English CEL Vocabulary Notes

Vocabulary practice cards covering food descriptions, family relations, personality adjectives and their opposites, banking and money terms, and strong adjectives.

Fresh

Fresca

Frozen

Congelata

Hot / Spicy

Piccante

Low fat

Pochi grassi

Raw

Cruda

Tinned

In scatola

Brother in law

Cognato

Great grandfather

Bisnonno

Blended family

Famiglia ricomposta

Extrovert

The opposite of shy

Hard working

The opposite of lazy

Funny

The opposite of serious

Anxious

Anzioso

Ambitious

Ambizioso

Generous

Generoso; the opposite of mean

Rebellious

Ribelle

Sociable

Sociale

Reliable

Affidabile

Responsible

Responsabile

Sensible

Sensibile

Competitive

Competitivo

Talkative

Chiacchierone; the opposite of quiet

Sensitive

Sensibile

Unfriendly

Non amichevole

Insecure

Insicuro

Impatient

Impaziente

Immature

Immaturo

Save

To keep money so that you can use it later

Inherit

To receive money from sb who has died

Earn

To get money by working

Borrow

To get money from sb that you will pay back

Lend

You give something, then you get it back

Take out

Take cash from the bank

Loan

Borrow money from the bank

Rule for Strong Adjectives

With strong adjectives we can not use very (for example, 'very huge' is incorrect)

Huge

Very big

Furious

Very angry

Tiny

Very small

Terrified

Very scared

Fascinating

Very interesting

Starving

Very hungry

Boiling

Very hot

Filthy

Very dirty

Delighted

Very happy

Hilarious

Very funny

Positive

Very sure

Amazed

Very surprised

Freezing

Very cold

Exhausted

Very tired