People
(Source: modified after Eastside Literacy Tutor Support)
adult: young adult, middle-aged, old
old: older, pensioner, senior citizen (senior)
BODY: thin/slender, average build, well-built välbygg
heavy (overweight, fat, obese), V-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/ freckled
scar/scarred, bruise/bruised
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
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·Assignment: Draw a portrait of Mr or Mrs _______. Then describe him/her using the words above.