1. Whenever someone is angry and confrontational, stand next to them instead of in front of them. You won’t appear as so much of a threat, and they eventually calm down.
2. Open with “I need your help.” People don’t like the guilt of not helping someone out. When asking for a favor from someone, begin your request by saying “I need your help.” It greatly increases your chances of getting that favor done.
3. Rephrase what the other person says and repeat it back to them. This makes them think you’re listening and really interested in what they’re saying. It makes them feel validated. Obviously, you don’t want to overdo this.
4. If you want someone to agree with you, nod while you talk. This gets the other person to nod too, and they begin to subconsciously think they agree with you.
5. If someone doesn’t like you, ask to borrow a pencil. It is a small enough favor that they won’t say no, and it gets them to like you more. Check out the Benjamin Franklin effect for more explanation.
6. Fold your arms to determine interest. If someone is observing you, they will likely mimic you. Fold your arms, and see if they do it, too.
7. Repeat a person’s name many times during a conversation. It helps you remember it, and makes them like you more.
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100 Words for Facial Expressions
1. Absent: preoccupied
2. Agonized: as if in pain or tormented
3. Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire
4. Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest
5. Beatific: see blissful
6. Bilious: ill-natured
7. Black: angry or sad, or see hostile
8. Bleak: see grim and hopeless
9. Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern
10. Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment
11. Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent
12. Brooding: see anxious and gloomy
13. Bug eyed: frightened or surprised
14. Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed
15. Cheeky: cocky, insolent
16. Cheerless: sad
17. Choleric: hot-tempered, irate
18. Coy: flirtily playful, or evasive
19. Crestfallen: see despondent
20. Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings
21. Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor
22. Dejected: see despondent
23. Derisive: see sardonic
24. Despondent: depressed or discouraged
25. Doleful: sad or afflicted
26. Dour: stern or obstinate; see also despondent
27. Downcast: see despondent
28. Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing
29. Ecstatic: delighted or entranced
30. Etched: see fixed
31. Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible
32. Fixed: concentrated or immobile
33. Furtive: stealthy
34. Gazing: staring intently
35. Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive
36. Glaring: see hostile
37. Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion
38. Gloomy: see despondent and sullen
39. Glowering: annoyed or angry
40. Glowing: see radiant
41. Grim: see despondent; also, fatalistic or pessimistic
42. Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness
43. Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty
44. Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism
45. Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant
46. Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit
47. Impassive: see deadpan
48. Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable
49. Jeering: insulting or mocking
50. Languid: lazy or weak
51. Leering: see meaningful; also, sexually suggestive
52. Meaningful: to convey an implicit connotation or shared secret
53. Mild: easygoing
54. Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful
55. Moody: see sullen
56. Pained: affected with discomfort or pain
57. Pallid: see wan
58. Peering: with curiosity or suspicion
59. Peeved: annoyed
60. Petulant: see cheeky and peeved
61. Pitying: sympathetic
62. Pleading: seeking apology or assistance
63. Pouting: see sullen
64. Quizzical: questioning or confused
65. Radiant: bright, happy
66. Roguish: see mischievous
67. Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident
68. Sardonic: mocking
69. Scornful: contemptuous or mocking
70. Scowling: displeased or threatening
71. Searching: curious or suspicious
72. Set: see fixed
73. Shamefaced: ashamed or bashful
74. Slack-jawed: dumbfounded or surprised
75. Sly: cunning; see also furtive and mischievous
76. Snarling: surly
77. Sneering: see scornful
78. Somber: see grave
79. Sour: unpleasant
80. Stolid: inexpressive
81. Straight-faced: see deadpan
82. Sulky: see sullen
83. Sullen: resentful
84. Taunting: see jeering
85. Taut: high-strung
86. Tense: see taut
87. Tight: see pained and taut
88. Unblinking: see fixed
89. Vacant: blank or stupid looking
90. Veiled: see inscrutable
91. Wan: pale, sickly; see also faint
92. Wary: cautious or cunning
93. Wide eyed: frightened or surprised
94. Wild eyed: excited, frightened, or stressful
95. Wistful: yearning or sadly thoughtful
96. Withering: devastating; see also wrathful
97. Woeful: full of grief or lamentation
98. Wolfish: see leering and mischievous
99. Wrathful: indignant or vengeful
100. Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling
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Things that American people need to know before they write fanfiction about British characters
-we use electric kettles
-we don’t have air conditioning in our houses
-usually we keep washing machines in our kitchens and don’t use laundrettesFile under: things I needed to know (the ac thing mostly)
Also:
Sidewalk – Pavement
Cell phone – Mobile Phone
Pants – Trousers
Shop or Supermarket not Grocery store. We generally don’t say we’re off to get groceries either it’s usually “off to do the shopping”.
also arse not ass although that’s debatable.
shopping centre not mall
Also medicines are not branded here so we don’t have advil or tylenol or whatever. For a simple painkiller stick with “paracetamol” or “ibuprofen” & for headaches “aspirin”.
adverts not commercials – also on this note, we don’t have political adverts on TV in the same way as you do, nor do we have adverts for prescription drugs, only over-the-counter stuff. Smoking adverts are also banned.
shopping trolley not cart
Also on shopping – we tend to pop out to the shops to get things quite often as opposed to buying in bulk. Be careful with branded food as they’re mostly called different things here too. For the most part we don’t have such large fridge freezers as you do!!
motorway not highway
UK chips = US fries
UK crisps = US chips – also on that note, Lays are called Walkers here.
aaannnnd that’s all I can think of for now but I’m sure there are more xP
Also, most of us don’t call our mothers ‘mom’. Usually, it’s mum, mam, or mother. (I say most, because they are always exceptions)
And we don’t have a Walmart, sadly. We do have Asda and Tesco though!
And most of us don’t go to high school, but secondary school and sixth form.
And we say ‘uni’ or ‘university’ instead of college.
Also car boot, not trunk
Tank tops are generally referred to as vests
Handbag not purse – purse is always a coin purse in British English
Nobody says restroom or washroom, toilet or perhaps bathroom and informally loo are used the most
Cling wrap, not saran wrap
^^^ THIS
Although I say cling film personally XD
Other things:
tap not faucet
bin not trash can
PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO SHERLOCK: JUMPER. NOT. SWEATER.
The one mistake I’ve seen over and over again in fics is hospitals and medical treatment.
Remember:
- NHS. We don’t have to pay for hospital care.
- Private hospitals do exist but they’re pretty rare.
- Usually people would be put in wards not private rooms, even if you’re in intensive care. Unless its really bad or you’re highly contagious or something.
- Dentists are both private and publicly funded, but it’s difficult to get an NHS dentist so often Adults have to pay for dentistry care.
On the subject of English schools:
- Primary (4-11 years) and Secondary (12-16) school. Secondary school is also called Senior school
- Private schools are called Public Schools in the UK. They are also called Private schools, and prep schools.
- Private schools usual go from 4-16 but it depends tbh.
- We call them GCSEs and A Levels, not finals. SATs are for children aged 11-12.
- Education from 16-18 years is called Sixth Form if it’s part of a school or a College if not.
- 99% of schools have uniform policies, sixth forms (and some alternative private schools) do not, however.
- The word “kindergarten” is not used in the UK really, instead Pre-school, or Nursery school.
Also, completely irrelevant: Junction, not intersection.
The insults/curses we tend to use (though it may vary depending on the person):
- Prick
- Bastard
- Sodding
- Bugger
- Bollocks
- Cock
- Balls
- Slag
- Twat
- Wanker
- Nob/Nobhead
- Skank
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