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​​​​🔰 Vocabulary class
🌀 Judging character

1️⃣ get (right) up somebody’s nose
📖 British English (spoken) to annoy someone very much
🏷 I wish he wouldn’t keep interrupting. It really gets up my nose.
🏷 Darren comes to stay with Nikki and is quick to get up the nose of everyone he meets.

2️⃣ aloof /əˈluːf/ adjective, adverb
📖 unfriendly and deliberately not talking to other people
📌 SYN Stand-offish
📌 remain/stay aloof (from somebody)
🏷 They worked hard, but tended to stay aloof from the local inhabitants.
📌 keep/hold yourself aloof (from somebody)
🏷 She had always kept herself aloof from the boys in class.

3️⃣ diffident /ˈdɪfɪdənt/ adjective
📖 shy and not wanting to make people notice you or talk about you
📌 diffident manner/smile/voice etc
📌 diffident about
🏷 He was diffident about his own success.
🏷 Despite a shy and diffident manner, Davison was a hard-working and gifted teacher of endless patience.

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​​​​🔰 Vocabulary class
🌀 Judging character

1️⃣ get (right) up somebody’s nose
📖 British English (spoken) to annoy someone very much
🏷 I wish he wouldn’t keep interrupting. It really gets up my nose.
🏷 Darren comes to stay with Nikki and is quick to get up the nose of everyone he meets.

2️⃣ aloof /əˈluːf/ adjective, adverb
📖 unfriendly and deliberately not talking to other people
📌 SYN Stand-offish
📌 remain/stay aloof (from somebody)
🏷 They worked hard, but tended to stay aloof from the local inhabitants.
📌 keep/hold yourself aloof (from somebody)
🏷 She had always kept herself aloof from the boys in class.

3️⃣ diffident /ˈdɪfɪdənt/ adjective
📖 shy and not wanting to make people notice you or talk about you
📌 diffident manner/smile/voice etc
📌 diffident about
🏷 He was diffident about his own success.
🏷 Despite a shy and diffident manner, Davison was a hard-working and gifted teacher of endless patience.

✅ #vocabulary #v219
✅ @EngMasters @IELTSwMasters