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Describing People
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Describing People
Presenter's Name : Ms.Vino
Useful vocabulary for describing people
Talking about physical appearance
- Age
- Build
- Coloring
- Face
- Describing hair
STEP 1
STEP 1
Age
- old age pensioner / senior citizen (65 yrs old)
- middle-aged (around 55 yrs old)
- young adult (20-25 yrs old)
- teenager (13-19 yrs old)
- toddler (1-3 yrs old)
- baby (0-12 months)
SUBTOPIC 1
All shapes and sizes
- stocky = small, but well-built
- tall
- short
- lean = with very little fat
- wiry = quite thin, but muscular
- athletic
- well-proportioned.
- curvaceous (for a woman) / an hour-glass figure (Like an 1940’s film star!)
- fit = healthy / active. To be fit you should take plenty of exercise.
- flabby = when your muscles go soft
SUBTOPIC 2
STEP
2
Coloring
STEP 2
freckles = small brown dots on your face and arms from the sun
dark-skinned = a dark complexion which allows you to tan easily
STEP
3
Face
STEP 3
- bushy eyebrows = lots of thick hair on your eyebrows
- a hooked nose = a prominent nose (but not a wide nose)
- high cheekbones = prominent cheekbones
- a broad nose = opposite of a narrow nose
- a snub nose = a nose which goes up at the end.
- even or regular teeth = teeth which are straight
- crooked teeth = you need to wear a brace to make them straight
- rosy cheeks = red cheeks
- dimples = when you get little hollows in your cheeks or next to your mouth when you smile
STEP
Describing hair
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STEP 4
- long, curly hair
- short, straight hair
- fine hair = it doesn’t weigh very much, vs thick and heavy hair
- wavy = between straight and curly
- losing your hair / going bald = when men start to lose their hair
- a receding hairline = when you lose your hair from your forehead
- a red-head = with red hair
Being tactful when you’re describing people
Alternatives to “fat”
- overweight / heavy / plump / a bit chubby (chubby is especially used for children)
RECAP
Alternatives to “thin”
- slim = no fat, but not skinny
Alternatives to “old”
- a pensioner / elderly (75+) / a senior citizen
- middle-aged (50 +)
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