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English Vocabulary – Negative Characteristics – arrogant, vain, snob…
Learn English vocabulary in this advanced lesson that will help you express the negative characteristics that people have. Is that man at the shop a snob, or is he conceited? Is your sister vain or is she arrogant?
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i hope undrstand u nerly
i really love your lessons and i want a lesson about “idioms describing people”
wonderful , now I got 5 new vocabs from u teacher
Thx , I feel exotic evertime when I wacth yr vid . Lovin yr teaching style :)
Keep it on
waht is the qouthsen!!
ty sir james for ur wonderful lesson on very difficult words and telling us the differences between this ty
James, thank you for the lesson! Such confusing words, especially the adjectives. But thank you for the explanation!
A wonderful site! Came across it accidentally in the net and just loved it. You guys are doing a great job. Thanks a lot!
On more note on the lesson. The word snob actually has 2 adjective forms: snobby (the one that James mentioned) and snobbish. They are all the same, just different forms.Don’t consider my comment too snobbish… or snobby…))
of course! there are a lot of people who didn’t know about snobby/snobbish. I didn’t know they have the same meaning. I knew only snobbish before, now i know both. Thank you.
Hi, your explanations for the words are interesting. I have a question. Is “cocky” the same as “vain”?
Well, I’m not the James, but I’m pretty sure it’s not the same thing though they are a bit alike. Cocky is quite informal. It’s more close to ”arrogant” I think.
”Don’t get cocky… One won game doesn’t mean anything” <== A perfect example of how it could be used in a sentence.
Also, great avatar! :D
My son and I really enjoyed and we learned as well as were entertained. It was great!
Thank you .
Hello James,
great lesson once again…I’m looking forward to the next one!
May I ask you a question? It is not really on (about?) the subject of this lesson but it is something that I came across while I was doing the quiz:
I don’t understand the structure of this question:
“Which verb is means… etc…etc..” (Why “is means” and not “means” OR does “means” in this case mean something different?). Thank you.
Same thing here. But it is most likely an error.
pleeez….i dont understand clearly …could you give us a transcript !!!!????
James you are the best
Thanks man, nice work..
Thanks alot..
Good topic and explanation!!!
That was so great!
Well explained the meanings of interrelated words. Thank you
Liyanage
Valen lessons lessons is super. Valen please contact on my mail id.
thanks my teacher ^^
excellent
James you’re a excellent teacher.
I really believe that I’m going to learn a lot here.
You guys do a amazing job .
Thanks
I also believe that many people sometimes had been arrogant, snob,brag, conceit while they were living their life but they also learned a lesson at the end of the road:)
Thank you very much for your lesson. I really enjoyed your teaching style. The lesson was clear, entertaining and humourus. I will always remember your teaching.Please,keep up this masterpiece of a work.
Cheers
Great video! Very interesting explanation! Thank you. And… you could be a little vain because you look really good!! :-)
reallly nice,thnxxx,n u know mah parents coll me arrogant(nakchari),haha
Thanks to have people like James u are great.Despite that english is my second language,I learn a lot from this website.You doing a great job with youe colleagues.I will be asking a number question sin future.
Good day.
Am.
Great lesson, James. I’d like to say that these etymology features like “sans nobilite” or the ones in your Word Pyramid series which shed light on the English word-building are very helpful. Keep up the good teaching :)
thanks for the great lesson
I really was confused about these related words but now it’s crystal clear
You are super cool…man. I am big fan of your lessons.
The way you teaches…it directly injects to mind.
hope to see more classes from you…
Raju
hi james, can you teach about “meaning of keep and how to use that word” please?
your lesson is very good
James , I think africans need you in schools.
your Matter is good but funny style of teaching may deviate student’s mind from subject.
Very helpful. Thank you, Engvid and James.
Repost with clarifications here: http://engtek.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/english-vocabularynegative-characteristics/
Thanks Danon. Very useful additions to James’s lessons.
Create a forum! :) I think it’s about time.
We want to do it properly, so that it is useful to you. We had a forum in the past, but no one used it.
i want phrases wards and idioms
You have done a great job. You are clear in your explanations, professional, and fun. Keep up with the good work. My twitter account is @Dawg_Houston I’d love to share some ideas and be helped by y’all.
very good lesson. I understood almost all lesson but not all maybe because you talk pretty fast or maybe because I’m learning recently.
Hi James, I love your explanation about the origin of the word “snob”! But tell me, did you meet someone in particular who inspired you this lesson ?!
thank james, your lesson is very helpful and funny
thanks a lot !!!
nice
Dear James, thank you so much.
Warm greetings from Peru.
This is wonderful, for my first time on ques and I score 3 out of 4. You are doing great job man and I like your explanation with jogs which makes me to lough haha haha
nice lesson, thanks for improving my vocabulary skills ^_^
Hi n tnx.
how can I download the lessons plz??
who knows????!!!!
come on man, I am taking IELTS tomorrow and I cant stop looking at you
:)
correction: I cant stop listening you
:)
so I,ll blame you for not scoring 8.
It seems he was talking about Maradona and all his characteristics… ;-)
Really?Why are you said that?
Hi!! I said that because all those characteristics belong to him. I don’t deny he WAS an excellent football player, but as a person, a human being, he is not the best model to follow. Unfortunately here in Argentina, many people seem to adore him.
Dear James, thank you so much.
u r realy a good teacher with intersting lesson.i am trying learn engligh with u .taaaaaank u man.
GREAT ! You are so funny ! Thank you very much for the lesson.
hi. I need a person to talk to.With voice
I really liked your lesson.Those words caused me a lot of problem, but not anymore. Would you please teach me the difference between “naughty” and “mischievous”?
Thanks. See you soon.
You really rock buddy. Great way of teaching. Keep going.
Dear all teachers:
Your classes are perfect. I am looking to get classes about word roots to improve my vocab because I have GRE exam.
Prosperity,
AMIR
Teacher:
Your classes are fantabulous .
you’re awesome!! thank you
Thank you :)
You really have a way with words, Mr. James. You can simply make people understand complex & confusing words and showing their relations to each other.
Your subtle humors keep us attentive to the lesson and prevent mind wanderings (hehe..I often do that during my school days).
So, I guess, by getting compliments from your viewers, I hope you will not turn out to becoming a vain person and display arrogance and bragging to people about your good ability to the point of becoming a snob.
How’s that? (hehe..)
Do you think I learned something?
Thanks for the lesson. Remain an awesome teacher that you are.
Hello james how are you ? i hope you’r doing well;please i want you email or gmail in order to ask you same question so this is gmail:achgarmohamed85@gmail.com please answer me if you see my message Thanks in advance.
great!! teacher thanks a lot ;)
Thank you, James, for that wonderful lessons! Love it!
hi!I have a question.
Is “vain” similar to “lame” too?
How common is that to use “vain” instead of “lame”?
can you also help me with the usage of “as in”?
many thanks!
Hi.
I have a question.
If someone is not handsome in real, and he humorously says or tells people ” Hey, i think I’m pretty handsome “.
So, what could be d best word to describe this person; vain@conceited or should i just say: ” you’re saying ridiculous ” instead??
For those who know the answer, you are very much welcome to comment.
10Q in advance.
Love,
Malaysian
its funny……….awesome lesson
Thanks….^_^
I hope i could use this words correctly.
great James, especially about the meaning of word snob, you really may catch everyone’s attention, thank you one more time :)
great lesson.I got 100 !
thanks
Dear Teacher!
It is very good words That I have learned.
with respect,