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3.4. Explain the difference.

1. to know someone/ to meet someone

2. a friend/ a colleague

3. a friend/ a girlfriend

4. a girlfriend/ a female friend

5. a partner/ a couple

6. a close friend/ a best friend

7. a friendship/ a relationship

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3.5. A) Put these adjectives of personality in the chart below.

ntelligent stupid tense even-tempered crafty

optimistic bright envious introverted clever

foolish able sensitive easy-going sincere

smart half-witted dumb sociable ill-mannered

cunning shrewd simple honest discourteous

silly relaxed sensible brainless pessimistic

cruel trustworthy gifted daft gregarious

talented reliable jealous brainy dim

argumentative sly extroverted quarrelsome

intellectual ability

attitudes towards life

attitudes towards other people

b) Make up groups of synonyms and antonyms from the list of the adjectives above.

a

3.6. Decide if these adjectives of personality apply more to men or women.

Form their opposites and put them in the chart. Which adjectives don’t

have exact opposite?

mbitious bossy communicative faithful honest

imaginative jealous logical mature organized

patient possessive reasonable responsible selfish

sensitive sociable tidy vain

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3.7. Some characteristics can be either positive or negative depending on your

point of view. The words in the right-hand column mean roughly the same

as the words in the left-hand column except that they have negative rather

than positive connotations. Think of people you know who can be

characterized using either positive or negative characteristics.

etermined - obstinate, stubborn, pig-headed

thrifty/ economical - miserly, mean, tight-fisted

self-assured - self-important, arrogant, full of oneself

assertive - aggressive, bossy

original - peculiar, weird, eccentric, odd

frank/direct/open - blunt, abrupt, brusque, curt

broad-minded - unprincipled, permissive

generous - extravagant

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3.8. A) Match up the definitions on the left (1-25) with the correct idiom on

the right (a-y).

b) Draw your own illustration of one of the descriptive words or phrases

from the chart. Then explain why you would (or wouldn’t) like to have

a person with this quality as a friend.

nnocent - naïve/naïve [na:'i:v]

ambitious - pushy

1. clever, intelligent

2. inquisitive, very curious

3. rich, wealthy

4. cruel

5. stupid, unintelligent

6. young, inexperienced

7. old (of a person)

8. very clumsy, awkward

9. impudent

10. stubborn

11. too weak to leave one’s bed

12. terrifying

13. conceited, vain, boastful

14. tense, excited

15. ill, not well

16. covered with bruises

17. reading all the time

18. very nervous

19. too careful with money

20. kind and generous

21. feeling superior to everyone else

22. too aggressive

23. easily controlled by others

24. unsociable

25. direct and practical, with no pretensions

a. all thumbs

b. bedridden

c. pigheaded

d. black and blue all over

e. brainy

f. hair-rising

g. cheeky

h. heartless

i. keyed up

j. long in the tooth

k. nosy

l. off colour

m. overbearing

n. thick

o. well off

p. wet behind the ears

q. a bookworm

r. a doormat

s. down to earth

t. pushy

u. standoffish

v. a tightwad

w. uppity

x. uptight

y. warm-hearted

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