English Vocabulary – Negative Characteristics – arrogant, vain, snob…

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yousef

i really love your lessons and i want a lesson about “idioms describing people”

mostafa33

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

shong

waht is the qouthsen!!

ksa

ty sir james for ur wonderful lesson on very difficult words and telling us the differences between this ty

irfan ali

James, thank you for the lesson! Such confusing words, especially the adjectives. But thank you for the explanation!

alice12

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…))

anges491

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.

danon

Hi, your explanations for the words are interesting. I have a question. Is “cocky” the same as “vain”?

hiromiduki

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

Philontropee

My son and I really enjoyed and we learned as well as were entertained. It was great!

Ang

Thank you .

aldreamer

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.

carla393

Same thing here. But it is most likely an error.

Philontropee

pleeez….i dont understand clearly …could you give us a transcript !!!!????

anas

James you are the best

sandra browne

Thanks man, nice work..

manuquinho

Thanks alot..

jhd0o0n

Good topic and explanation!!!

Elvis

That was so great!

James

Well explained the meanings of interrelated words. Thank you

Liyanage

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VANGALA SURESH

thanks my teacher ^^

bokon

excellent

mostafa11

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

Miranda

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:)

Miranda

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

sam

Great video! Very interesting explanation! Thank you. And… you could be a little vain because you look really good!! :-)

Maribel

reallly nice,thnxxx,n u know mah parents coll me arrogant(nakchari),haha

Simran

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.

Amos

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 :)

romars

thanks for the great lesson

nona

I really was confused about these related words but now it’s crystal clear

nona

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

raju

hi james, can you teach about “meaning of keep and how to use that word” please?

antuka

your lesson is very good

Margaret

James , I think africans need you in schools.

viola

your Matter is good but funny style of teaching may deviate student’s mind from subject.

Shashi Bhushan

Very helpful. Thank you, Engvid and James.
Repost with clarifications here: http://engtek.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/english-vocabularynegative-characteristics/

danon

Thanks Danon. Very useful additions to James’s lessons.

engVid

Create a forum! :) I think it’s about time.

danon

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.

engVid

i want phrases wards and idioms

mohmmad

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.

Rodrigo Honorato

very good lesson. I understood almost all lesson but not all maybe because you talk pretty fast or maybe because I’m learning recently.

efrain

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 ?!

milly

thank james, your lesson is very helpful and funny

Roberes

thanks a lot !!!
nice

sima

Dear James, thank you so much.
Warm greetings from Peru.

Dorian

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

Agnes

nice lesson, thanks for improving my vocabulary skills ^_^

nursejerica26

Hi n tnx.
how can I download the lessons plz??
who knows????!!!!

fatiima

come on man, I am taking IELTS tomorrow and I cant stop looking at you
:)

Ciprian

correction: I cant stop listening you
:)
so I,ll blame you for not scoring 8.

Ciprian

It seems he was talking about Maradona and all his characteristics… ;-)

regis246

Really?Why are you said that?

jumat

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.

Regina

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.

sara in KSA

GREAT ! You are so funny ! Thank you very much for the lesson.

Renata Lopes

hi. I need a person to talk to.With voice

Tayeb

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.

Mary

You really rock buddy. Great way of teaching. Keep going.

graffs

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

Amir Irhayyim

Teacher:
Your classes are fantabulous .

gl889888

you’re awesome!! thank you

lollipopsgarden

Thank you :)

kimoandu

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.

leslietero

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.

Mohammed

great!! teacher thanks a lot ;)

lina

Thank you, James, for that wonderful lessons! Love it!

Kristina

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!

grace

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

farhan_awis

its funny……….awesome lesson

ryan01

Thanks….^_^

thutuelay

I hope i could use this words correctly.

Dalandas

great James, especially about the meaning of word snob, you really may catch everyone’s attention, thank you one more time :)

darya3579

great lesson.I got 100 !

morena38

thanks

anbaki

Dear Teacher!
It is very good words That I have learned.

with respect,

sophany101087

good

marekserwer

Thanx very much for the gift as a website, keep it up

Qudsia

Thank you! I can’t stop watching your videos.

MsVirgo

One more time, I thank you !

Edinho

James, I mostly understand all your lessons, sometimes your speak a little bit fast, or include some slung, which I like. I was wondering if all the teachers could include a transcription of their videos.
You are doing a great job.
Thank you

CRISTO

thanks!

Iamhere.

yeahhh 100 %

alpido24

Great lesson James! Is there a Part 2 of this lesson? perhaps the Positive Characteristic.
what is the title?
Thanks a lot!

ClarkKent

My favorite teacher :-) I learn a lot from you and enjoy listening to your lessons a lot ,almost performing a show like a showman, cheers

Lida Babapouran

hi guys, I have the best teacher ever…yeah, your teachers are nothing, zero, naught, ha-ha.

Ok, it is not true, but anyway, you are really a good one:), thanks this lesson too.

Andahazy

How you explain the meaning of theses words is amazing. Very helpful! Thanks a lot.

imozawa

Thanks to your lesson I learned two new words – conceited and to brag)

English addict

Thank you to your lesson I really like it.

Adnan Moussa Soubaneh

It’s clear than vanity summarises all other characteristics in a negative sense like snobbishness but I didn’t think so, then I failed this question, now I have to listen again the lesson to learn better these concepts. Thanks a lot, teacher James Greer from Engvid, it was an interesting lesson.