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Personality words Flashcards

1
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Take up

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Get interested in sth, start doing sth

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Chill out/ have a whale of a time/ let one’s hair down

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Have fun

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Come round

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Visit

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Be on friendly terms with sb

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Get on/along

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Get distant

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Drift apart

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Amicable

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Friendly

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Affectionate

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Loving

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Assertive

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Expressing opinions or desires strongly and with confidence, so that people take notice

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Astute/Shrewd

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Able to understand a situation quickly and see how to take advantage of it

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Cheeky

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Rude in an amusing or an annoying way

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Compliant

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Too willing to agree with other people or to obey rules (sukalbamas, paklusnus)

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Conciliatory

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Having the intention or effect of making angry people calm so that they can discuss or solve problems successfully

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Cunning

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Able to get what you want in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating sb; syn. crafty/sly/wily

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As wily as a fox

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Gudrus/klastingas kaip lapė

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Dedicated

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Commited

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Determined

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Having made a firm decision to do sth

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Determined

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Having made a firm decision to do sth

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Devastated

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Extremely upset and shocked

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Exhilarated

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Happy and excited

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Absent-minded (syn.)

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Forgetful

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Too concerned or worried about details or standards, especially unimportant ones

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Fussy about sth

22
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Gullible

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Too willing to believe or accept what other people tell you and, therefore, easily tricked; syn. naive

22
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Gullible

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Too willing to believe or accept what other people tell you and, therefore, easily tricked; syn. naive

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Imaginative

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Having or showing new and exciting ideas; syn. inventive

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Acting suddenly without thinking carefully about what might happen because of what you‘re doing; syn.- rash

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Impulsive

25
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Determined to do sth despite difficulties

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Persistent

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Reserved

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Slow or unwilling to show feelings or express opinion

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Outspoken

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Saying exactly what you think even if this shocks or offends people; syn.- blunt

29
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Having or showing strong feelings of love or enthusiasm and belief in sth

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Passionate

30
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Reckless-spendthrift

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A person who wastes money

31
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Quarrelsome

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A person who likes to argue with other people; argumentative

32
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Indipendent

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Self-sufficient

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Feeling or behaving as if what you say or do is always morally right, and oher people are wrong; syn.- sanctimonious

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Self-righteous

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Able to make good judgements based on reason and experience rather than emotion

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Sensible

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Submissive

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Too willing to accept sb else‘s authority and willing to obey them without questioning

36
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Vain/self-centred /conceited

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Thinks only of oneself

37
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Witty

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Good-humoured

38
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Prepared to accept other views or behaviours

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Broad-minded (ant. narrow-minded)

39
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Thick-skinned

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Not easily affected by criticism

40
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A person who says or does something that stops other people enjoying themselves

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A wet blanket

41
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A person who makes comments and criticisms about a situation that they are not actually doing anything to help fix the problem

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An armchair critic

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A person who constantly wants to know about or interfere in the details of other people’s lives

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A busybody

43
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The person is old-fashioned and has not adopted certain modern customs, beliefs, or behaviors, stuck in the past

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Behind the times/Fuddy-duddy

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A person who is active, energetic, and has the initiative to pursue the things they want

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Go-getter

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A person who thinks they know everything, and that their opinions and ideas are the best.

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A know-it-all/Smart alec/wise guy

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An active person who helps their company, organization, or group make progress

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A mover and shaker

47
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An extroverted person who loves to socialize

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A social butterfly

48
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Two very different persons are like…

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Like chalk and cheese

49
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A person who is secretive or that little is known about them

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A dark horse

50
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A very talented person (idiom)

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A whizz kid

51
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A person who is self-confident and ambitious and will do what is necessary to get what they want

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A tough cookie

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