How emotion is rendered in literature and refined speech.
elation/joy
dread/terror
distress/confusion
exaltation
melancholy
bitterness
to be gripped by
a fit of anger
overwhelmed by emotion
bliss
At C2 this is about mastery of the edge cases and literary or formal uses. You should be able to explain the rule — and break it knowingly for effect.
Feeling shaky? Step back to Les Emotions at C1. Comfortable? Level up to Les Emotions at Native.
Il était en ___ à l’effroi. (gripped by) (literary)
proie
Un ___ de colère. (fit) (noun)
accès
Une ___ indescriptible. (elation) (noun)
allégresse
🃏 Memory match pair FR ↔ EN
🧩 Sentence builder put the words in order