| Learn about appearance
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| | | He is tall.
| He is short.
| He is normal height.
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| He is very tall.
| He is quite short.
| He is relatively normal height.
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| Build
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| She is skinny. (negative) 
| She is fat. (negative)
| | She is underweight. (negative)
| She is overweight. (negative)
| | She is thin. (negative)
| She is plump. (neutral) 
| She is slim. (positive) 
| She is stocky. (neutral)
| | She is slender. (positive)
| She is bonny. (positive) ^
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!Note - if a man is fat (especially round the waist) we often say he has a beer belly.
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| Hair
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| | blonde/fair hair
| brown hair
| red hair
| black hair
| grey hair
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| brunette
| redhead
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| Eyes
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| green eyes
| blue eyes
| brown eyes
| dark eyes
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| !Note!
This is a black eye!
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| Type of hair
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| | | She has long hair.
| She has short hair.
| He has no hair. = He is bald.
| She has medium length hair.
| She has medium length hair.
| She has short hair.
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| She has long, black hair.
| She has short, black hair.
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| She has medium length , blonde hair.
| She has medium length, red hair.
| She has short, blonde hair.
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| She has long, straight, black hair.
| She has short, straight, black hair.
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| She has medium length, straight, blonde hair.
| She has medium length, wavy, red hair.
| She has short, curly, blonde hair.
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| Her hair is long, straight and black.
| Her hair is short, straight and black.
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| Her hair is medium length, straight and blonde.
| Her hair is medium length, wavy and red.
| Her hair is short, curly and blonde.
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| | | | | She wears glasses
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| Type of complexion
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| | He is asian. He has light-brown skin.
| She is black. She has dark skin.
| He is white. He has fair skin.
| She is white. She has lightly tanned skin.
| She is white. She has very pale skin.
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| Other features
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| | | moustache
| beard
| chin
| forehead
| nostrils
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| cheeks
| fringe
| lips
| teeth
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Note!
bald, black, blonde, blue, brown, curly, fat, grey, long , medium,
overweight, pale, plump, red, short, skinny, slim, stocky, straight, tall, tanned,
thin, wavy and white
are all adjectives - they describe things
very, quite and slightly
are all modifiers - they change (modify) the adjectives.
And don't forget, being able to describe people is a very useful skillJ
Date: 2016-03-03; view: 1137
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