Moods
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Here are some of the most common adjectives we use to describe the way we feel.
Each one has a clue with it, to help you understand the mood, and to allow you to
test yourself later. Some of the clues contain useful phrases about the weather.
Have you ever had a year like this? Read on.
JAN
1 Another year gone, never to return. melancholic
7 I suppose none of us is getting any younger. pensive
10 To think nearly half the world is white with snow today. thoughtful
16 The snow never seems as white as it used to be. nostalgic
23 Oh, for the spring! full of longing
31 Love Story on TV again tonight — super! sentimental
FEB
3 Another grey, cloudy day. bored
7 Yet another day of drizzle and fog. miserable
12 Heavy storms and a few sunny periods. moody
13 Everyone got a rise in salary except me! resentful
21 Why, oh why can't I seem to do things right? frustrated
27 Another series of repeats on telly — oh not fed up
MAR
4 Showers and rainbows. confused
9 Umbrella or parasol? uncertain
14 Who am? What am I? introspective
17 Can I? Could I? Dare I? unsure of
oneself,
24 Oh, sit still, will you! restless
30 I think the rain’s going to ease off. hopeful
APR
2 Sleet and biting winds. edgy
5 Frosty mornings and icy roads. touchy
8 You won't have any fingernails left. nervous
9 OK, OK, don't bite my head off irritable
16 Theard a cuckoo. Did you hear it? alert
25 The sun's coming out. cheerful
MAY
1 I think it’s going to clear up. optimistic
6 I've booked the holiday, so you can’t say no. positive
11 Just six more weeks and we'll be there excited
19 How about a ten-mile walk tomorrow? active
22 Oh, [ loved it! Adored it! Fantastic! enthusiastic
26 You mean I’ve really won the Best Office Boy title? thrilled5 UK Best Office Boy Competition? No problem! confident.
18 Nota breath of wind. calm
16 Acool breeze, a cloudless sky. refreshed
19 T could lie here forever. relaxed
24 It’s too hot to move. idle / lazy
28 Oh yes, this is the life! content
JUL
1 She smiled at me! She actually smiled at me! exhilarated
4 She said she'd come to dinner! elated
7 Now I know how the winner must have felt. triumphant.
10 Jumping for joy! on top of the world
18 Pinch me to let me know I’m not dreaming. up in the clouds
28 Paradise must be like this. eestatic
AUG
2 [know I don’t know you, but you can still marry me! wild / rash
6 I(’s so close and heavy today, no air at all. weary
9 Sticky, thundery heat. drained
14 Noenergy, no emotion. exhausted
19 She's gone. I've got nothing left. empty
24 And it was going to he sc good! disappointed
SEP
1 And she was g0, so nice, heart-broken
4 That's the last holiday romance I'll ever have! disillusioned
ll The days are closing in. gloomy
18 It's going to be a long hard winter. depressed
24° Why bother? Why care? disheartened
29 I just don't understand. bewildered
ocT
2 Anovereast sky. dejected
8 Why did you have to mention her name? easily upset
12 The rain’s set in for the day. distressed
17 Why are there no new people to meet? lonely
24 — I don’t want any new faces round here.thank you! hostile
30 Hailstorms and icy winds. bitter
NOV
1 Redundant, maybe? And thrown out of my flat? All alone. insecure
2 — Tobe or not. to be? suicidal
8 Nextdoor’s music is really getting on my nerves! easily annoyed
15 Its brightening up. I don’t believe it. astonished / amazed.
16 It can't be true. I don't know what to say! overwhelmed
17 Come on, let’s fly to Paris for breakfast. light-headed
DEC
6 Fancy dress parties and drinks round at our place. sociable
9 Snowball fights. playful
12 I must be the happiest man alive. over the moon
18 Skating on frozen puddles and falling over laughing. _ frivolous
24 Champagne bubbles and laughter. merry
31 Thayen't done so badly this year after all! self-sutisfied
‘You will notice that amongst the clues above you have the most common expressions
relating to the weather ~ an important topic in England!