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Vocabulary: character and personality

I) CHARACTER and TEMPERAMENT:

To mould sb's character	To be good/ ill-natured To be good/ bad tempered
To be of a cheerful disposition To be cheerful by temperament	To be cold/ passionate by nature
A good quality	A bad quality/ a fault
A failing/ a shortcoming	Innate
Individualistic	To be balanced (balance)
To be changeable	To be unstable

Optimism vs pessimism To be unstable

Optimistic

An optimist

Pessimistic

A pessimist

Optimism

Pessimism

Optimistically

Pessimistically

Shy/ timide/ bashful	Tough
Shyness/ timidity/ Bashfulness	Strong/ strength
Weak/ weakness	To have a weakness for sth
Spineless	To be liable to do sg
To be inclined to do	To tend to do sg => a tendency to
To have leanings towards sth	To be liable/ prone to do

II) BEHAVIOUR.

To behave	To behave (well)
To misbehave	A misdemeanour A misbehaviour
Decent	Proper
Morals	Virtuous/ a virtue
To have a good/ bad reputation	Immoral
Indecent	Depraved
A pervert	Perverted

FAUX-AMI : vicious= dangerously hateful and ready to do violence; immoral or evil

	To act on impulse
	Apathetic
	An eccentricity A quirk (of character)
	Whimsical
	To be in a bad mood To be out of humour
	Moody

FAUX-AMI: lunatic= an insane person.

III) A FEW EXPRESSIONS:

- That's just like him/ That's in character (for him)

- To have a reputation for/ being generous/ generosity

- To feel in the mood for doing stg

- To be in the right (kind of) mood for doing stg

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1. He is self assured and very well . His decisions are always judicious and he never hesitates.

2. Your Mum is and always encourages people to persevere.

3. My main is my lack of self-confidence, but it’s getting better, I promise.

4. 'You must understand you’ll be all the words you’ll say and all the mistakes you’ll make.'

5. Remember that if you again at school, you’ll be expelled permanently and that will be the end of your education in the country.

6. Paul’s desire to work abroad was just a and he didn’t fill in any of the necessary forms to be allowed to do it.

7. Dorothy has had very important psychological issues and is still very and unbalanced at present.

8. 'Of course, I’m not surprised. Making such a fuss for nothing is !'

9. 'Really, she’s in such that it’s better to let her cool down just now.'

10. Since she has moved and left her friends behind, Ellen hasn’t been parties.

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