13 Talking about yourself Flashcards

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A born leader

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are people with an innate capacity to effectively manage and lead groups of people to achieve collective goals

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A fault-finder

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critical person

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Affectionate

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showing feelings of liking or love

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Altruistic

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thinking of others rather than oneself

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Artistic

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able to create or enjoy art

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Astute

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

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Brusque

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quick and rude in manner or speech

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Chauvinistic

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too patriotic

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Charming

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very pleasant or attractive.

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Conscientious

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wishing to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly

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Conservative

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averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values

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Cunning

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having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion.

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Decisive

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able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing this quality

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Diligent

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hard-working

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Distrustful

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feeling or showing distrust of someone or something

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Dogged

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very determined to do something, even if it is very difficult

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Downfall

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cause of destruction

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Down-to-earth

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with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic.

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Elegant

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graceful and stylish in appearance or manner

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Emotional

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having feelings that are easily excited and openly displayed

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Extravagant

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acking restraint in spending money or using resources

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Flashy

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expensive or impressive

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Frugal

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careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount

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Fun-loving

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light-hearted and lively

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Gallant
(of man) polite to women
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Generous
showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected larger or more plentiful than is usual or necessary
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Gifted
having exceptional talent or natural ability
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Imaginative
having or showing creativity or inventiveness
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Industrious
person works hard
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Intellectual
a person possessing a highly developed intellect
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Intuitive
understanding instinctively
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Low-brow
not complicated or demanding much intelligence to be understood
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Magnetic personality
a personality that attracts people to you
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Methodical
systematic, careful
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Morose
gloomy
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Mulish
very determined and refuses to change their plans for anyone else.
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Naive
without enough experience of life, trusting to easily
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Obliging
ready to help
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Opportunistic
using the situation for own benefit
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Parsimonious
not willing to spend money or to give or use a lot of something
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Perfectionist
a person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection
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Pithy
expressing an idea cleverly in a few words
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Placid
having a calm appearance or characteristics
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Plagued by worry
troubled or distressed by
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Popular
liked or admired by many people or by a particular person or group
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Quick-tempered
easily made angry
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Rebellious
defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel
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Sagacious
wise, having or showing understanding and the ability to make good judgments
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Self-seeking
wanting to gain an advantage for oneself
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Sensitive
quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others' feelings a person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences
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Sentimental
strongly influenced by emotional feelings, especially about happy memories of past events or relationships with other people, rather than by careful thought and judgment based on facts
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Sharp-tongued
inclined to speak in a severe and critical way
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Shrewd
having good judgement
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Sly
deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want
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Stingy
unwilling to spend money; small in amount
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Stubborn
having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so
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Sullen
angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people
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Superficial
not caring about serious things
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Tend to get carried away
become too excited and lode control
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Terse
using few words, sometimes in a way that seems rude or unfriendly
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Thick-skinned
insensitive to criticism or insults
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Thrifty
showing a careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste
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To be tactless
to say things that upset or offend people
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To procrastinate
to delay doing sth
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Tolerant
showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with
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Unscrupulous
behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want
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Witty
showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour