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He was too scrawny to be a football player. commencer à apprendre
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unattractively thin and bony-looking
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A lanky teenager walked in. commencer à apprendre
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very tall and thin, and usually moving awkwardly
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A ganling/gangly youth approached him. commencer à apprendre
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with long, thin arms and legs and rather awkward movements; often used of men and boys
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A portly figure stood near the ticket desk. commencer à apprendre
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with fat stomach and chest; often used humorously about older men
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She's the stout woman wearing glasses, over there. commencer à apprendre
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with a quite fat, solid body; usef of men and women
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She introduced me to rather corpulent gentleman. commencer à apprendre
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fat (formal, literary word)
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He's getting a dobule chin. commencer à apprendre
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His hair always looks so unkempt. commencer à apprendre
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untidy, scruffy; not cared for
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untidy and looking a little dirty
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never a hair out of place His sister is the opposte: never a hair out of place. commencer à apprendre
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If someone does not have a hair out of place, their appearance is very neat
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Her hair is always neat and tidy. commencer à apprendre
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tidy, with everything in its place
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(...), with the skin hanging in folds. commencer à apprendre
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to bend something, especially paper or cloth, so that one part of it lies on the other part, or to be able to be bent in this way
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He has rather swarthy complexion. commencer à apprendre
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(of a person or their skin) dark
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His sister's complexion is more sallow. commencer à apprendre
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the natural appearance of the skin on a person's face, especially its colour or quality
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His sister's complexion is more sallow. commencer à apprendre
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(of white-skinned people) yellowish and looking unhealthy
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He often looks haggard and exhausted. commencer à apprendre
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looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes zmęczony; mizerny; wybiedzony
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Look at those models pouting for the photographers! commencer à apprendre
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to push the lower lip forward to show you are annoyed, or to push both lips forward in a sexually attractive way robić "dziubek" lub dąsać się
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You don't have to grimace every time I eat raw garlic. commencer à apprendre
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to make an expression of pain, strong dislike, etc. in which the face twists in an ugly way
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I arrived late and she just scowled at me. commencer à apprendre
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to look at someone or something with a very annoyed expression
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(especially of men) to look at someone in a sexually interested way
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something that a person does repeatedly with their face, hands, or voice, and that they may not realize they are doing maniera, sposób zachowywanie się
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I asked him for advice but he just shrugged his shoulders. commencer à apprendre
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to raise your shoulders and then lower them in order to say you do not know or are not interested
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fold your arms / cross your legs commencer à apprendre
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to bring your arms close to your chest and hold them together zakładać rękę/nogę na rękę/nogę
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She picks her nose all the time. commencer à apprendre
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to remove separate things or small pieces from something, especially with the fingers
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She clenched her fist and told him to go get out of the room at once. commencer à apprendre
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to close or hold something very tightly, often in a determined or angry way
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to tap your fingers (on a table) commencer à apprendre
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make quick, light hitting movements
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