درس هجدهم People: physical appearance Flashcards
Words describing people’s physical appearance
read these quotations taken from essays where students
were asked to describe their family members
My father has a round face and a droopy moustache. My mother has a more pointed face and a straight nose. My younger sister is more like my father. She has an** oval face** and an upturned nose. My older sister is like a model. She has a slim figure and a slender waist.
She has a lovely complexion and beautiful sleek , shoulder-length hair, and sheʼs always immaculately groomed . I feel so ordinary next to her – Iʼve got coarse hair and rather broad hips, but she always says I look nice.
- Droopy Moustache: long and hanging down heavily
- Pointed Face: استخون مثلثی گونه
- Oval Face: shaped like an egg
- Upturned nose: دماغ بالا
- Slim figure:
- Slender waist: attractively slim (a rather formal, great care
poetic word) کمر باریک - Lovely complexion: the natural colour and quality of a
person’s skin
رنگ طبیعی صورت - sleek: smooth and shiny
- shoulder-length hair: موهای تا شانه
- immaculately groomed: her appearance is always tidy and looked after withgreat care همیشه به خودش میرسه
- Coarse hair: rough, and not smooth or soft
- Broad hips: باسن بزرگ
My father and my two older brothers are all** well-built** with** broad shoulders. My father is going bald **but he still has a very **youthful appearance for someone who is over forty.
My brothers both have thick hair and bushy eyebrows. My younger brother is only two, but he’s very cute, with chubby cheeks.
My mother’s side of the family mostly have dark hair – in fact my mother had jet-black hair when she was younger, before she went grey – but on my father’s side, some have fair hair** and some have ginger hair
- Well-built: have strong, attractive bodies
- Broad shoulders: چهارشونه
- Going Bald: Lose hair
- youthful appearance: ظاهر جوان
- Thick hair: موی ضخیم
- Bushy: very thick
- chubby cheeks: fat in a pleasant and attractive way لپ و تپلی
- My mother’s side of the family: طرف خانواده مادری من
- Jet-black hair: completely black
- Fair hair: موی روشن
- Ginger hair: a red or orange-brown colour; used of people’s hair
A portly gentleman answered the door.پوآرو
A lanky youth was standing at the street corner.
I wouldn’t like people to see me with dishevelled hair and dirty clothes.
He bears a striking resemblance to his father.
The lady who entered the room had a very striking appearance.
- Dumpy Woman: [short and quite fat woman; used more oft en of women than of men. This collocation is slightly negative, so be careful how you use it.]
خیکی و چاق - portly gentleman: [fat and round; usually used of middle-aged and older men]
آقای چاق - lanky youth: [tall and thin and tending to move awkwardly]
دیلاق و لق لقو - dishevelled hair: [very untidy; used of people’s hair and appearance]
- bears a striking resemblance: [looks remarkably like, Take after my mother] شبیه کسی بودن
- [unusual appearance, in a positive, attractive sense]ظاهر خاص و جذاب
