Words Flashcards
Obese
Extremely fat in a way that is dangerous to someone’s health
Prep for baldness
Going bald
Frizzy hair
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Stubble
short stiff hairs that grow on a man’s face if he does not SHAVE
(In contrast to “clean shaven “)
Shaky
Feel exhausted and shaky after just a few minutes of exercise
Feeling weak and perhaps shaking because you’re tired , ill etc
Cropped hair length
Cut very short
Spiky hair
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Slender figure
Thin in an attraction and graceful way
Mostly used for women and girls
Fringe
British English if you have a fringe, your hair is cut so that it hangs down over your forehead
SYN bangs American English
Chubby baby chubby face
Little fat in a pleasant way
Most used for babies and children
He’s Stocky
Short with a strong solid body
Most used for men
Lanky
He’s very lanky
Tall and with long thin arms and legs and not moving in an easy and graceful wa
Colloc. For breath
Out of breath
Get your breath back
Catch your breath
She’s Willowy
Tall thin and graceful
Most used for women
Petite
Short and attractively thin
Mostly used for women and girls
Tilt sth
Tilt your chair forward so that your knees are lower than your hips
Move sth that one end is higher than the other
Spine
Backbone
Abnormally
You know it ;)
Sedentary
Sitting lifestyle
Plump
Plump little boy
Polite for fat
A little fat in an attractive way with a soft round body /part of the body
Muscle tone
Poor muscle tone
Strength of your muscle
Run down
You feel tired and run down most of the time
Tired and easily becoming ill
On end
Stuck in a position for hours on end
Without stopping
Slumped
Slumped in a chair all day?
also be slumped) if your shoulders or head slump or are slumped, they bend forward because you are unhappy, tired, or unconscious
Parting(for hair)
Centre parting / side parting
Freckles
freckles are small brown spots on someone’s skin, especially on their face, which the sun can cause to increase in number and become darker → mole
Slouch
If you work at a desk avoid slouching
Stand , sit , move in a lazy way with your shoulders bent forward
Stroll
Go for a stroll
Slow relaxed walk
Hop about
Hopping about and screaming
Move around by jumping on one foot
Limp
Had to limp back home
Walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg or foot is injured
March (on)
March on ahead
Walk somewhere in a determined way
Walk with stiff regular steps at the same speed
Stumble
But then he stumbled and fell over
Hit your foot against something while you’re moving and fall over her or almost fall over
Get to your feet
Stand up
Stagger
He was still in daze staggering slightly as if he was drunk
Walk or move with difficulty as if you’re going to fall over
Jog
Run at a slow or steady speed
Dash
This young guy dashed past me
Go somewhere very quickly
Run off
Ran off into distance
Suddenly leave a place
Chase colloc.
Chase sb/sth
Chased by sb/sth
