medium complexion - WordReference Forums
2007年7月10日 · Almost all racial types have individuals with darker complexions than others. English people are rather pale, because the winter is long and they stay indoors a lot, but some are quite dark-skinned and some very pale-skinned. A medium complexion is, I take it, about halfway between the darkest and the lightest complexioned people in the race.
he/she has a light/dark/medium complexion - WordReference …
Sep 18, 2007. #1. In English, when we speak of complexion, we normally mean the colour of the face, although the facial colour is likely going to be the same as that of the skin generally. This is the sort of thing one hears in police descriptions. "The suspect has a dark complexion or a medium complexion. Perhaps we say that because it is the ...
Brunette = Moreno? - WordReference Forums
Jan 18, 2011. #11. A non-pejorative translation of "morena" is "olive-skinned," or " (with an) olive complexion." "Brunette" does refer only to a woman's hair color. Black women would not be described as "brunette." "Brunette," from the French, is a …
steak: rare, medium-rare, medium, well-done - WordReference …
2005年6月24日 · To be honest nothing is funny as people discussing and learning!!! By the way as fare as I’m concern there is 5 ways of cooking a steak. 1- Rare = Bleu (core temperature 45/47 C ) 2- Medium rare = saignant ( core temperatue 50/52C ) 3- Medium = A point ( core temperature 55/60 C ) 4- Medium well = cuit ( core temperature 63/65C ) 5- Well done ...
white vs. Caucasian | WordReference Forums
2008年9月6日 · London. England, English (UK) Sep 6, 2008. #3. White is probably more formal, on a government form, it may say caucasian. Caucasian is a more technical term. It's probably slightly more polite, but I certainly don't mind being called white. (It meaning caucasian.)
I am (of) medium height/build. | WordReference Forums
Jul 17, 2017. #6. I know both ways -with and without of - are correct in English. But when we say She is tall, tall is an adjective; but when we say She is medium height, we are using a noun: height after the verb to be, and that's what my question is about. We say I am married, but we don't say * I am medium marriage.
medium-built vs medium build - WordReference Forums
English - American. Sep 24, 2019. #2. All of these are valid. Both "of medium build" and "of a medium build" are found, although "of medium build" is by far the more common. "With" vs. "with a " seem to be in favor of "with a medium build," but you'll see "with medium build" in things like police bulletins describing suspects.
when a friend says he needs to see a doctor - WordReference …
2009年2月17日 · So if my boss at work says "I'm going to be late for the meeting since I have a doctor's appointment," I'd probably just say "okay, we'll start without you." If the same boss calls me in, closes the door, sits me down and says, in a tearful voice, "I need to go to the doctor today," I might say, "Uh, oh. Sounds serious.
on the toilet / in the bathroom | WordReference Forums
2009年5月9日 · Admittedly, "I'm in the bathroom" is a lot less graphic than "on the toilet," which means I'm sitting on the toilet doing my business (evacuating my bowels or bladder). If I say I can't answer the door. I'm in the bathroom., this might mean: 1) I'm naked and about to get into the shower. 2) I'm on the toilet.
Urdu slang: burger - WordReference Forums
2009年2月4日 · Panjabi, Urdu پنجابی، اردو. May 5, 2014. #20. ^ I am of the opinion that the word "burger" is simply "hamburger" as defined by the Oxford Dictionary: "A flat round cake of minced beef that is fried or grilled and typically served in a bread roll; a hamburger". Of course, its ingredients may and do vary.