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268 Cards in this Set
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Imaginative |
Having or showing creativity or inventiveness |
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Charming |
Pleasant or attractive |
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Generous |
Showing a readiness to give more of something as money or time, than is strictly necessary |
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Quick-tempered |
Easily made angry |
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Opportunistic |
Using situations for own benefit |
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Conservative |
Holding to traditional attitudes |
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Methodical |
Systematic, careful |
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Conscientious |
Wishing to do what is right |
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Chauvinistic |
Too patriotic |
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Sensitive |
Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals or influences |
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Emotional |
Of or relating to a person's emotions |
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Tend to get carried away |
Become too excited and lose control |
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Stubborn |
Obstinate, headstrong, strong-willed |
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Rebellious |
Showing a desire to resist authority, control or convention; disobedient |
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Affectionate |
Readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness |
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Obliging |
Ready to help |
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Gallant |
(of men) polite to woman (brave, heroic) |
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Sentimental |
Nostalgic, tender |
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Superficial |
Not caring about serious things |
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Fun-loving |
Light-hearted and lively |
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Popular |
Well-liked |
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Perfectionist |
Pendant |
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Gifted |
Talented, skillful |
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May sometimes be tactless |
Inclined to say things that upset or offend people (insensitive) |
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Sagacious |
Wise, shrewd |
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Intuitive |
Understanding instinctively |
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Stingy |
Unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous |
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Inclined to procrastinate |
Delay doing something |
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Diligent |
Hard-working |
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Independent |
Freethinking, self-sufficient |
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Placid |
Calm, does not easily become excited or angry |
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Friendly |
Kind and pleasant |
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Cunning |
Sly, devious |
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Elegant |
Stylish, graceful |
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Artistic |
Creative, inventive, imaginative |
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Plagued by worry |
Troubled or distressed by worry |
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Witty |
Humorous, amusing, funny |
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Self-seeking |
Wanting to gain advantage for oneself |
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Distrustful |
Mistrustful |
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Industrious |
Diligent and hard-working |
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Shrewd |
Having good judgement; astute |
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Decisive |
Deciding |
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Extravagant |
Lavish, spendthrift |
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A flashy dresser |
Expensive or impressive |
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Down-to-earth |
Practical and realistic |
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Altruistic |
Thinking of others rather then oneself |
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Morose |
Gloomy, sullen and ill-tempered |
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Sharp-tongued |
Inclined to speak in a severe and critical way |
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A fault-finder |
Critical person |
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Intellectual |
Mental, studious |
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Tolerant |
Open-minded |
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Naïve |
Without enough experience of life, trusting too easily |
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Downfall |
Cause of destruction |
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Sly |
Cunning, deceitful |
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Immoderate |
Not sensible or restrained, excessive |
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Resolute |
Purposeful |
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Dogged |
Tenacious, determined |
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Mulish |
Related to a mule |
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Thrifty |
Economic, sparing |
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Frugal |
Economic, sparing |
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Parsimonious |
Stingy |
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Workaholic |
Work-obsessed |
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Sober |
Serious |
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Sullen |
Bad-tempered, sulky, gloomy |
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Pithy |
Short and sweet to the point |
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Terse |
Spare in the use of words, to the point |
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Unprincipled |
Immoral, unethical, unscrupulous |
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Low-brow |
Not highly intellectual |
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Thick-skinned |
Not sensitive |
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Abrupt |
Brief to the point of rudeness; curt |
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Brusque |
Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner |
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Chivalrous |
Knightly, courteous |
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Curt |
Rudely brief |
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Love of first sight |
Love began the first moment they saw each other |
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Fall head over heels in love |
Fall deeply and madly in love |
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Only has eyes for |
Is only attracted to |
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Platonic relationship |
Affectionate relationship between people of the opposite sex that is not sexual |
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Infatuated with |
Romantically obsessed with |
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Besotted with |
Almost stupidly or blindly in love with; (drunk) |
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Hit it off |
Liked each other the moment we met |
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Soulmates |
People who feel close to each other in spirit and who understand each other deeply |
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Lifelong companion |
Friend who was with her all her life |
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A man after my own heart/ woman after one's own heart |
Someone you admire because they do or think the same as you |
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Get on like house on fire |
Have a good, enjoyable relationship |
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Bosom friends/ buddies/ pals |
Very close, good friends |
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Inseparable |
Always want to be together, very close |
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Bond |
Relationship or feeling of togetherness |
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Kindred spirits |
Similar in the way of thinking and looking at life |
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Well-matched |
Perfect for each other |
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Family ties |
Being close as family |
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Affectionate (affection) |
Readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness |
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Amiable (amiability) |
Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner |
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Considerate (consideration) |
Tactful; careful not to cause inconvenience or hurt to others |
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Faithful (faithfulness) |
Loyal, constant, true to the facts |
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Fond (fondness) |
Having an affection or liking for; keen on |
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Loyal (loyalty) |
Faithful, true, devoted |
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Kindred |
Related (family) |
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A casual acquaintance |
A person you know but not very well |
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Loyalty |
Support for us in good and bad times |
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Talk behind our backs |
Say bad things about us when we are not there |
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Allies |
Countries which fight on the same side |
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Business partnes |
People who own the same business |
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Bitter rivals |
People in competition with each other in an aggressive and negative way |
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Disloyal to; dishonest with; critical of; |
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Unswerving |
Steady and constant, not changing |
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Complete and unswerving loyalty |
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Staunchest |
Loyal and committed in attitude |
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Rift |
Serious disagreement that divides people |
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Discord |
Disagreement and discontent |
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Don't see eye to eye on |
Having different opinions |
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Turned sour |
Become bad |
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Split up |
Separate |
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Has had its ups and downs |
Had good and bad moments |
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A bumpy relationship |
Up and down like a car on a road with bumps |
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A broken home |
Family split up by divorce |
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A family feud |
Quarrel in a family causing bad feelings for many years |
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Untruthful |
Opposite of truthful |
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Disloyal |
Opposite of loyal |
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Discontented |
Opposite of contented |
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Dishonest |
Opposite of honest |
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Unwelcoming |
Opposite of welcoming |
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Cold-hearted |
Opposite of warm-hearted |
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Contented |
Happy and at ease (freely) |
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To die of broken heart |
To die because of sadness from a love affair |
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To hate someone's guts |
To dislike someone intensely |
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To have it in for someone |
To take advantage of every opportunity to speak badly of someone (create problems for them) |
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To be on bad terms with someone |
To have a bad relationship with someone |
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Crave/ have a craving for |
Have a powerful desire for something (long for, yearn for) |
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Hanker after/ have a hankering for |
Desire (especially used about something you cannot have) |
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To thirst/ have a thirst for |
To hunger for |
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Yearn to do/ yearn for/ have a yearning for something |
You want something that you do not have and often can never have |
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Covet |
To covet something means to want to possess it very much |
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Defuse |
Make a dangerous or tense situation calmer |
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Placate |
Stop someone feeling angry |
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Conciliate |
End a disagreement between two people or groups by acting in a friendly way towards both sides |
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Appease |
End a disagreement by giving the other side an advantage that they are demanding ( normally used in a disapproving way) |
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Postpone |
Procrastinate |
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Implacable |
It is used about someone's opinions and feelings and means that they cannot be changed |
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To rejoice |
Be extremely happy |
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Exultant |
Feeling great pleasure and happiness, usually because of success (adjective) |
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Jubilant |
Expressing great happiness especially at a victory |
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Rapture (rapturous) |
Extreme pleasure or happiness |
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Bliss (blissful) |
Perfect happiness ( strongly with happy, ignorant and unaware) |
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Full of the joys of spring Thrilled to bits Feel on the top of the world Floating/walking on air Over the moon |
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Tantrum |
Fury, frenzy |
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Antipathy |
A feeling of strong, often active, dislike or opposition towards something or someone |
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Aversion |
A feeling of intense dislike or an unwillingness to do something, or it can also be a person or thing which causes that feeling. |
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Have/feel as aversion to; feel an intense aversion to |
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My pet aversion |
The thing I dislike most of |
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Averse to |
Opposed to( usually used with not) |
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Loathing/ loathsome/ loathe |
Intense hatred |
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Abhorrence/ abhorrent/ abhor |
Intense disgust |
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Scorn/ scornful/ scorn |
Lack of respect for something or someone felt to be worthless |
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Revulsion/ revolting/ revolt |
Strong disgust |
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Repulsion/ repulsive/ repulse |
Opposite of strong attraction |
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Bland |
Lacking taste, character or interest (food, etc.) |
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Brash |
Too confident; too bright (clothes, etc.) |
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Dowdy |
Dull in appearance or lacking style (clothes, person; especially about woman) |
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Fickle |
Changing opinions suddenly and without the reason |
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Fuddy-duddy |
Old-fashioned (informal) |
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Grasping |
Always wanting more money (informal) |
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Nit-picking |
Too concerned about unimportant details (informal) |
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Obnoxious |
Unpleasant and rude |
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Obsequious |
Too eager to praise or obey people |
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Off-hand |
Showing rude lack of interest in others |
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Officious |
Too eager to tell others what to do |
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Ostentatious |
Displaying wealth or possessions in a vulgar way |
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Pompous |
Too formal and showing that you think that you are more important than other people |
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Pretentious |
Trying to appear more serious or important than you are |
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Puerile |
Too silly and childish |
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Sloppy |
Not taking care in the way you work (informal) |
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Squalid |
Very dirty and unpleasant |
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Trite |
Lacking in originality; banal |
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Nonchalant |
Sloppy |
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Traditional |
Fuddy-duddy |
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Childlike |
Puerile |
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Meticulous |
Nit-picking |
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Casual |
Off-hand |
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Authoritative |
Officious |
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Colorful |
Brash |
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Scrawny |
Unattractively thin and bony-looking |
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Lanky |
Very tall and thin, and usually moving awkwardly |
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Gangling/ gangly |
With long, thin arms and legs and rather awkward movements; often used of men and boys |
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Portly |
With fat stomach and chest; often used humorously about older man |
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Stout |
With a quite fat, solid body; used of men and women |
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Corpulent |
Fat (formal, literary word) |
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A double chin |
Fat around chin |
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Unkempt |
Untidy, scruffy |
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Never a hair out of place |
One's hair is always best and tidy |
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Swarthy |
Dark-coloured, used about skin |
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Haggard |
One's face shows tiredness and age, with skin hanging in folds |
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Sallow |
Yellowish and unhealthy-looking |
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Pouting |
Positioning their lips in a sexually attractive way |
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To pout |
Positions lips in a look of annoyance |
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Grimace |
Make an expression of pain or strong dislike |
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Scowled |
Gave a bad tempered, angry look |
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Leering |
Looking in an unpleasant, sexually interested way |
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Shrugged his shoulders |
Lifted his shoulders up and down to show he didn't know or couldn't answer |
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Crossed his legs |
Crossed one leg over the other while sitting |
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Folded his arms |
Crossed one arm over the other close to his body |
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Bite nails and pick a nose |
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Clenched her fist |
Closed her hand as if to hit him |
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Tapped his fingers |
Made quick, light movements, e.g. on a table |
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Impetuous |
Acts on a sudden idea without thinking first; generally negative |
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Impulsive |
Similar to impetuous but can be used in more positive way |
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Effusive |
Gives exaggerated expression of pleasure, praise or gratitude |
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Excitable |
Easily excited by things |
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Pushy |
Always selfishly promoting one's own position or interests (informal) |
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Garrulous |
Talks too much, especially about unimportant things |
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Taciturn |
Reserved or says very little (generally negative) |
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Sociability |
The quality of being sociable |
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Introvert |
Inward-looking and quiet |
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Extrovert |
Outward-looking and sociable |
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Diffident |
Lacks confidence; has a low opinion of himself |
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Reserved |
Not immediately sociable |
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Aloof |
Unfriendly and not sociable |
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Haughty |
Unfriendly and thinks herself better than others |
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Disdainful |
Does not believe others deserve respect |
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Self-important |
Has an exaggerated sence of her importance |
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Unapproachable |
Not easy to be sociable with or start conversation with |
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Conceited |
Thinks oneself wonderful |
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Modest |
Prefers not to exaggerate her own qualities |
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A flirt |
Makes constant romantic approaches |
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Trait |
Characteristic, feature |
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Gullible |
Easily deceived |
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Conscientious |
Always took his work very seriously |
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Obstinate |
Unwilling to change, despite persuasion |
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Pig-headed |
Similar to obstinate but stronger, disapproving |
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Unscrupulous |
Lacking in moral principles, prepared to do very bad things |
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Excitable- excitability Disdainful- disdain Impetuous- impetuousness Obstinate- obstinacy Modest- modesty Gullible- gullibility Reserved- reserve Garrulous- garrulity Conceited- conceit or conceitedness Pig-headed- pig-headedness |
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Fortitude |
Courage in pain or adversity (misfortune) |
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Cradle |
Baby's bed, hold gently and protectively; sway; place (a telephone receiver) in its cradle |
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From cradle to grave |
Throughout your life |
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Made medical history |
Did something medically very unusual |
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Triplet |
One of three children born at the same birth |
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Womb |
Woman's organ where egg develops into a baby |
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Delivered |
Helped mother to give birth |
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Caesarean section |
Operation in which mothers stomach and womb are cut to allow baby to be born |
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Placenta |
Tissue joining the foetus, i.e. the developing baby |
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Foetus (płód) |
Fetus |
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Uterus |
Medical word for womb |
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Ectopic pregnancy |
When the egg develops outside the womb in the fallopian tubes, which link the ovaries to the womb |
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Conceived |
Become pregnant |
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Fallopian tubes |
Either of a pair of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus |
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Fertility |
The quality of being fertile; productiveness |
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Termination |
International ending of a pregnancy, usually by a medical operation (also called an abortion); a miscarriage is an early unintentional end of pregnancy |
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Ripe old age |
Living well into old age; usually used in the phrase to live to a ripe old age |
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Late |
Now dead |
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Sheltered accommodation |
Special housing, usually for old people |
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Has all her wits about her |
Is able to think and react quickly |
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Mourning |
Expressing their sadness after someone's death (the mourners have been bereaved) |
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Will |
Legal document saying what is to happen to your possessions after your death |
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Cremation |
Service where a dead body is burned |
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Burial |
The body is buried in the ground |
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Scattered |
Thrown (people sometimes have their ashes scattered in a place which has a special associations for them |
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A lad |
Boy |
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Obituaries |
Newspaper articles giving details about the lives of people who have died |
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To be at death's door To be at one's last legs |
Being close to death |
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To pass away To pass on |
To die |
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Fatalities |
Dead people |
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Perished |
Died |
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Slaughtered |
Violently killed |
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The deceased |
The dead person |
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The bequeath |
To leave something (a bequest - in a will) |
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To inherit |
To receive something ( an inheritance from someone who has died) |
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To die intestate |
Without having made a will |
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Conception these could be said to happen at the same time as they both suggest the point where the egg is fertilised and a baby is conceived though some might say that conception happens a little later when the fertilised egg implants itself into the wall of the uterus |
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Labour |
To work hard; the process of childbirth |
