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A classroom, a professor, some students. |
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Now we are going to do the portrait of the young man of the story, Robert. |
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He's an American, a solid boy. |
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You mean (want to say) that he is going to be fat? |
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But no, not at all. He is solid, robust, husky, but he isn't fat at all. |
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He doesn't have a stomach: in fact, Robert is rather thin. |
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He is one meter 70 centimeters tall. (He measures 1 m. 70) --- 1 m. 70 = 5' 7" |
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And he weighs exactly 70 kilograms. -- 70 kilograms = 154 lbs. |
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He is taller than Mireille. Mireille is (makes) one meter 63 centimeters, |
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One meter 64, perhaps, not more. -- 1 m. 63 = 5' 4" |
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Robert is taller than she, or if you prefer, she is less tall than he, she is shorter than he. |
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He is very athletic: he does some water skiing, some surfing, some polo, |
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Some football (American, of course), some basketball, some volleyball, some handball, |
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Some hockey, some roller skating. |
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That's all? |
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Yes, it's necessary to leave him a little time for working. |
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Or for taking a nap. |
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Let's return to our physical portrait. He isn't very tall. He is thin, but solid. |
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He has rather wide and rather square shoulders. |
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Is she going to have a long or short neck? (the neck long or short) Thin or thick? |
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She's going to have a rather long and thin neck. (the neck rather long and thin) |
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Is she going to have a thin or a thick waist? She has a thin waist. |
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And the fingers? Is she going to have short and thick fingers, or long and thin (fine). |
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She has long and thin fingers. And she also has long and thin legs. |
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The face, now. Is she going to have an oval, elongated, round ... square face? |
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Oval? Good. Let's say that she's going to have an oval face. |
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Is she going to be blond, brunette (dark-haired) , red-headed, or brown-haired (chestnut brown)? |
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Let's see ... she's going to be blond. |
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Too bad. Because, me, I prefer the brunettes. |
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Too bad (tough) for you. Mireille is blond and is going to stay blond. |
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Now, is she going to have long or short hair? What do you prefer? |
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Long. ...Very well. I'm in agreement. She's going to have blond and long hair. |
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And the eyes? Is she going to have black eyes? Chestnut eyes? Gray eyes? |
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Or green? Or rather blue eyes? ... Blue eyes. |
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Good. It's agreed. She's going to have blue eyes, both. She's going to have two blue eyes. |
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There is the physical portrait of Mireille. She is rather short. |
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She looks fragile, but her health is excellent, and she's very athletic. |
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She is thin. She has an oval face, blond hair, and blue eyes. |
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Now, let's do the character portrait of Mireille. |
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In terms of character, she is lively and has a quick mind. |
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She is intelligent, very reasonable, very sociable ... a bit of a tease, perhaps, |
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But she is not at all mean. She has a very good disposition. |
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