Lesson 7 Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Methodical

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Systematic, careful

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Opportunistic

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Using situations for own benefit

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Chauvinistic

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Too patriotic

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Get carried away

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Become too excited and lose control

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Obliging

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Ready to help

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Superficial

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Not caring about serious things

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Insecure

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Not confident, uncertain about your own abilities

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Perfectionist

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Someone who is not satisfied if things are not 100% perfect

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Tactless

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Inclined to say things that upset or offend people

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Intuitive

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Understanding instinctively

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Diligent

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Hard-working

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Placid

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Calm, does not easily become excited or angry

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Magnetic personality

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Personality that attracts people to you

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Distrustful

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Not trusting, suspicious of others

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Shrewd

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Having good judgement

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Supportive

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Gives help or encouragement

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Extravagant

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Spends too much money or uses too much of something

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Down-to-earth

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Practical and sensible

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Altruistic

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Thinking of others rather than yourself

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Morose

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Gloomy, unhappy, annoyed and unwilling to speak or smile

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Shaped-tongued

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Inclined to speak in a severe and critical way

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Naive

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Without enough experience of life, trusting too easily

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Unstinting

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Astute

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Clever and quick to see how to take advantage of a situation

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Cunning / sly
Clever in a negative way
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Dogged / resolute
Very determined to do something, even if it is very difficult
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Obstinate
Unreasonably determined, especially to act in a particular way and not to change at all, despite what anyone else says
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Sober
Serious and calm
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Sullen
Angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people
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Frugal / thrifty
Careful when using money
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Parsimonious
Stingy
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Witty / pithy
Expressing an idea cleverly in a few words
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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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Unprincipled
Having and showing no moral rules
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Dogmatic
Inflexible
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Garrulous / verbose
Having the habit of talking a lot, especially things which are not important