Emotions

Nonchalant means calm and not showing stress or interest. Someone nonchalant may act like they don't care.

You feel proud when you have a good feeling about something that you have done, or something that someone else has done. A parent may be proud of their child who has just graduated university. A child may be proud of making a very good painting.
The boy in the picture is proud of his newborn baby brother.

lan Romance means the love and feelings between people, often shown in a gentle and caring way.

The word is also used for stories about love, like books and movies. Sometimes people say "a romance" when they talk about a love affair.

You are scared or frightened when you are afraid of something. Children are often scared of big dogs or the dark. Many adults are scared of spiders. The boy in the picture is scared and hiding.
Not to be confused with scarred.

You feel shame when you know you have done something wrong, and you feel guilty and sad.

You smile when you are happy. When you smile, the corners of your mouth point upwards, and sometimes your smile gets so big your teeth show, just like the girl in the picture.

Someone is smug if they are very confident of their ability to do something, but at the same time are calm and complacent about it, as if they can do it very easily.

Solumn is another word for serious. The opposite of solumn is silly.

Someone is sullen if they are in a bad mood but they stay quite still and silent.

You are tense if you are worried or stressed about something.
When you are tense you tighten up your muscles. Tightening your muscles on purpose is also called tensing them.