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C1 Talking about people

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  • tell sb something personal about yourself that you do notwant other people to know about, because you trust that person
    confide in
  • be likely to / tend to + a negative event
    to be prone to something
  • to live a very quiet private life and not do many things that involve other people (expression)
    keep yourself to yourself
  • a secret motivation that is unknown to the rest of people
    hidden agenda
  • One who expects and observes nothing but the worst of human conduct.
    cynic
  • very cheerful and always chatting and laughing,full of energy
    bubbly
  • friendly and always willing to talk to other people, open
    approachable
  • (adj.) innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience
    naïve
  • pass a quality or characteristic to people
    rub off on
  • you take care to do things correctly and carefully (personality adjective)
    conscientious
  • a person who is lazy and avoids work
    slacker
  • to deal with a problem or difficulty calmly and at your own pace
    take things in your stride
  • become less serious about things
    lighten up
  • arrogant, to have high opinion of yourself
    full of yourself
  • a person who is often alone and usually prefers to be alone
    loner
  • sharply pointed; thorny - easily offended
    prickly
  • Completely unaware of
    oblivious to
  • ou become happy, healthy, or successful again after somethingbad happens
    bounce back
  • when you grow up protected a lot from bad things or not knowing much about the real world
    sheltered upbringing
  • when a negative person transmits their negativity on other people
    to drag everybody down
  • to refuse to change your ideas although other people try to make you (idiom)
    stick to your guns