rewarding | gives you a lot of positive experiences (doing voluntary work, helping cherities) |
fruitful | produces good results ( collaborating/cooperating with someone in an activity) |
lucrative | makes a lot of money (selling your own arts of craft, writing computer games) |
therapeutic | makes you healthy in body and mind (gardening,yoga,maditation) |
relaxing / calming | reduces stress, gives a peaceful feeling (reading,listening to music) |
time-consuming | takes a long time to do (being president of a club, being a member of a committee) |
culture vulture | big fan of anything cultural |
couch potato | physically very inactive person |
dabbler | person who never keeps doing one activity for long |
pastime | something that amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably |
doer | person who believes in acting and doing things,not just thinking |
shopaholic | person addicted to shopping |
to be into sth | to take a great interest in |
to go off | stop liking/ lost interest in |
lock sb away | isolate sb from the world |
hook on | to become addicted to |
get up to | do |
hectic | characterized by activity, excitement, or confusion <the hectic days before the holidays |
full diary | a lot of commitments/activities |
advent of | a coming into being or use |
to split | divide |