8 WhatsApp phrases to describe 'Fear':
1. A terrifying ordeal: If something is a terrifying ordeal it is a very frightening experience. (Pengalaman yang sangat menakutkan. )
E. g. It was such a terrifying ordeal. I'm glad that it's over. (Itu adalah pengalaman yang mengerikan. Saya senang itu boleh berakhir. )
2. Send shivers down my spine: When something sends shivers down your spine, it terrifies you. (Menyebabkan seram sejuk. )
E. g. I watched a horror movie yesterday. Some of the scenes and the sound effects were so frightening that they sent shivers down my spine. (Saya menengok filem horror semalam. Beberapa bahagian dan efek suaranya sangat menakutkan sehingga menyebabkan saya seram sejuk. )
3. Give me goose bumps: Goose bumps are the little bumps that your skin gets when you are frightened or cold. (Merinding)
E. g. I can't watch horror films. They give me goose bumps. (Saya tak boleh menengok filem horor. Itu membuat saya merinding. )
4. Make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up: If something makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, they scare you. (Seram bulu tengkuk. )
5. Scare the hell out of me: If something scares the hell out of you, they frighten you.
E. g. I don't like to be alone in the dark, it scares the hell out of me. (Saya tak suka bersendirian di tengah kegelapan, hal itu membuat saya ketakutan. )
6. Break out in a cold sweat: If you break out in a cold sweat, you begin to perspire a lot, usually from anxiety. (Naik peluh sejuk)
E. g. I get nervous at the dentist's and usually break out in a cold sweat. (Saya gugup semasa ada di doktor pergigian dan saya berpeluh sejuk. )
7. Bundle of nerves: If you describe someone as a bundle of nerves, you mean that they are very nervous, tense or worried.
E. g. My son is doing his driving test today. Needless to say he's a bundle of nerves! (Anak saya melakukan ujian memandu hari ini. Saya sangat khuatir!)
8. Butterflies in stomach: If you have butterflies in your stomach, you are feeling very nervous.
E. g. At the beginning of an exam, I always have butterflies in my stomach. (Pada permulaan peperiksaan, saya selalu merasa gugup. )