The human body
The human body
1) The human body
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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) |
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ring finger (annulaire) little finger (auriculaire) palm (paume) wrist (poignet) |
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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
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If your head hurts: |
[k] "I've got a headache." |
| 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
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away!"
He is a pain in the neck (= a real nuisance) [slang]
I gave him a dose of his own medicine ( >I treated him in the same way as he had his "victims")
I'm sick (and tired) of waiting! (I'm very annoyed by it and I want it to stop-informal use)
It's getting out of hand! ( I'm not able to control it anymore)
He's not of sound mind... (≈He is mad)
My mind is made up! (I have decided)
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