a very polite person
121please — [[t]pli͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦ pleases, pleasing, pleased 1) ADV: ADV with cl (politeness) You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something. Can you help us please?... Would you please open the door?... Please come in... May I… …
122unassuming — [[t]ʌ̱nəsju͟ːmɪŋ, AM su͟ːm [/t]] ADJ GRADED (approval) If you describe a person or their behaviour as unassuming, you approve of them because they are quiet and do not try to appear important. He s a man of few words, very polite and unassuming …
123well-bred — also well bred ADJ GRADED A well bred person is very polite and has good manners. She was too well bred to want to hurt the little boy s feelings. Syn: well mannered …
124(a) rough diamond — British & Australian, American & Australian a person who does not seem very polite or well educated at first, although they have a good character. Mitchell may have been a rough diamond, but he was absolutely loyal to his employer …
125bother — 1 verb 1 MAKE AN EFFORT (I, T) to make the effort to do something (+ about/with) BrE: I m too busy to bother about fixing it now. | (not) bother to do sth: Unfortunately he didn t bother to check the exact wording of the contract before he signed …
126Etiquette in Canada and the United States — Etiquette rules are not uniform in North America, varying among the very diverse societies which exist in both the United States and Canada. Etiquette rules are not simply a description of “cultural norms” and should not be considered a summary… …
127Romance languages — Romance Geographic distribution: Originally Southern Europe and parts of Africa; now also Latin America, Canada, parts of Lebanon and much of Western Africa Linguistic classification: Indo European Italic …
128Kansai dialect — A label in Kansai ben. The advertisement, Iwashi o tabena akan!, translates as You must eat sardines! …
