Collocations Flashcards
Bulging
Vb. bulging eyes
Uitpuilend (Stickout in a round shape)
Vb. uitpuilende ogen
Protruding
Vb. protruding eyes
Uitstekend (stick out from sth)
Vb. uitstekende ogen
Beady
Vb. Beady eyes
Kraal (small & bright, like bird’s eyes)
Vb. kraal ogen
Shifty
Vb. shifty eyes
Onbetrouwbaar (looking dishonest)
Vb. onbetrouwbare ogen
Bloodshot
Vb. bloodshot eyes
Bloeddoorlopen (when you didn’t sleep at all or cried all night your eyes are really red)
Vb. bloeddoorlopende ogen
Puffy
Vb. puffy eyes
Opgezwollen (no sleep, irritable)
Vb. opgezwollen ogen
Arched
Vb. arched eyebrows
Gebogen (when you grow your eyebrows make a bow shape)
Vb. gebogen wenkbrauwen
Bulbous
Vb. bulbous nose
Bolle (A nose with an increased globular shape, most notably involving the lower third of the nose)
Vb. bolle neus
Snub
Vb. snub nose
Stomp (something not sharp, round edges)
Vb. stompe neus
Aquiline
Vb. aquiline nose
Aquiline (your nose looks like an eagle’s beak)
Vb. aquiline neus
Pouty
Vb. pouty lips
Pruilen (pushing your lips forward, when sad)
Vb. pruilende lippen
Chapped/cracked
Vb. chapped lips
Gebarsten (sore, broken during cold weather)
Vb. gebarsten lippen
Ruddy
Vb. ruddy cheeks
Roze (pinkish colour on your cheeks)
Vb. rozige wangen
Flushed
Vb. flushed cheeks
Blozen (when you’re embarrassed or like someone your cheeks colour)
Vb. blozende wangen
Chubby
Vb. chubby cheeks
Mollige (fat in a pleasant attractive way)
Vb. mollige wangen
Sunken
Vb. sunken cheeks, eyes
Ingevallen (when sick or when you lost a lost of weight)
Vb. ingevallen wangen, ogen
Crooked
Vb. crooked teeth
Scheve (teeth that are not forming a straight line)
Vb. scheve tanden
Sloping
Vb. sloping forehead
Schuin (lying out of an angle, some point higher than the other)
Vb. schuin voorhoofd
Wispy
Vb. wispy beard
Piekerig (thin, delicate piece of hair)
Vb. piekerige baard
Goatee
Vb. goatee beard
Sik (small pointed beard only on chin)
Vb. een sik
Bushy
Vb. bushy moustache
Bossige/harige (growing thickly hair)
Vb. bossige snor
Droopy
Vb. droopy moustache
Hangende (bending heavily)
Vb. hangende snor
Handlebar
Vb. handlebar moustache
Omhoog krullende (moustache with particularly lengthy and upwardly curved extremities)
Vb. omhoog krullende snor
Pencil
Vb. pencil moustache
Potlood achtige/dunne streep (a thin moustache found adjacent to, or a little above the lip)
Vb. potloodachtige snor
Fair
Vb. fair skin
Licht (pale colour)
Vb. lichte huid
Sallow
Vb. sallow complexion
Vale (your skin may appear yellow or brown in tone, especially on your face)
Vb. vale huid
Swarthy
Vb. swarthy complexion
Donkere (dark skinned)
Vb. donkere teint
Auburn
Vb auburn hair
Kastanjebruin (reddish-brown colour)
Vb. kastanjebruin haar
Frizzy
Vb. frizzy hair
Kroes (very curly not smooth or shines)
Vb. kroes haar
Spiky
Vb. spiky hair
Stekelig (covered in spikes)
Vb. stekelig haar
Greasy
Vb. greasy hair
Vet (covered with oil)
Vb. vettig haar
Receding
Vb. receding hairline
Terugtrekkend (further away)
Vb. terugtrekkende haarlijn
Slender
Vb. slender neck
Slanke (thin & delicate, often attractive)
Vb. slanke nek
Scrawny
Vb. scrawny neck
Schrale (unpleasant thin, bones show)
Vb. schrale nek
Sloping
Vb. sloping shoulders
Schuine (not straight line)
Vb. schuine schouders
Hunched
Vb. hunched shoulders
Gebogen (leaning forward with raised shoulders)
Vb. gebogen schouders
Narrow
Vb. narrow waist
Smalle (of small width in relation to length)
Vb. smalle taille
Calloused
Vb. calloused hands
Vereelt (hard areas of skin)
Vb. vereelte handen
Spindly
Vb. spindly legs
Slappe (long & looking weak)
Vb. slappe benen
Dainty
Vb. dainty feet
Sierlijke (delicate moving in careful way)
Vb. sierlijke voeten
Slender
Vb. slender figure
Slank (of a person or part of the body gracefully thin)
Vb. slank figuur
Stocky
Vb. stocky build
Gedrongen (fairly short & has a body that is wide across shoulders & chest)
Vb. gedrongen bouw
Put on/ gain/ lose weight
Op/vermeerder/verlies gewicht
Watch/control/struggle with your weight
Bekijk/controleer/strijd met je gewicht
Be/become underweight/clinically
Zijn/worden ondergewicht/klinisch
Achieve/facilitate/promote/stimulate weight loss
Bereik/vergemakkelijk/promoot/stimuleer gewichtsverlies
Slim down to 70 kilo
Vermager naar 70 kilo
Combat/prevent/tackle/treat obesity
Vecht/voorkom/aanpakken/behandel obesitas
Develop/have/suffer from/ struggle with/ recover from bulimia
Ontwikkel/hebben/lijden aan/ strijden met/ herstellen van Boulimie (eetstoornis: eetbuien & de opname van het voedsel tegenwerken door te braken)
Be on/ go on/follow a crash
Zijn op/ ga/ volgen een crash