Everyday English
control freak
person who needs control
A control freak is someone who wants to organize and control every detail around them.
Hear it in real life
Who planned the whole trip?
I did, I'm a bit of a control freak.
My manager is a control freak who checks every email before it is sent.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I am ‸ control freak about my holidays.
Say: I am a bit of a control freak about my holidays.
Use the article "a" before this countable noun phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be a control freak; a bit of a control freak
Your turn: say it out loud
My manager is a control freak who checks every email before it is sent.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
control freak
person who needs control
“My manager is a control freak who checks every email before it is sent.”
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