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Vocabulary: enthusiasm and boredom...

Enthusiasm is necessary in order to have an enjoyable and satisfying life. It's fundamental in order to get a real motivation, which is necessary to act. If you don't have any enthusiasm, momentarily or permanently, everything looks monotonous, dull and boring...

I) a) ENTHUSIASM: "a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity. An eagerness to be involved in it."

b) EXPRESSIONS :

- To get a kick out of something (spoken language): feel something very exciting.

- It's sensational! / It's a sensation!: a feeling that you cannot describe exactly. 

- He has ants in his pants!: not to be able to keep still because you are very excited or worried.

- ... with bells on! ... ( willingly, enthusiastically, and eagerly.)

- To be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed: very enthusiastic.

- To champ at the bit:  to be eager and not willing to wait to do something.

- To do nothing by halves: to put a lot of effort and enthusiasm into doing things.

- To be an eager beaver: to be excessively diligent or overly zealous.

- To be at fever pitch: to be overexcited.

- To go the extra mile to: making great effort to help.

II) a) BOREDOM: a feeling of being unhappy because something is not interesting or because you have nothing to do.

Boredom: "We're so bored..."   

 "Oh I'm fed up with all this..."

b) EXPRESSIONS : 

- He's so boring! / He's such a bore!: not interesting or exciting.

- To be bored to tears/ to be bored dead!/ to be bored stiff (spoken language): extremely bored. 

- To die of boredom!: to be extremely bored. 

- To be bored to distraction! the state of being very bored or annoyed.

- To be sick to death of... (spoken language): extremely bored.

- To be sick and tired of: to have too much of someone or something (=> you are annoyed).

I hope you won't find the test boring and that you'll pass it with Flying colours!

Thanks for working with me! 

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    "So FED UP..."