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Welcome to our Daily English Listening Practice with this week’s series:
Personality Vocabulary
This is the fourth part of a 5-part series helping you understand and use new personality vocabulary right away!
Please listen to the audio files for explanations.
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Notes from the Audio Files
Pent up Frustration
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How to use it:
“He said he felt better after he told me about his family problems, he had had a lot of pent up frustration before.”
“I just feel like I have all this pent up frustration building up inside of me.”
Lose Your Temper
- Pent up anger
- Let go of things: stop fighting, be flexible/easy-going
- Blow up at someone: Get really angry with someone and show them your anger
- Handle a situation: fix a problem
- Stew : think quietly over and over
- Get (become) short with people/ be short with people: to give unusually short answers very directly
How to use it:
“It was actually quite scary when he lost his temper.”
“I felt terrible, because I completely lost my temper in front of everyone in the room.”
Headstrong/Stubborn
- Strong-minded: having strong opinions
- Walk away: leave the discussion
How to use it:
“Don’t try to stop him, you know he’s too headstrong to change his mind.”
“She’s been stubborn since she was a baby, so I’m not surprised she’s the kind of woman to always get her way.”
Narrow minded/Close-minded
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How to use it:
“If he wasn’t so close-minded, we’d probably be pretty good friends.”
“I think of myself as a pretty open-minded person.”
IDGAF: I don’t give a F***
*foul language NSFW (not safe for work)
- As a hashtag: #idgaf
- Fleeting: momentary, not permanent
- Over it: no longer interested in something, fed up
- I don’t give 2 f***s
- Laissez-faire: let it go, easy going
- #idgas: I don’t give a sh**
How to use it:
“Do whatever you want, I literally couldn’t give a f***.”
“I really don’t give a f*** what you think about it.”
We have really enjoyed creating these materials, if anything is still a little unclear, please let us know!
Thanks!
Mark and Kat
