June, 3, 2020 People: physical appearance	
Words describing people’s physical appearance (1)	
droopy moustache- длинные, густые со свисающими вниз концами усы
pointed face- заострённое лицо
upturned nose- вздернутый нос
slim figure - стройная фигура
slender waist- тонкая талия
lovely complexion- чудесный цвет лица
sleek, shoulder-length hair- гладкие волосы до плеч
immaculately groomed- безукоризненно ухоженный
coarse  hair- жёсткие волосы
broad hips- широкие бедра	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.	
well-built- хорошо сложенный
broad shoulders- широкие плечи
going bald-лысеть
youthful appearance- моложавая внешность
thick hair- густые волосы
bushy eyebrows- кустистые брови
chubby cheeks- пухлые щеки
jet-black hair- черные как смоль волосы
went grey - становиться седым
fair hair- светлые волосы
ginger hair- рыжие волосы	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..	
More collocations describing appearance (2)	
collocation	example	
dumpy woman- коренастая женщина	A short, dumpy woman was selling flowers at a stall on the street corner. [short and quite fat woman; used more often of women than of men. This collocation is slightly negative, so be careful how you use it.] невысокая и довольно полная  женщина; используется чаще для описания женщин, чем мужчин. Это словосочетание носит слегка отрицательный характер, так что будьте осторожны, когда  вы его используете.	
portly gentleman - дородный джентльмен	A portly gentleman answered the door. [fat and round; usually used of middle-aged and older men] толстый и тучный; обычно используется для описания мужчин среднего и старшего возраста	
lanky youth- долговязый молодой человек	A lanky youth was standing at the street corner. [tall and thin and tending to move awkwardly] высокий, худой и склонный к неловким движениям	
disheveled hair- растрепанные волосы	I wouldn’t like people to see me with disheveled hair and dirty clothes. [very untidy; used of people’s hair and appearance] очень неопрятный; используется для описания волос и внешнего вида людей	
bear a striking resemblance to	He bears a striking resemblance to his father. 	
have striking appearance- иметь яркую, поразительную внешность	The lady who entered the room had a very striking appearance. [unusual appearance, in a positive,
attractive sense] необычная внешность, в положительном смысле 	
Exercise 1. Put the words from the box into the ‘fat’ or ‘thin’ column, then answer the questions.

portly lanky slender dumpy slim chubby

‘fat’ words	
‘thin’ words	

	

1 Which words could be used to describe someone’s waist?
2 Which word is likely to be used of a rather physically awkward young person?
3 Which word means ‘fat but in a pleasant way’?
4 Which word is more likely to be used to describe a man rather than a woman?
5 Which word is more likely to be used to describe a woman rather than a man?

Exercise 2. Look at 2. Then match the adjectives in the first box below with the nouns in the second box.

bushy oval striking broad droopy chubby dishevelled

cheeks moustache shoulders hair eyebrows resemblance face

	
Exercise 3. Fill the gaps with appropriate collocations. You are sometimes given the first letter(s).

I hadn’t seen Owen since he was just a baby, so I was surprised to see that he was now a tall young man. He was (1) im............................................ gr............................................ , smart and elegant. He was with a pretty young woman with (2) j.................................-black, (3) shoulder-............................................ hair and a (4) l............................................ com............................................ . She could have been a model, she had such a (5) str............................................ ap............................................ . He had his arm round her (6) s............................................ wa............................................ . With them was a (7) po............................................ g............................................ , who looked as though he enjoyed good food, and who was probably her father. When I introduced myself to Owen, he smiled. ‘Of course, I remember you,’ he said. ‘You used to work with my father. But you haven’t aged at all! You have a much more (8) y............................................ a............................................ than my father now does. Dad has (9) ............................................ very grey.’ I felt very pleased when he said that; he obviously didn’t notice I was beginning to (10) ............................................ bald. Everyone likes to think they look young when they get older.	
Все материалы из  книги "English Collocations in Use" by M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell.