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Speaker 1: Okay, are you ready for huh Hey, did you hear that? Hmm?

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode nine oh five. Creepy,

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spooky and downright scary Halloween Words in English. Welcome back

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to another episode of the Happy English Podcast. As I

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mentioned the other day, I wanted you to know that

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search Happy English Podcast. Okay, here we go. With Halloween

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right around the corner, I think it'd be fun to

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do a little Halloween themed English. So for the next

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couple of weeks, we're gonna dive into some spooky vocabulary,

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creepy idioms, and even take a look at how Halloween

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came about and is celebrated in the US. Let's kick

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it off today with something super useful Halloween vocabulary. Now

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you might be thinking, oh, Michael, I'm not a fan

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of horror movies. That's totally fine. But you know what,

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these words aren't just for Halloween. Native speakers use them

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in everyday conversation, often in a humorous or exaggerated way way.

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So let's jump in before something jumps out. First, up,

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let's talk about spooky itself. We use spooky to describe

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something that's a little scary, maybe mysterious, but not too terrifying,

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like this old house feels kind of spooky at night,

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or that foggy forest looked spooky so we turned around.

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Or the subway station at like one am that's spooky.

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And closely related to spooky is creepy. Now, creepy has

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a more uncomfortable or unsettling feeling, like when you see

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a weird old doll with cracked eyes. Ugh, that thing

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is so creepy. People also say things like this place

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gives me the creeps, which means it makes them uncomfortable

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or nervous. Or on the train, when someone stares at

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you a little too long, you might say that guy

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is kind of creepy. Yeah, people who make you feel

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uncomfortable are creepy, and not just around Halloween and then

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we have eerie. Eerie is a quiet kind of scary,

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usually when something feels strange and unnatural, like I remember

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after a bad hurricane the power went out in New

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York City and walking around there was nobody around the

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town was almost completely empty. That was eerie, Or like

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after the earthquake last week, there was an eerie silence

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in the office. Luckily it wasn't that strong. Spooky, creepy,

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and eerie. Now, let's level things up a notch. When

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something is really scary, you can use words like terrifying,

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like terrible and scary. That horror movie was terrifying. I

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couldn't sleep after watching it. Chilling, like so scary you

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feel cold. His story about the haunted house was chilling,

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bone chilling. That's the next level. There was a bone

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chilling scream in the woods last night, so scary. My

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bones were chilled. And then the king of scary words,

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blood curdling. It sounds intense because it is. That scream

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was blood curdling, so scary it makes your blood feel

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like it froze. And hey, don't forget about haunted. We

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usually use this to describe places like haunted houses or

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haunted old hotels, people say that old hotel is haunted.

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Lights flicker and doors open on their own huh, And

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honestly we use it jokingly too, like my apartment might

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be haunted. The light was turning on and off last night.

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Now here's the cool part of all of this. These

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spooky words often sneak into everyday conversations, especially for a

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little humor. Like your coworker brings in their lunch and

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it smells How can I say this politely? His lunch

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smells strong? You might say that smell is creepy. Or

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like if your dog starts barking at the corner of

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the room for no reason, Yeah, that's kind of spooky.

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Or if your friend tells you that their ex suddenly

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texted them out of the blue asking for a date,

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you can say, whoa, that's eerie. And if your least

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favorite boss sends you a message on your day off,

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maybe bone chilling. Okay, not really, but you get the

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joke right. So yeah, English is full of creepy, spooky, eerie, haunted,

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and bone chilling words. And even if you're not into

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halloween or horror, you'll hear these words used in a

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funny sarcastic or dramatic way all year round. So here's

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your challenge. Try using one or two of these words week.

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Tell someone that movie was terrifying, or my cat was

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staring at the wall super creepy, or maybe just say spooky.

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Season is here. And Hey, if you want to practice

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five for all the info. Thanks for listening, and remember,

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learning another language isn't easy or spooky, but it's not impossible,

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and I'm here to help you on your journey.

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