hi i'm anne-marie with speak confident
english and this is confident english
wednesday welcome to our newest lesson
this week we were focused on 23 ways
that you can describe people that you
love in a positive way if you've been
following me for a while you know that
several weeks ago i did a lesson on how
to describe your personality and i used
three different stories full of new
vocabulary and expressions to help you
begin to describe your personality
whether you need it just for fun in
conversations or for a job interview or
how you could describe your best friend
your mom your boss at work
this lesson is part two and we're
focused specifically on more advanced
expressions and vocabulary focused on
the positive the things that we like
about someone in a few weeks
don't worry we'll also focus on some
negative aspects because that's life
there are times when we don't have a
great relationship with someone or we
want to comment on something that is
negative so we will do that in the
future but today let's focus on 23 new
words or expressions that you can use in
english to describe someone in a
positive way now just a quick note that
you can get all 23 of these expressions
words and a challenge question for
practice in the online lesson so i
encourage you to check out that lesson
as soon as you finish watching this
video and if you want subtitles don't
forget to click the little CC button
just at the bottom of this video because
i know that you are busy and have a
limited amount of time in the day in
this video i've selected nine of my
favorite expressions from today's lesson
or maybe a couple that are often
confusing misused to review with you in
to the
a video but again you can get all 23 in
the online lesson and you have an
opportunity to practice at the end so
one of my first favorite expressions
from today's list is to describe someone
as a ray of sunshine
doesn't that sound super beautiful to be
a ray of sunshine
I would describe one of my best friends
as a ray of sunshine imagine that moment
that you first walk into the Sun and it
feels warm and wonderful and you're just
happy someone that makes you feel like
that is a ray of sunshine number two to
be gregarious or to have a gregarious
personality where garius means to be
really social to have a lot of friends
someone that is the life of a party
another great expression if you are the
life of a party everyone wants to talk
to you or you are talking to everyone at
the party you know everyone and you love
the opportunity to speak to each person
and you're super fun
you are gog arias number three this is
one of my favorites and I try to be like
this I don't know if I always am but to
be easy going or laid-back these two
expressions are used to describe someone
that is very relaxed and calm they never
get too stressed they don't get really
angry or upset everything is just okay
all the time your easygoing or very
laid-back number four is another
favorite to have an old soul if for
example you describe your friend or your
sister as someone who has an old soul we
use it to describe someone that feels
that they come from another time they're
very wise they're
they spend a lot of time thinking and
they always say something that is
meaningful or important
they're not super talkative they don't
talk too much
they're always thoughtful smart palm and
wives number five do you know anyone who
is affectionate or are you affectionate
this word is used to describe someone
who is very loving or warm when you are
around them you feel very loved maybe
because of something they do or say or
maybe they love to hug you but they are
affectionate they are loving and warm
this next one might be new for you
the word is industrious someone who is
industrious is extremely hard-working
they are focused on their tasks at work
they do a good job and they are diligent
industrious now number seven might be a
little tricky in fact I often hear many
mistakes made with this word because it
sounds very similar to words and other
languages which we call false friends
words that seem like they might be the
same in two different languages but they
actually have a different meaning
this word is sympathetic sympathetic in
many languages this just means someone
that is nice or friendly but in English
we use this word to describe someone who
is a good listener they listen to other
people's problems and you'll often hear
them say something like oh I'm really
sorry to hear that it must be really
hard or frustrating or upsetting or sad
or stressful but they express that they
are sorry for a particular situation
they feel bad for you and they are good
at listening to you as you describe the
problem or the stress that you're facing
at that moment
number eight down-to-earth someone who
is down-to-earth is really practical and
realistic in a good way in a positive
way they're not a dreamer they're not a
visionary they see things in reality and
they find practical solutions and
finally the last one on our list today
is to have a type a personality
this one could actually be positive or
negative it depends on how strong this
personality is because there are kind of
two sides to it but typically this
personality means someone that is very
driven focused ambitious they have very
high goals and they work extremely hard
to achieve them they are often very
organized focused on getting everything
done on time and they're proactive
they're always looking for solutions now
on the other hand they could sometimes
be competitive maybe too competitive and
too sensitive but today we're going to
focus just on those positive elements
and look at this through a positive lens
to see it in a positive way so you or
someone that you know might have a Type
A personality you are very focused on
what you want in life and you're not
going to give up on it so now you have
nine new ways to positively describe the
characteristics of personality of people
that you know or even to describe
yourself now don't forget there are
actually 23 new expressions in today's
lessons so be sure to visit the online
lesson to find out about expressions
such as larger than life to be larger
than life or to be classy or
thick-skinned there are many new
expressions for you today so go to the
lesson review the additional expressions
and then be sure to check out the
challenge questions that I have
at the end so that you can immediately
get practice using these new words
expressions so they become part of your
everyday English and you can use them
easily naturally in your everyday
conversation and with that thank you so
much for joining me I love having you
here every Wednesday and I'll see you
next week for your confident English
Wednesday lesson
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