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Childlike and childish

if I describe ah my uh my nextdoor neighbor she is in her 60s but she has a very childlike personality my little brother is so childish childlike almost has a positive connotati...

Course: Clear and accurate EnglishSection: Commonly confused adjectivesSubtitles: en

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now

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if I describe ah my uh my nextdoor

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neighbor she is in her 60s but she has a

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very

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childlike

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personality my little brother is so

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childish childlike almost has a positive

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connotation meaning to resemble the

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features or the Persona of a child and

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it always has a positive connotation

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it's not normally used in a negative way

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however if we describe a person as being

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childish we are saying that their

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behavior stes many of the

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characteristics of a child and often the

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negative ones so oh Jonathan stop being

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so childish just because you do not get

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your own way so another example of

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confused adjectives ones which I hear

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quite often and our final one that we're

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going to look at concluding and

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conclusive David Cameron said in his

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concluding speech as Prime Minister of

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Great Britain and

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conclusive the doctor's examination was

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conclusive I was okay so what is the

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difference

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