Insular spirit, disdain for foreigners
Snobbish, arrogant
Aloof, unsociable
Hypocritical
Conservative, hard to convince
Prudent, careful, practical, realistic
Suspicious
Lovers of order
Lovers of animals, nature
3) Study the vocabulary list given below
| to be organized according to English custom
to be able to exert one's economic power
to be supposed to be great talkers
to be careful with money
to be renowned for some ability
to be conscious of class differences
to have little to do with conscious loyalty
to approve of class dividisons
to enjoy different pastimes
to enable one's children to belong to a higher class
to be capable of using standard English
to be associated with a particular part of the country
to be assumed to be upper class
to be thought of as snobbish
to accuse someone of being posh
to adopt working-class values and habits
in the egalitarian climate
the unofficial segregation of classes
to mix more readily and easily
to give a relatively high value to personal contacts
to forge contacts with other people
to make social contacts through work
a clear separation between the individual and the state
the decrease in confidence
to be considered amusing
| a sense of vulnerability
to cling to certain ways of doing things
to be bad at learning other peoples' languages
to follow customs
to be in common everyday use
to be the most enthusiastic video-watching people
to conform to a stereotype
to dominate the cultures of the other three nations
anti-intellectualism
to proclaim one's academic qualifications
to have living folk traditions
to be reluctant to change the system of currency
to be conservative about smth
to be perceived as a token of Britishness
to involve formal ceremonies
to be tolerant of 'strange' clothing
to address someone by his or her title
to indicate friendship by open displays of emotion
respect for privacy
to keep things private
to have a reputation for puritanical standards of behaviour
to indicate a lack of respect for privacy
voluntary activity
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