Active Vocabulary. to look like, What does he look like?

Appearance:

appearance n

to look like, What does he look like?

to resemble v

attractive adj

good-looking adj

beautiful adj

beauty n

handsome adj

to be alike

e. g. My brother and I are alike. to be like походить е. g. My son is like me. Мой сын похож на меня.

to look like е. g. She looks like a doll.

vogue n

in vogue

The Head and the Hair: head n, round-headed, bald-headed, hair n

One's hair may be: long (short), thick (thin), straight, curly, golden золотистые, silky, dark, fair, brown, chestnut, auburn, flaxen, luxuriant, red, black, grey/white, curl, lock

to do one's hair

to comb one's hair

to brush one's hair

to dress one's hair

to grow one's hair

to have one's hair cut, е, g. She wants to have her hair cut.

to wash one's hair

to wear one's hair long (short, in locks)

close-cut/close-cropped

smooth, wavy, waved

wave v

blond (e) n

brunette n

to plait/to braid one's hair; (also to wear one's hair in plaits/ braids)

to part one's hair in the middle (on one side), parting n; to wear one's hair with a parting in the middle (on one side)

knot n;

to do/to wear one's hair in a knot

hair-do n hair-cut n crown n, temple n

The Face: facen, One's face may be: round, long, thin, pale, beautiful, pretty, ugly уродливое, plain, expressive, lean, fleshy, oval, common, stern, good-humoured, gloomy, clean-shaven, freckle, freckled, wrinkled, countenance n, mole

to change one's countenance, е. g. At this question he suddenly changed his countenance; to keep one's countenance. He looked so funny that I found it difficult to keep my countenance.

moustache n, beard n, to grow one’s beard

Complexion: complexion n, One’s complexion may be: fresh, rosy, ruddy, pale, fair/light, dark, sunburnt/brown, tanned;

Forehead: forehead, One’s forehead may be: broad, narrow, high, low, large/open;

Nose, One’s nose may be: small, long, flat, straight, turned-up, snub;

Cheek, one’s cheeks may be: round, pale, fleshy, hollow/sunken, wrinkled, rosy/pink;

Eyes глаза One’s eyes may be: big/large, small, kind/warm, black, brown, dark, grey, blue, The girl was blue-eyed. Intelligent, stern, faded. There was joy in her slightly faded blue eyes. Hazel, hollow/sunken, deep-set,close-set, slant/slanting, mischievous, almond, eyelid/lid

Eyelash/lash, One’s lashes may be: long, short, thick, thin, straight,

Eyebrow One’s eyebrows may be: thick, thin, well-marked, arched, overhanging

to knit/to frown one's eyebrows

to lift/raise the eyebrows

Jaw n, heavy-jawed adj, ear n, lobe n,

Chin n one's chin may be: round, pointed, double, decided, strong энергичный, firm, protruding, massive, dimpled с

Mouth n One's mouth may be: big/large, small, firm, твердо

Lip n; lower lip; upper lip, One's lips may be: thick, thin, full, well-cut,

Tooth n (pl teeth); front teeth, One's teeth may be: large, small, perfect, tiny, even/regular, uneven/irregular, close-set, widely spaced, false

tongue n

Feature n; (usu. pl.), One's features may be: small, large, plain, ordinary обыкновенные, regular, irregular, rough/coarse, ugly, е. g. The man was ugly-featured.

Neck n, One's neck may be: long, short, thin, thick, throat n

Skin n, One's skin may be: smooth, rough

The Figure: figure n, body n, back n, breast n, chest n, shoulder n, broad-shouldered, heavy-shouldered, narrow-shouldered, round-shouldered, stooping

A person may be: thin, lean, sturdy, spare, short, tall, of medium height, slender, bent, able-bodied, strongly-built, heavy-built, stout, plump

NOTE: plump is mostly used when we speak of a child, a very young person or a woman, e, g. She was a plump rosy child.

Limbs -limb n, arm n, elbow n, hand n, ankle n, foot n, toe n, on tiptoe, leg n, heel n, knee n, palm n, finger n, forefinger (index finger) n, thumb n, ring finger n, middle finger n, little finger n

The Voice -n, One's voice may be:loud, low, soft, pleasant, sweet, rough/harsh, clear/ringing, weak, thin, to speak in a low (loud, soft, angry, etc.) voice, to raise one's voice, whisper); in a whisper

The Smile n, One's smile may be:bright, sad, broad, happy, pleased, pleasant, sweet, charming, winning, strained, cunning

Age n A person may be: young middle-aged, aged, old, elderly

to look one's age

to look old/young for one's age

in the prime of life/in one's prime

The Manners n pl. One's manners may be: good/polite, bad/impolite, quiet, to have no manners /to be impolite,

Behaviour n, behave v. Behave yourself!

Character: ambitious, amiable, arrogant; attentive, boastful, broad-minded (narrow-minded), casual, complacent, conceited,callous, calm (placid), courteous, cruel, cunning (sly), diligent, easy-going,fair (unfair), faithful, fault (flaw, drawback, shortcoming), generous, gifted, greedy, алчный, hard-working, haughty, honest, hostile, idle (idler), indifferent, intelligent, irresolute, mean, mediocre, meek, merciful (merciless), miserable, modest, moody (grim), neat, obedient (disobedient), polite (impolite), reliable (unreliable), reserved, reasonable (unreasonable), resourceful, scornful, scoundrel, selfish, self-reliant, silly, slacker, sloven, smart, sober-minded, sociable, spendthrift,stingy, straightforward; strict, stupid; strong-willed, stubborn, superstitious, thrifty; treacherous, touchy, wicked, wise

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