Opisovanje značajev = Describing Characters

1. PRE-INTERMEDIATE and INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

1.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– kind = friendly = prijazen
– unkind = unfriendly = neprijazen
– nice, pleasant = prijeten
– unpleasant = neprijeten
– cold = hladen
– horrible = grozen, zelo neprijeten
– generous = velikodušen
– mean = stiskaški; podel
– honest = odkrit, pošten
– dishonest = nepošten, lažniv
– easy-going = relaxed = sproščen
– tense = nervous = napet, živčen
– hard-working = priden, deloven
– lazy = len
– punctual = točen
– reliable = zanesljiv
– unreliable = nezanesljiv
– ambitious = prizadeven
– smart = pameten
– stupid = neumen
– sensitive = občutljiv
– insensitive = neobčutljiv
– optimistic = optimističen
– pessimistic = pesimističen
– sociable = družaben
– boring = dolgočasen
– good/great fun = prijetna, zabavna družba
– no fun = ne preveč zabavna družba
– amusing = zabaven
– self-confident = samozavesten
– confident = poln zaupanja vase, drzen
– broad-minded = strpen
– narrow-minded = ozkosrčen
– shy = sramežljiv
– proud = ponosen
– selfish = sebičen
– stubborn = trmast
– an impression = vtis

1.2. Phrases = Fraze

– She seems nice. = She comes across as nice. = Zdi se prijetna.
– He’s made a good impression on me. = Naredil je dober vtis name.
– What was your first impression of the Wilsons? = Kakšen je bil tvoj prvi vtis pri Wilsonovih?
– I like your sense of humour. = Všeč mi je tvoj smisel za humor.

2. UPPER-INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED LEVEL

2.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– modest = skromen
– loyal = zvest
– disloyal = nezvest, izdajalski
– aggressive = napadalen
– unaggressive = nenapadalen
– violent = nasilen
– peaceful = miren
– sensible = down-to-earth = razumen
– cheerful = vesel
– miserable = nesrečen
– arrogant = ošaben
– moody = muhast, čemeren
– bossy = zapovedovalen (pogovorno)
– nosey = radoveden (pogovorno)
– vain = nečimrn
– thoughtful = zamišljen; pozoren
– absent-minded = raztresen, odsoten z mislimi
– intelligent = inteligenten
– wise = moder
– bright = clever = bister
– shrewd = pameten, pronicav, premeten
– talented = gifted = nadarjen
– foolish = nespameten
– half-witted = neumen (pogovorno)
– witty = domiselno zabaven
– cunning = prekanjen, zvit
– sly = pretkan, zvit, potuhnjen
– extroverted = sociable = gregarious = družaben
– introverted = unsociable = vase zaprt
– cruel = krut
– rude = nesramen
– polite = courteous = vljuden
– impolite = discourteous = nevljuden
– ill-mannered = nevzgojen, nevljuden
– sincere = honest = odkrit
– insincere = dishonest = neodkrit
– trustworthy = zaupanja vreden, zanesljiv
– jealous = envious = zavidljiv
– obstinate = stubborn = trmast
– determined = odločen, neomajen
– miserly = mean = stiskaški
– frank = odkrit, iskren
– blunt = brezobzirno odkrit
– considerate = obziren
– inconsiderate = brezobziren
– innocent = nedolžen
– naïve = naiven
– kind-hearted = dobrosrčen
– brave = pogumen
– a coward = strahopetec
– a liar = lažnivec
– a snob = snob
– a couch potato = nekdo, ki ves čas sedi doma pred televizorjem (pogovorno)
– a know-all = nekdo, ki se ima za pametnejšega od drugih (pogovorno)

2.2. Phrases = Fraze

– He’s such a pain in the neck. = Prav zoprn je.
– She can get a bit difficult. = Včasih zna biti nekoliko težka.
– That’s very kind of you. = That’s a nice thing to do. = Zelo lepo od tebe.
– I find him quite vain. = Zdi se mi dokaj nečimrn.