ESL Podcast 286 - Describing Facial Features
to be mugged - to be robbed; to be forced to give another person one's money
You're more likely to be mugged on a lonely, dark street than on a bright street with lots of people walking around.
sketch artist - a person who draws a face, usually of a criminal, based on another person's description
Please tell the sketch artist everything you remember so that he can try to draw a picture of the man who stole your money.
thin - long and narrow; not wide
Damian looks like his mother. He has a thin face with a very high forehead.
round - circular; in the shape of a wheel
Have you seen how round Kelly's face is? It's almost a perfect circle!
oval - an elongated circle; shaped like an egg; similar to a rectangle, but with rounded corners
Their new swimming pool has an oval shape, like a very large egg.
square - a shape with four equal sides and four 90° corners
The bedroom is a square, with four walls that are each 20 feet long.
bulging - sticking out in a round shape; pressing against something to make a round shape
The child drank a lot of water very quickly, so her stomach was bulging.
squinty - with eyes partially closed so that only a small horizontal line of the eye can be seen
Our eyes are squinty in this photograph because the sun was very bright that day.
bushy - with a lot of hair, usually disordered or messy
When I get older, I hope I don't have bushy hair growing out of my ears like my father!
eyebrow - the curved line of short hair above one's eye, at the bottom of one's forehead
Do women pluck (pull out) hairs to change the shape of their eyebrows in your country?
pointed - with a sharp end; not flat
Be careful with that pencil! It's pointed, and you almost hit me in the eye with it.
hooked - with a curve at the end; with an end that comes up or down suddenly; not straight
Some birds have hooked beaks (mouths) that help them open nuts.
turned up - gently curving upwards; not straight
Jenny's hair is beautiful when it is turned up at the bottom.
lip - one of the two edges of the opening of one's mouth, with darker or redder skin; the upper and lower part of the opening outside of the mouth
Do you bite your lips when you're nervous?
to stick out - to be easily noticed because something is taller, farther out, or different than the rest of something
Sadat sticks out among the other students because he's the tallest boy in his class.
bald - without hair on one's head
Javier became bald when he was only 22 years old.
wallet - a folded piece of leather or cloth that is used to hold one's money, identification, and credit cards
Most men keep their wallets in their pant pockets, but most women keep them in their purses.
I have a feeling - I think, but I'm not sure; I'm pretty sure; I believe
I have a feeling that this is going to be a very good year for our business.