11.10. Vocabulary. Physical appearance.
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BODY |
FACE |
HAIR |
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WELL-BUILT |
ROSY-CHEEKED (red cheeks) |
CURLY |
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STOUT (short) |
STRAIGHT (‘meaning serious expression’) |
BALD (no hair at all) |
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STOCKY (short but wide and muscular) |
FRECKLED (small round marks on the skin) |
STRAIGHT |
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PLUMP (euphemism of fat) |
TANNED (brown from the sun) |
RECEDING (hair that has began to fall out and is gradually moving backwards) |
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SKINNY (thin) |
FLAT (not round) |
THIN |
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TANNED (brown from the sun) |
GAUNT (thin and unhealthy looking) |
SHAVEN (cut extremely shortly) |
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ATHLETIC |
FLUSHED (off colour from illness) |
FRIZZY (very curly) |
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BROAD-SHOULDERED (‘broad’ is a synonym of ‘wide’. |
THIN |
SHOULDER LENGTH |
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WAIF-LIKE (very thin and week looking) |
SHAVEN (no beard) |
PLAITS (long hair that is wrapped together in three parts to form a long thin pattern.) |
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POT-BELLIED (a protruding round stomach, taxi driver style.) |
POUTING (sticking your lips out to look sexy) |
WIG (artificial hair) |
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FAT |
RUBBER LIPS (Mick Jagger’s mouth) |
PONY TAIL (the clump of hair tied together behind the head) |
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THIN |
NOSTRILS (the holes that let air into your nose) |
FRINGE (hair on the forehead cut into an even line |
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MUSCULAR |
BEARD (facial hair) |
QUIFF (the large clump of hair that Elvis and rockabillies have.) |
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CALVES (the back muscles of the lower leg. Singular: calf. |
FOREHEAD (the part of the body between your hair and your eyes) |
PARTING (a line formed in the hair by dividing into different directions) |
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BOTTOM (the part that you sit on) |
TEMPLE (the flat bone just to the side of the eyes, at the top of the head) |
CURLS |
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WAIST (the part you put a belt around) |
DIMPLE (small indentation in the skin. Kirk Douglas had a famous one.) |
BALD PATCH (hair that has fallen out, but only in one part) |
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THUMB (the largest fattest ‘finger’) |
STUBBLE (very short rough hair caused by not shaving) |
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KNEES (joints in the legs) |
EYE-BROW (the hair above the eyes) |
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BREASTS (babies drink milk from them) |
ACNE (skin disorder causing spots) |
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ELBOW (joints in the arms) |
WRINKLES (lines caused by ageing) |
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ANKLE (joints that enable the feet to move) |
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ADAMS APPLE (the lump in your throat) |
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BEER GUT (large stomach caused by too much drinking) |
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THIGHS (the large muscles at the top of your legs) |
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