👭People ➕Family👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Flashcards

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Describe a person:

  • Teacher
  • Famous person
  • Friend
  • family member
  • child

someone who helps people

someone who does something well

someone you admire

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who ( apparance , personality)

what he/she does

when /how /where you met

how you know about this person

why you like/respect this person

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Think of a theme for any person(friend,family, child, etc)

start with easy adjectives

search for better phrases or words

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you will need to adap your ideas and improvise yor self on the test

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resemblance

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noun [re·sem·blance || rɪ’zembləns] state of being alike, similarity; point of similarity; image, likeness There is no resemblance between…. Things: If one thing bears no resemblance or no relationship to another thing, they are not at all similar. Their daily menus bore no resemblance whatsoever to what they were actually fed. It bears a slight resemblance to ….

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Adjectives to describe women s qualities:

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Appreciative قدردان Attractive جالب, دلربا Charming جذاب Complaining شاکی Dependent وابسته, متکی Dreamy رویاپرداز Fickle بی وفا Feminine زنانه, لطیف Frivolous سبك سر Fussy جوشی, دیرپسند High strung بسیار حساس Mild انسان ملایم Nagging نق نقو Prudish خشک Softhearted دل رحم, رحیم Sophisticated فرهیخته Submissive مطیع Talkative پرحرف Humble فروتن خاکی Lavish ولخرج

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Midlife crisis

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Reflect on your life

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He spent a lot of time reflecting on his life and regretting giving up music to get a full time job.( regret doing sth or not doing)

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a wide variety/range of (phrase)

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to have many options to choose from

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Politeness To set good example (v)

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to behave in a way that others should copy I guess similar to most people, I was raised to be a polite person by my parents. As I spent most of my time around them, they tried to set good example for me.

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Well-mannered (adj)

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polite, showing good manner

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In a long run (phrase)

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long term

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Give hand

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lend a hand. Help a person, as in Let me give you a hand with those chairs, or Jane is always willing to lend a hand with refreshments.

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Chit-chat (noun)

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light informal conversation for social occasions If I go out for a chit-chat with my friends, I will prefer the former one.

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Hardworking theme

busy active

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comes from his work ethic

counscientious /ˌkɒn.tʃiˈent.ʃəs/

someone you can count on

enthusiastic

energetic

studious

persistent

motivated

determined to success

someone who sees things through (want to finish things)

a good team player

likes to challenge him/her self

Example/stories to support

think of examples or stories to demonstrate each theme

My sister is hard-working ;

I remember when he used to get up at 5am to do some extra work before school…

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Friendly theme

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kind, caring

generous, unselfish

big-hearted

supportve

down-to-earth, easy going

always there when you need her

someone whoo cheers me up

a big/ magnetic personality

lights up the room

down-to-earth sensible and practical, in a way that is helpful and friendly:
She was friendly and down-to-earth and quickly put me at my ease.

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conscientious

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/ˌkɒn.tʃiˈent.ʃəs/

taking care to do things carefully and correctly:

a conscientious student / teacher * He was thorough and conscientious, rather than brilliant.

conscientiously adverb:

She performed all her duties conscientiously.

باوجدان ،وظیفه شناس

=> con.sci.en.tious.ly

He studied conscientiously and enthusiastically.

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persistent

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determined to do sth in spite of difficulties, especially when other people are against you

continuing for a long period of time without interruption, or repeated frequently, especially in a way that is annoying and cannot be stopped:

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inspiring

actor

admire

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spellbinding

American actor

Blazingly Defiant

film director, producer

Academy Award for Best Actor for midlife crisis-themed drama American Beauty

Dedicated the Oscar that he won for Best Actor in American Beauty (1999) to Jack Lemmon. Spacey has said in interviews that he based his performance of Lester Burnham on Lemmon’s C.C. Baxter in The Apartment

His Oscar-winning performance as…

Has never married or had children.

Recognizable drawling voice

to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.

Often plays deceptively intelligent and ruthless men

(deceptively :mendaciously

slyly)

(so determined to get what you want that you do not care if you have to hurt other people in order to do it
 a ruthless dictator
 They have shown a ruthless disregard for basic human rights.)

Often plays cold-blooded and sadistic characters

(sa·dis·tic /sE5dIstIk/ adj
cruel and enjoying making other people suffer
→masochistic
 He took sadistic pleasure in humiliating her.
 sadistic fantasies)

Distinctive clipped manner of speaking

(having a special quality, character, or appearance that is different and easy to recognize
 a rock band with a distinctive sound)

( If you say that someone has a clipped way of speaking, you mean they speak with quick, short sounds, and usually that they sound upper-class.)

Deadpan delivery (without any expression or emotion; often pretending to be serious when you are joking:
deadpan humour * She looked up, completely deadpan.)

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HELP

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assistance, relief

hand, support

service assist

sustenance utility nourishment

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