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the Human Being - Physical appearance Flashcards

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1
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la taille

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height

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grand

plutôt grand

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tall

tallish

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plus petit que la moyenne

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undersized

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gros

grand et fort

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large

big

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peser

le poids

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to weigh

weight

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en surpoids

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overweight

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corpulent

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stout / portly / corpulent

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l’embonpoint

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fatness / stoutness / portliness

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la corpulence

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corpulence

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plantureuse

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buxsom

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grassouillet / empâté

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plump

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la rondeur

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plumpness

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bouffi

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bloated

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flasque

d’aspect flasque

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flabby

flabiness

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mince

la minceur

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slim

slimness

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menue

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petite

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svelte

la sveltesse

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slender

slenderness

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très mince

extrême minceur

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thin

thinness

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maigre

la maigreur

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lean

leanness

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menu

la minceur

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slight

slightness

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maigrichon

chétif

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skinny

puny (pju:ni)

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la carrure

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the build

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large d’épaules

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broad-shouldered

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la silhouette

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the figure

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bien proportionnée, bien faite

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shapely

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musclé

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muscular / brawny

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vigoureux

la vigueur

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sturdy

sturdiness

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costaud

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hefty

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trapu

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stocky

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les traits

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the features

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un visage rond / allongé

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a round / long face

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un visage oval

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an oval face

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émacié

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gaunt / emaciated

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anguleux

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craggy

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potelé

joufflu

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chubby

chubby-faced

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blond

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fair-haired

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brun

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dark-haired

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roux

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red-haired

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aux cheveux gris

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grey-haired

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40
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la coiffure

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the hairstyle

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mi-long

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medium-lenght

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bouclé

ondulé

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curly

wavy

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raide, lisse

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straight

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une frange

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a fringe

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chauve

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bald

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barbu

imberbe

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bearded

beardless

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lisse

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smooth

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pas rasé

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unshaven

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un bouc

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a goatee

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les poils

poilu

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hairs

hairy

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une ride

ridé

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a wrinkle

wrinkled

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le teint

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the complexion

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clair

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fair

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pâle

cireux

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pale

pallid / sallow

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pâlir

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to turn / go pale

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le bronzage

bronzé

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a tan

tanned

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très bronzé, rouge

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sunburnt

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avoir le visage rouge

rouge / empourpré

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to flush

flushed

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rougir

un rougissement

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to blush / to go red / to redden

a blush

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des tâches de rousseur

couvert de tâches de rousseur

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freckles

freckled

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un bouton

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a pimple / a spot

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un grain de beauté

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a mole

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une verrue

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a wart

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aux yeux bleus

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blue-eyed

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le regard pénétrant

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keen / sharp eyes

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les sourcils

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eyebrows

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épais

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thick / bushy

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les cils

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eyelashes

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incurvé

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curled

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retroussé (nez)

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snub / turned-up

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épaté (nez)

pointu

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flat

pointed

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beau, belle

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beautiful, good-looking

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beau

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handsome

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mignon

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sweet / cute

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soigné, impeccable

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well-groomed

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quelconque, ordinaire

un physique quelconque

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plain

plainness

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un homme entre 25 et 35 ans

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a man in his late twenties

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être de taille moyenne

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to be of average height

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peser 65 kilos

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to weigh 65 kilos

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garder la ligne

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to keep one’s figure

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prendre du poids

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to put on / to gain weight

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grossir

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to get fatter

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mincir

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to get thinner

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être bien fait

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to have a nice figure

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une beauté saisissante

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striking / dazzling beauty

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avoir les épaules nues

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to be bare-shouldered

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avoir la tête nue

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to be bare-headed

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la forme du visage

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the bone structure

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un visage expressif

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an animated face

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un visage inexpressif

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a blank / inexpressive face

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un beau visage

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a handsome face

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un visage angélique

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an angelic face

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un visage agréable

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a pleasant face

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garder son sérieux

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to keep a straight face

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avoir les yeux injectés de sang

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to have bloodshot eyes

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un front ridé

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a wrinkled forehead

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l’air sceptique

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with a skeptical eyebrow

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battre des cils

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to flutter one’s eyelashes

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des lèvres épaisses / charnues

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thick / fleshy lips

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un montant proéminent

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a jutting chin

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un menton fuyant

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a receding chin

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un double menton

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a double chin

103
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se caresser le menton

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to stroke one’s chin

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être mal rasé

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to have a stubbly chin

105
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rasé

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shaven

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