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How to describe persons: Charaktereigenschaften & Comic Figuren

 
 
 
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 physical 
condition		 social 
behaviour		 intelligence 
& stupidity		 good & bad 
feelings		 qualities & 
virtues		 faults & 
vices
sporting (un)sociable intellectual hearty willing unwilling
keen provocative (un)intelligent sentimental spontaneous impulsive
strenuous aggressive clever friendly voluntary unconcerned
strong grumbling sensible good-humoured good-tempered hot-headed
weak patriotic mad hopeful active passive
fat (un)popular stupid confident energetic coy
stout majestic foolish anxious strenuous proud
thin   witty care-free steady tactless
lean   quick enthusiastic cool cruel
slim   thoughtful hateful responsible violent
heavy   thoughtless fearless virtuous vicious
clumsy   talented fearful righteous dreadful
ugly   dull worried wise ill-natured
good-looking   hot-tempered happy-go-lucky good-natured unscrupulous
handsome     sad noble stubborn
pretty     (un)happy modest pig-headed
curly     heartless frank impatient
fair     hopeless brave jealous
dark     desperate courageous wicked
bearded          

 
Characters physical 
condition		 social 
behaviour		 intelligence 
stupidity		 good & bad 
feelings		 qualities 
virtues		 faults & 
vices
Superman strong helpful always the winner friendly honest, on the side of law and order  
Garfield greedy selfish   bad-tempered   lazy
Charlie Brown   ready to help, 

a good friend

   unlucky 

friendly,

 honest a dreamer
Snoopy       friendly   a dreamer
Alf   a good friend, 

selfish

 clever     lazy
Tom     not very intelligent, 

a loser

      
Jerry     a winner, clever afraid of Tom    
Hagar the Horrible strong a good friend   bad-tempered brave lazy
 

 
character physical condition social behaviour intelligence vs stupidity good & bad feelings qualities & virtues faults & vices
Scrooge            
Gyro Gearlose            
Huey,  
Duey and 
Louie		            

Quiz: Who is it?

1. My favourite comic figure likes lasagne, he eats a lot, but he never goes jogging because he is lazy. That's why he is quite fat. He is a very greedy and selfish animal, but I like him because he is intelligent and funny. He is a cat.

2. My favourite character lived in France a long time ago. He is fat, likes eating wild boar and has red hair. He is good-tempered and always ready to help, but not very intelligent. Luckily he's got a friend who is smaller than he is but much cleverer, so together they always win in the end.

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