VOCABULARY

PREPOSITIONS

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INTERNET:
O meu estado: my status
O meu perfil: my profile

kick the bucket (slang): estirar a pata
_____________________________________ SPORTS

WHERE ARE SPORTS PLAYED?

field :

a large area of ground, usually covered with grass, where

team sports are played:

§  a football/baseball/soccer field

...Stadium:

a large sports field with seats all around it for people to watch team sports or track and field competitions:

§  a football stadium

...court:
an area with lines painted on the ground, for tennis, basketball, etc.

§  a basketball / tennis / volleyball court

..Diamond:
the area in a baseball field that is within the shape formed by the

four bases, also used to refer to the whole field

..track:
A track is a piece of ground which athletes, cyclists, cars, or horses race around.

§  athletics / cycling track

..gym:
a large room with machines which you can use to do exercises

.(swimming) pool:
a place where you can swim

.health club:
a building where you can do various different sports

.slope:
a surface of which one end or side is higher than the other, a piece

of rising or falling ground where usually people go skiing

§  ski slope

.circuit:
A racing circuit is a track on which cares or motorbikes race.

§  motor-racing circuit

.rink:
a building with a specially prepared area with a smooth surface where you can skate:

§  an ice-skating rink

.pitch:
A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey.

§  football / hockey / rugby pitch

.course:
an area of land or water where races are held, or an area of land designed for playing golf

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height
Short - Medium height - Tall

Weight
Skinny - Thin - Slim - Medium weight - chubby - fat - overweight - obese

Skin Colour
Fair-skinned - Tanned - Dark-skinned

Hair (Length)
Short - Medium length - Long

Hair (Style)
Straight - Wavy - Curly

Facial Features
Beard - Black Eye - Moustache - Pimples

Other Features
Mole - Scar - Wart - Wrinkles

If you want to combine hair characteristics together in the same sentence, then the structure is:              Length + Style + Colour + Hair

• Michael has short curly black hair.
• Mary has long wavy brown hair.

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