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Describing clothes - C1-C2

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    Practice of Advanced to Proficient level English vocabulary about clothes
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  • What are SHABBY clothes?
    They're clothes that look old and in bad condition, because of being used for a long time or not being cared for or which is of low quality.
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  • What are some synonyms of SCRUFFY?
    old, messy, untidy, frumpy, unkempt, shabby
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  • What are SKIMPY clothes?
    Skimpy clothes are considered not large enough or covering little skin or showing a lot of the body.
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  • What clothes can be SKIMPY?
    Dresses, skirts, shorts, tops or swimwear (swimsuits, bikinis or speedos)
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  • What are STYLISH clothes?
    Clothes that are of a high quality in appearance or design, fashionably elegant or sophisticated.
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  • What do we call trousers that are slightly flared so as to allow for the wearer to wear boots underneath?
    BOOTCUT
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  • What do we call clothes that have a pattern made of sewn thread of different colours?
    EMBROIDED / EMBROIDERY
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  • What do we call clothes that have lost the bright color they once had?
    FADED
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  • What do we call clothes which become wider at one end?
    FLARED
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  • What do we call clothes that we do not like because of their bright, even tacky colours or big, bold patterns of questionable taste?
    LOUD
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  • What do we call clothes with narrow folds of cloth made by pressing or sewing two parts of the cloth together?
    PLEATED
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  • What do we call clothes that have been badly worn-out (or designed) to the point of breaking , showing skin between the cracks and sometimes having loose hreads sticking out?
    RIPPED / TORN
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  • What do we call clothes that are that look old, messy, untidy, frumpy, unkempt, even dirty?
    SCRUFFY / SHABBY
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  • What do we call clothes that are not large enough or covering little skin or showing a lot of the body?
    SKIMPY
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  • When we say that some clothes "don't leave much to the imagination", we are talking about...
    SKIMPY clothes
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  • When we say that some clothes are "too revealing", we are talking about...
    SKIMPY clothes
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