Human qualities – positive

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Human qualities – positive

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Adjectives in use

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	to be confident	selbstbewusst sein	‘I’m confident that we can reach our sales targets.’
0/0	to be considerate	rücksichtsvoll sein	‘My manager is very considerate. She always ensures I’m not being asked to do too much work.’
0/0	to be determined	entschlossen sein	‘I’m determined to launch the product in the next three weeks.’
0/0	to be friendly	freundlich sein	‘The customer service team is friendly and helpful.’
0/0	to be fun	Spaß machen	‘It’s quite a fun team.’
0/0	to be funny	lustig sein	‘She’s quite funny, so everyone looks forward to her presentations.’
0/0	to be generous	großzügig sein	‘He’s generous with his time.’
0/0	to be helpful	behilflich sein	‘The sales team was very helpful when I needed to locate a spare part for my oven.’
0/0	to be honest	ehrlich sein	‘It’s important to be honest in your dealings with colleagues.’
0/0	to be kind	freundlich sein	‘It’s very kind of you to offer to rearrange the meeting, but I should be fine with 10 a.m. on Tuesday.’
0/0	to be open-minded	aufgeschlossen sein	‘I’m open-minded as to whether we should appoint an IT manager or outsource the services instead.’
0/0	to be optimistic	optimistisch sein	‘I’m usually very optimistic, but I’m a bit uncertain we’ll be able to meet our targets this month.’
0/0	to be polite	freundlich sein	‘The IT helpdesk staff are always polite to me when I call them.’
0/0	to be reliable	zuverlässig sein	‘He’s very reliable. If he says he’ll attend the 9 a.m. meeting, we can be fairly certain he’ll be there.’
0/0	to be respectful	respektvoll sein	‘He is very respectful when dealing with customers.’
0/0	to be tenacious	hartnäckig sein	‘This was a complex project to deliver. Fortunately, the project manager was tenacious in ensuring everyone completed their tasks.’
0/0	to be thoughtful	rücksichtsvoll sein	‘Thank you, that’s very thoughtful of you.’
0/0	to be trustworthy	vertrauenswürdig sein	‘I think he’s trustworthy, so I’ve asked him to deliver the cash to the bank.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

0/0

to be confident

selbstbewusst sein

‘I’m confident that we can reach our sales targets.’

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to be considerate

rücksichtsvoll sein

‘My manager is very considerate. She always ensures I’m not being asked to do too much work.’

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to be determined

entschlossen sein

‘I’m determined to launch the product in the next three weeks.’

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to be friendly

freundlich sein

‘The customer service team is friendly and helpful.’

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to be fun

Spaß machen

‘It’s quite a fun team.’

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to be funny

lustig sein

‘She’s quite funny, so everyone looks forward to her presentations.’

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to be generous

großzügig sein

‘He’s generous with his time.’

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to be helpful

behilflich sein

‘The sales team was very helpful when I needed to locate a spare part for my oven.’

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to be honest

ehrlich sein

‘It’s important to be honest in your dealings with colleagues.’

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to be kind

freundlich sein

‘It’s very kind of you to offer to rearrange the meeting, but I should be fine with 10 a.m. on Tuesday.’

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to be open-minded

aufgeschlossen sein

‘I’m open-minded as to whether we should appoint an IT manager or outsource the services instead.’

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to be optimistic

optimistisch sein

‘I’m usually very optimistic, but I’m a bit uncertain we’ll be able to meet our targets this month.’

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to be polite

freundlich sein

‘The IT helpdesk staff are always polite to me when I call them.’

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to be reliable

zuverlässig sein

‘He’s very reliable. If he says he’ll attend the 9 a.m. meeting, we can be fairly certain he’ll be there.’

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to be respectful

respektvoll sein

‘He is very respectful when dealing with customers.’

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to be tenacious

hartnäckig sein

‘This was a complex project to deliver. Fortunately, the project manager was tenacious in ensuring everyone completed their tasks.’

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to be thoughtful

rücksichtsvoll sein

‘Thank you, that’s very thoughtful of you.’

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to be trustworthy

vertrauenswürdig sein

‘I think he’s trustworthy, so I’ve asked him to deliver the cash to the bank.’

Nouns

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	confidence	Selbstvertrauen	‘The delivery was sent to the wrong address, which doesn’t inspire confidence in the company’s administrative processes.’
0/0	determination	Entschlossenheit	‘He showed great determination in his approach to increasing sales.’
0/0	generosity	Großzügigkeit	‘Thanks to your generosity, we raised over £1000 for a local charity.’
0/0	honesty	Ehrlichkeit	‘Thank you for your honesty. We’ll find out who the bag belongs to and make sure it is returned.’
0/0	kindness	Höflichkeit	‘My colleagues showed great kindness towards me when I was unable to work.’
0/0	optimism	Optimismus	‘I’m known for my optimism, but I’m not sure we’ll meet our sales targets this month.’
0/0	politeness	Höflichkeit	‘We expect our staff to show politeness towards others.’
0/0	respect	Respekt	‘We try to ensure we always treat our customers and suppliers with respect.’
0/0	tenacity	Hartnäckigkeit	‘They showed great tenacity in looking for the cause of the problem.’
0/0	thoughtfulness	Nachdenklichkeit	‘Thank you for your thoughtfulness, but I should be able to finish the project myself.’
0/0	trustworthiness	Vertrauenswürdigkeit	‘We don’t have a list of who has which computer equipment, so we’re relying on the trustworthiness of the staff.’