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Describing people

Height (= how many metres?)
Mary Pimm is a very tall woman.
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[NOT Mary Pimm is a very high woman.
Tom Jakes is quite short. Mary Pimm | | Tom Jakes
[NOT Tom Jakes is quite tow.]

If you aren't tall or short, you are medium height.
To ask if someone is tall or short, we say:
How tall is Mary/Tom? She’s 1.60 metres tall. / He’s 1.48 metres tall.
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Weight fo
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(= how many kilos?) Mw
Dolly Ryan

Dolly Ryan is really slim.
I was very thin when | was in hospital.
(thin is a more negative word)
A rather fat man opened the door. (fat is quite negative)
The doctor said I am overweight. (= more kilos than is good for me)
How much do you weigh? I weigh 62 kilos / 74 kilos, etc.

Face and head

Sally has dark hair and dark skin.
She has brown eyes.
Polly has blonde (or fair) hair and fair skin.
She has blue eyes.
Billy has a beard and long hair.
He has green eyes.
Harry has a moustache and short hair.

You can also use has got, for example, Sally has got dark hair and dark skin.

Age
My grandmother is 97. She’s very old. My sister is 14. She’s young, but would like to be
older. My father is 56. He’s middle-aged, but would like to be younger!
This hospital is for elderly people. (more polite than old)

Looks: positive (+) and negative (-)
My sister is quite pretty. (+++) (usually girls/)women only). She’s a very beautiful girl.
(++++) Jim’s a very handsome man. (++++) (usually for men only) Bob’s a rather ugly
man. (---)
I’m not ugly or beautiful, Pm just ordinary-looking! (+/-)

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