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The human body

Par FLORENCE DUPRE-TRAMIER, publié le lundi 17 juin 2013 11:49 - Mis à jour le samedi 25 septembre 2021 12:43

The human body

1) The human body

hand (main)

elbow (coude)

shoulder(épaule)

breast (sein)

chest (cage thoracique)

foot/feet (pied(s))

leg (jambe)

knee (genou)

heel (talon)

fingers (doigts)

arm (bras)

head (tête)

neck (cou)

back (dos)

waist (taille)

bottom (le derrière)

thigh (cuisse)

calf (mollet)

ankle (cheville)

2) Face

forehead (front)

eyebrow (sourcil)

eye (oeil)

ear (oreille)

nose (nez)

chin (menton)

hair (invariable)(cheveux)

eyelashes (cils)

eyelid (paupière)

cheek (joue)

mouth (bouche)

lip (lèvre)

Adjectives:

plain (quelconque)

ugly (laid(e))

good looking (beau/belle)

beautiful; pretty (♀)

handsome (♂)

3) Hands and feet

middle finger

(majeur)

index finger

(index)

thumb

(pouce)

ring finger

(annulaire)

little finger

(auriculaire)

palm (paume)

wrist (poignet)

 

ankle (cheville)
 
heel (talon)
 
big toe (gros orteil)
toenail (ongle d'orteil)
 
little toe(petit orteil)

 

4) Simple anatomy

brain (cerveau)

lungs (poumons)

> breathe (respirer)

heart (coeur)

blood (sang)

> bleed (saigner)

liver (foie)

stomach (estomac)

belly (ventre) -familier

hips (hanches)

backbone/spine

(colonne vertébrale)

 

5) Describing pains

 

If your head hurts:

                     [k]

"I've got a headache."

or "My head aches."

If your stomach hurts:

"I've got stomach ache." or "My stomach aches."

If your back hurts:

"I've got backache." or "My back aches."

If other parts of your body hurt:

"I've got a pain in my arm / leg etc."

6) Sayings and idioms

wink"An apple a day keeps the doctor away!"

angry He is a pain in the neck (= a real nuisance) [slang]

devil I gave him a dose of his own medicine ( >I treated him in the same way as he had his "victims")

noI'm sick (and tired) of waiting! (I'm very annoyed by it and I want it to stop-informal use)

frown It's getting out of hand! ( I'm not able to control it anymore)

frown He's not of sound mind... (≈He is mad)

smiley My mind is made up! (I have decided)

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