Mrs Merkel "fits the cliché that we Germans have of ourselves: frugal, sombre, awkward and a bit unpolished in a likeable way," says Ralph Bollmann, author of one of a ream of biographies published this year.
List the characters and give a complete description of them, physically and characteristics like if they are smart, good and likeable or, as it tends to be these days, if they are dumb, evil and hateful but in a likeable way (see Richard III by W. Shakespeare for ideas) then you have got yourself a movie.
Generosity in plants is a likeable trait and, in its season, nothing could be more outrageously lavish than this wondrous beast.
Hatchett is seen no differently to others at his club, however, even if his bowling coach, the former England seamer Jon Lewis, admits to immense pride in working with a likeable young man who, despite an obvious disadvantage, competes in an able-bodied sport.
But mostly, what you've heard in her year-long tenure in Radio One's most prestigious slot is what you get in the flesh: a likeable girl from Bolton with few pretensions, a dirty laugh and a refreshingly natural manner.
Think of CJ Dennis's creation Ginger Mick in its pages – a "likeable rogue" and frequenter of slums and racetracks who was later killed at Gallipoli.
First, of course, he must find his squire in the form of Sancho Panza, a likeable rogue who delights in chatting to the audience in true cabaret style.
I'm conscious of my luck". Giroud has a reputation in France for being a likeable, uncomplicated character.
Well, that exonerates everyone in the House, as I've yet to detect a "likeable" girl in this mob.
In a generally likeable way nothing seems finished or quite properly thought through.
I'm a stubborn NPR guy". Rosen, then 35, was stubborn in a sunny, likeable Midwestern way.
