18 Observing others: appearance and mannerisms

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scrawny
He was too scrawny to be a football player.
öğrenmeye başla
unattractively thin and bony-looking
lanky
A lanky teenager walked in.
öğrenmeye başla
very tall and thin, and usually moving awkwardly
gangling / gangly
A ganling/gangly youth approached him.
öğrenmeye başla
with long, thin arms and legs and rather awkward movements; often used of men and boys
portly
A portly figure stood near the ticket desk.
öğrenmeye başla
with fat stomach and chest; often used humorously about older men
stout
She's the stout woman wearing glasses, over there.
öğrenmeye başla
with a quite fat, solid body; usef of men and women
gruby, tęgi
corpulent
She introduced me to rather corpulent gentleman.
öğrenmeye başla
fat (formal, literary word)
double chin
He's getting a dobule chin.
öğrenmeye başla
fat around the chin
podgardle
unkempt (e.g. hair)
His hair always looks so unkempt.
öğrenmeye başla
untidy, scruffy; not cared for
zaniedbane
scruffy
öğrenmeye başla
untidy and looking a little dirty
never a hair out of place
His sister is the opposte: never a hair out of place.
öğrenmeye başla
If someone does not have a hair out of place, their appearance is very neat
neat
Her hair is always neat and tidy.
öğrenmeye başla
tidy, with everything in its place
fold
(...), with the skin hanging in folds.
öğrenmeye başla
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
fałdować, fałdy
swarthy
He has rather swarthy complexion.
öğrenmeye başla
(of a person or their skin) dark
śniady
complexion
His sister's complexion is more sallow.
öğrenmeye başla
the natural appearance of the skin on a person's face, especially its colour or quality
cera, karnacja
sallow
His sister's complexion is more sallow.
öğrenmeye başla
(of white-skinned people) yellowish and looking unhealthy
haggard
He often looks haggard and exhausted.
öğrenmeye başla
looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes
zmęczony; mizerny; wybiedzony
pouting
Look at those models pouting for the photographers!
öğrenmeye başla
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
grimace
You don't have to grimace every time I eat raw garlic.
öğrenmeye başla
to make an expression of pain, strong dislike, etc. in which the face twists in an ugly way
wykrzywiać usta
scowl
I arrived late and she just scowled at me.
öğrenmeye başla
to look at someone or something with a very annoyed expression
patrzyć groźnie, z ukosa
leer
He was leering at us.
öğrenmeye başla
(especially of men) to look at someone in a sexually interested way
gapić się z porządaniem
manerism
öğrenmeye başla
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
to shrug
I asked him for advice but he just shrugged his shoulders.
öğrenmeye başla
to raise your shoulders and then lower them in order to say you do not know or are not interested
wzruszyć ramionami
fold your arms / cross your legs
He folded his arms.
öğrenmeye başla
to bring your arms close to your chest and hold them together
zakładać rękę/nogę na rękę/nogę
pick your nose / teeth
She picks her nose all the time.
öğrenmeye başla
to remove separate things or small pieces from something, especially with the fingers
dłubać w nosie / zębach
to clench your fist
She clenched her fist and told him to go get out of the room at once.
öğrenmeye başla
to close or hold something very tightly, often in a determined or angry way
zacisnąć pięść
to tap your fingers (on a table)
öğrenmeye başla
make quick, light hitting movements

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