Collocation: Character and Behaviour

1. Collocation: Character and Behaviour Use of English: Secondary 6

2. Your month of birth and your character • January • Good company • Selfish streak • February • An outgoing personality • Good sense of humour • March • A vivid imagination • Losing temper easily • Hot-tempered • Ill-temperd

3. Your month of birth and your character • April • Highly intelligent • Razor-sharp mind • May • Setting high standards • Fiercely loyal • Fiercely = extremely • June • Put others first

4. Your month of birth and your character • July • Painfully shy • Supremely confident • August • Snap decisions • September • A strong sense of responsibility • Responsibility = obligation • Keep your word • Keeping promise

5. Your month of birth and your character • October • Good at keeping secrets • Never bear a grudge • Resent (hate someone) for a long time for the bad things he / she has done to you • November • Hard to keep your temper • Keep your temper = not to get angry = stay calm • Hate someone making a fool out of you • Making a fool out of you = [deceive / play tricks on] you • December • Brutally honest • Blunt • inconsiderate

6. Collocation of characters and behaviours • Aspects of your personality • Aspects = facets • Give the impression of • Impression = image • Have a tendency • Tendency = inclination • Inclined to

7. Collocation of characters and behaviours • Play + a joke / trick + on • X Make a joke / trick • E.g. The children played a joke on the teacher. • Take a joke • Don’t mind a joke being played on one self • E.g. Fortunately, the teacher could take a joke and didn’t punish them. • Swallow your pride • Holding one’s emotion even though feeling embarrassed • E.g. Jane swallowed her pride and admitted she was wrong.

8. Collocation of characters and behaviours • Throw a tantrum • Behaved in a very uncontrolled manner • E.g. The child threw a tantrum when his parents refused to but him sweets. • Lose your patience • Losing patience / getting angry • I finally lost my patience and shouted at her. • Come to terms with • Accept something which you can’t tolerate at first • E.g. Nick has found it hard to come to terms with his illness.

9. Collocation of characters and behaviours • Reveal your true character • Reveal = show • Opposite: conceal / hid your true character • E.g. A lot of people say that paintings (drawing) can reveal the painter’s true character.

10. Hope that you come to know better about yourself!!