A) Traits of character/personal traits

Active vocabulary list Unit 1

Unit 1.1

a) Traits of character/personal traits

1. adventurous

2. ambitious, ant. unambitious

3. assertive

4. bossy

5. cautious

6. creative

7. easy-going

8. energetic

9. even-tempered, ant. quick-tempered

10. generous, ant. stingy

11. hard-working

12. moody

13. open-minded ant. narrow-minded

14. organized ant. disorgenised

15. patient, ant. impatient

16. reliable, ant. unreliable

17. quiet

18. sensible, syn. reasonable

19. sensitive, ant. insensitive

20. serious, ant. light-minded

21. sociable, ant. unsociable

22. strong-willed

23. talkative

24. thoughtful, ant. inconsiderate

25. to look like≠ to be like

John is not like his dad at all, in fact, they are very different. But he looks exactly like his father when he was the same age.

26. to take smth/smb seriously

27. to be interested in smth

28. (to have) a (good) sense of humour

29. to be different from

30. to tell smth from (smb’s) appearance – определять что-либо по внешнему виду

31. to mean (meant, meant) smth by smth.

What do you mean by the word “assertive”

b)

32. to interst smb

to have a great/enormous interest in smth/smb

He doesn’t interest me as a person, but I have a great interest in his ideas.

33. to influence smb/smth

(to have a great/strong/enormous) influence on smth/smb

Who influenced _ your choice of the career? Who had the strongest influence on your personality?

34. to tend to do smth – быть склонным, тяготеть

Introverts tend to find meaning inside themselves.

35. surrounding (world, people)=world/people around you

36. to form (close [klous]) relationships (easily) – (легко) сходиться/устанавливать (тесные) взаимоотношения

Adventurous Дерзкий, отчаянный, бесстрашный, смелый	Brave and willing to take risks: brave, heroic, fearless, undaunted, nerveless	He’s much more adventurous than his younger brother.
Ambitious Целеустремленный, честолюбивый,	determined to be successful, rich, famous etc determined, dedicated	An ambitious mind wants success. Честолюбивый ум жаждет успеха.
Assertive настойчивый, напористый	behaving in a confident way in which you are quick to express your opinions and feelings self-confident, self-assured, self-possessed.	You need to be more assertive to succeed in business. It is also important to understand the difference between expressing yourself in a self-confident manner (being assertive) and forcing your ideas on others and intimidating them (being aggressive).
Bossy склонный к диктаторству, безапелляционный	who keeps telling other people what to do, in a way that annoys them domineering, autocratic, nagging	bossy woman — командирша Don’t be bossy!
Cautious осторожный, осмотрительный; предусмотрительный	Careful to avoid problems or danger: careful	Companies seem cautious about investing (=are unwilling to invest) money in research and development
Creative созидательный, творческий	involving a lot of imagination and new ideas: imaginative, groundbreaking, inventive	Painting is a creative process.
Energetic активный, энергичный, сильный	lively, active, dynamic, high-spirited,	Her mother, now an energetic 73, was also present.
Generous великодушный, щедрый	open-handed, selfless, good\ big \kind -hearted	Billy was very generous to people who had less than he did.
Moody легко поддающийся переменам настроения унылый, угрюмый	likely to become unhappy or angry for no particular reason	Teens tend to be moody, but unlike depression, moodiness doesn’t last long.
Organized Организованный, точный, педантичный	a person who arranges and plans activities carefully and effectively thorough, systematic, exact	She's not a very organized person and she always arrives late at meetings
Quiet спокойный, тихий	who are not talking or who do not usually talk much: silent, shy	a quiet sensitive boy
Reliable надёжный; верный	who you can trust to behave well, work hard, or do what you expect them to do: dependable, responsible	Alice can look after the children. She’s very reliable.
Sensible благоразумный, здравомыслящий; здравый, практичный	practical, rational, logical, realistic, rightly, sound, mature.	I don’t see how any sensible person could agree with him.
Sensitive впечатлительный,ранимый, обидчивый; щепетильный	likely to become angry or upset easily impressionable, vulnerable touchy, squeamish, thin-skinned, prudish	If I’d known she was so sensitive, I wouldn’t have teased her.
sociable общительный, компанейский, дружелюбный	friendly and enjoys being with other people: friendly, warm, pleasant, amiable, good-natured, warm-hearted.	I’m not feeling very sociable today.
Talkative разговорчивый; словоохотливый	chatty, gabby
Thoughtful заботливый, чуткий, внимательный	kind, and showing that you consider that what other people want or need is important	Caroline is such a thoughtful young woman.
Easy-going добродушно-веселый, беззаботный, легкий	calm, and not getting easily upset about things, relaxed in manner or attitude; laid-back	I am easy-going person, I have an excellent sense of humor, I like to laugh rather than to be sad.
Open-minded широких взглядов; отзывчивый, восприимчивый (к новым идеям, веяниям)	willing to consider new ideas receptive, broad-minded, adaptable, open	Drinking coffee makes you more open-minded. The coffee you drink as a pick-me-up in the morning could also make you more open to persuasion, researchers say.
Even-tempered невозмутимый, спокойный, уравновешенный	not often angry or upset rational, sensible	Even-tempered dogs generally produce even-tempered pups. Don't accept a pup from parents that are aggressive.
Hard-working прилежный, работящий, трудолюбивый, усердный	industrious, diligent	What the "hard working" crowd is missing is that every employee is hired to get a result, not to fill an empty space.
Self-confident a) уверенный в себе б) самонадеянный, самоуверенный	feeling that you can do things well and that people respect you forceful, self-assured, self-possessed	He’s a lot more self-confident since he met Anna.
Strong-willed решительный; твёрдый, волевой	determined to do something that you want to do, even if others do not want you to do it determined, persistent, dedicated	Strong-willed people tend to stand by their convictions, they never abandon their moral compass and "play along to get along"

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