Лекция: SPECIAL FEATURES (ОСОБЕННОСТИ ВНЕШНОСТИ)

The man on the left has very pale skin (light skin). He also has broad shoulders, with a scar on his forehead. The other man has dark skin. He also has a beard and moustache.

ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT A PERSON’S APPEARANCE

(ВОПРОСЫ О ВНЕШНОСТИ)

q: What does she look like? a: She's tallish, with short fair hair.

q: How tall is she? a: About 1 metre 65.

q: How much does she weigh? a: I don't know ~ roughly 50 kilos, I guess.

We can use about and roughly to mean 'more or less' when talking about height (= how tall someone is), weight (=how heavy is someone) or age. The suffix ‘ish’ can be used at the end of some adjectives to mean 'quite" and at the end of some numbers to mean “more or less”.

She's got longish hair.

He's twentyish.

She's roughly 40.