TOPICAL VOCABULARY. General:appearance, to look like, to take after smb, a character, a trait, hereditary traits/acquired traits

General: appearance, to look like, to take after smb, a character, a trait, hereditary traits/acquired traits, a split personality, a characteristic feature, to look one’s age.

The human body: attractive, impressive, good-looking, pretty, repulsive, charming, ugly, lovely, common, beautiful, plain, nice, usual, handsome, slim, solid, delicate, spare, stocky, neat, graceful, stooping, to hold one’s body upright, feeble, vigorous, frail, well-made, shapeless, lithe, clumsy, superb, ordinary, lean, fat, slight, stout, plump, slender, short, middle-sized, to be of medium height, shoulders: broad, round, narrow, to be slim at the waist; leg: long, short, slender, crooked, shapely; a thumb, a forefinger, a middle finger, a ring finger, a little finger, hair: auburn, golden, red, fair, blond, chest-nut, silver, grey, jet-black, brown, dark, a mop of hair, thick, thin, strait, bald, crisp, curly; face: oval, square, round, wrinkled, freckled, dark, fair, florid, pale, sunburnt, a mole; features of face: clear-cut, delicate, striking, regular, soft; abroad forehead, a narrow forehead, a high forehead, a low forehead, an aquiline nose, a hooked nose, a snub nose, a strait nose, a turned up nose, full lips, thick lips, thin lips, painted lips, even teeth, uneven teeth, artificial teeth, a square jaw, high cheekbones, wide cheekbones, hollow cheeks, cheeks with dimples, ruddy cheeks, pale cheeks, rosy(pink) cheeks, a double chin, eyes: blue, brown, hazel, dark, bulging, wide-set, close-set, deep-set, sunken; straight eyebrows, bushy eyebrows, arched eyebrows, thin eyebrows, penciled eyebrows; eye-lashes: straight,thin, thick, short, long, curving; an earlobe, lop-eared, heavy eyelids, swollen with tears eyelids;

Innate Qualities: active, inert, sleepyhead, slowpoke, cheerful,bore, amiable, nuisance, sullen, calm, irritable, peevish, composed, short-tempered, neat, solvent, defiant, yielding, obedient, easy-going, sensitive, callous, touchy, emotional, somber-minded, (ir)rational, trustworthy, superstitious, ambitious, arrogant, boastful, capricious, complacent, self-assured, self confident;

Powers of mind: broad-minded, narrow-minded, quick-witted, slowcoach, bright, dull, wise, silly, intelligent, stupid, ignorant, talented, gifted, ordinary, genius;

Volitional Powers: coward, brave, courageous, timid, cautious, fearless, fearful, hesitant, doubtful, obstinate, flexible, independent;

Man and other people: (un)fair, faithful, frank, honest, suspicious, false, reliable, double-faced, trustful, sociable, hot-tempered, jealous, snobbish, harsh, tender, strict, cruel, good-natured, firm, kind, wicked, friendly, mean, selfish, moral, honorable, polite, tactful, respectful; Man and property: greedy, open-hearted, stingy, wasteful; Man and his work: responsible, careless, attentive, diligent, hard-working, industrious, lazy, idle, awkward;

Emotional states: calm, anxious, nervous, quiet, glad, happy, joyful, gloomy, grim, miserable, disappointed, frustrated, pleased, displeased, to be in a good(bad) mood, enthusiastic, low and sad, passionate, hopeful, hopeless.

Idiomatic Expressions: to control/keep/hold one’s temper; to fly\get into a temper= to lose one’s temper, good nature, ill nature, out of temper(with smb or smth), to put smb out of temper, to be quite a character, to recover/ regain one’s temper.

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