Question 1

client (clients)

Accepted Answer

NOUN A client of a professional person
or organization is a person that receives a
service from them in return for payment. ■ a
solicitor and his client ■ The company requires
clients to pay substantial fees in advance.

Question 2

autonomous

Accepted Answer

ADJECTIVE An autonomous person
makes their own decisions rather than
being influenced by someone else ■ They
proudly declared themselves part of a new
autonomous province. ■ the liberal idea of the
autonomous individual

Question 3

colleague (colleagues)

Accepted Answer

NOUN Your colleagues are the people you
work with, especially in a professional job.
■ Female academics are still paid less than
their male colleagues. ■ In the corporate
world, the best sources of business are your
former colleagues.

Question 4

consistent

Accepted Answer

ADJECTIVE Someone who is consistent
always behaves in the same way, has the
same attitudes towards people or things,
or achieves the same level of success in
something. ■ Becker has never been the most
consistent of players anyway.

Question 5

employer (employers)

Accepted Answer

NOUN Your employer is the person or
organization that you work for. ■ employers
who hire illegal workers ■ The telephone
company is the country's largest employer.

Question 6

conventional

Accepted Answer

ADJECTIVE Someone who is conventional
has behaviour and opinions that are
ordinary and normal. ■ a respectable
married woman with conventional opinions
■ this close, fairly conventional English family

Question 7

parent (parents)

Accepted Answer

NOUN Your parents are your mother and
father. ■ Children need their parents. ■ When
you become a parent the things you once
cared about seem to have less value.

Question 8

sibling (siblings)

Accepted Answer

NOUN Your siblings are your brothers and
sisters. [FORMAL] ■ Some studies have found
that children are more friendly to younger
siblings of the same sex. ■ Sibling rivalry often
causes parents anxieties.

Question 9

co-operative also cooperative

Accepted Answer

ADJECTIVE If you say that someone is
co-operative, you mean that they do what
you ask them without complaining or
arguing. ■ The president said the visit would
develop friendly and co-operative relations
between the two countries.

Question 10

spouse (spouses)

Accepted Answer

NOUN Someone’s spouse is the person they
are married to. Husbands and wives do not have
to pay any inheritance tax when their spouse dies.

Question 11

efficient

Accepted Answer

ADJECTIVE If something or someone
is efficient, they are able to do taskssuccessfully, without wasting time or
energy. ■ With today’s more efficient
contraception women can plan their families
and careers.

Question 12

flexible

Accepted Answer

ADJECTIVE Something or someone that is
flexible is able to change easily and adapt
to different conditions and circumstances.
■ more flexible arrangements to allow access
to services after normal working hours • We
encourage flexible working.

Question 13

idealistic

Accepted Answer

ADJECTIVE If you describe someone as
idealistic, you mean that they have ideals, and
base their behaviour on these ideals, even
if this may be impractical. ■ Idealistic young
people died for the cause.

Question 14

tolerant

Accepted Answer

ADJECTIVE If you describe someone as
tolerant, you approve of the fact that they
allow other people to say and do as they like,
even if they do not agree with or like it. ■ [+of]
They need to be tolerant of different points of
view.

Question 15

vulnerable

Accepted Answer

ADJECTIVE Someone who is vulnerable
is weak and without protection, with the
result that they are easily hurt physically
or emotionally. ■ Old people are particularly
vulnerable members of our society.

people and relations

Describing people I Recognizing adjectives I Working out meaning from context

Question	Answer
client (clients)	NOUN A client of a professional person or organization is a person that receives a service from them in return for payment. ■ a solicitor and his client ■ The company requires clients to pay substantial fees in advance.
autonomous	ADJECTIVE An autonomous person makes their own decisions rather than being influenced by someone else ■ They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province. ■ the liberal idea of the autonomous individual
colleague (colleagues)	NOUN Your colleagues are the people you work with, especially in a professional job. ■ Female academics are still paid less than their male colleagues. ■ In the corporate world, the best sources of business are your former colleagues.
consistent	ADJECTIVE Someone who is consistent always behaves in the same way, has the same attitudes towards people or things, or achieves the same level of success in something. ■ Becker has never been the most consistent of players anyway.
employer (employers)	NOUN Your employer is the person or organization that you work for. ■ employers who hire illegal workers ■ The telephone company is the country's largest employer.
conventional	ADJECTIVE Someone who is conventional has behaviour and opinions that are ordinary and normal. ■ a respectable married woman with conventional opinions ■ this close, fairly conventional English family
parent (parents)	NOUN Your parents are your mother and father. ■ Children need their parents. ■ When you become a parent the things you once cared about seem to have less value.
sibling (siblings)	NOUN Your siblings are your brothers and sisters. [FORMAL] ■ Some studies have found that children are more friendly to younger siblings of the same sex. ■ Sibling rivalry often causes parents anxieties.
co-operative also cooperative	ADJECTIVE If you say that someone is co-operative, you mean that they do what you ask them without complaining or arguing. ■ The president said the visit would develop friendly and co-operative relations between the two countries.
spouse (spouses)	NOUN Someone’s spouse is the person they are married to. Husbands and wives do not have to pay any inheritance tax when their spouse dies.
efficient	ADJECTIVE If something or someone is efficient, they are able to do taskssuccessfully, without wasting time or energy. ■ With today’s more efficient contraception women can plan their families and careers.
flexible	ADJECTIVE Something or someone that is flexible is able to change easily and adapt to different conditions and circumstances. ■ more flexible arrangements to allow access to services after normal working hours • We encourage flexible working.
idealistic	ADJECTIVE If you describe someone as idealistic, you mean that they have ideals, and base their behaviour on these ideals, even if this may be impractical. ■ Idealistic young people died for the cause.
tolerant	ADJECTIVE If you describe someone as tolerant, you approve of the fact that they allow other people to say and do as they like, even if they do not agree with or like it. ■ [+of] They need to be tolerant of different points of view.
vulnerable	ADJECTIVE Someone who is vulnerable is weak and without protection, with the result that they are easily hurt physically or emotionally. ■ Old people are particularly vulnerable members of our society.

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