#8

The architects have made imaginative use of glass and transparent plastic. // My favourite writer is really imaginative. // Your solution to this problem is quite imaginative.

She is a charming woman // We had dinner with our director and his charming wife. // What a charming street this is // He's very charming but I wouldn't trust him.

He is so generous, he got her a brand new car. // It is very generous of you to pay my college fees. // She's been very generous with her time.

a generous slice of cake // a generous pay increase

She was a quick-tempered woman. // He could be quick-tempered with those who opposed him. // He's so short-tempered - he snaps at people over such stupid things. // She would be a great leader if she wasn't so short-tempered.

He made an opportunistic grab for power, which resulted in a civil war.

He has very strong conservative views. // She belongs to a conservative party. // Older people tend to be more conservative and a bit suspicious of anything new. // He has a very conservative approach to management.

Tom is a very methodical person and writes lists for everything. // The police were doing things in their own methodical way, no doubt.

a conscientious student // Greg Smith is a conscientious and dedicated worker who will be an asset to your company.

serious about your work and putting a lot of effort into doing it in a careful way // sumienny, skrupulatny

Employees are expected to carry out their duties conscientiously. // He went over things carefully and conscientiously in his mind.

It is a deeply chauvinist community where the few women who have jobs are ridiculed. // The crowd was enthusiastically singing chauvinistic patriotic songs.

believing that or behaving as if women are naturally less important, intelligent, or able than men

Her reply showed that she was very sensitive to criticism. // He was very sensitive about his scar and thought everyone was staring at him.

He's a very emotional man. // I felt quite emotional during the wedding ceremony.

There's far too much food - I'm afraid I got a bit carried away. // Apologies - I just got carried away by the excitement of the game.

Kate is so stubborn that she just never listens. // They have huge arguments because they're both so stubborn.

Her teachers regard her as a rebellious, trouble-making girl. // hey looked angry and almost rebellious // a disobedient child

It was a courageous decision to resign in protest at the company's pollution record. // It was courageous of her to challenge the managing director's decision.

an affectionate kiss // He's an affectionate little boy. // I love her affectionate smile.

He found an obliging doctor who gave him the drugs he needed. // I would like to thank the Commissioner for the most obliging answer he has given.

uczynny, uprzejmy

Why be sentimental about that old coat? There's no point in keeping it just because you were wearing it when you first met me. // It's a cheap ring but it has great sentimental value for me. // silly sentimental songs/stories

He's fun to be with, but he's very superficial. // It's a very superficial description. // I don't trust his superficial friendliness

Maybe if you'd put in some effort you wouldn't be so insecure // I wonder what it was about her upbringing that made her so insecure. // He still feels insecure about his ability to do the job.

She's such a perfectionist that she notices even the tiniest mistakes. // He was a perfectionist, and the job took a long time. // Someone who isn't satisfied if things aren't 100% perfect

A gifted dancer/musician // Schools often fail to meet the needs of gifted children. // Gifted can also be used more generally to mean intelligent or having a great range of abilities.

It was tactless of you to invite his ex-girlfriend. // Inclined to say things that upset or offend people // Given their recent history, the question was both loaded and tactless.

He did not look like a man much inclined to small talk. //

Good agents are certainly extroverted, but are grounded, rather than intuitive. // There's something about women who have a strong intuitive power.

He's really stingy and never buys anyone a drink when we go out. // The landlords are so stingy - they refused to pay for new carpets. // He is so stingy he walks to work to save on bus tickets.

Not all my students are diligent // If you are a diligent employee, you will get a promotion // Their lawyer was extremely diligent in preparing their case.

doing things in a careful and detailed way

She was a strong, independent woman. // It's time I started being more independent.

a slow-moving and placid river // She was a very placid (= calm and not easily excited) child who slept all night and hardly ever cried. // He turns to look at me, and his face is placid.

Outgoing people make friends easily // Sales reps need to be outgoing, because they are constantly meeting customers // She has an outgoing personality.

It would be a bit selfish to keep them all for myself. // Perhaps I'm just being a very selfish old man.

He's a very cunning man.

He's a sly old devil - I wouldn't trust him with my money. // She looked into his eyes and gave him a sly smile.

You have such a witty child // He was witty and very charming. // I think she’s one of the wittiest comics on television.

A pithy remark // She gave pithy interviews as interest in her work grew.

They tend to be distrustful of outsiders. // Large sections of Britain's poorest communities are alienated and distrustful of authority.

an industrious worker // She's extremely competent and industrious. // Every employee is expected to be competent and industrious.

I felt her shrewd eyes looking me up and down. // He was shrewd enough not to take the job when there was the possibility of getting a better one a few months later. // It was a shrewd move to buy your house just before property prices started to rise.

You need to be more decisive. // Usually so decisive, he had no idea which way to go.

I'm going to buy extravagant things for no reason at all. // It was very extravagant of you to buy strawberries out of season.

She's a down-to-earth woman with no pretensions.

I doubt whether her motives for donating the money are altruistic - she's probably looking for publicity. // He took a moment to talk about his altruistic activities.

Why are you so morose these days? // Michael became morose and withdrawn after he lost his job. //

He was always fair and just, never sarcastic or sharp-tongued. // She could be sharp-tongued or sweet-talking, depending on her mood.

He's very intellectual for a pop star. // She was more intellectual than her husband, and much better read. // I'm no intellectual, but I do know how this works.

intelektualista

Doctors these days tend to be more open-minded about alternative medicine. // We would like to thank her for being so open-minded.

It was naive of her to think that she would ever get her money back. // She was very naive to believe that he'd stay with her. // They make the naive assumption that because it's popular it must be good.

We live in a materialistic age where there seems to be a growing obsession with money

It was generous of you to lend me the money. // She's been very generous with her time. // It is very generous of you to pay my college fees. // She was quite unstinting in her praise. // Most of all, they liked his unstinting focus on cutting taxes.

She's utterly resolute in her refusal to apologize. // Their resolute opposition to new working methods was difficult to overcome. // He is dogged in his pursuit of his dreams. // She was a dogged advocate of the struggle against injustice.

zdecydowany, stanowczy (o człowieku)

He built up his savings by being very frugal. // They have plenty of money now, but they still tend to be thrifty. // I had to be a little parsimonious with the fresh thyme. // She's too parsimonious to heat the house properly.

careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount

Their lawyer was extremely diligent in preparing their case // Not all my students are diligent. // She's extremely competent and industrious.

pilny, staranny, sumienny, gorliwy

When I was young and idealistic I believed it was possible to change the world. // She supports a number of idealistic causes.

She was a very principled woman. // The Church is taking a principled stand against the conflict. // He seems very principled and interested in issues of freedom

He has written a stimulating but dogmatic book. // If you are dogmatic, you are certain that you are right and that everyone else is wrong. //

The prime minister has adopted an inflexible position on immigration. // This type of computer is too slow and inflexible to meet many business needs.

News of the tragedy sobered us.

He wasn't exactly chatty, but there was something a bit exciting about him.

His secretary was a little brusque with me. // I'm sorry if I was a bit brusque with you. // "Are you feeling any better?" "No!" was the terse reply. // He is sometimes very abrupt with clients.

obcesowy, opryskliwy

It had been totally unprincipled of him to try to manipulate her. // In the hands of an unscrupulous man, there seemed no limit to his power.

niemający skrupułów, nie przebierający w środkach

Yet the program as a whole was much too verbose. // Early sound films were often noted for being too verbose.

mówiący zbyt dużo / przegadany, rozwleczony

I had talked too much about myself and felt like a garrulous old fool // The shop assistant was clearly a garrulous woman who enjoyed chattering to her customers

He can be very obstinate at times. // Teenagers may get very obstinate when it comes to defending their rights.

zawzięty, uparty, uporczywy

But I never could believe these people were so devious. // You have to be devious if you're going to succeed in business.