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Words: character and behaviour
ቃላት፦ ጠባይና ባሕርይ
Name: ________________________Date: ______________
How it works
"Good", "bad" and "nice" are too simple to describe a person well. Advanced adjectives show exactly what kind of person someone is, which is useful in references, job interviews, stories and IELTS Speaking.
"Good"፣ "bad" እና "nice" አንድን ሰው በደንብ ለመግለጽ በጣም ቀላል ናቸው። ከፍተኛ ደረጃ ቅጽሎች አንድ ሰው ምን ዓይነት እንደሆነ በትክክል ያሳያሉ፤ ይህም ለምስክር ወረቀት፣ ለሥራ ቃለ መጠይቅ፣ ለታሪክና ለIELTS Speaking ይጠቅማል።
Some of these words are positive (candid, sincere) and some are negative (arrogant, hypocritical). Be careful: calling someone "cynical" or "gullible" to their face can be rude.
ከእነዚህ ቃላት አንዳንዶቹ አዎንታዊ (candid፣ sincere)፣ አንዳንዶቹ ደግሞ አሉታዊ (arrogant፣ hypocritical) ናቸው። ይጠንቀቁ፦ አንድን ሰው ፊት ለፊት "cynical" ወይም "gullible" ማለት ጨዋነት የጎደለው ሊሆን ይችላል።
Words
| meticulousShe is a meticulous accountant who checks every receipt twice. | እጅግ ጥንቁቅ (ለትንሽ ዝርዝር እንኳ ትኩረት የሚሰጥ) |
| arrogantHe became arrogant after his promotion and stopped greeting his old colleagues. | ትዕቢተኛ፣ ኩሩ (ራሱን ከሌሎች የሚያስበልጥ) |
| resilientAfter losing her shop in the fire, she proved remarkably resilient and opened a new one within a year. | ጠንካራ (ከችግር በፍጥነት የሚያገግም) |
| diplomaticThe manager gave a diplomatic answer that did not upset either side. | ዘዴኛ፣ በጥበብ የሚናገር (በተለይ በክርክር ወቅት) |
| hypocriticalIt is hypocritical to tell students to be on time when you are always late yourself. | ግብዝ (የሚናገረውን የማይኖር) |
| conscientiousDawit is a conscientious student who never misses a deadline. | ኃላፊነት የሚሰማው፣ ትጉህ |
| pragmaticInstead of waiting for a perfect plan, she took a pragmatic approach and started with what the school already had. | ተግባራዊ (ከሐሳብ ይልቅ በተጨባጭ የሚሠራውን የሚመርጥ) |
| candidIn a candid interview, the coach admitted that the team had not trained hard enough. | ግልጽ፣ ቀጥተኛ (ሐሳቡን ሳይደብቅ በእውነት የሚናገር) |
| impulsiveIt was an impulsive decision to quit his job without another offer. | ሳያስብ ቶሎ የሚወስን |
| sincerePlease accept my sincere apologies for the delay. | ቅን፣ ልባዊ |
| cynicalMany young people have become cynical about promises made before elections. | ተጠራጣሪ (በሰዎች ቅንነት የማያምን) |
| tactfulShe found a tactful way to tell her friend that the dress didn't suit her. | ሰውን ላለማስከፋት ቃሉን የሚመርጥ |
| gullibleScammers send fake prize messages to gullible people on Telegram. | በቀላሉ የሚታለል፣ የዋህ |
| assertiveGood leaders are assertive without being aggressive. | ሐሳቡን በልበ ሙሉነትና በግልጽ የሚገልጽ |
| compassionateThe nurse was so compassionate that patients asked for her by name. | ሩኅሩኅ |
Exercises
Selam believes everything people tell her, even obvious lies. She is …
ሰላም ሰዎች የሚነግሯትን ሁሉ፣ ግልጽ ውሸት እንኳ ቢሆን ታምናለች። እርሷ …
- ☐ a) assertive
- ☐ b) cynical
- ☐ c) gullible
He tells everyone to save money, but he spends all of his own. He is …
ሁሉም ሰው ገንዘብ እንዲቆጥብ ይመክራል፤ እርሱ ግን የራሱን ሁሉ ያባክናል። እርሱ …
- ☐ a) meticulous
- ☐ b) pragmatic
- ☐ c) hypocritical
Which word is positive?
አዎንታዊ የሆነው ቃል የትኛው ነው?
- ☐ a) arrogant
- ☐ b) compassionate
- ☐ c) hypocritical
Someone who buys a car the same day they see it, without thinking, is …
መኪና ባየበት ቀን ሳያስብ የሚገዛ ሰው …
- ☐ a) impulsive
- ☐ b) conscientious
- ☐ c) resilient
Thank you for being so _______________ with me; I prefer honest feedback to polite silence.
ይህን ያህል ግልጽ ስለሆንክልኝ አመሰግናለሁ፤ ከጨዋ ዝምታ ይልቅ እውነተኛ አስተያየት እመርጣለሁ።
The editor is _______________: she notices every small spelling mistake.
አርታኢዋ እጅግ ጥንቁቅ ናት፤ እያንዳንዱን ትንሽ የፊደል ስሕተት ታስተውላለች።
areresilient.Childrenoftenvery
ልጆች ብዙውን ጊዜ በጣም ጠንካሮች ናቸው።
- 1. pragmatic → ___
- 2. sincere → ___
- 3. arrogant → ___
- 4. cynical → ___
- a) ተግባራዊ
- b) ቅን፣ ልባዊ
- c) ትዕቢተኛ
- d) ተጠራጣሪ
Answer key
- c) gullible
- c) hypocritical
- b) compassionate
- a) impulsive
- candid
- meticulous
- Children are often very resilient.
- 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d
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