Can't wait,

Power(10): the ship was helpless in the face of the storm power, they were
impressed by the power of her argument.
Zip(n2)

See: staunch at: Declare and Support an Trust and FeelingDegree and Opinion and
Energy.
Zeal: her missionary/ political/ reforming/ religous zeal.
Fervour= enthusiasm: she kissed him with fervour, political/ religous/ patiotric
fervour.
Ardour= passion
Love affair= passion: the English love affair with gardens.
Vigour= vitality: he set to work with renwed vigor and vim, he attacked both of the
parties with equal vigour.
All-out: he went all out to win.
Passionate(2): passionate interest in music, he is a passionate defender of human
rights. see: staunch.
Ardent= passionate: an ardent supporter of EU unity.
Fiery= passionate: a fiery look, a fiery and heated meeting, he delivered his
seremon with fiery passion, he preached his fiery seremon to a large crowd. See:
feeling: hot/ full blooded etc.
Furious: a furious debate/ pace/ row broke out last night. see: keen debate and
more At: competition.
Strident: a strident advocate of nuclear power, strident criticism.
Heart and soul: they threw themselves heart and soul inot the project. see here:
your heart is not in sth.
Body and soul: she committed herself body and soul to her party.
Avid= keen: an avid reader/ collecter, she has taken an avid interest in the
project.
Keen(2): a keen sportsman, one of the keenest supporters.
As keen as mustard
Torrid: SYNONYM passionate
a torrid love affair
Fervent= ardent: a fervent lover/ believer/ supporter, a fervent belief/ christian/
catholic/ hope/ desire, it is my fervent hope that she succeeds in her career. see:
dearest wish.
Overzealous: an overzealous fan ran onto the stage during the concert.
Wholehearted: the plan was given wholehearted support. see: hearty, heartily at:
FeelingDegree.
Four-square: I stand four square with you on this, the responsibility lies four
square on you.
Warmth: the were touched by the warmth of their welcome, her experssion lacked
warmth or intelligent, the are is famous for the warmth and hospitality of their
people.
Wild(7): she is totally wild about him, I am not wild about the idea.
Unshakable= firm: unshakable loyalty, the have unshakable conviction that what
they're doing is right, they have unshakable belife in the goodness of humanity.
see here: unfliching.
Falter(3): he never faltered in his committement to the party, she walked up to the
platform without faltering.

Alacrity: she accepted the offer with alacrity. see: With gusto/ alacrity/'elan.
see: she fell in with my idea.
Jump/ leap at sth. see: bravura.
Unhesitating: ge gave me an un hesitating 'yes' when I asked him. see here:
alacrity.

Zest= appetite: she had a great zest for life, she danced with the zest of young
girl.
Gusto: they sang with gusto, she attacked the piece of chocolate with great gusto.
Verve= gusto: it was a performance of verve and vitality.
Elan: she performed with skill and elan.
Brio: she told her story with some brio.
Pep(n)
Dash(6): He brought youthful energy, dash and charisma to the department.
Oomph: a styling product to give your hair more oomph
See: bravura.
Polish: SYNONYM brilliance
She played the cello with the polish of a much older musician.
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Pizzazz= flair: we need someone with glamour and pizzazz.

Panache= flair= style: she carried off the performance with panache.

Fall on sth: the children fell on the candy bars, they fell on him with sticks.
Like gangbusters: we went like gangbusters to get the project done on time.
Fling yourself into sth: they flung themselves into party preparations.
Throw yourself into sth. see: immersed himself in work At: DealLink. see: engrossed
himself in work At: attention
Plung in/ into sth: she was about to plunge into her story when the phone rang, he
is always plunging in at the deep end.
Pitch into sth. see: get down to sth= buckle down to sth.
Tear into sth: They tore into their food as if they were starving.
The band tore into their opening number.
Swing into action: the ambulance crew sung into action to resuscitate the patient,
the rescue team swung into action immediately.
Spring into action/ life: the machine sprung into life suddenly, the town springs
into life during the carnival. see: come to life.
Set/ turn/ put your mind to sth | set your mind on sth: She could have been a
brilliant pianist if she'd put her mind to it.
Let rip at sth: When she gets angry with her boyfriend, she really lets rip at
him.
The group let rip with a single from their new album.
With a will: they started to work with a will. see: with a vengeance.
With all guns blazing: the champion came out with all guns blazing.
For all sth is worth: he was rowing for all he was worth.
Like one/a man/ woman possessed: he flew out of the room like a man possessed.
At full stretch: fire crews were working at full stretch. see: push herself a
little harder.
See here: go to town.
Attack(v5): let us attack on problem at a time. see: assault.
Make a pitch for/ to sth: he made a pitch for the black voters, he made a pitch for
the trophy.

Energize. see: incentivize, intrigue, teasingly, appeal, turn sb on, enchant,

capture. see: feeling: stoke up, heighten etc.
Fire(v5): the talk has fired her with enthusiasm for the project, his imagination
has been fired by the project.
Fire sb up: he has been fired up by the film.
Pump sb up
Animate: A smile suddenly animated her face.
Set sb up: The break from work really set me up for the new year.
Warm up | warm sth up: The party soon warmed up.
Wake up | Wake sb up: A cold shower will soon wake you up.
The class needs waking up.
Heat up= hot up: The election contest is heating up.
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Rousing(2): a rousing speech.

Enthuse: the idea enthused everyone present (with sth).
Quicken: his interest quickened as he listened to more of the plan.
Be bitten by sth: he has been bitten by the travel bug.
Latch onto sth: She always latches on to the latest craze.
Glom onto sth: Kids soon glom onto the latest trend.
Fasten onto sth
Bug: he was never interested in travelling but now he has been bitten by it.
See: QualificationSkills: fixation.
See: Fame: fever.

Energetic: an energetic supporter, I knew I was energetic and dynamic and I can get
things done, for the more energetic we offer windsurfing and diving, I think I'd
prefer something a bit less energetic, energetic exercise. see: not
for the faint-hearted, squeamish, etc. see: for the more adventurous tourists
Vigorous= energetic: a vigorous opponent of the government, a vigorous campaign
against drugs, take vigorous exercise every week.
Robust= vigorous: a vigorums approach to management, it was a robust performance by
the Foreign Secretary.
Agressive: an agressive campaign, a good salesperson has to be agressive in such a
competitive market.
Strenuous(2): the ship sank despite the strenuous efforts made to save it, the plan
was met with strenuous opposition.
Concerted: a concerted attack/ campaingn/ approach, she started to make a concerted
effort to find a job.
Concentrated: he made a concentrated effort to finish the work in time.

Irrepressible= ebullient: the irrepressible Gerrand scored two goals. , ,

. see: undiminished, unabated, indefatigable, etc
Ebullient: the prime minister was in ebullient mood, he was accompanied by a
talkative ebullient blonde, the ebullient player wasn't to be discouraged.
Playful: a playful puppet.
Coruscating: coruscating wit. see: incandescant, sparkle
Sparkle(v): he always sparkles at parties, she is sparkling with cheefulness and
good humor.
Sparkle(n): do something to add sparkle to your life, the performance lacked
sparkle.
Sprightly= spry= lively: a sprightly 80 year-old, she is very sprightly for her
age.
Springy: she is 70 but she hasn't lost the springy youthful step.
Spring(5): She walked along with a spring in her step.
Effervescent= bubbly: a warm and effervescent personality.
Bubbly: she has a bright and bubbly personality, he is really bubbly and outgoing
boy who loves acting.
Zippy: a wine with a zippy tang
Rumbustious= rambunctious= boisturous: a crowd of rumbustious fans.
Boisterous: it was a challenge to keep a boisterous seven year olds amused, the
children and the dog raced out of the house to gave me a boisterous welcome.
Rousing: the team was given a rousing reception, a rousing cheer.
Rootin-tootin.
Vital= dynamic: a vital player.
Lusty= vigorous: a lusty young man, a lusty song/ yell.
Bouncy
A Live wire.
Bouncing: a bouncing baby boy, he was bouncing with energy.
Vibrant= exciting: a vibrant city, Thiland is at its most vibrant during the New
Year celebrations.
Bustling: a bustling city, the market was bustling with life. see: buzz At:
activity.
Pulsate= buzz: a pulsating game, the streets were pulsating with life. see: hum(v3)
at: activity. see: warm up.
Kicking: the club was kicking last night. see: jump At: Activity.
Exuberant: she gave an exuberant performance, an exuberant personality/
imagination, there were exhuberant lines of yellow and red, exuberant youngsters.

Lively= vivacious= animated: a young and lively person, a lively and enquiring
mind, he showed a lively interest in politics, her eyes were bright and lively.
Mercurial: a brilliant, mercurial mind
Vivacious: He had three pretty, vivacious daughters.
She appeared to be her old, vivacious self again.
Peppy: a peppy advertising jingle.
Hearty(2): a hearty voice, his laugh was far too hearty to be genuine, a hearty and
boisterous fellow.
Heartily: to laugh/ sing/ eat heartily.
Animated= Lively: animated conversation/ discussion, he was begining to sound
animated. see: pro forma debate.
Animation: she talked with animation about her job, her face was drained of color
and animation.
Untiring= tireless: untiring campaigner for human rights.
Spirited: a spirited young woman, a spirited discussion, the team produced a
spirited performance, she put up a spirited defence in the court.

Energize: a refreshing and energizing drink.

Be bouncing off the walls

Be jumping up and down.
High-octane: a high-octane athlete.
High-spirited: high spirited behaviour/ kids.
Fresh(9): regular exercise help you to feel fresh, I managed to sleep during the
flight and arrived as fresh as a daisy.
Spunky: she is bright confident and spunky.
Sparky: she has a sparky personality.
Overexcited: don't get the children overexcited just before bedtime.

Go(n3): she has always got plenty of go.

Get-up-and-go
Go-getter
Dynamism: The freshness and dynamism of her approach was welcomed by all her
students.
This album captures the dynamism of contemporary British jazz.
Raring: the new recruits arrived early all dressed up and raring to go, she is
raring to get back to work after her operation.
Be hot to trot
Aspirant: an aspirant writer.
Aspiring: an aspuring musician.
See: want: hopeful(n), high flyer etc.
Life(11)= vitality: the resort is full of life.
Life force: he seemed very ill and his life force seemed to have drained away.

By jingo
Do-or-die: a do-or-die attitude. see: all or nothing.
Moxie
Will(n1): to have a strong will, to have a will of iron, an iron will, in spite of
what happened he never lost the will to live, the meeting turned out to be a clash
of wills, she always wanted to impose her will on other people.
Mettle: the next game was a real test of mettle, she showed a great mettle under
pressure.
Grit(2): don't give in yet you have more grit than that, he got discouraged but his
grit and determination kept him going.
Stickability= persistance= tenacity= stick-to-itiveness: the long list of jobs in
her CV suggests a lack of stickability.
Staying power='stamina: through all the critcism he showed an amazing staying
power.
Be in sth for the long haul: I promise I am in this for the long haul.
Stayer: this horse is an excellent stayer.
Gritty: gritty determination, a gritty performance, his gritty fightback resulted
in a goal. see: dogged.
Heroic(2): he watched his team's heroic struggle to win back the title.
Gutsy: a gutsy fighter/ win, his gutsy performance impressed everyone.
Ambition(2): motiviated by personal ambition, lack of ambition.
Ambitious: they were very ambitious for their children.
Iron(adj): she is called the Iron Woman, a man of iron will.
Resolve= resolution: the difficulties in her way merely increased her resolve, she
didn't weaken in her resolve, it was a test of stamina and resolve, the government
reiterated its resolve to uncover the truth.
Purpose(4)= determination: he has enormous confidence and strength of purpose.
Nothing daunted: nothing daunte people set about rebuilding their homes.
. see: unmindful.
Hard-nosed: a hard-nosed journalist
Hard-headed: a hard-headed businessman
Made of sterner stuff: many would give up but this man was made of sterner stuff.
Tough-minded= hard-headed: she is a tough minded woman.
Strength(3): during his ordeal he draw stength from his faith, she has remarkable
inner strength, she has show a great stregth of character.

Overambitous.
Driven: he is very driven.
Drive(n6): he has got tremendous drive he will do very well.

See: undeterred, undismayed, undaunted, etc.

Unflinching= steadfast: unflinching loyalty, a unflinching stare.
Steadfast= firm: he remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to
justice, steadfast loylaty.
Unshakable= firm: unshakable loyalty.
Hard-nosed: a hard-nosed journalist
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Persevering: persevering climbers made it ti the top.

Pertenacious.
Strong-willed: she is an independent strong-willed woman.
Resolute= determined: a resolute leadership, he became even more resolute in his
opposition. X irresolute.
Resolved: he was resolved to get it done.
Bound and determind: I came here bound and determined to start and new life.
Commitment(2): a career as an actor requires 100% commitment.
Intent(2): he is intent on/ upon murder, are you intent upon destroying my
reputation?
Hell-bent: he is hell-bent on drinking himself to death. see: come what may.
Where there is a will there is a way.
Bent on (doing) sth: she seems bent on making the life difficult for me.
Be set on (doing)sth: he is set on buying a new car, she is set on a career in
medicine.
Stuck sth out: she didn't like the course but she stuck it out to get the
certificate. see: sit through sth. see: jug along.
Hang on in there.
Rugged: a rugged indivisualist.
Manfully: they rose manfully to the challenge.
Stout: that takes a sout heart, he put up a stout defence in the court.
Stout-hearted.
Toughie.

Gumption: she couldn't tell him the truth because she didn't have the gumption.

Grit your teeth: it started to rain harder but we decided to grit our teeth and
carry on. see: brave the elements.

Quitter

Energetically: he energetically denied the charge.

Decidedly: he said decidedly. see: definitevly, resolutely.
Flatly= absolutely: to flatly refuse/ deny/ reject/ oppose sth, I flatly refuse to
spend any more moeny on this project. See: Speaking: peremptorily.
Firmly: the company now is firmly established as one of the best, keep your eyes
firmly fixed on the road, make sure the cover is firmly fixed in place, he held her
family firmly but gently.
Unhesitatingly
Four-square: I stand four square with you on this, the responsibility lies four
square on you.
Incisive: an incisive performance.

Lamely= feebly: she said lamely that she thought she made a mistake.
Weak(9): a weak smile, a weak attempt to look happier.
Thinly(3): she smiled thinly.
Faint(3): a faint smile, a faint show of resistance.
Faintyly(3): she smiled faintly.
Uncertainly= hesitantly: they smiled uncertainly at one other.
Flatly: she said flatly 'oh it's you'.
Coolly: she recieved my suggestion coolly,
Spiritless: a spiritless child/ argument. see: bloodless, soulless, lifeless.
Vaguely: He smiled vaguely, ignoring her questions.
Ill be in touch, she said vaguely.
Cool(4): she was decidedly cool about the proposal, he voice was cool and
dismissive, she gave the president a cool reception, she has been cool towards me
since we had that argument.

Low= down: they are low in spirits, I feel really low.

#enthusiasm
Feel up to (doing) sth: are you coming to tge party? I dont feel up to it, after
the accident she didn't feel up to driving. see: up to the mark, below the par.
more at: capacity. see: up to the mark at: quality.
Come alive(3): She came alive as she talked about her job.

Gung-ho: many found her gung-ho attitude towards the war offensive.
Live and breathe sth: he lives and breathes football.
Crazy(3): he is crazy about football, the crowd went crazy when the band came on
stage, you're so beautiful you're driving me crazy.
Psyched: the kids are (not) psyched about the occasion.
Be sold on sth: we are really sold on the idea.
Dotty: be dotty about sth.
See: Preference: mad, sucker etc.
Apathy: There is widespread apathy among the electorate.
public/political/student apathy
Apathetic: the illness made her apathetic and unwilling to meet people, the
rehearsal ended in apathetic silence, we want to reach to those who are apathetic
about the school.
Lethargy= listlessness= inertia: the reports critcizes the goverment lethargy when
it comes to job creation, he will need to shake off his lethargy if he wants to win
the game, he needed to get out of his lethargy and begin to write, I was overcame
by lethargy. see: inaction. see: Languor: A delicious languor was stealing
over him. see: lassitude
Inertia: I can't see to throw off this feeling of inertia, the force of
institutional inertia in the system.
Torpid= lethargic.
Torpor= lethargy: in the heat they sunk into a state of torpor.
The spirit is willing but the soul is weak.
Lay sb low
Go slow on sth: the government is going slow on the tax reforms.
Dispirited: she looked tired and dispirited.
Disenchanted= disillusioned: he was becoming disenchanted with his job, many
members of the party had become disenchanted with the reforms.
Disenchantment= disillusionment: a growing sense/ feeling of disenchantment with
the job.
Weary(3): the student soon grew weary of hitory/ listening to a parade of hitorical
facts.
Weary(v)= tire: soon i wearied of his stories.
Cool down / off: wait until she cools down.
Cool sb down/ off: a few hours of police cell cooled him off. see here: wear sb
down.
See: appeal: leav sb down.
Run out of steam.
Cool(v): wait until tensions cool, the releations have definitely cooled.
Dull(v2): He felt dulled and stupid with sleep.
Downbeat
Your heart is not in sth
Passionless: he gave a passionless performance.
Lukewarm: she was lukewarm about the plan, a lukewarm response.
Tepid= lukewarm: the play was greeted with tepid response.
Half-hearted: he made a half-hearted attempt to justify his decison, she picked up
at her food in a half hearted way, a half hearted smile.
Perfunctory: a perfunctoy nod/ smile, she made only a perfunctory effort. see:
cursory, brief At: Work. see: genuine: token resistance. see this at: work
Lackadaisical: he has a lackadaisical approach to finding job.
Lazy(3): a lazy piece of work.
See: willing: disinclination.

Depress: depress somebody Wet weather always depresses me.

The prospect of staying single depressed her.
What depresses me most is that I never see you.
it depresses somebody to do something It depresses me to see so many young girls
smoking.
Depressing: a depressing sight/thought/experience
Looking for a job these days can be very depressing.

Dispiriting: a dispiriting failure/ experience. see: downer, bummer.

Discourage= dishearten: doen't be discouraged by the first failure try again,
people has been discouraged from attending by the bad weather. see scare/ frighten
sb away / off.
Knock the stuffing out of sb.
Take the wind out of sbs sail: When I agreed to his suggestion at once, it really
took the wind out of his sails. see: wrong-foot

Uplifting: an uplifting experience/ speech.

Inspiring: an inspiring teacher, the book is less than inpsiring.
Stimulating= inspiring: a stimulating teacher/ discussion, we hope to create a
stimulating enviroment which help students to study.

#Campaign
Blitz: a media/ advertising blitz.

#Excitement whee!
Action-packed: an action-packed weekend.
All-action: an all action movie.
Action(6): I like a movie full of action, this is where the action is.
Adventurous(3): adventurous trip/ lifestyle, eventually he was tired of adevnturous
ge sought to settle down, my interests included anything challening and
adventurous.
Eventful: an eventful life/ journey/ day.
Live(6): I don't want to be stuck in an office all my life I want to live.
High-jink= fun: we used to get up to all sorts of high jinks at school.
Racy: a racy novel.
The thrills and pills: experience the thrills and spills of surfing.
The cut and thrust of sth: he enjoys the cut and thrust of political debate, a cut-
and-thrust management style.

Thrilled: I an thrilled at/ about/ over the news, she was thrilled to be invited,
she was thrilled to pieces that she had been offered the job.
Thrill(v): the band thrilled the audience, I was thrilled by the news.
Thriller: a spy thriller, a thriller writer.

Exhilerating: my first parachute jump was an exhilirating experience. see

dictionary: synonems.
Thrilling: a thrilling finish/ experience/ episode.
Headhy(2): she felt heady with success. see: drunk, intoxicated, at: feeling
degree.
Sublime: the sublime confidence of youth
He battled on, in the sublime conviction that he was in the right. see: self-
righteousness.
Intoxicating: Power can be intoxicating.
Sizzling: a sizzling love affair, he served a sizzling 13 aces during the match.
Stirring: a stirring account.
Climactic: the movie builds up to a climactic scene between father and daughter.
Piquant

Thrill(n): It gave me a great thrill to meet my favourite author in person, they

were in search of some cheap thril, she gets an obvious thrill out of performing,
the thrill of catching a big fish.
Kick= thrill: he get a kick from hurting people, I get his kicks out of driving,
what do you do for kicks?
See: Feeling degree: Buzz, charge.
Piquancy: the situation has an added piquancy since the two men are rival lovers.
Zing: the juice added zing to the drinks.
Zest: The slight risk added zest to the experience.
Fireworks(3)
See: piquancy at: spectacular. and see: spice etc.
Amped (up): I get pretty amped before I compete, an amped audience of hardcore
fans, I am pretty amped and hyper when I am working.
Have ants in your pants.
Agog: we were all agog with curiosity.
Wig out.
Berserk: people were going berserk with excitement.
Come to life = come alive: the match came to life in the second half, the issue
suddenly came alive again after the elections.
Thrill to sth:
Switched-on: People get really switched on by this music.

Aflame: eyes / cheeks aflame.

Breath-taking: a breath-taking view of the mountians, the scene was of breathtaking
beauty.
Electric= electrifying: the atmosphere was electric, the news has an electrifying
effect on the waiting crowd.

Overheated: the figament of an overheated imagination. see: superabundant

imagination. see: let his imagination run away with him. see: be working overtime.
Excitable: she had trouble with controling a class of excitable ten-year-olds, he
is as excitable as a puppy. see: impressionable.
On the edge of your seat: I was on the edge of my seat waiying to know what
happened next, the game had the crodwd on ther edge of their seats. see: hyped up.
Go overboard: don't go overboard about fitness. obsessed.
Go to town on sth: they really went to town on decoration of the house for the
party. see: go the extra mile etc.
Go apeshit
Run amok: Some drunken students had run amok in the college car park.
Run riot: SYNONYM rampage
They let their kids run riot.
Rampage: Gangs of youths went on the rampage in the city yesterday.
A state of emergency was declared following overnight rampages by student
demonstrators.
Run amok: Some drunken students had run amok in the college car park
Be / get all steamed up about / over sth.

Electricity.

#interest

Bland: after the meeting a bland statement was issued, a bland smile. see: feeling
degree: fixed smile etc. see: feeling: passionless. see: newsy, arid. meaty, juicy
See: impression: jejune speech.
Banal: he knew how banal the question was as soon as he said it.
Arid: an arid discussion. See here: animated.
Flat(5): he felt very flat after all his friends had gone home, it was a curiously
flat note on which to end the election campaign.

Disinterest: his total disinterest in money puzzled his family.

Disinterested. see: incurious at: attract appeal
Careless= casual: she gave a careless shrug, a careless smile/ laugh.

Sparkling(3): a sparkling conversation/personality

#Confidence
Self-assertive. see: say your piece, put in your twopennys worth,
Self-assured= confident: he grew more self-assured, she looks selfassured.
Assured= self-assured: He spoke in a calm, assured voice.
Self-confident= self assured= confident: a self confident manner/ child.
Poised: SYNONYM assured
He is a remarkably poised young man.
Assurance= self-confidence= confidence: it was good to see some of her old
assurance coming back, there was an air of easy confidemce about him.
Assertive: assertive behaviour, you should try and be more assertive. X submissive
Sure-footed= foot-sure
Poise: His performance was full of maturity and poise.
She seemed embarrassed for a moment but quickly recovered her poise.
Assert(2): Youre too timidyou must try to assert yourself more.

Fresh(11): don't get fresh with me.

See: social: dont get funny/ cheeky with me, dont be too forward witg me. etc.
Nervy: it takes a pretty nervy guy to talk to me like that.
Ballsy: she is one ballsy lady.
Temerity: he had the temerity to call me a liar. ,
Effrontery: SYNONYM nerve
He had the effrontery to accuse me of lying!
Cheek: SYNONYM nerve
What a cheek!
He had the cheek to ask his ex-girlfriend to babysit for them.
I think they've got a cheek making you pay to park the car.
Search this in: behaviour, social.
Behave as if you own the place.
know/ have all the answers.
Presumptuous: Would it be presumptuous of me to ask to borrow your car?
Isnt it rather presumptuous of you to decide what he needs?
It would be presumptuous to assume she will accept the offer. see: I hope Im not
being too forward with you
Bravado: he behaved agressively out of bravado, she threatened him with flase
bravado.
Brash: beneath his brash exterior he is still a little boy.
Lairy
Overconfident.
Overweening= arrogant.
Attitude(2): a band with attitude, you'd better get rid of that attitude and shape
up.
Secure: they were finally able to feel secure about their future, she won the match
secure in the knowledge that she was through to the next round.
Comfortable(3): He's more comfortable with computers than with people.
I never feel very comfortable in her presence.
OPPOSITE uncomfortable
See: behaviour: braggadocio, brass neck, look sb in the eye, unrepentant etc.
Sure of yourself: She seems very sure of herself.
Cocksure
Cocky: For a young man on his first day at work hes remarkably cocky.

Sureness: an artists sureness of touch

her sureness that she had done the right thing
Sure(5): We admired her sure touch at the keyboard.
Cool(7): She just took his keys and walked out with them, cool as you please.
He was a cool customer. No one would think to look for him in a city where hed
been arrested for killing a cop. see: benign expression on his face
Smoothly(3): Would you like to come this way? he said smoothly.
Positive: a positive attitude/outlook
the power of positive thought
 positive (about something) She tried to be more positive about her new job.
On the positive side, profits have increased.
The report ended on a positive note.
OPPOSITE negative
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition Oxford University Press, 2015

Morale: to boost/ raise/ improve morale, staff are suffering from low morale,
another win would be good for their morale.
Spirit(4): show a little fighting spirit, although the team lost the played with
tremedous spirit, they took away his freedom and broke his spirit.

Bullish: to be in bullish mood.

The feel good factor: after the recession people were waiting for the feel good
factor to return before they start sepending.
Upbeat= optimistic: the meeting ended on an upbeat note, the tone of the speach was
upbeat.

Self-doubt: his life was plagued by fear and self-doubt.

Unsure: like many women she was deep down unsure of herself.
Inadequacy: a feeling sense of inadequacy.
Intimedated: we try to make sure that children don't feel intimedated on their
first day at school.
Self-conscious: she was shy and self-conscious, she was too self-conscious about
being short.
Insecure: he is very insecure about his appearance, she felt nervous and insecured.
Needy: she is shy and needy.
Uncertain= hesitant: the baby took its first uncertain steps.
Tentative: her English is correct but tentative, she made her first tentative steps
towards fitness.
Faltering: faltering steps/ voice. see: shaky
Halting: SYNONYM hesitant
a halting conversation
a toddlers first few halting steps
Europes halting progress towards greater unity

Famous last words.

Overconfident

Bring sb out of himself: she is a shy girl and beed friends to bring her out of
herself. see: overcome your shyness, come out of yourself.
Assert(2):
Assert(3):

Falter(3): he never faltered in his committement to the party, she walked up to the
platform without faltering.
Wilt= flag: the spectators wilted visibly in the hot son, he was wilting under the
pressure of work.
Weaken(3): don't weaken, nothing can weaken his resolve to continue.
Wear sth down: her persistance paid and she wore me down, the relentless pressure
began to wear dosn their resistance. see: pester power. see here: cool down.
Puncture(v2): to puncture somebodys confidence
The earlier mood of optimism had been punctured. more at: encourage,

Kamikaze= suicidal: a kamikazi attack/ pilot, he made a kamikazi run across three
lanes street. see: hot blooded attack.
Sublime: the sublime confidence of youth. heady youth.
He battled on, in the sublime conviction that he was in the right. see: self
righteousness

Safe in the knowledge that: She went out safe in the knowledge that she looked
fabulous.