Emotions & feelings

feel a bit flat

feel low and lacking energy

If you feel a bit flat, you feel slightly sad, bored, or short of energy.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Are you all right?

Yes, I just feel a bit flat today.

Play the conversation

I felt a bit flat after the guests left and the house became quiet.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I feel a bit flatly today.

Say: I feel a bit flat today.

“Flat” is the adjective describing how you feel; “flatly” is an adverb.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

feel a bit flat; felt a bit flat; be feeling a bit flat

Your turn: say it out loud

I felt a bit flat after the guests left and the house became quiet.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

feel a bit flat

feel low and lacking energy

“I felt a bit flat after the guests left and the house became quiet.”

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