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FIRST LEVEL

PEOPLE’S DESCRIPTION
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 TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE’S
CHARACTER

Calm/serene

Kind/lovely

Easygoing/cushy

Flexible/ conciliatory
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sociable/polite Agressive/violent

helpful
Smart/elegant/trendy
funny/gracious
 clever
athletic

proud/ostentatious/pretentious Friendly/hospitable
dreamer/thoughtful
 They have good
Handsome/good beautiful/good shape
looking/attractive/ looking/attractive/gorgeous
hot /hot

Hard working
talkative
responsible
 PHYSICAL
APPEARANCE
HEIGHT

Tall /short/
short

He is medium
height/average height
He is tall. He is normal height. He is short
He is very tall/He is pretty He is relatively normal
tall height. He is quite short
 BUILD

Chubby / skinny

chubby
stocky bonny

slim overweight
Strong build plump
skinny

- She is skinny. (negative) - She is fat. (negative)

- She is underweight. (negative)
- She is thin. (negative)
+ She is slim. (positive)
+ She is slender. (positive)
- She is overweight. (negative)
- /+She is plump. (neutral)
- /+ She is stocky. (neutral)
+ She is bonny. (positive)
slender
 HAIR

Spiky, short with a beard and Crew cut and

afro, short and moustache/goatee black hair.
and black hair. black hair.
beard.

wavy, long straight, short Straight, long Straight, long short

grey hair
blonde/fair brown red black
Blonde Brunette redhead - -
hair hair hair hair
 EYES

Beautiful, big, dark Beautiful, big, grey

eyes eyes
brown eyes
Beautiful, almond,
blue eyes

grey eyes green eyes blue eyes brown eyes dark eyes

Note! This is
a black eye!
 TYPE OF HAIR

He has no hair. = She has medium She has medium She has short
She has long hair. She has short hair. He is bald. length hair. length hair. hair.

She has medium

She has long, black She has short, black length , blonde She has medium She has short,
+ hair. hair. - hair. length, red hair. blonde hair.

She has straight, She has wavy, She has curly,

She has straight, She has straight, medium length, medium length, red short, blonde
++ long, black hair. short, black hair. - blonde hair. hair. hair.

Her hair is
straight, medium Her hair is wavy, Her hair is curly
Her hair is straight, Her hair is straight, length, and medium length, and short, and
or long, and black. short, and black. - blonde. red. blonde.
 dreadlocks
cornrows Mohican (UK) Skinhead
Mohawk (US)

Plait (UK) Curly hair

Braid (US) Braided hair
Ponytails

Hair slide (UK)

Barrette (US)
Flat top Hair band Hair bandana
 TYPE OF COMPLEXION

tan
freckles hairy
wrinkles

He is asian. He She is black. She is white. He is white. He

has light- She has dark He is white. He She has lightly has very pale
brown skin. skin. has fair skin. tanned skin. skin.
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moustache

Goatee
beard

chin nostrils

Fringe (UK)
Bangs (US)

eyebrows checks

eyelashes teeth

mouth
 old/young
Full lips

ill overweight
rude
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