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English B2
Describing people: appearance
Term | Definition |
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She’s got straight hair and she’s thin-faced/ she’s got a thin face. | |
She’s got long, wavy hair and she’s round-faced/ she’s got a round face. | |
She’s got curly hair and is black. | |
He’s got a crew-cut/buzz cut. He’s white. | a hairstyle in which the hair is cut very short |
He’s bald /bɔːld/ and has freckles. | |
He’s got a beard and moustache /mʊsˈtɑːʃ/ and has a chubby face. | |
He’s got receding hair and a few wrinkles /ˈrɪŋkəlz/. | they are losing the hair from the front of their head; a small line in the skin caused by old age |
He used to have black hair but now it’s gone grey, almost white. | |
Blonde, fair, dark or ginger-haired / red-haired? | |
beautiful auburn hair | red-brown |
Fair and dark can be used for hair, complexion or skin. | |
people like getting a tan in summer | exposing their skin to the sun so that it goes darker |
the risks of getting sunburnt | |
Fat may sound impolite. | |
plump or stout, or a bit overweight. | 1. having a pleasantly soft, rounded body or shape; 2. a small line in the skin caused by old age: |
they are stocky | If someone is broad and solid |
well-built or muscular | A person with good muscles, generally said about men |
obese | Someone who is very fat, especially when talking in a medical context |
slim (positive) skinny (negative) | smn whi is thin. |
someone has a nice figure | they have an attractive shape, in particular said about women |
smart and elegant woman, always well-dressed | |
her husband is very scruffy and untidy-looking / messy-looking | |
Chloe looked stunning in her red dress. | very attractive |
He’s very good-looking, but his friend’s rather unattractive. | opp. attractive |
Her eyes are her best feature. | the most attractive part of her face |
Do you think beautiful women are always attracted to handsome men? | |
I think personality matters most. | |
First impressions are always important. | [your first reaction to someone] |
The suffix -ish is useful for describing people | She’s tallish. He has brownish hair. He must be thirtyish / in his thirties. |