GG1a Words meaning ‘very fond of’ something—for example, card playing: “People here are ________ about playing cards.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
GG1b Or very fond of something to eat: “He ________ ice cream.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
GG2 Expressions meaning ‘confused, mixed up’: “So many things were going on at the same time that he got completely ________.”
GG3 To tease: “See those big boys trying to ________ (that little one).”
GG4 Stirred up, angry: “When he saw them coming he got ________.”
GG5 When someone does something unexpectedly bold or forward, you might say: “Well, she certainly has a lot of ________.”
GG6 Talking about a person’s feelings being hurt: “When she said she couldn’t go with him, he was quite ________.” [Early QRs: Words meaning ‘offended’: “When she said she wouldn’t go with him, he was quite ________.”]
GG7 Words meaning annoyed or upset: “Though we were only ten minutes late, she was all ________.”
GG8 When a person is very easily offended: “Be careful what you say to him, he’s ________.”
GG9 To suddenly embarrass somebody and throw him off balance: “When they told him what she had said about him, it certainly did ________ him.”
GG10 To be very eager to do something: “He certainly seems ________ to marry that girl.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
GG11 To be quite anxious about something—for example, waiting for a letter: “The letter hasn’t come and he’s ________.”
GG12 To have an inner feeling that something is about to happen: “There she comes now, I ________ she would.”
GG13a When something keeps bothering a person and makes him nervous, he may say, “It ________ me.”
GG13b When something keeps bothering a person and makes him nervous, he may say: “It gives me the ________.”
GG14 Names and nicknames for someone who fusses or worries a lot, especially about little things: [Early QRs: . . who worries a lot, . . :]
GG15 Talking about a person who became over-excited and lost control, “At that point he really ________.”
GG16 Words for finding fault, or complaining: “You just can’t please him—he’s always ________.”
GG17 Other words for longing (to see somebody who has been away): “She had been so lonely—she was really ________ (to see him).” [Early QRs: To keep wishing for something very much: “She had been so lonely—she was really ________ (to see him).”]
GG18 Other words meaning ‘obstinate’: “Why does he have to be so ________.”
GG19a When you can see from the way a person acts that he’s feeling important or independent: “He surely is ________ these days.”
GG19b When you can see from the way a person acts that he’s feeling important or independent: “He seems to think he’s ________.”
GG20 Words or expressions meaning ‘very much surprised’: “When those two got married, I was certainly ________.”
GG21a If you don’t care what a person does, you might tell him, “You can go ahead and do it ________.”
GG21b If you don’t care what a person does, you might say, “Go ahead—I don’t give a ________.”
GG22a When you have come to the end of your patience, you might say, “Well that’s the ________.”
GG22b When you have come to the end of your patience, you might say, “Well, that certainly ________.”
GG23a If you speak sharply to somebody to make him be patient, you say, “Now just keep your ________.” [Early QRs: . . “Keep ________.”]
GG23b If you speak sharply to somebody to make him be patient, you might say, “Hold ________!”
GG23c Any other expressions (to tell someone to be patient):
GG24 Other words meaning to frighten: “Now don’t let those fellows ________ you.”
GG25 To become frightened: “The children were ________ he was going to hurt them.”
GG26 A feeling of weakness from fear: “When she saw the dog coming at her she got ________.”
GG27a To get somebody out of an unhappy mood, you might say to him, “Everything’s going to be all right, so ________.”
GG27b To get somebody out of an unhappy mood, you might say to him, “Don’t ________.”
GG28 To be very pleased or happy about something: “She managed to come home for Christmas, and everybody was ________ to see her.”
GG29 To be in a good or pleasant mood: “This morning he seems to be feeling ________.”
GG30 To suddenly break out laughing: “When he told her that, she just ________.”
GG31 To laugh very hard: “I thought I’d ________.”
GG32a To habitually play tricks or jokes on people: “He’s always ________.”
GG32b To habitually play tricks or jokes on people: “He’s an awful ________.”
GG33a To feel very sad and upset about something: “When he got the news he was ________.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
GG33b To feel very sad and upset about something: “I never saw a woman ________ so.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
GG34a To feel depressed or in a gloomy mood: “He has the ________ today.”
GG34b To feel depressed or in a gloomy mood: “She’s feeling ________ today.”
GG35a To sulk or pout: “It won’t do any good to ________ about it.”
GG35b Of a person who acts annoyed or disappointed you might say, “Because she couldn’t go, she’s been ________ all day.”
GG36a The kind of person who is always poking into other people’s affairs: “She’s an awful ________.”
GG36b The kind of person who is always poking into other people’s affairs: “She’s the ________ person I know!”
GG37 Somebody who is very brave or courageous: “He’s got plenty of ________.”
GG38 Somebody who is usually mean and bad tempered: “He’s an awful ________.” [Early QRs: Somebody who is usually in a bad temper: . .]
GG39 Somebody who seems to be looking for reasons to be angry: “He’s a ________.”
GG40 Words or expressions meaning violently angry:
GG41 To lose patience easily: “You never did see such a ________ person.”
GG42 A reckless person, one who takes foolish chances:
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