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Synonyms
essential vital crucial critical decisive indispensable
These words all describe somebody/something that is extremely important and completely necessary because a particular situation or activity depends on them.
essential extremely important and completely necessary, because without it something cannot exist, be made or be successful:
Experience is essential for this job.
vital essential:
The police play a vital role in our society.
essential or vital?
These words have the same meaning but there can be a slight difference in tone. Essential is used to state a fact or opinion with authority. Vital is often used when there is some anxiety felt about something, or a need to persuade somebody that a fact or opinion is true, right or important. Vital is less often used in negative statements:
It was vital to show that he was not afraid.
Money is not vital to happiness.
crucial extremely important because a particular situation or activity depends on it:
It is crucial that we get this right.
critical extremely important because a particular situation or activity depends on it:
Your decision is critical to our future.
crucial or critical?
These words have the same meaning but there can be a slight difference in context. Critical is often used in technical matters of business or science; crucial is often used to talk about matters that may cause anxiety or other emotions.
decisive of the greatest importance in affecting the final result of a particular situation:
She has played a decisive role in the peace negotiations.
indispensable essential; too important to be without:
Cars have become an indispensable part of our lives.
Patterns
essential/vital/crucial/critical/decisive/indispensable for something
essential/vital/crucial/critical/indispensable to something
essential/vital/crucial/critical that…
essential/vital/crucial/critical to do something
a(n) essential/vital/crucial/critical/decisive/indispensable part/factor
of vital/crucial/critical/decisive importance
absolutely essential/vital/crucial/critical/decisive/indispensable
sensible / sensitive
Sensible and sensitive are connected with two different meanings of sense.
Sensible refers to your ability to make good judgements:She gave me some very sensible advice. It wasn’t very sensible to go out on your own so late at night.
Sensitive refers to how easily you react to things and how much you are aware of things or other people:a soap for sensitive skin This movie may upset a sensitive child.
a light-sensitive plant - растение, требующее определенных условий по освещению, иначе гибнет.
a light-sensible plant - растение, реагирующее на уровень освещенности - закрывает/открывает лепестки, меняет интенсивность запаха и др. для каких-то целей - например привлечь определенных насекомых в определенную часть суток.
a stress-sensitive person - не-стрессоустойчивый человек - при любом стрессе впадает в аффект
a stress-sensible person - стрессоустойчивый человек - даже при стрессе остается в интеллектуальном режиме.
self-
self-absorbed - погружённый в себя, эгоцентричный, сосредоточенный на себе
self-assured - уверенный в себе
self-centered - эгоистичный, занятый самим собой, эгоцентричный
self-confident - уверенный в себе, самонадеянный, самоуверенный
self-deprecating - умаляющий собственное достоинство
self-important - с большим самомнением; важничающий
self-reliant - уверенный в своих силах, в себе
self-congratulatory - самодовольный, хвастливый, восхваляющий сам себя - riding a high horse
self-conscious - застенчивый, стеснительный, легко смущающийся
well-
well-adjusted - уравновешенный (о человеке)
well-behaved - послушный (о ребёнке); благонравный, хорошего поведения; соблюдающий приличия
well-brought-up - хорошо воспитанный
well-dressed - хорошо одетый или одевающийся
well-educated - хорошо образованный
well-infomed - хорошо осведомлённый, знающий, опытный
well-mannered - (благо)воспитанный
well-rounded
1. having a variety of experiences and abilities and a fully developed personality
well-rounded individuals
2. providing or showing a variety of experience, ability, etc.
a well-rounded education
3. (of a person’s body) pleasantly round in shape
Synonims
worried concerned nervous anxious uneasy
These words all describe feeling unhappy and afraid because you are thinking about unpleasant things that might happen or might have happened.
worried thinking about unpleasant things that might happen or might have happened and therefore feeling unhappy and afraid
concerned worried and feeling concern about something
worried or concerned?
Concerned is usually used when you are talking about a problem that affects another person, society, the world, etc, while worried can be used for this or for more personal matters.
nervous feeling worried about something or slightly afraid of something
anxious feeling worried or nervous about something
worried, nervous or anxious?
Worried is the most frequent word to describe how you feel when you are thinking about a problem or something bad that might happen.
Anxious can describe a stronger feeling and is more formal.
Nervous is more often used to describe how you feel before you do something very important such as an exam or an interview, or something unpleasant or difficult. Nervous can describe somebody’s personality: a very nervous girl is often or usually nervous; a worried girl is worried on a particular occasion or about a particular thing.
Worried describes her feelings, not her personality. Anxious may describe feelings or personality.
uneasy feeling worried or unhappy about a particular situation, especially because you think something bad may happen or because you are not sure that what you are doing is right
Patterns
worried/concerned/nervous/anxious/uneasy about (doing) something
worried/concerned/anxious for somebody/something
worried/concerned/nervous/anxious that…
a(n) worried/concerned/nervous/anxious/uneasy expression/look/smile
to get worried/nervous/anxious
General appearance – Внешний вид (в общем)
appearance, looks внешность
nice милый
attractive привлекательный
not look oneself быть непохожим на себя
beautiful красивый
plain простоватый
charming очаровательный
pleasant-looking приятный
common обычный
posh, gorgeous роскошная, шикарная (о женщине)
eyesore уродливый
pretty симпатичная, хорошенькая (о девушке, женщине)
family likeness фамильное сходство
repulsive отталкивающий
good-looking симпатичный
resemble напоминать
handsome красивый (о мужчине)
take after somebody быть похожим на (кого-л.)
impressive впечатляющий
ugly уродливый
look внешний вид, образ
unattractive непривлекательный
look like выглядеть как (кто-л.), быть похожим на (кого-л.)
unimpressive невыразительный
look one's age выглядеть на свой возраст
unpleasant-looking неприятный
look one's best выглядеть наилучшим образом
unsightly неприглядный
look wretched выглядеть несчастным
usual обычный
lovely прекрасный, очаровательный
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