FACIAL FEATURES

Look at the following facial features and match the adjectives on (left column) with particular part of
the 'face or head they usually describe (right column):

high, lined forehead

rosy, hollow cheeks
double, pointed chin
false, long eyelashes
bushy, pencil thin eyebrows
snub, hook (or Roman) nose
cauliflower, pierced ears
piercing, hazel eyes
square, upper jaw
thick, cherry lips
wide, mean mouth

Demonstrate the actions listed below and explain when you would use them.

1. smack your lips 6. purse your lips

2. raise your eyebrows 7. blow your nose
3. prick up your ears 8. puff out your cheeks
4. mouth something 9. turn your nose up
5. flutter your eyelashes 10. roll your eyes

Keep the right-hand column covered. On the left are some definitions of facial features. Write or say
what they are. Then find the appropriate word on the right.

1. openings in the nose the tongue 12

2. the soft lower parts of the ears eyelids 11
3. flat parts on the side of the face above the cheek-bones a moustache 10
4. hair that grows on the chin and jaw the complexion 9
5. the bony case that protects the brain nostrils 1
6. the tissue our teeth are in the brow 8
7. the passage from the mouth towards the stomach a beard 4
8. the semi-poetic name for the forehead gums 6
9. the colour and state of the skin on the face lobes 2
10. hair that grows above the upper lip temples 3
11. the movable skin which opens and closes the eyes the throat 7
12. the organ used for tasting the skull 5

Try to find English equivalents for the following words in Croatian:

1. bore lines, wrinkles, crow's feet 8. ječmenac stye

(eyes) 9. bubuljica, prištić pimples, zits,
2. bradavica (npr. na nosu) wart spots, blackheads
3. podočnjaci eyebags/dark rings/etc. 10. rupice "smijuljice" dimples
4. umjetni madež beautyspot 11. gnojni čir boil
5. pjegice frackles/sunfrackles 12. ožiljak scar
6. madež birthmark, mole 13. rana wound
7. herpes (oko usana) sore 14. modrica bruise