Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 3

Unit 1 • Lesson D: Is that a fact?

Vocabulary
Positive qualities
accomplished (adj)
even-tempered (adj)
humble (adj)
introverted (adj)

Other words
safe (adj)
fluently (adv)
have impeccable taste (in clothes) (v)
make the most of (v)

Writing
Useful expressions for your personal profile
Here are some useful expressions you can use when you write a profile about someone:

• I was born and raised in . . .

I was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey.

(= I was born there and I lived there when I was young.)

• At the age of . . .

At the age of 17, I moved to New York.

• I can be . . .

I can be pretty shy and introverted and studying online feels safe somehow.

• I work for a company called . . .

Right now I'm working for a small production company called Film Fast.

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• I'm an accomplished . . .

I'm an accomplished accordion player.

(= I play the accordion very well.)

• I started playing . . .

I started playing the accordion at the age of eight.

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