ESL Podcast 169 - Describing People's Looks
back home - to return to your home after being away from it; to return to the home of your parents or family when you live in another state or city
It's nice to be back home after such a long trip.
Let's have a look - Let's inspect or examine what you have
What's in that package we received in the mail today? Let's have a look.
cousin - the children of your aunt or uncle are your cousins
My aunt and my cousins have lived in Memphis for over 10 years.
to look nothing like/to look more like - Not to resemble or look like a certain person/to resemble or look a lot like a certain person
Everyone tells him that he looks nothing like his father and more like his mother.
fair - to have light colored skin and/or blond hair
Are you sure you two are really brothers? One of you is so dark and the other is so fair.
heart-shaped face - a face that is in the shape of a heart, that comes to a point at the chin
When she went to get her haircut, the stylist looked at her heart-shaped face and recommended a new style.
thin lips - lips that are not very thick; small lips, the opposite of full lips
I wear lipstick to make my thin lips look fuller.
fat cheeks - cheeks that are large or big (cheeks are the part of your face that are below your eyes and between your nose and your ears)
That little girl had the cutest fat cheeks I had ever seen.
bushy eyebrows - eyebrows that are very large or big (eyebrows are above your eyes and below your forehead
Do you think he looks manly with those bushy eyebrows?
to not give yourself enough credit - to be too humble, to not think that you are very good
You never give yourself enough credit for the great job you do.
guy friends - male (a boy or a man) friend of a girl or a woman, but who is not a boyfriend
Why don't you bring some of your guy friends to my party on Saturday?
pretty - good-looking
This dress is pretty but the other one fits me better.
wavy/curly (hair) - hair that goes up and down like a wave; hair that grows in small circles
He has wavy hair now, but it was very curly when he was a kid.
cute - adorable, good-looking, attractive
Oh, that little dog is so cute!
pudgy - fat, overweight
Eating all of this good cooking is starting to make me a little pudgy.
adorable - attractive, cute, good-looking
This is the most adorable baby I have ever seen.
to compliment - to say something nice about someone
Men love it when you compliment them on how smart they are.
to go straight to your head - to become arrogant, to start to think that you are better than everyone else
I hope that all of this success doesn't go straight to your head.