Daily Life - Describing Someone's Face (C0261)

A: Let's play a game!
B: Ok! How about Scrabble?
A: No no, a friend of mine taught me this really fun game. I'm going to describe someone's face, and you guess who it is!
B: Ok!
A: Let's see. He has a roman nose, bushy eyebrows and dimples!
B: Our cousin Pete! My turn! She has a pointy nose, sunken eyes and a mole on her chin!
A: Aunt Rose! That mole is so huge! Ok, my turn. He has a crooked nose and full lips. He has quite a few freckles and an oval face. Oh, he is also bald!
B: Your future husband!
A: Not funny.

Key Vocabulary

dimple a small natural indentation in the flesh
mole a small, dark brown spot on a person's skin
freckle a small, brownish spot on someone's skin
oval having the shape of an egg

Supplementary Vocabulary

cheeks the fleshy side of the face
nostrils the holes in the nose that allow the pass of air
forehead a part of the face above the eyes
eyelash the hair on the eyelid that protects the eye
chin the lower portion of the face including the jaw

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