1.Describing People's Appearance
A. General :
Positive : Beautiful is general used to describe women, handsome is used to
describe man,good - looking is used for both;
pretty is anther positive word to describe a woman
( often the girl) meaning attractive and nice to look at.
Negative : Ugly is the most negative word to describe someone;
plain is more polite.
B. Height and Build
Tall and Slim
Medium Height and Build
Short and fat
Medium height and very muscular
Notes : another word for slim is thin, but slim has a more positive meaning,
e.g. John is lovely and slim, but his brother is terribly thin.
Skinny also has the same meaning but very negative.
it is not very polite to
say someone is fat; overweight is more neutral and polite.
C. Hair
Straight / Lurus
Wavy / Bergelombang
Curly / keriting
Fair : blonde(e)light brown
Dark : Dark brown, black
D. Asking questions about a person's appearance
Q : What does she look like? A : She's quite tall, with short fair hair
Q : How tall is she ? A : About 1 meters 65
Q : How much does she weigh? A : I don't know and it may be rude to ask.
Probably about 45 kilos.
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