BBC learning English: Fears: what are you terrified of?

No! No! No!
I’m afraid of spiders.
Erghhhhh.
I really hate spiders. I’m really scared of spiders. Anything like medium, large, long legs? No.
I’m scared of being in really small spaces. You know, people who work under floors and do things like that. I’d be too worried about getting stuck.
What are you afraid of?
What are you scared of?
What are you terrified of?
Huh. All these words have the preposition of.
Phil, do you have any phobias?
A phobia is a really bad, extreme fear of something.
I don’t think I do, really. I don’t think there’s, like, one thing that I am absolutely terrified of.
I have a friend and she has a phobia of bananas. I know it sounds silly. She is terrified of bananas. If she sees a banana, she will cry and scream and it’s very dramatic.
Do you have any phobias?
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単語・熟語発音記号意味
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ 怖がっている、恐れている
spider /ˈspaɪdə(r)/ クモ
hate /heɪt/ 嫌う、憎む
scared /skeəd/ 怖がっている
anything like … /ˈeniθɪŋ laɪk/ ～のようなものは何でも
medium /ˈmiːdiəm/ 中くらいの
long legs /lɒŋ leɡz/ 長い脚
scared of /skeəd əv/ ～を怖がる
small spaces /smɔːl ˈspeɪsɪz/ 狭い空間
under floors /ˈʌndə flɔːz/ 床下で
get stuck /ɡet stʌk/ 動けなくなる、はさまる
afraid of /əˈfreɪd əv/ ～を恐れている
terrified of /ˈterɪfaɪd əv/ ～にひどく怯える
preposition /ˌprepəˈzɪʃn/ 前置詞
phobia /ˈfəʊbiə/ 恐怖症
extreme /ɪkˈstriːm/ 極端な、極度の
fear /fɪə(r)/ 恐怖
absolutely /ˈæbsəluːtli/ 絶対に、完全に
terrified /ˈterɪfaɪd/ 非常に怖がっている
silly /ˈsɪli/ ばかげた、くだらない
dramatic /drəˈmætɪk/ 劇的な、大げさな
cry and scream /kraɪ ənd skriːm/ 泣き叫ぶ
let us know /let əs nəʊ/ 教えてください
useful /ˈjuːsfl/ 役に立つ
everyday English /ˈɛvrɪdeɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ 日常英語
podcast app /ˈpɒdkɑːst æp/ ポッドキャストアプリ
website /ˈwebsaɪt/ ウェブサイト
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