Welcome back to The English Lab, the English podcast that helps you think in English, not translate it. In this episode, Andrew sits down with guest Laura to talk about phobias, real fears, real numbers, and the exact American English vocabulary you need to talk about them naturally. This is a B1- B2 level English podcast, perfect if you want to sound like a native speaker without memorizing boring word lists. By the end of this episode, you’ll know 10 essential English words (irrational, anxiety, widespread, affect, evolve, natural phenomena, intense, according to, trapped, suffer), and you’ll understand exactly how confident English speakers use them in real conversation. 1. **Irrational** — illogical, unreasonable 2. **Anxiety** — stress and fear 3. **Widespread** — found in many places, prevalent 4. **Affect** — to cause results or changes 5. **Evolve** — to change slowly, to develop gradually over time 6. **Natural phenomena** — things that happen in nature without human involvement 7. **Intense** — very strong 8. **Suffer** — to experience something bad, to feel pain 9. **According to** — as stated by 10. **Trapped** — unable to get out Write a comment in English and tell us about a fear you have, even a small, ridiculous one. Try to use at least three of today’s words. We read every comment, so don’t hold back. 🔔 New episodes every Monday morning. Subscribe to The English Lab so you never miss one. #TheEnglishLab #LearnEnglish #EnglishPodcast #AmericanEnglish — @walk.and.talk.podcast TikTok