Personality, feelings &

GLOSSARY issues.

TAPIA GONZÁLEZ CRISTIAN | UNIVDEP | ENGLISH UPPER INTERMEDIATE

 PERSONALITY AND FEELINGS
1. Witty: When someone is very ingenious or is characterized by a quick and clever sense of
humor.

2. Keeps himself to himself: A person who is isolated or does not talk much with other
people could be synonymous with the word introvert.

3. Spontaneous: As far as a person is concerned, it can be defined as an open-minded and

uninhibited person.

4. People person: A sociable person, who prefers to work in a team or to meet new people.

5. Down-to-earth: Realistic, sincere, direct and honest person.

6. Good laugh: Is the fun and friendly person that most people feel comfortable with and
enjoy spending time with.

7. Morning person: Someone who likes to get up early and take advantage of most of the
day.

8. Geek: A person who has excessive enthusiasm for and some expertise about a specialized
subject or activity.

9. Over the moon: When you are very happy or delighted about something, it would be like
the highest step if happiness could be measured.

10. Relieved: Feeling some improvement after going through some unpleasant feeling or
unfavorable situation.

11. Shaking like a leaf: When someone is shaking, it may be due to feeling cold, being
frightened or worried, for example.

12. Awkward: Feeling uncomfortable or embarrassed about something.

13. Wished the earth would swallow me up: To be so sorry for having made a mistake or for
saying something that should not have been said that you wanted to disappear from that
place.

14. Impressed: When you show admiration or respect for someone

 ISSUES
1. Urban: Which has the characteristics of a city.

2. Rural: Having characteristics, tastes or customs of the countryside.

3. Domestic: Something local that is unaffected by external or foreign factors.

4. Global: Some phenomenon that is related to or affects the whole world or is replicated in
different places.

5. Ethical: That it has to do with values, morals and principles.

6. Economic: Relating to the wealth or resources of a specific city or place.

7. Pollution: Affectation referring to all defined human activity, which can be of different
types such as auditory, environmental, luminous, etc.

8. Industrial: Process of transformation of raw materials into final products, which today is
done with very advanced technological methods.

9. Gang: Criminal organizations, formed by individuals with the objective of obtaining

economic benefits and whose operations are mostly carried out on the streets.