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 | |