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SpongeBarb Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
personality traits
Hi folks,
Could you please give me some words describing the personality traits of a person :
1. who's willing to help people,
2. who loves to read,
3. who likes to play with electronic devices, (by the way, does 'tinker' have to imply clumsiness?) and
4. who loves the company of his family/friends.
One word for each trait.
Thank you very much.
Could you please give me some words describing the personality traits of a person :
1. who's willing to help people,
2. who loves to read,
3. who likes to play with electronic devices, (by the way, does 'tinker' have to imply clumsiness?) and
4. who loves the company of his family/friends.
One word for each trait.
Thank you very much.
Top answer
generous bookish, book-lover computer/game nerd (slang) family-oriented, sociable, affable
- generous bookish, book-lover computer/game nerd (slang) family-oriented, sociable, affable
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generous
bookish, book-lover
computer/game nerd (slang)
family-oriented, sociable, affable
bookish, book-lover
computer/game nerd (slang)
family-oriented, sociable, affable
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Hi Marius,
In 'He likes to tinker with things like machanical watches', is he sort of clumsy?
No source for the sentence. I made it up. I can't say where and when, but I've heard something like that said and was under the impression there wasn't clumsiness involved, but dictionary suggests otherwise.
In 'He likes to tinker with things like machanical watches', is he sort of clumsy?
No source for the sentence. I made it up. I can't say where and when, but I've heard something like that said and was under the impression there wasn't clumsiness involved, but dictionary suggests otherwise.
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Hi Barb,
No, in my mind, there's no implication of clumsiness at all. Someone who likes to tinker just likes to see how things work, puts things together, takes them apart, etc.
There's a similar word: putter. My dad likes to putter around in the garage. Build little things, etc.
No, in my mind, there's no implication of clumsiness at all. Someone who likes to tinker just likes to see how things work, puts things together, takes them apart, etc.
There's a similar word: putter. My dad likes to putter around in the garage. Build little things, etc.
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>'He likes to tinker with things like machanical watches'
to play with, deal with
to play with, deal with
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1 font 00 If the following are correct phrases (or collocations), is there any difference between them? (they seem to be possible as you can see many hits when googled) 02 font 02 br
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0 Someone who is willing to help others is often referred to as: "chritable"/"benevolent" 0-
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0 I thought useing accompany instead of company in following phrase would be better. Any comment? 02 br
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01 b 01 font 00 who loves the company of his family/friends 02 font 02 b 01 blockquote
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01 cite 10 SpongeBarb 12 cite 10 Hi folks, 12 br
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0 No, Osee, you can't make that substitution. 02 br
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00 "the company of" means the act of being with someone. In the company of strangers, enjoying the company of friends. 02 br
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00 "To accompany" means to travel (or just "go") somewhere with someone else. If you agree 01 i 00 to accompany 02 i 00 me on my trip, I can enjoy 01 i 0
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00 "the company of" means the act of being with someone. In the company of strangers, enjoying the company of friends. 02 br
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00 "To accompany" means to travel (or just "go") somewhere with someone else. If you agree 01 i 00 to accompany 02 i 00 me on my trip, I can enjoy 01 i 0
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