CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR FCE
54. Physical Appearance
Task 1.
Here is a bank of useful words and
expressions that we often use when we want to describe somebody's physical
appearance. Use your dictionary to make sure you understand what they all
mean, then use the words and expressions to write a description of yourself
or somebody you know well. There is an example to give you a few ideas.
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Build:
tall short of medium / average height
fat overweight slim thin of medium / average build well-built
Hair:
short long dark blond red
shoulder-length straight curly wavy a parting a fringe spiky bald thinning
fair-haired
Age:
young old middle-aged elderly a baby a
toddler a teenager in his early twenties in my mid-thirties in her late
fifties
Facial features and characteristics:
wrinkles weather-beaten dimples spots
freckles beard moustache
Nose:
hooked turned-up sharp bulbous
Skin colour:
tanned fair-/ pale- / dark-skinned a
fair / pale / dark complexion
Other expressions:
a double chin a generous mouth long eyelashes
thin eyebrows bushy eyebrows broad shoulders well-developed muscles
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Example.
My brother's in his early-thirties.
He's of average height and a bit overweight, with a double chin. He's got
short, dark, curly hair (which is thinning slightly), a rather untidy beard
and moustache, and big, bushy eyebrows. He's got quite a fair complexion.
When he smiles, he has dimples on his cheeks, and he gets freckles when he
goes out in the sun.
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Task 2.
There are lots of English idiomatic and
colloquial expressions which use parts of the body. Complete the expressions
in bold below with a word from the box. Some of the words can be used more
than once.
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fingers
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nose
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toe
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muscle
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chest
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neck
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elbow
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ear
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chin
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foot
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eye
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hand
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back
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thumb
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shoulder
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1
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He gave me a __________ with the
washing-up.
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2
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They had been going out together for
some time, and then she suddenly gave him the __________ .
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3
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Don't worry. I wasn't being serious. I
was only pulling your __________ .
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4
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I hoped she would give me a friendly
welcome, but in fact she gave me the cold __________ .
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5
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Poor old Peter is dominated by his
wife! She's got him under her _________ .
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6
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Can you keep an ________ out for the
traffic warden while I go into the bank?
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7
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He's always annoying me! He's such a
pain in the ________ .
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8
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He really put his ________ in it when
he said his boss's wife was too fat: she was standing right behind him!
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9
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She thinks she's better than other
people and always looks down her ________ at them.
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10
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Make sure you follow what is happening.
Keep your ________ to the ground.
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11
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Good luck in the exam. I'll be keeping
my ________ crossed for you.
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12
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I know things are going badly, but keep
your ________ up and try to remain cheerful.
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13
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We get on well, even though we don't
always see ________ to ________.
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14
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You must obey the rules. You have to
________ the line.
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15
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If something is worrying you, talk to
me about it. You'll feel much better if you get it off your ________.
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16
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He makes me so angry. He always manages
to get my ________ up.
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17
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He interferes all the time. He's always
trying to ________ in on our projects and get all the credit for them.
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18
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Mind your own business! Stop sticking
your ________ in!
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