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he's always got his head in the clouds, always fantasizing
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a day dreamer
shes very inquisitive about my private life
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a busybody
he lives taking dangerous risks
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a dare devil
he can't settle down. he goes from job to job, place to place
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a rolling stone
he's always borrowing money and living off other people
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a sponger
she's very aggressive and bossy. she likes to dominate
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a battle-axe
everyone thinks he'll get rapid promotion. he's destined to succeed
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a golden boy
he's always slow and behind the others in his work or studies
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a slow coach
she's got extremely odd, eccentric, unconventional ideas and theories
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a crank
he's a real nuisance. i can't stand him
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a pain in the neck
he likes to do things on his own
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a lone wolf
she's a girl who likes to play rough, boys' games
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a tomboy
she talks on and on about ger opinions and ideas
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a wind-bag
he keeps count of every penny he has and only spends money if he must
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a miser
she likes to mention all the famous and important people she's met
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a name-dropper
he makes his employees work extremely hard
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a slave-driver
she crosses the road without bothering to look at the traffic
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a jay-walker
he's lazy and prefers not to wok
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a layabout
she drops rubbish anywhere and never puts it in the bin
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a litter-lout
he drives very inconsiderately of other drivers
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a road-hog
she's only interested in leaving work and going home
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a clock-watcher
she avoids paying when she travels on public transport
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a fare-dodger
he dresses and behaves in a very careless, often disgusting, way
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a slob
he's a bit wild, always getting into fights and other trouble
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a tear-away
he's very lively and centre of any group he's in. peopke alwsys have a good time when he's there
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life and soul of the party
she's so negative and boring. she has a depressing effect on any group of people she's with
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wet blanket
she's confident and interested in other people. she likes to meet different kinds of people
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good mixer
he goes to parties and other occasions without an invitation
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gate-crasher
unfortunately she is not usually asked to dance by anyone. she just stands there hoping
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wallflower
he just can't stop talking. he goes on and on excitedly, about totally unimportant things
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chatterbox
he loves to discuss and pass on news or rumors about people's private lives
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gossip
she's dangerously attractive to men. half the men she meets fall in love with her
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femme fatale
he knows he's attractive to women. they always fall for him. he's got lots of girl-friends
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Don Juan
she's very conscious of her social position and is always trying to improve by meeting 'upper class' people
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social climber
he's pleasant, interesting person to have with you at any time
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good company
she thinks she's socially superior. she looks down on others
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snob
he's very strict and correct I think he doesn't like other people to enjoy themselves
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killjoy
she's always the first to arrive at party
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early bird
he likes to spend a lot of time alone. he's not keen on parties
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loner
she goes on and on telling people about her children, her house, etc. I could go to sleep
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bore
very rich and spends time between grand social occasions and luxury holidays in different parts of world
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jet-setter
always borrowing money and asking for help
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parasite
upper-class person often seen at high-society patients and other social events
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socialite
always causing difficulties for other people by interfering in their lives
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trouble-maker
miec pragnienie, zachcianka
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have a craving
you have a... when you what something you cannot have
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hankering
... for knowledge
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have a thirst
have a... is for something that do not have and often can never have
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yearning
when you what to possess (posiadac) it very much
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covet
make a dangerous or tense situation calmer
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defuse
stop someone feeling angry
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placate
end a disagreement between two people or groups by acting in a friendly way towards both sides
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conciliate
end a disagreement by giving the other side an advantage that they demanding (normally used in a disapproving nie pochwalajacej way)
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appease
be extremely happy
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to rejoice
feeling great pleasure and happiness usually because of a success
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exultant
expressing great happiness especially at a victory
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jubilant
extreme pleasure or happiness +adj
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rapture, rapturous
perfect happiness +adj
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bliss, blissful
very happy caly w skowronkach
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full of the joys of spring
very happy podekscytowany do granic możliwości
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thrilled to bits
very happy byc wniebowziętym
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walking on air
very happy moon
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over the moon
acts on sudden idea without thinking first, generally negative
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impetuous
similar to impetuous but can be used in more positive way
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impulsive
gives exaggerated expression of pleasure, praise or gratitude
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effusive
easily excited by things
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excitable
always selfishly promoting one's own position or interests
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pushy
talks too much, especially about unimportant things
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garrulous
reserved or says very little (generally negative)
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taciturn
inward-looking and quiet
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introvert
outward-looking and sociable
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extrovert
lacks confidence; has low opinion of himself
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diffident
not immediately sociable
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reserved

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