.