Képleírás

PICTURE DESCRIPTION
  1. In this picture, I can see a …
  2. This photo shows a …
  3. The picture depicts a …
  4. This is a photo of …
  5. There is a middle-aged man in the foreground.
  6. I can see three elderly people working in the background.
  7. In the far background there is a …
  8. Closest to us there is a …
  9. On the left, …
  10. On the left-hand side, …
  11. On the right, …
  12. On the right-hand side, …
  13. At the top, …
  14. At the bottom, …
  15. In the middle, …
  16. In the top right-hand corner, …
  17. In the top left-hand corner, …
  18. In the bottom right-hand corner, …
  19. In the bottom left-hand corner, …
  20. Near the bottom left corner, …
  21. Opposite him, …
  22. Behind him, …
  23. In front of him, …
  24. Right to the building, …
  25. To her left, there is a …

 

PICTURE DISCUSSION

26. I think they are …

27. They may be …-ing.

28. I can`t say for certain, but it may be a …

29. I can`t say for sure, but it could be a …

30. I can see a …, so it must be a …

31. I can`t see a …, so it can`t be a …

32. I think this photo was taken …

33. This photo must have been taken …

34. It looks (very much) like a …

35. It doesn`t really look like a holiday photo.

36. He looks like an artist.

37. He doesn`t look too happy.

38. He has a business-like look around him.

39. They appear to be …

40. They seem to be …

41. I`m absolutely sure that …

42. There`s no doubt that …

43. There can`t be any doubt that …

44. That reminds me of …

45. I`ve already been in a situation like this.

46. If I were in a situation like this, I would …

47. If such a thing happened to me, I would …

48. As far as I am concerned, …

49. The way I see it, …

50. From my point of view, ...

51. I`d say …

52. I couldn`t tell why they are …

53. To my mind, …

54. From my experience, …

55. What really strikes me is that …

 

DESCRIBING PEOPLE

56. I can see a fair-haired man in his fifties …

57. He is wearing a …

58. She has dark brown curly hair …

59. And the lady in the green coat, I imagine, is a housewife from her clothes…

60. The woman in the grey coat …

61. They are quite tall, heavily-built and broad-shouldered.

62. The dark-skinned one on the right has a moustache.

63. I think they are fairly good-looking.

64. He is all skin and bones.

65. He has an oval face with a pointed nose, thin lips and a pale complexion.

66. She is tallish.

67. He is above average height.

68. He is below average height.

69. He is on the short side.

70. He is stocky / plump / corpulent / overweight / squat / muscular / built like a barrel.

71. She is petite / thin / skinny / slight and slender / slim / like a lamp-post.

72. She is a blonde / a brunette / a redhead.

73. He is not completely bald but his hair is receding.

74. Her hair is thinning, so she is experimenting with a wig.

75. She`s dyed her hair pink.

76. Her hair is back-combed, with a ponytail.

77. He is pot-bellied.

78. He is sour-faced, looking as if he knew tomorrow was going to be the end of the world.

 

CONTRASTING PICTURES

79. The first picture shows a …

80. As for the first photo, …

81. In the second picture I can see a …

82. Both pictures show…

83. These pictures depict two different kinds of …

84. The room in the second picture is less /more spacious than the one in the first picture.

85. However, the man in the second picture looks quite different.

86. Two types of … are depicted in these pictures.

87. All the three pictures depict some kind of …

88. The first picture shows a happy scene whereas the second picture…

89. The scene in the first photo depicts country life. Similarly, the second photo is about the countryside.

90. Obviously, both pictures are related to …

91. The most striking similarity between the two pictures is the …

92. If there is a common theme, it should be …

93. I`m afraid I have no idea how these picture are connected.

94. They look very similar but the most conspicuous difference is the ...

95. Another thing is that …

 

COLOURS AND PATTERNS

96. yellowish

97. reddish

98. whitish

99. greyish

100. off-white

101. dazzling white

102. purple

103. violet

104. navy blue

105. royal blue

106. deep blue

107. pale blue

108. greeny-blue

109. bluish green

110. salmon pink

111. shocking pink

112. jet black

113. pitch black

114. smokey-grey

115. olive green

116. bottle green

117. sandy-coloured

118. coffee-coloured

119. cream-coloured

120. flesh-coloured

121. rust-coloured

122. khaki

123. buff

124. tangerine

125. mauve

126. fawn

127. bright orange

128. lavender

129. crimson

130. sea green

131. emerald green

132. spotted

133. checked

134. striped

135. floral

137. paisley

138. polka dotted

139. tartan/plaid

140. plain

 

FILLERS

141.Actually, …

142.In other words, …

143.As a matter of fact, …

144.Frankly, …

145.In short, …

146.To sum up, …

147.I suppose …

148.I imagine …

149.Presumably …

150.We can assume …

151.I would guess …

152.Actually, it is hard to say.

153.Alternatively, he might be …

154.Going back to the man …

155.So, returning to the man…

156.Moving to the woman …

157.As far as the woman is concerned, …

158.They are too far away to make out what they are wearing.

159.I can`t quite make out.

160.I don`t know what you call it.