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(Source: modified after Eastside Literacy Tutor Support)

AGE: young: baby, infant, toddler, child, teenager (adolescent)

        adult: young adult, middle-aged, old
        old: older, pensioner, senior citizen (senior)

BODY: thin/slender, average build, well-built välbygg
         heavy (overweight, fat, obese)US president Taft, V-shapedDavid, of Michelangelo

regtangular/straight/banana-shaped
  apple shaped/beer belly/pot belly
    pear shaped/wide hips
      hour-glass shaped



COMPLEXION hy : fresh, have freckles fräknar, ruddy rödblommig, spotty/pimply finnig

EYES : size:  big or beady (small)
          narrow (close-set) or wide-set
          colour/color: black, brown, blue , green, grey, hazel
          kind, twinkling
          eyebrows: thick, thin, bushy
          elashes: long, short          
 
FACE : pretty, beautiful, handsome, good-looking, ugly, plain
          freckles/ freckledPippi Longstocking's freckles
          scar/scarred, bruise/bruised

          mole, wart, birthmark

          face shape: square, round, oval, long
          cheeks: round, pink/red, have dimples, in one's cheeks

FIGURE: thin, slim slank, plump, stout, apple-shaped, pear-shaped         

GENDER: man (male), woman (female), boy, girl

HAIR : length: long, medium, short
          color: dark mörkt, light, grey, white, black,
                    brunette (brown), blond (fair), red-head (red)
          texture: straight rakt or wavy vågigt or curly lockigt
          front: a fringe/bangs
          back:  pulled back (ponytail hästsvans, braid/plait fläta, bun),
          facial hair:  eyebrow, moustache mustasch, sideburns, beard skägg
          no hair:  bald flintskallig, partly bald, has a receding hairline

HEIGHT: tall, average, of average height, short

LOOKS : handsome stilig, good-looking snygg, vacker, pretty söt, ugly

MOUTH : large, wide, small

NOSE : large, small, long, short, straight, hooked, a turned up nose

"RACE" : Asian, Black (Afro-Swede, African-Swede),
           Hispanic, Native American, White (Caucasian)

OTHER : rings, earrings, nose rings, watch, tattoo
             braces on teeth, glasses, wheelchair, crutches


More info:  · Appearance · Photoshopping in Different Countries · 500 words about people · Moods · Qualities
                 ·Assignment: Draw a portrait of Mr or Mrs _______. Then describe him/her using the words above.