Personality

Personality

By Marina Nozhkina

*tempered by maturity or experience​

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​His voice was deep and mellow and his speech had a soothing and comforting quality.

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​mellow

(спокойный)​

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*​ behaviour in which someone treats a situation as much more serious than it really is.

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​She'd flung herself in a pose of melodramatic exhaustion.

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​melodramatic

(драматичный)​

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*if someone is composed, they are calm and able to control their feelings.

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​Laura was calm and composed.

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​composed

(сдержанный)​

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*in a state of confusion or agitation

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He gets all flustered and doesn't know what to say.​

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flustered

(нервно-возбужденный)​

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*if you discribe someone as gracious, you mean that they are very well-manared and pleasant

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She is a lovely and gracious woman.​

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​gracious

(любезный/приятный)​

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*someone willing to forgive

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He's so forgiving! Never holding grudges against anyone!​

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​forgiving (незлопамятный)

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*someone who does cruel things to hurt someone else

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...a stream of spiteful telephone calls...​

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spiteful (злобный)

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*someone in a state of uncontrolled anger, excitement or panic.

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​The singer had to escape his hysterical fans.

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He was laughing hysterically...​

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​hysterical (истеричный)

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*good at finding ways of dealing with problems

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He was amazingly inventive and resourceful, and played a major role in the development of our project.​

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​resourceful

(изобретательный)​

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*someone who has won a victory in a struggle, war or competition.

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I felt victorious after I'd beaten them in their own game!​

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​victorious (победоносный)

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*someone or something that doesn't cause any bad effects or danger.

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The experiment was harmless to the animals. None of them suffered.​

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​harmless (безобидный)

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*behaving in a way that shows they feel unsure or threatened; trying to defend themselves by all means

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People are often defensive about their private lives.​

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​Defensive

(тот, кто включает защитный механизм в поведении)​

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Multiple Choice

спокойный

• harmless

• mellow

• composed

• gracious

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драматичный

• flustered

• hysterical

• melodramatic

• spiteful

Multiple Choice

сдержанный

• mellow

• harmless

• calm

• composed

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нервно-возбужденный

• frustrated

• upset

• flustered

• angry

Multiple Choice

любезный

• pleasant

• gracious

• nice

• composed

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незлопамятный

• easy-going

• gracious

• forgiving

• mellow

Multiple Choice

злобный

• angry

• mad

• hysterical

• spiteful

Multiple Choice

истеричный

• hysterical

• annoyed

• irritated

• frustrated

Multiple Choice

изобретательный

• curious

• nosy

• clever

• resourceful

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победоносный

• victorious

• excited

• overwhelmed

• enlightened

Multiple Choice

безобидный

• weak

• mellow

• harmless

• harmed

Multiple Choice

оборонительный

• defending

• defended

• defensive

• offensive