6. General appraisal of a person’s appearance

1. air (look)

2. as like as two peas

3. attractive

4. to bear one’s age well

5. beautiful

6. (real) beauty

7. (irresistible) charm

8. charming

9. comely

10. common

11. family likeness

12. fetching

13. to gain (to put on) weight

14. good-looking

15. good looks

16. groomed (well-groomed)

17. handsome

18. How does she look?

19. image

20. the very image (of)

21. to look as if …

22. to look fine / happy / fit

23. to look like

24. to look old for one’s age

25. to look one’s age

26. to look oneself again

27. to look not a day older than…

28. to look upset / unwell

29. to look wretched

30. to look young for one’s age

31. to lose one’s good look

32. to lose weight

33. lovely

34. nice-looking

35. plain (Am. homely)

36. (decidedly) pretty

37. refined

38. Time stands still with her.

39. to remind of smb.

40. to resemble

41. sweet

42. to take after smb.

43. ugly

44. untidy

45. well-preserved

46. What does he look like?

47. What is she like?

48. He is on the right side of twenty.

49. She is on the wrong side of twenty.

50. She is well past twenty.

51. I will never see twenty again.

52. I’m just out of my twenties.

53. I am twenty odd.

54. She is hard on twenty.

55. He cannot be a day over thirty.

56. He is twice as old as I am.

57. He has lived to a great age.

58. She’ll outlive anyone.

59. to be (to come) of age

60. to be under age

61. She is as old as the hills.

62. She is beginning to show her age.

63. A man is as old as he looks (feels).

7. Toilet articles

1. brush

• hair b.

• nail b.

• toothbrush

2. comb

3. cream

• face c.

• shaving c.

4. dressing-case

5. Eau de Cologne

6. eye-shadow

7. (nail) file

8. hairpin

9. lipstick

10. lotion

11. make-up

12. mascara

13. nail varnish

14. powder

• powder box

15. razor

• electric razor

• razor blade

• safety razor

• shaving set

16. shampoo

17. safety pin

18. scent (perfume)

• bottle of scent

• mild scent

• scent-spray

• strong scent

19. soap

• laundry soup

• soap-dish

• piece (cake) of soap

• toilet soap

20. sponge

21. toilet water

22. tooth-paste

23. toothpick

24. tweezers

Exercise 2. Look at the drawings, then write the correct numbers 1-28 to the following words.

Adam’s apple mole

bags under the eyes moustache

crow’s feet nostril

dimple parting

double chin scar

eyelid temple

freckles wrinkles

lobe

armpit instep

back knuckle

biceps navel

bust palm

calf belly

fist shin

hip

E xercise 3. Find synonyms of the following words and word combinations.

hollow cheeks; sharp ear; sleek hair; high cheekbones; to raise one’s hand; large features; piece of soap; belly; index finger; to put on weight; scent; plain; abdomen; fingertip; clear voice; ring finger; to lose one’s hair; tightly-set teeth; rumpled hair; feeble voice; prominent chin; sharp ear; grizzled hair; to brush one’s teeth; to wash one’s hair; swaying gait; squint-eyed; slender figure; firm chin; bald; apart eyes; to knit one’s eyebrows; vigorous constitution; prominent eyes; of average size; shapely arms; stumpy fingers; delicate constitution.

Exercise 4. Give five different adjectives to qualify each of the following nouns.

1) hair; 2) eyebrows; 3) features; 4) figure; 5) voice; 6) smile; 7) build) 8) cheeks; 9) mouth; 10) legs.

Exercise 5. When do you get problems with your head, neck and face? Match the accidents 1-13 below with their causes in the right-hand column. You can still have all sorts of problems even when you are enjoying yourself.