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personality Flashcards

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outgoing

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extroverted open

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red-haired

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with red hair

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freckles

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brownish spots on the skin

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over-indulging

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excessively pamper excessively satisfy

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outspoken

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explicit unreserved

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complaining

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objecting

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vocal

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if you’re not happy saying that you’re not happy

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did it with ease/were at ease[i]I would be more at ease[/i]

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free from concern at comfort

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what sets him apart make special distinct from others

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what distinguishes in

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snob

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a person who imitates cultivates or slavishly admires social superiors a person who believes himself the expert in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions

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facial contortions {verb is to contort to twist in violent manner}

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[gekke bekken?]

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unprecedented

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as the first of its kind

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one of kind

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unique

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the dresses left nothing to the imagination

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explicit

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tiresome

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tedious

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a glass slipper

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a low-cut shoe from glass

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a fur slipper

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a low-cut shoe from the hairy coat of the skin of a mammal

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out of place

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not in the correct or usual position or order; unsuitable to the circumstances

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uniform look

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a look without variations

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reclusive

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shut them off from society a recluse

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a recluse

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somebody who doesn’t want to be in the limelight

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outlaw

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a person group excluded from the benefits and protection of the law

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hamper

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to hold back

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poignant {pojgnent} [i] A poignant reminder of the thickleness of life.[/i]

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keenly distressing to the feelings

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irksome

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annoying

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to irk [i]Her chattering irked the teacher.[/i]

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to annoy a little bit

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It vexed me

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it annoyed me

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To rile someone

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to get someone’s temper going

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tempest adj is tempestuous [i]a tempestuous relationship[/i]

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storm

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ditzy

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little bit dumb

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unnerved

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nervous worried

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frantically

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desperate or wild with excitement passion

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unconvential peculiar

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unusual

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to be cast out

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banned

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she was shunned

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reject ignore

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to despise

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hate strongly dislike

37
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charisma

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[uitstraling]

38
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bushy face

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having a beard

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pogonophobia

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afraid of beards

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discriminatory

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characterised by or showing prejudicial treatment

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frowned-upon

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people disapprove with it

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to follow suit

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to do the same as the person before you

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that is odd

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that is strange

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comprehensive

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covering or involving much

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in the field

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in actual use or in a situation simulating actual use or application; away from a laboratory workshop or the like

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insurmountable

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not capable to get over

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eradict

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to remove utterly completely

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akin to

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having the same properties

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tacitly

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understood without openly expressed

50
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she turned 82

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she is having her 82nd birthday

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show intention

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more pretension than actual doing

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unrepentant

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to feel sorry for

53
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stamp out

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to wipe out completely

54
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I live _____ from school

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a 5-minute walk

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virtuoso

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a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field a person who excels in musical technique or execution

56
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to live vicariously

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to live to the deeds of somebody else

57
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an enthusiast(s)

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devotee fanatic lover

58
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to be blunt
to be frank; to be candid

*(noun = candour, he spoke with great candour); *

frankly speaking; honestly speaking

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to be blunt: could be insulting

to be frank/candid: you might not like it; it is on the edge of inpoliteness; more than honest

to be frank is stronger than frankly speaken

frankly/honestly speaken: to be honest, just what it is

59
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schadenfreude

also used in English

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(leedvermaak), misfortune pleasure

60
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cynism

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pessism

61
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sarcasm

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intended of humor; individually examples

62
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When something puts you off

*I found it quite off-putting *

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put off = treuzelen, zeuren, uitstellen

63
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agile

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brain that is alert.

64
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selfless

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opposite of selfish

65
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dilemma

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no clear right or wrong

66
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outlier

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doesn’t fit in regular mould

67
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dedicated

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passionate

68
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a calling; a vocation

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roeping

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malignant

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full of badness

70
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self-centered/selfish

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egocentric

71
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hedonist

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a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.

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altruist

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a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

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empathy; empathetic

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the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.

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egoistic

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being centered in or preoccupied with oneself and the gratification ofone’s own desires; self-centered (opposed to altruistic )

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to retract

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to take something back

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primitive feeling/passions

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unaffected or little affected by civilizing influences; uncivilized; savage

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reverence

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a gesture indicative of deep respect (irreverent if you are not showing respect) to take an irreverent look of things

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estranged

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no longer affectionate someone

79
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feeling of elation

she is elated

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a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.

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to cause offense

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something that displeases

81
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speak up

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volume issue (speak louder)

82
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to substantiate an argument

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to give it support

83
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scaremonger
scaremongering
warmonger

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person who sells ideas that scare people

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85
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appealing, aesthetics

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pleasing

86
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chuckle

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to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction

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triumphant

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having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.

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predominant

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having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others;preeminent.

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