ENG-VOC410 | Advanced English Personality &
Behavior Vocabulary Masterlist – Character Traits,
Emotions & Expressions Explained with Real
Examples
Terrorism -
play a joke /trick - The children played a joke on the teacher by hiding under their desks before
she came into the room.
==NOT make a joke /trick
take a joke - Fortunately,.the teacher could take a joke and admitted that she was wrong .
==didn't mind a joke being played on her .
swallow your pride - проглотить свою гордость
Jane swallowed her pride and admitted that she was wrong.
==she did it even thought it was embarassing for her.
throw a tantrum - закатить истереку
The child threw a tantrum when I wouldn't buy him any sweets.
lose your patience - терять терпение
Finally, I lost my patience and shouted at her.
=lost my temper became angry.
Come to terms with - приходить чтобы заработать
"Nick has found it hard to come to terms with his illness"
==accept something psychologically
Reveal your true character - показать свой истиный облик
"Jack's failure to support her has certainly revealed his true character"
==Opposite = Conceal/hide your true character
Scrawny - тощий
,Unattractively thin and bony-looking
He was too scrawny to be a football player.
Lanky - долговязый
Very tall and thin, and usually moving awkwardly
A lanky teenager walked in.
Gangling/gangly - With long, thin arms and legs and rather awkward movements; often used by
men and boys.
A gangling/gangly youth approached him.
Portly - полный.долговязый
With fat stomach and chess: often used humorously about older men .
A portly figure stood near the ticket desk.
stout - крепкий
With a quite fat, solid body; used by men and women. She is the stout woman wearing glasses,
over there.
corpulent - Fat (formal, literary word)
She introduced me to a rather corpulent gentleman
Unkempt - неопрятный,растропяный
Her hair was long and unkempt.
Never a hair out of place - никогда не распуспускала волосы
Swarthy - смуглый
Having a dark skin
Sallow - желтоватый.земляной
Sallow skin is slightly yellow and does not look healthy.
haggard - изможденный
Someone who is haggard has a thin face with dark marks around their eyes because they are sick
or tired.
Exhausted - сильно уставший, выдохшийся
, Very tired
pout - надувать губы
To push your lips forward because you are annoyed or because you want to look sexually
attractive
grimace - гримасничать
Make your face show an expression of pain or unhappiness
He grimaced at the bitter taste.
Leer - глазеть с вожделением
To look at someone in an unpleasant and sexually interested way
Fold your arms - скрестить руки на груди
To bend your arms across your chest, with one crossing over the other
EXAMPLE:
He sat with his arms folded.
Crossed his leg - скрестил поле
Impetuous - импульсивный, порывистый
Done or acting quickly and without thinking carefully
EXAMPLE
He's so impetuous; I wish he would consider things first.
Impulsive - импульсивный
Impulsive people do things suddenly, without planning or thinking carefully, but because they
want to.
EXAMPLE
His impulsive generosity led him to give away most of his honey.
Effusive - безудержный, льющийся через край
Showing a lot of enthusiasm or approval for someone or something, often too much
EXAMPLE
She always gives you such an effective welcome.
Behavior Vocabulary Masterlist – Character Traits,
Emotions & Expressions Explained with Real
Examples
Terrorism -
play a joke /trick - The children played a joke on the teacher by hiding under their desks before
she came into the room.
==NOT make a joke /trick
take a joke - Fortunately,.the teacher could take a joke and admitted that she was wrong .
==didn't mind a joke being played on her .
swallow your pride - проглотить свою гордость
Jane swallowed her pride and admitted that she was wrong.
==she did it even thought it was embarassing for her.
throw a tantrum - закатить истереку
The child threw a tantrum when I wouldn't buy him any sweets.
lose your patience - терять терпение
Finally, I lost my patience and shouted at her.
=lost my temper became angry.
Come to terms with - приходить чтобы заработать
"Nick has found it hard to come to terms with his illness"
==accept something psychologically
Reveal your true character - показать свой истиный облик
"Jack's failure to support her has certainly revealed his true character"
==Opposite = Conceal/hide your true character
Scrawny - тощий
,Unattractively thin and bony-looking
He was too scrawny to be a football player.
Lanky - долговязый
Very tall and thin, and usually moving awkwardly
A lanky teenager walked in.
Gangling/gangly - With long, thin arms and legs and rather awkward movements; often used by
men and boys.
A gangling/gangly youth approached him.
Portly - полный.долговязый
With fat stomach and chess: often used humorously about older men .
A portly figure stood near the ticket desk.
stout - крепкий
With a quite fat, solid body; used by men and women. She is the stout woman wearing glasses,
over there.
corpulent - Fat (formal, literary word)
She introduced me to a rather corpulent gentleman
Unkempt - неопрятный,растропяный
Her hair was long and unkempt.
Never a hair out of place - никогда не распуспускала волосы
Swarthy - смуглый
Having a dark skin
Sallow - желтоватый.земляной
Sallow skin is slightly yellow and does not look healthy.
haggard - изможденный
Someone who is haggard has a thin face with dark marks around their eyes because they are sick
or tired.
Exhausted - сильно уставший, выдохшийся
, Very tired
pout - надувать губы
To push your lips forward because you are annoyed or because you want to look sexually
attractive
grimace - гримасничать
Make your face show an expression of pain or unhappiness
He grimaced at the bitter taste.
Leer - глазеть с вожделением
To look at someone in an unpleasant and sexually interested way
Fold your arms - скрестить руки на груди
To bend your arms across your chest, with one crossing over the other
EXAMPLE:
He sat with his arms folded.
Crossed his leg - скрестил поле
Impetuous - импульсивный, порывистый
Done or acting quickly and without thinking carefully
EXAMPLE
He's so impetuous; I wish he would consider things first.
Impulsive - импульсивный
Impulsive people do things suddenly, without planning or thinking carefully, but because they
want to.
EXAMPLE
His impulsive generosity led him to give away most of his honey.
Effusive - безудержный, льющийся через край
Showing a lot of enthusiasm or approval for someone or something, often too much
EXAMPLE
She always gives you such an effective welcome.
