ESL Podcast 634 - Resembling One's Parents

photo album - a book with special pages that hold photographs under plastic so that they are protected and can be viewed easily

Did you make a photo album for your baby's first year?

incriminating - making someone seem guilty of something; showing that one has done something wrong

We know you stole a camera from the store. We have incriminating footage of you from the security video cameras.

baby picture - a photograph taken of a very young child, usually less than one year old, to remember what he or she was like at that time

Patricia took a lot of baby pictures of her daughter in the bathtub.

family portrait - a photograph of all the members of a family, taken in a studio by a professional photographer

Every year they have a family portrait taken so they can send it to friends and relatives with their Christmas card.

spitting image - with a very similar physical appearance; looking almost the same

Soren is the spitting image of his big brother.

to resemble - to look like someone or something

This building's architecture resembles city hall, don't you think?

a chip off the old block - a child who is very similar to his or her father either in appearance or actions

When I was growing up, I was a chip off the old block, always interested in fishing, carpentry, and whatever else my father liked.

candid - a photograph taken as something is happening, without asking people to stand in a certain way or look at the camera

Candid photos are always so much more interesting than posed photos, because they show how people actually behave.

cute - attractive and pretty; pleasant, often used to describe young children and small animals

Your baby girl would look so cute in this pink dress!

adorable - very pretty and attractive, making one love someone or something

Those shoes are adorable! I'm going to buy a pair, too.

a face only a mother could love - a phrase used to describe an unattractive or ugly person

Heather always tells people that when she was growing up, she had a face only a mother could love, but seeing how pretty she is now, I don't believe her.

profile - the way one's face appears when viewed from the side

Soriah never realized how nice her nose looked until she saw a photograph of herself in profile.

likeness - a similarity in the way something appears; what something looks like

Who drew the likeness of George Washington that appears on the one dollar bill?

statue - a large sculpture made of metal or stone in the shape of a famous person or an animal

Who was the model for the Statue of Liberty?

to brown-nose - to be very nice to someone, usually because one wants him or her to do something for oneself

Wahid always brown-noses his teachers, hoping to get better grades.

What do you say? - a phrase used to ask for one's opinion about something or to find out if one is interested in doing something

A group of us are going skiing this weekend. What do you say? Do you want to come?

to look like (someone) - to be similar in appearance to someone else; to share someone's physical characteristics

Hattie's new boyfriend looks a lot like Mr. Taylor, but he's younger and taller.

two peas in a pod - two things that are very similar in appearance or behavior

Ward and his best friend are two peas in a pod - they both like watching baseball and collecting old records.