PERSONALITY

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Personality (noun)
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His wife has a strong personality
Describe (Verb)
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Can you describe him to me?
Characteristic (adj)
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She spoke with characteristic enthusiasm
Positive (adj)
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She tried to be more positive about her new job
Negative (adj)
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The crisis had a negative effect on trade
Confident (adj)
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She was in a relaxed, confident mood
Ability (noun)
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I try to do my job "to the best of my ability" (= as well as I can)
Helpful (adj)
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Sorry I can't be more helpful
Achieve (verb)
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They could not achieve their target of less than 3% inflation
Definition (noun)
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What's your definition of happiness?
Kind (noun)
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kind person
Generous (adj)
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It was generous of him to offer to pay for us both
Optimistic (adj)
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She's not very optimistic about the outcome of the talks
Reliable (adj)
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We are looking for someone who is reliable and hard-working
Expect (verb)
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Don't expect sympathy from me!
Behave (verb)
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He behaved like a true gentleman.
Sociable (adj)
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She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone
Honest (adj)
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Thank you for being so honest with me
Creative (adj)
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She's very creative—she writes poetry and paints.
Result (noun)
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He made one big mistake, and, as a result, lost his job. / This book is the result of 25 years of research.
Unusual (adj)
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It's unusual for the trees to flower so early.
Talented (adj)
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having a natural ability to do something well
Humble (adj)
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Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes.
intelligent (adj)
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good at learning, understanding and thinking in a logical way about things; showing this ability
smart (adj)
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I admit it was not the smartest thing I ever did
harassment (noun)
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racial/sexual harassment
Shy (adj)
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Don't be shy—come and say hello.
nervous (adj)
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I felt really nervous before the interview.
worthless (adj)
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Critics say his paintings are worthless.
critics (noun)
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The critics loved the movie.
rude (adj)
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Why are you so rude to your mother?
impolite (adj)
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Some people think it is impolite to ask someone's age.
appropriate (adj)
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Is now an appropriate time to make a speech?
behaviour (noun)
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His behaviour towards her was becoming more and more aggressive.
pessimistic (adj)
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I think you're being far too pessimistic.
emphasize (verb)
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She emphasized that their plan would mean hard work.
untrustworthy (adj)
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Not able to be trusted or believed
willing (adj) / unwilling
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I'm perfectly willing to discuss the problem.
imaginative (adj) / unimaginative
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You’ll need to be a little more imaginative if you want to hold their attention.
conservative (adj)
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Her style of dress was never conservative.
method (noun)
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a new method of solving the problem
solve (verb)
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You can't solve anything by just running away.
dull (adj)
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There's never a dull moment when John's around.
arrogant (adj)
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You think that you are more important than, or know more than, other people
grocery (adj _ only before noun)
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the grocery bill
purchase (noun)
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to buy something
provided (conjunction)
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We'll buy everything you produce, provided of course the price is right.
conjunction
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a word that joins words, phrases or sentences, for example ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘or’
Choose (verb)
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You choose, I can't decide.
decide (verb)
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It's up to you to decide
consider (verb)
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I'd like some time to consider.
queue (noun)
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I had to join a queue for the toilets.

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