CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE ADVANCED
UNIT 9
Describing people: appearance and mannerisms
A
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Adjectives connected with size,
weight and general appearance
She
introduced me to a tall, slender woman who looked very serious. [thin
in an attractive way]
He
was too scrawny to be a football player. [unattractively thin and
bony-looking]
A
lanky teenager walked in. [very tall and thin, and usually moving
awkwardly]
A
gangling/gangly youth approached him. [tall, with long, thin arms
and legs and rather awkward movements; often used of men and boys]
Recent
studies show that an increasing number of children are obese. [very
fat, in an unhealthy way]
She’s
the rather stout woman wearing glasses over there. [with a quite
large, solid body; used of men and women]
My
grandfather was a stocky man with big hands and broad shoulders. [short
and with a body that is wide across the shoulders and chest]
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B
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Aspects
of appearance and complexion
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C
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Facial
expression
A: What are you grinning at? [giving
a big smile]
B: You’ve got ice cream on your nose –
it looks so funny!
Look at those models pouting for
the photographers! [positioning their lips in an attractive way]
She said if her daughter doesn’t get
what she wants, she pouts for the rest of the day. [positions her lips
in a look of annoyance]
You don’t have to grimace every
time I eat raw garlic. I happen to think it’s delicious. [make an expression
of pain or strong dislike]
I arrived late and she just scowled
at me. [gave a bad-tempered, angry look]
He was leering at us. I felt
very uncomfortable and wanted to leave. [looking in an unpleasant, sexually interested
way]
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D
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Mannerisms
and actions
I asked him for advice but he just shrugged
his shoulders. [lifted his shoulders up and down to show he didn’t know
or couldn’t answer]
He folded his arms and crossed
his legs and waited for me to speak. [crossed one arm over the other close
to his body] [crossed one leg over the other while sitting]
He sat there twitching nervously
as he waited for his interview. [suddenly making small movements]
She bites her nails all the
time. It drives me crazy!
She clenched her fist and told
him to get out of the room at once. [closed her hand tightly because of
anger] He just kept tapping/drumming his fingers on the table,
looking impatient. [made quick, light hitting movements]
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EXERCISES
9.1
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Rewrite
these sentences using words from A opposite instead of the underlined words.
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9.2
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Fill in the gaps in the sentences
using words from B opposite.
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9.3
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What are these people doing?
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9.4
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Answer
these questions. Use a dictionary if necessary.
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ANSWER KEY
9.1
1
She looks as if she needs a good meal; her body is so scrawny.
2 Martha and David are both rather lanky individuals. 3 Being obese can have health risks. 4 A gangly/gangling boy carried our bags for us. 5 Her new silk dress suited her slender frame. 6 A stocky man offered to lift the stone so we could look underneath. 7 That stout woman on the left of the photo is Charlie’s wife.
9.2
Possible
answers:
1 unkempt 2 hair 3 bulked up 4 haggard
9.3
1
He’s folding his arms.
2 He’s clenching his fists. 3 She’s biting her nails. 4 She’s shrugging her shoulders. 5 She’s scowling. 6 She’s grinning.
9.4
1
The two meanings: positioning your lips in an attractive way; positioning
your lips in a look of annoyance.
2
They are probably angry or annoyed.
3
A swarthy complexion is dark, a sallow one is rather yellowish and
unhealthy-looking.
4
When you feel really angry or frustrated.
5
When they want to show that they don’t understand or know something, or that
they don’t care about something.
6
You might tap or drum them.
7
People often fold their arms when they are listening to a lecture or to the
teacher in class, or when sitting for a photograph. Folding your arms can also
express a refusal to respond, confrontation or hearing something you don’t like.
People often cross their legs when sitting and waiting for something.
8
A ‘lean and wiry’ person is thin, healthy and strong.
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