IELTS Vocabs - Physical Appearance

Physical Appearance
Part 1-style questions
Examiner: Do you look like any other people in your family?
Carlo: No  not at all  take my brother for example  he has short cropped hair and has quite a pointed face  he’s also quite fair-skinned compared to me 
cropped hair: very short hair
to be fair-skinned: light skinned
pointed face: the opposite of a round face
Examiner: Tell me about your family.
Andrea: My father’s getting on a bit  he’s in his 60s  but he looks very young for his age  he still does lots of exercise and is quite well-built 
to be getting on a bit: to be getting old
in his/her 30s/40s: to be 20/30 something
to be well-built: to be muscular
to look young for your age: to look younger than you are
Examiner: What does your best friend look like?
Mandy: She’s the same age as me  she has shoulder-length hair  fair hair  she has a slim figure and is medium height 
fair hair: light-coloured hair
medium height: average height
slim figure: attractively thin
shoulder-length hair: hair that comes down to the shoulders and no further
Part 2-style task
Describe a person whose appearance you like. You should say
who this person is
what their relationship is to you
what they look like
and say what it is about their appearance you like.
Monique:  OK  I’d like to talk about my aunt  her name’s Marta and she’s quite a character  she’s middle-aged but has a very youthful appearance  she’s a little overweight I suppose but not too much  she has a friendly round face framed by thick blonde hair  she has a lovely complexion and she’s always well-turned out  she actually always looks like she’s going out for the evening to somewhere special  there’s never a hair out of place  I’ve always thought she bears a striking resemblance to someone on TV  I can’t remember the name now  she wears glasses and always seems to have a different pair on every time I see her  I like the way she looks because she wears clothes that are right for her age and manages to look glamorous without it looking like she’s too done up  yes  I’ll be happy if I look like her when I’m her age 
youthful appearance: to look young
middle-aged: approximately between 45-65
thick hair: a lot of hair
to be overweight: to weigh more than is regarded as healthy
to be well-turned out: to look smart
complexion: natural skin colour and texture
to bear a striking resemblance: to look very similar to
to wear glasses: to use spectacles
to never have a hair out of place: perfectly styled hair
Part 3-style questions
Examiner:  Is it important to dress well whenever we go out?
Mark: It depends where you’re going  I know some people get done up just to go to the shops  but I don’t see the point  you shouldn’t go out looking scruffy with disheveled hair but I really don’t see the point in getting dressed up to the nines unless you’re going somewhere special 
disheveled hair: untidy hair
to dress up to the nines: to dress very smartly or glamorously
scruffy: dressed untidily
to get done up: to dress smartly
Examiner: Do people worry too much about their appearance as they get older?
Mira: I’m sure they do  yes  but it happens to all of us doesn’t it  we all go grey eventually and get hard of hearing  we start to lose our figure  that’s why plastic surgery is so popular  personally I think we just need to grow old gracefully and not worry too much about how we look 
to go grey: to have hair that is turning grey
to grow old gracefully: to act in a way that embraces the fact you are getting older
to be hard of hearing: to find it difficult to hear
to lose one’s figure: to have a figure that has lost its toned shape
Examiner: Is attractiveness a quality worthwhile aiming for?
Phoebe: I’d like to say no  it shouldn’t matter what we look like in terms of our physical appearance  but unfortunately it seems women especially are taken more seriously if they are good looking with a slender figure with perfect make up and so on 
slender figure: a figue that is tall and slim
to be good looking: to be attractive
make up: cosmetics