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- Hello, everyone and welcome
back to English With Lucy.

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Today I'm going to talk to
you about how to describe,

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personality and character in English

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and I'm going to help you
with your pronunciation.

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Right let's get started with the lesson.

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By the end of this lesson,

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you will know 72
adjectives that can be used

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to describe personality and character.

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I've divided them into positive
or approving adjectives

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and also negative or
disapproving adjectives.

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For each adjective I've
included the IPA transcription

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so you can really focus
on the pronunciation

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and also the definition.

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Let's start with personality
category number one.

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The adjectives within this first group,

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describe how willing you are
to communicate with others.

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So we have extroverted, (extroverted.)

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Someone who is extroverted
is lively and confident

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and enjoys being around other people.

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The opposite or the antonym,

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for this adjective is
introverted,(introverted )

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So, this describes somebody
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in their own thoughts and feelings,

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than they are in spending
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We also have talkative, talkative.

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This describes somebody
who likes to talk a lot,

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then on the other hand,
we have quiet, quiet

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which means tending not to talk a lot.

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Next, confident, confident.

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This means feeling sure about
your ability to do something

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and be successful and the
antonym for this is shy, shy.

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Someone who is shy is
nervous about meeting people

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or speaking to people.

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Right our second category talks about

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how you make others feel.

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Firstly we have warm, warm.

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Someone who's warm shows enthusiasm

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and affection and is friendly.

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On the other hand we have cold, cold.

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Be careful with that O vowel sound.

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I do actually have a video on that

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which I will link down below.

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Someone who is cold is without
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Next we have kind, kind.

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This means caring about
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On the opposite side
we have unkind, unkind.

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This means unpleasant, unfriendly,

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maybe even slightly cruel.

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And then we have sweet, sweet.

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Someone who is sweet
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The opposite is nasty, nasty.

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A nasty person is an unkind person,

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the third category is how you
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First we have considerate, considerate.

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If you're consider you are always thinking

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of the feelings of others.

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If you're not considerate,

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then you might be
inconsiderate, inconsiderate.

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This means not giving enough thought,

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about other people's feelings or needs.

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We also have thoughtful, thoughtful.

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If you are thoughtful,
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and consider other people's
feelings and needs.

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The opposite is thoughtless, thoughtless.

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This means that you don't care,

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about the possible negative effects

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of your actions or words.

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Then we have tactful, tactful.

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This means that you're
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anything that might upset
or anger other people

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and the antonym for that
is tactless, tactless.

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That's quite a hard one to
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Tact, tactless, this means
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that might upset or anger other people.

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Our next category discusses

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how much people might
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First up, we have
trustworthy, trustworthy.

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We use a voiced th sound,

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I often hear it
mispronounced as trustworthy

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but it should be worthy.

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Your voice should be constant,

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it shouldn't cut out at any point.

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Someone who's trustworthy then
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to be good and honest.

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On the other hand we have
untrustworthy, untrustworthy.

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This is somebody who cannot be trusted.

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We also have reliable, reliable.

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If someone is reliable
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to do something well.

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On the other hand, we have
unreliable, unreliable,

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meaning that you cannot trust
them to do something well.

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You can't depend on them.

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Then we have loyal, loyal.

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This means remaining
faithful and supportive.

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Then we have disloyal, disloyal.

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This means not loyal or faithful.

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Next, we're going to discuss
adjectives that describe

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how honest you are with others.

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We have sincere, sincere.

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This means that you show what
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On the other hand we have
insincere, insincere.

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If someone is insincere
they say or do things

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that they don't really mean.

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Next we have frank, frank

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which can actually sometimes
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as well as approving.

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So it all depends on the
tone of voice or the context.

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If someone is frank, it means
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and there's sometimes at risk

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of hurting other people's
feelings because of this.

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On the other side we have
secretive, secretive.

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If you're secretive you
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feelings and actions
and keep them private.

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Then we have direct, direct
and sometimes much like frank,

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this can also be negative or disapproving,

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depending on tone of voice and context.

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If you're direct in means
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and no one can pretend
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because it's very, very clear.

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Then we have not an exact
antonym but sneaky, sneaky.

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This means behaving in a
secretive or dishonest way.

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The next category is how open you are

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to the views and cultures of others.

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We'll start with tolerant, tolerant.

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If you're tolerant it
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what other people say or do,

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even if you don't agree with them.

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On the other hand we have
intolerant, intolerant.

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This means that you are not
willing to accept behaviours

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or ideas that do not
correspond with your beliefs.

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We have open minded, open minded.

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If you're open minded,

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it means you are willing to listen to,

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accept and think about other ideas.

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On the other hand, we have
narrow minded, narrow minded.

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This means you are unwilling
to listen to new ideas

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or the opinions of others.

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And we have unbiased, unbiased.

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This means that you're
fair and not influenced

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by your own opinions or
someone else's opinions.

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On the other hand, we
have biassed, biassed.

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This means you make unfair judgments

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and have a tendency to favour
a certain group of people.

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Now we're going to talk
about the adjectives,

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associated with how motivated you are.

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We have strong willed, strong willed.

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If you're strong willed it
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what you want to do, regardless
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On the other hand, we have
weak willed, weak willed.

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This means you lack the ability to resist,

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the influence of others

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and you can't control your own impulses.

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We also have determined, determined.

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This means that you make
firm decisions to do things

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and you don't let anyone dissuade you.

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On the other hand we have
irresolute, irresolute.

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This means that you are simply not able

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to decide what to do.

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And then we have driven, driven.

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This means you are determined to succeed

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and are working very hard to do so.

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On the other hand we
have apathetic, apathetic

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which means you show no
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The next category discusses
your attitude towards work.

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We have industrious, industrious.

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This means hard working or busy.

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On the other hand we have idle, idle.

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If you're idle, you are not working hard.

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We also have ambitious, ambitious.

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If you're ambitious you're
determined to be rich,

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powerful and all successful.

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We also have unambitious, unambitious.

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This means that you are
on interested in becoming,

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rich, powerful or successful.

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We also have hard working, hard working

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which means you are
willing to work very hard.

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Or we have lazy, lazy which
means that you are unwilling

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to work or be active.

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Now let's just discuss adjectives,

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associated with how good you are

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at learning and understanding.

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We have bright, bright
which means intelligent

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or quick to learn.

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We also have foolish, foolish

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which means not showing
good judgement or sense.

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There's clever, clever,

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this is very common in British English.

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It means you're quick learning
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On the other hand we have stupid, stupid

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which means showing a lack of
thought or good judgement .

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And we have intelligent, intelligent

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which means you are good at
learning and understanding

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and on the other hand we have
unintelligent, unintelligent

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which means you are bad at learning

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and understanding things.

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Now let's discuss adjectives that describe

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how you treat money.

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We have generous, generous
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to give freely.

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On the other hand we
have miserly, miserly.

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If you're miserly, then
you hate to spend money.

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We have giving, giving which again means,

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you are willing to give freely

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and on the other hand we have mean, mean

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which means you are unwilling
to give or to share.

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We also have frugal, frugal

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and if you're frugal it means you only use

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as much food or money as necessary.

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On the other hand we have
extravagant, extravagant

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which means that you spend a
lot more than you can afford.

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Now let's discuss adjectives

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which describe your attitude
around other people.

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We have humble, humble.

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If you're humble you show
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you are as important as other people.

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On the opposite side we
have arrogant, arrogant

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which means that you behave
in a proud or unpleasant way

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and think you are better than others.

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We also have modest, modest.

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If you're modest then you don't talk much,

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about your own abilities and achievements.

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On the other hand we have vain, vain

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which means you are overly
proud of your own appearance,

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abilities or achievements.

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The next one submissive, submissive,

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is both approving or positive
and disapproving, negative.

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Probably leaning more
on to the negative side

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but it means you are too
willing to accept authority.

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You're willing to obey
them without question.

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On the other side, again
it's normally negative

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but it can be positive
sometimes, bossy, bossy.

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This means that you're always
telling people what to do.

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Finally, let's talk about
adjectives that can describe

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how relaxed you are as a person.

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We have chilled, chilled and
this is slightly more slang,

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it is derived from the
phrasal verb to chill out.

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You're chilled out, you are chilled

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and this means you are very relaxed.

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On the other hand we have tense, tense.

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This means you are nervous or
worried and unable to relax.

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We also have laid back, laid back.

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This means you're calm and relaxed

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and never seem to worry about anything.

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On the other hand, we
have uptight, uptight

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which means you are anxious
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We also have optimistic, optimistic

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which means you are positive

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and expect good things to happen.

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We also have pessimistic, pessimistic

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which means you expect
bad things to happen.

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Right, your homework
for today is to include,

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five of these adjectives
in a comment down below

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and use them to describe yourself.

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So I want maybe three to four
sentences about yourself,

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using some of the adjectives
that we've learned today

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and if you could include any others

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that would be really really good.

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That's it for this lesson,

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I hope you enjoyed it and I
hope you learned something.

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