2A - Vocab. Appearance

Question 1

наносить макияж, краситься (разгов.)

to put make-up on

• Кэри проводит несколько минут нанося макияж каждое утро.

Answer 1

to put one’s face on

• Carrie spent a few minutes putting her face on every morning.

Question 2

нереальная красотка, великолепна(-ен) умереть не встать, сражает наповал

absolutely and totally gorgeous;
used for men and women

• прошлым вечером она сражала наповал своей красотой.

Answer 2

drop-dead gorgeous
/ˈdrɒp.ded/

• She looked drop-dead gorgeous last night.

Question 3

ни волосинки не на своем месте

someone who is dressed perfectly and looks very neat

Энтони всегда выглядит идеально - никогда нет ни волосинки не на своем месте

Answer 3

not a hair out of place

• Anthony always looks perfect – never a hair out of place.

Question 4

Разодетый, одетый с иголочки, нарядно одет.

dressed in your best clothes, or in
really formal clothes, often for a
special occasion, like a wedding
* Все были одеты с иголочки.

Answer 4

to be dressed (up) to the nines

• Everyone was dressed up to the nines!

Question 5

разодетый (с иголочки), украшен(ный)

to be dressed in a very fancy way, often for a special occasion

• Мы с Лео разоделись для вечеринки

Answer 5

to be decked out

• Leo and I got all decked out for the party.
• They were all decked out in their best clothes.(раз)одеться в наши лучшие наряды)

Question 6

an older woman dressed in a way that would better suit a younger woman; offensive

• Это платье больше подходит молодым девушкам, я не хочу выглядеть как бабушка, которая носит одежду для молодежи.

Answer 6

mutton dressed as lamb

• That dress is too young for me – I don’t want to look like mutton dressed as lamb.

Question 7

легкое для визуального восприятия,
красивый, милый, симпатичный

Informal: good-looking,
pleasant to look at; attractive, esp sexually

• На Бена приятно смотреть.

Answer 7

to be easy on the eye

• Ben is very easy on the eye.

Question 8

тот ещё видок, плохо выглядеть

to look very untidy or ridiculous in some way

if someone looks bad or unusual

• Дул сильный ветер, и когда мы подошли к пабу, мы вы выглядели потрепанно.

Answer 8

to look a sight

• It was blowing a gale and we looked a sight when we arrived at the pub.
• Your hair is a mess and your clothes are all crumpled (смятый, мятый, скомканный), you look quite a sight.

Note: ‘to look a fright’ is similar. This is a bit old-fashioned, but it means to look really terrible or very untidy.

• Emilio looked a fright in that old suit.

Question 9

Выглядеть как будто кот потрепал

idiom - to look untidy and maybe dirty

Answer 9

to look like something the cat dragged in

• Ben had been working on the farm and he looked like something the cat dragged in.

Question 10

жалкий, потрепанный, по(из)ношенный

idiom - wearing old, perhaps damaged, clothes because a person doesn’t have much money

Answer 10

down-at-heel

• She looked very down-at-heel.

Note: You can also use this adjective to describe places that are in a bad condition because they haven’t been looked after well.

• Noel was a receptionist in a down-at-heel hotel.

Question 11

кожа да кости
idiom - someone is so skinny that you can see their bones

Answer 11

to be skin and bone

• She was all skin and bone after her diet.

Question 12

лицо, которое может любить только мать

idiom - ugly; offensive

Answer 12

a face only a mother could love

• Rob was a lovely boy, but he had a face only a mother could love.