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DESCRIBING PEOPLE

sincere (adj.)

DERIVATES: sincerely (adv.)


SYNONYM: frank, candid, genuine
ANTONYM: devious, dishonest
COLLOCATION: sincere apology
EXAMPLE: I can't tell a lie, people consider me as a sincere person.
TRANSLATION: iskren

windswept (adj.)

DERIVATES: windy (adj.) vjetrovit


SYNONYM: tousled, curly hair
ANTONYM: bright, cheerful
EXAMPLE: Today is a windy day, so many girls have windswept hair.
TRANSLATION: razbaruena (kosa)

ignorant(adj.)

DERIVATES: ignorance (n.)


EXPLANATION: having lack of knowledge
SYNONYM: uneducated, unaware, unread, untaught
ANTONYM: smart, wise, knowledgeable
EXAMPLE: He knows all about chemistry and physics, but he is ignorant of
history.
COLLOCATION: to play ignorant
TRANSLATION: neupuen, neuk

stooped (adj.)

DERIVATES: stoop (n.), stoop (v.)


EXPLANATION: rounded shoulders and back
SYNONYM: round-backed, round-shouldered
ANTONYM: upright
IDIOM: stoop to something- to do something that makes your moral
standards lower
PHRASAL VERBS: stoop down- to dip or squat down, stoop over- to bend
over
TRANSLATION: pognut

well- groomed(adj.)

EXPLANATION: having something well cared for (skin, hair)


SYNONYM: well-dressed, neat
ANTONYM: messy, sloopy, untidy
EXAMPLE: Look at these boys in suits, they look very well- groomed TRANSLATION: njegovan, dotjeran

absent- minded (adj.)

DERIVATES: absent-mindedness (n.), absent-mindedly (adv.)


EXPLANATION: so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is
doing
SYNONYM: withdrawn, discracted ,daydreaming, dreamy, forgetful
ANTONYM: observant
EXAMPLE:
TRANSLATION:

reserved (adj.)

DERIVATES: overreserved (adj.)


EXPLANATION: avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others
SYNONYM: modest, shy, distant
ANTONYM: friendly, communicatice
EXAMPLE: Gary is always reserved, he doesn't walt to talk with anyone.
TRANSLATION: rezerviran, srameljiv

coward (adj.)

DERIVATES: cowardly (adv.)


EXPLANATION: lacking of courage
SYNONYM: chicken- hearted, afraid
ANTONYM: brave, courageous
EXAMPLE: He didn't ask her out, despite the fact she likes her very much,
he's just a coward man.
TRANSLATION: kukaviki

obedient (adj.)

DERIVATES: obediently (adv.)


EXPLANATION: complying or willing to comply with an order or request
SYNONYM: respectful, deferential
ANTONYM: unobedient
EXAMPLE: They were quiet, obedient and extremely well behaved.
TRANSLATION: posluan

hot-headed (adj.)

DERIVATES: hot-headedness (n.)


EXPLANATION: easily angered; quick to take offense
SYNONYM: hot-tempered, easily provoked
ANTONYM: cool- headed
EXAMPLE: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
TRANSLATION: vrue glave, lako isprovociran

bloodshot (ajd. )

EXPLANATION: (of the eyes) red because of dilated blood vessels.


SYNONYM: inflamed
EXAMPLE:
TRANSLATION: zakrvavljene oi

plain (adj.)

DERIVATES: plainly (adv.), plainness (n.)


EXPLANATION: to look very ordinary
SYNONYM: usual, ordinary, common
EXAMPLE: Some models look very plain without their make-up.
TRANSLATION: obian, prosjean

dull (adj.)

DERIVATES: dullish (adj.), dullness (n.), dully (adv.)


EXPLANATION: mentally slow; lacking brightness of mind
SYNONYMS: stupid, dumb, shallow
ANTONYMS: bright- minded
IDIOMS: dull as dishwasher , dull as ditch water- very uninteresting, deadly
dull- very dull and boring
EXAMPLE: Frank is sometimes very dull, yesterday he didn't know how to
use his calculator.
TRANSLATION: glup, suhoparan

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