VI. ADDITIONAL TOPICAL VOCABULARY
APPEARANCE
General
| 1. appearance (looks) 2. look (v) 3. look like (resemble smb) 4. take after smb 5. family likeness 6. (not) look oneself 7. look wretched 8. look one's best 9. look one's age | , - - () ( ) |
The human body
| attractive unattractive impressive unimpressive good-looking ill favoured pleasant-looking [pleznt] unpleasant looking pretty repulsive charming ugly lovely common beautiful plain nice usual handsome unsightly eyesore |
Build (frame)
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(form or shape of a person's body)
| large small powerful slight heavy ['hevi] slim solid delicate ['delikit] strong spare stocky neat [ni:t] sturdy graceful ['greisful] | () () |
Bearing
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(way of holding oneself)
| posture (position of body) bear oneself well hold one's body upright stooping |
Constitution
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(condition of a person's body)
| strong feeble vigorous frail rugged delicate ['delikit] iron weak (poor) |
Figure
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(shape, size, from of the human body)
| well-made shapeless graceful ill-made lithe clumsy superb ordinary perfect flawed lean fat slight stout [staut] near well-fed bony paunchy slim plump slender stocky | , |
Stature
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| height [hait], shape imposing diminutive [di'minjutiv] short middle-sized be 6 feet high (in height) be of medium (average) height tall | , () 6 |
Gait (walk)
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| steady ['stedi] unsteady heavy ['hevi] light swaggering shuffling walk with a stoop a limp halting walk with a half (with a limp) awkward swaying |
Step
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| firm heavy light rapid slow measured footstep stride with a firm step | , |
Body, limbs (upper, lower)
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| Shoulders broad round sloping high narrow hollow chest throw one's chest with pride waist be slim at the waist Leg long short slender crooked ['krukid] shapely (fine) bow-shaped [bou-] lank stout large small narrow limb [lim] Arm long short lank bony rounded well-shaped Hand plump (fat, thick) short Finger thumb forefinger (index finger) middle finger ring finger little finger finger nail | () , () ( ) |
Head, neck
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| big small round square hold one's head high slender (neck) thin thick |
Hair
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| flaxen auburn golden red reddish fair blond(-e) ash-blond chestnut silvery grey(-ing) black jet-black brown brunette dark General appraisal mop of hair abundant thin luxuriant short thick straight long bald-headed wavy dishevelled crisp rumpled curly tangled silky | - , , (-) , , (-) , , |
Hair-do
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| 1. hair-cut 2. hairdo 3. hairstyle 4. hairset 5. hairwaving 6. hair-dressing 7. grow one's hair 8. wash one's hair 9. brush one's hair 10. comb one's hair 11. wear one's hair short 12. shoulder-long 13. braided 14. wear one's hair parted in the middle, on one side 15. wear one's hair in a knot 16. fringe (AmE: bang) 17. knot of hair 18. strand (wisp) of hair 19. tuff of hair 20. lock 21. hair care 22.trimmed (shortened slightly by cutting) 23. bow (ribbon) 24. afro look 25. parting 26. centre parting 27. side parting 28. (hand) hair drier 29. cap (gown) Ladies' hairstyles (coiffures, women's and girls' hairstyles) 1. ponytail 2. swept-back hair 3. swept-up hair, pinned-up hair 4. bun (chignon) 5. plaits (bunches) 6. chaplet hairstyle (gretchen style) 7. chaplet (coiled plaits) 8. curled hair 9. falling downwards curls 10. shingle (shingled hair, bobbed hair) 11. pageboy style 12. earphones 13. earphone (coiled plait) 14. hair rollers 15. hair pin 16. hair spray (fixing spray) Men's hairstyles (haircuts) 1. closely-cropped head of hair (crew cut) 2. head of curly hair 3. partly bald head 4. bald patch 5. bald head Moustache, beard and whiskers 1. side-whiskers (sideboards, sideburns) 2. clean shaven (smooth cheeks) 3. stubby (unshaven) face 4. stubble beard (stubble, short beard bristles 5. full beard 6. moustache 7. military moustache (English-style moustache) 8. shadow | () , () ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) , ( ) ( ) () () "" ( ) () , "" , , , ( ) |
Face
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| Form (shape) 1. angular 2. oval 3. square 4. long 5. round 6. thin 7. wrinkled 8. freckled 9. with a beauty spot or a mole 10. with a pointed beard and moustache |
Her eyes were lost in a maze of wrinkles.
| Complexion 1. dark 2. fair 3. florid 4. olive 5. pasty 6. sallow 7. pale 8. sunburnt (tanned) 9. swarthy | , - |
Features (in general)
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| clear-cut (clean-cut) delicate fine prominent striking indistinct vague coarse ugly plain ordinary soft small regular sharp large irregular full face profile mole scar dwart | , , , |
