ESL Podcast 305 - Describing People's Body Types
costume - clothing worn to dress like another person or thing, often for the theater or for Halloween
Suri is going to be a sheep in the school play, so his mom is making him a sheep costume.
to sort (something) out - to organize and group objects by type
We need to sort out these old pictures, putting the best ones in photo albums and throwing away the rest of them.
play - a performance with live actors at a theater; drama
The Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, is a famous American play.
broad-shouldered - with wide shoulders; with a large distance between one's shoulders
Many football players are broad-shouldered.
petite - small; short and thin; with small bones; less than 5-feet 4-inches tall
I've always been petite and most of the pants I buy are a little too long.
thin - slender; skinny; not fat; not overweight
Freddy started exercising and lost 100 pounds. Now he's thin and no longer overweight.
slender - thin; skinny; not fat; not overweight
Nancy was always very slender, even after having four children!
pear-shaped - with a curvy body that has a shape like a pear; with a thin top and waist, and wide hips and bottom
Many women complain about being pear-shaped and try to lose fat in their hips.
hourglass figure - the shape of a woman's body with large breasts, a small waist, and large hips
The women who win beauty competitions often have hourglass figures.
skinny - thin; slender; not fat; not overweight; too thin
Rebecca is too skinny! She needs to start eating more.
stocky - short but with a big body, yet not overweight; short but with large muscles and bones
Camilo is very stocky, so he has to buy very big clothes, even though he isn't fat.
muscular - with big and strong muscles
Dinkar is very muscular because he lifts weights in the gym for an hour every day.
flabby - fat; with a lot of fat and extra skin hanging from one's body; overweight
Elan was in great shape before he broke his leg. He says he's flabby now and can't wait until he can exercise again.
long-legged - with long legs; with legs whose length is a large percentage of one's total height
My teacher said that you have to be long-legged to become a ballerina.
to drop out - to decide not to do or finish something; to stop doing something that one has said one would do; to stop participating in something
Did you hear that Anna dropped out of the school soccer team?
replacement - substitute; a person or thing that takes the place of someone or something else
Vicky stopped working here last week, so we need to hire her replacement as soon as possible.
to get out of (something) - to have an excuse for not doing something; to find an acceptable reason for why one cannot do something; to not have to do something
I wish there were a way to get out of the presentation tomorrow. I'm so nervous!