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C1 Fears and phobias vocab

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  • What do we call a fear of public speaking?
    Glossophobia
  • I'm _________ stiff of snakes.
    scared
  • He was ____________ like a ___________ while waiting for the interview.
    shaking/leaf
  • If I go climbing, I'll have heart_____________. I'm kinda acrophobic.
    palpitations
  • That news scared _______________ of me
    scared the living daylights out of
  • What do we call a fear of clouds?
    Nephophobia
  • She was _____________ in her ________ while waiting for the dentist.
    quaking in her boots
  • This scene of the movie made me ___ out _____. It was really unexpected.
    jump out of my skin
  • What verb starts with a "d" meaning fear sth?
    to dread
  • What do we call a fear of death?
    Thanatophobia
  • Which phrase means to pretend to be ill?
    pull a sickie
  • What phrasal verb is the synonym to "overcome" (a fear)?
    get over sth.
  • What do we call a fear of spiders?
    Arachnophobia
  • Which phrase means to do sth. very seldom/hardly ever?
    once in a blue moon