Words and idioms to talk about beauty

 

1)IDIOMS to talk about beauty

Write the expression in Italian

•         Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

·       Pretty As A Picture

·       She’s A Real Beauty

·       Easy On The Eyes

·       She’s A Real Head-Turner

·       Drop-dead gorgeous                                                                                                                

·       A thing of beauty

·       Beauty is only skin-deep

2)Words to talk about beauty

Write the word in Italian

 

• admirable
• adorable
• amazing
• angelic
• appealing
• astonishing
• athletic
• attractive
• blooming
• bonny
• breathtaking
• brilliant
• captivating
• celestial
• challenging
• charismatic
• charming
• cute
• dazzling
• delicate
• delightful
• dreamlike
• dreamy
• elegant
• enchanting
• engaging
• enticing
• excellent
• exceptional
• exquisite
• eye-catching
• fabulous
• fair
• fascinating
• fine
• flashy
• generous
• glowing
• goddess
• good-looking
• gorgeous
• graceful 
• handsome
• healthy
• heavenly
• hypnotic
• interesting
• inviting
• kind
• lavish
• lovely
• magnetic
• magnificent
• majestic
• marvelous
• mesmeric
• nice
• overwhelming
• perfect
• pleasing
• pretty
• pure
• radiant
• ravishing
• refined
• riveting
• scrumptious
• sharp
• shiny
• slim
• smart
• snappy
• snazzy
• spectacular
• spiffy
• splendid
• stunning
• stylish
• sublime
• superb
• sweet
• tantalizing
• tempting
• tender
• trendy
• unique
• wonderful
• wondrous
• youthful

 

 

Shakespeare invented new words and idioms

WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS CREATED BY SHAKESPEARE in a class activity.

The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare. He invented over 1700 of English common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original. Below some  conversations built up by the students in a fourth class using some of the words and expressions created by Shakespeare. Their task was to write down dialogues trying to use the most famous Shakesperian inventions.

1) SOMETHING IN THE WIND

Emilie and David have had a relationship for 5 years, but one day Emily meets Alexander, her new classmate.

He's handsome and everyone enjoys his company, but he's aggressive with her.

In fact he really likes making fun of her.......but maybe between them there's something deeper and for all the studnts of the school there's "something in the wind"

Emily is really confused and so she decides to talk with Jasmine her best friend

Emily: Hey Jasmine! I'm really confused because David is my boyfriend and I love him, but I really like Alex too. What can I do?

Jasmine: Oh, my God! Alexander! Really?! But he's so stupid instead David really loves you and he's generous with you.

Emilie: Yes, I know! But there's something strange between us....and I can't stop thinking about him.

Jasmine: Oh, I've understood that there was " something in the wind"!!!

But now, you've to choose between them

Emilie: I think I'm in love with Alex

Jasmine, yes, I know. After all " love is blind"

2) BREAKING THE ICE
Alex hey Pedro! How are you?
Pedro Hey! I'm fine and you?
Alex I'm fine and I want to tell you about a girl that I like
Pedro Sure Who is she?
Alex Her name's Claudia....I've liked her since last year!
Pedro Oh for goodness' sake! I know who she is....She's so ugly!
Alex What are you saying?She's the most beautiful girl I' ve evere seen
Pedro There's no doubt that love is blind!
Alex Anyway......What is done is done! I'm so in love with her.
Pedro I don't believe that you are in love because you're so stony hearted
Alex That's not true because when I'm in love I have a heart of gold
Pedro Have you ever talked with her?
Alex No, I haven't. I want to break the ice but I don't know how
Pedro I could help you because Claudia has been my friend since we were children
Tomorrow there'll be a movie at the cinema and she will go. we can meet there at 7.
Alex Perfect! See you there , By Pedro...I love you!

Shakespeare's idioms

This is a selective list of idioms coined by Shakespeare which are still used in the English language today....some of them are also used in the Italian language.....

  

All's well that ends well
Brave New World

Cold comfort
Devil incarnate
Fair play
In a pickle
Jealousy is the green-eyed monster
It was Greek to me

Much ado about nothing
Own flesh and blood
Star-crossed lovers
Something in the wind
Spotless reputation
Stony hearted
What's done is done
What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/shakespeares-idioms-lesson-1