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Sleep vocabulary and expressions – ESL


Wear your skin, bring some cocoa, it’s time to learn some vocabulary of sleep

At first let’s talk about “being tired”

There are several ways to say that you are tired

You can say: “I’m tired,” “I’m sleepy”

Or if you are very, very tired, maybe from work or from staying at the club all day long

You can say: “I’m tired = very tired”

If you want Britain to be “very good at it

You can say: “I Knackered = word tired sense”

Say it with me: “I’m knackered”

Then, “I’ll go to bed”, “I’ll go to sleep”, “I’ll get some sleep”

Go for bed, go to sleep

Well, this depends on how you go to sleep

For example

You can cover the sleep as a natural person, however

For example, if I went back home I was tired

You will sleep quickly

This is called “crashing” or “crashing out” = fast sleep

I arrived home and disappeared

Or you can say “I passed out = shut off”

Or in case you want to be naughty you can say “I am PTFOd”

You can probably guess what F means

In case the time is midday

I was like Grandpa

And just wish to get 20 minutes of sleep

You can say “nap = nap”

“I’ll have a nap” “I’ll get a nap”

And again, if you want to be very, very British, you can say: I’ll get a “doze = nap”

Or, for Spanish speakers, you will be very happy because we also say: I get a “siesta = nap”

Everything looks better in Spanish!

Then, when you are asleep

You can dream, or you get a dream

To talk about dreams

If you dream the same dream again and again

The same situation, the same place, the same things happen

This is called a “sleeping dream”

My alternate dream is that I am at school

And late on the school quota

I do not know myself to any share going

It drives me crazy, at least dream of it once a week

Anyway, what is your dream of rotation

Also, you can be exposed to a “nightmare = nightmare”

Can “snore = snore”

Can “sleep talk = talk during sleep”

“sleep walk = walk during sleep”

And also, from which class you sleep

Do not wake up for any reason “heavy sleeper = heavy sleep person”

Or “light sleeper = someone who is a light sleeper”, even if a mouse has been released, you will wake up!

If you can not sleep can say: I have “insomnia = thinner”

You are fully awake all the time

Now what about waking up

When your alarm sounds, we say “go off = ring”

For example: “go off = rang”

If you wake up at 6 am

It is called “at the crack of down = at dawn”

Very early, no one can work at this time of day

Go back to sleep, man!

When you wake up you have missed the alarm clock

You are late

Here you can say: I “overslept = overly grown”

I slept too many times

I went back to work without having time to shower

Just went to work

And everyone was polite, they were like:

Oh man … smell

What about this example?

If I woke up I looked at the clock

I discovered that it was afternoon

But then I remembered, “It’s Saturday, I do not have work today! I’ll sleep more”

Then you can say: “sleep in = sleep again”

Or “lie in = lie down again”

Now what is the difference between “wake up = wake up” and “get up = up”

“wake up” means opening your eyes

“Get up” means to get up physically and get out of bed and start your day

You are good, happy dreams

See you in the next share

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