MODULE 5
PEOPLE
Aims: 1. to learn vocabulary used to describe people
2. to learn multi-part verbs with get, put and take
KEY WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE
SOMEBODY’S APPEARANCE
Hair:
bald = celav
dark = taman
fair = svetao
plaits = pletenice
red = crvena, ridja
shoulder-length = do ramena
straight = prava
blond = plava
curly = kovrdzava
long = dugacka
wavy = talasasta
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Age:
in his/her (early/mid/late)
teens/twenties/thirties
early thirties = rane tridesete
mid-thirties = srednje tridesete
middle-aged = srednjih godina
 Special features:
eyebrows = obrve
moustache = brkovi
ponytail = konjski rep
beard = brada
wrinkles = bore
 General:
good-looking = zgodan
short = nizak
tall = visok
well-built = dobro gradjen
overweight = gojazan
slim = vitak
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KEY WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEBODY’S
CHARACTER – USE FOUR ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE
YOUR BEST FRIEND
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bad-tempered = zlovoljan,
mrzovoljan
cheerful = veseo,
razdragan
confident = samouveren
creative = kreativan
disorganised =
neorganizovan
dynamic = dinamican
generous = velikodusan
hard-working = vredan
helpful = usluzan, voljan
da pomogne, predusretljiv
honest = posten, iskren
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insensitive = bezosecajan
materialistic =
materijalistican
moody = cudljiv
outgoing = otvoren,
druzeljubiv
patient = strpljiv
reliable = pouzdan
selfish = sebican
shy = stidljiv, povucen
sociable = druzeljubiv
stubborn = tvrdoglav
sympathetic = saosecajan
tolerant = tolerantan
MULTI-PART VERBS P.62
get sb down = depress
 give up = stop trying
 get on with sth = do sth seriously
 get on with sb = have a good relationship
 get together = meet
 take up = start doing (a hobby or a sport)
 get at sb = criticise
 put sb down = annoy, spustati nekoga
 put up with = tolerate
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This rainy weather is _________ me ______.
 They __________ without fight. It was an easy victory.
 Be quiet and _____________ your work.
 I’m trying to __________a team _____for Saturday.
 He’s always ____________ his son for no good reason.
 He’s always __________his wife ______in public.
 I don’t know how she __________ his loud music.
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This rainy weather is getting me down.
 They gave up without fight. It was an easy victory.
 Be quiet and get on with your work.
 I’m trying to get a team together for Saturday.
 He’s always getting at his son for no good reason.
 He’s always putting his wife down in public.
 I don’t know how she puts up with his loud music.
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VOCABULARY: OPPOSITES (P. 67)
Opposites are words which have opposite
(suprotno) meaning. Sometimes, there is a new
word
e.g. happy – sad
but sometimes we use prefixes to make opposites.
e.g. happy – unhappy
These prefixes are un-, in-, im-, dis…
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OPPOSITES – P. 67, EX. 7
disorganised
 unreliable
 unsociable
 insensitive
 intolerant
 uninterested
 unaware
 unkind
 unsympathetic
 unhelpful
 dissatisfied
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OPPOSITES P. 67, EX 8
bad-tampered ↔ good-humoured, easy-going
 generous ↔ mean, stingy
 hard-working ↔ lazy
 nervous ↔ calm
 shy ↔ outgoing, sociable, friendly
 strong ↔ weak
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