Cover of the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.1 - Lead or follow? for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs and take turns to tell each other about the meaning and pronunciation of the six words in your box.

Answer

  • outgoing → someone who likes social occasions and meeting new people
  • open → honest and not wanting to hide things from people
  • proactive → someone who causes things to happen rather than just reacts to them
  • aggressive → very assertive spoken or physical behavior which can be perceived as threatening by others
  • opinionated → someone who expresses very strong opinions about things in a way that can be irritating
  • single-minded → being very focussed on one goal
  • easy-going → someone who stays calm and unworried about things
  • selfish → caring only about yourself rather than other people
  • witty → using words in a funny, interesting and intelligent way
  • manipulative → good at controlling people to their advantage
  • introverted → someone shy, quiet and unable to make friends easily
  • headstrong → very determined to do what you want

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