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Describing People: Eyes, Hair, and More

This document provides information about describing physical characteristics and appearances of people, including: - Eye color: grey, green, blue, brown, dark - Hair color: blonde/fair, brown, red, black, grey - Hair type: short, long, shoulder-length, medium-length, bald, balding - Height: tall, short, average, very tall, quite short, relatively normal - Other features: moustache, beard, glasses - Build: skinny, fat, anorexic, obese, overweight, underweight, thin, chubby, stocky, curvy, well-built, muscular, fit, athletic - Age: young

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Describing People: Eyes, Hair, and More

This document provides information about describing physical characteristics and appearances of people, including: - Eye color: grey, green, blue, brown, dark - Hair color: blonde/fair, brown, red, black, grey - Hair type: short, long, shoulder-length, medium-length, bald, balding - Height: tall, short, average, very tall, quite short, relatively normal - Other features: moustache, beard, glasses - Build: skinny, fat, anorexic, obese, overweight, underweight, thin, chubby, stocky, curvy, well-built, muscular, fit, athletic - Age: young

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English: describing people

EYES (TO HAVE)

   

      grey eyes      green eyes       blue eyes      brown eyes      dark eyes

HAIR (TO HAVE)

blonde/fair hair
brown hair Red (ginger) hair    black hair grey hair

blonde brunette redhead     ­                            


             ­

HEIGHT (TO BE)

 
  He is tall. He is short. He is average / normal / medium height.
+ He is very tall. He is quite short.         He is relatively normal height.

OTHER FEATURES

*a stubble, 
 
                        sideburns

He wears 
          He has a moustache He has a beard*              
glasses
NOTE: To wear: clothes and accessories: She is wearing earrings, a necklace, make­up, … 
He is wearing a suit and a tie, sunglasses, …
BUILD (TO BE)

She is skinny. (negative)  She is fat. (negative) 
She is anorexic. (medical) She is obese. (negative) 
She is underweight. (negative)  She is overweight. (negative) 
She is thin. (negative)  She is chubby. (neutral­positive) 
She is slim. (positive)  She is stocky. (neutral) 
She is slender. (positive)  She is curvy. (positive – only for women) 

 He is well‐built. He is muscular. He is fit. He is athletic.

TYPE OF HAIR (TO HAVE)

She  He has no  She 


She  She has medium­ 
  has short hair hair = He is  has shoulder­  She has short hair.
has long hair. length hair.
bald. length hair.
She has 
She has long,  She has short,  *He is  She has medium  She has short, 
+ black hair. black hair. balding
shoulder­ 
length, red hair. blonde hair.
length, fair hair.
She has 
+ She has long,  She has short, 
shoulder­
She has medium 
She has short, 
straight, black  straight, black  ­ length, wavy, red 
+ hair. hair.
length, straight, 
hair.
curly, blonde hair
fair hair.

Age (to be): young, old, middle‐aged, in his/her twenties, about forty, teenager, …
Appearance (to be): attractive, good‐looking, well‐dressed, beautiful, handsome, 
unattractive, ugly, gorgeous, ordinary, scruffy, …
Exercise: describe following celebrities ...

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