42 Incredible Ways to Tell Someone they are BEAUTIFUL in English

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- Hello everyone and welcome back
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to English With Lucy.
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Today I am going to help you.
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I'm going to help you with your love lives.
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I never thought I'd say that on this channel.
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I'm going to help you tell somebody
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that they are beautiful.
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And this isn't just in the romantic sense.
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It's also in a friendly sense as well.
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So these are really nice,
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all the way from basic to advanced ways
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of telling someone that they look good.
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I've got lots of adjectives, lots of nouns
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and lots of slang phrases as well.
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So this video is perfect for improving your vocabulary.
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But if you want to improve your pronunciation
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and your listening skills even further,
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then I highly recommend this special method
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It might sound a bit complex but let me explain.
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It's really easy and really effective.
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Take a book that you have already read in English
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or a book that you would like to read in English
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and read that book whilst listening
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to it's audiobook counterpart on audible.
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Reading alone will not help with your pronunciation.
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And obviously not with your listening either.
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The way a word is spelt in English or written in English
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doesn't really give you much indication
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as to how it's pronounced in English.
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But if you listen to a word as you read it,
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your brain will start making connections
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and the next time you see that word,
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you'll know exactly how it's said,
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how it's meant to be said.
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How it's meant to sound.
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And the next time you hear that word,
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you'll know exactly how it's spelt and written as well.
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And I've also left lots of audiobook recommendations
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and book recommendations in the description box as well.
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Right, let's get started with the lesson.
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Firstly, let's take a look at some adjectives.
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I'm sure you'll know some of them
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but I've included some more advanced ones as well.
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Obviously the one we all know is beautiful, beautiful.
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But we also have pretty, pretty.
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It's normally used to describe somebody feminine.
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You can have a pretty man.
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But you are saying that he is beautiful in a feminine way.
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Gorgeous, gorgeous, this means completely beautiful.
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Stunning, stunning, again very beautiful.
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That's probably top notch for beauty.
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But can also have cute
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but this is far more common in America.
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So if you say someone is cute in the UK,
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you'd be saying that they are very sweet
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or childlike maybe.
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Or like a cat or a dog might be cute.
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In America they use cute to describe
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somebody that's good looking.
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I remember an American girl telling me when I was young
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that she thought my outfit was cute.
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And I remember thinking, I don't want to look cute,
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I want to look grown up.
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But to her cute meant very very nice.
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But to me it meant oh I look like a child.
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Another one that we do use a lot is adorable, adorable.
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Attractive, attractive is also an option.
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One that I use a lot is lovely, lovely.
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You look absolutely lovely.
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If somebody just looks 10 out of 10,
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then you can say perfect, she's perfect.
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Everything about her or him is just beautiful.
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We also have a lovely one which is radiant, radiant.
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This means somebody has a beautiful glow
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about them, radiant beauty.
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Another word especially if somebody
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looks really good in their clothes
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or we really like their figure,
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we can say you look fantastic, fantastic.
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Good-looking is also an option.
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She's a very good-looking woman.
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He's a very good-looking man.
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Handsome, handsome is used to describe
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more masculine beauty.
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You can say a handsome woman but you are describing
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masculine beauty in that woman.
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So we are more likely to use handsome
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for men but not always.
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Breathtaking is another really nice one.
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Someone is so beautiful they take your breath away.
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You look breathtaking tonight.
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Or captivating, captivating.
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This means that they hold your gaze
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captive like a prisoner.
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A very feminine one is dainty, dainty.
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This describes small and feminine beauty.
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You might describe someone's dainty hands
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if they have small, feminine hands.
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Dazzling is another really lovely one.
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Dazzling, someone whose beauty stops you in your tracks.
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Striking is another similar one, striking.
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And the last one, one that I really like is dreamy, dreamy.
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Normally used by teenage girls
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to describe their crushes.
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Oh my God, he's so dreamy.
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Now I've got some informal adjectives.
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A lot of these are describing general attractiveness
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rather than beauty.
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Someone could be attractive without being beautiful.
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And a lot of these are slang words.
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So if someone is very attractive, you can call them hot.
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Hot, oh my God, he's so hot.
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A really slang one is banging, banging.
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She's got a banging body or he is banging.
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Be careful with how you say it
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because if you say he is banging,
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it doesn't sound like an adjective,
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it sounds like a verb.
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But we use it with a certain tone of voice,
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you are banging.
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Another one if someone's really hot, sizzling.
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He is sizzling.
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If somebody is a cunning beauty,
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you can call them foxy, foxy.
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Or smoking, this normally comes before hot,
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you are smoking hot in that dress.
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Now three slang ones,
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I had to ask my friends for these.
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What do the young people say nowadays?
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Apparently peng is a slang word that is used.
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I actually think it's quite old now,
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it's been awhile for awhile.
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But if you hear someone say oh my God, he is peng.
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I just don't feel right saying it.
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I always feel really cringe worthy when I say slang words.
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So if someone's peng, then they're very attractive.
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The same for tidy.
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Oh my God you are tidy.
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And we also have the absolute classic, fit.
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I've been saying this since I was a child.
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Oh my God he's so fit, she's so fit.
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You look so fit.
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So you might see British people commenting
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on their friend's photos just saying fit.
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It doesn't mean they're in shape,
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it just means you look great.
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We also have some informal nouns
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that you can use to describe someone who's very attractive.
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For example a stunner.
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If someone is a a stunner and they are stunning,
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you are an absolute stunner.
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Or a hottie.
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She's a total hottie.
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He is a complete hottie.
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We also have a babe.
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This can also mean that someone's a nice person.
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If I say oh he's such a babe,
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I might be saying oh he's such a lovely guy
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rather than such a hot guy, it depends.
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We also have a goddess.
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You can say god but I swear that a goddess
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is much more used than a god.
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And obviously it's used mainly for women.
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She is a total goddess.
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Another one we have a head turner.
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She's a head turner.
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You make heads turn because you're so attractive.
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Or a looker, this means that you are good-looking.
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Your a looker aren't you?
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That was so awkward.
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You're a looker aren't you?
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Or yeah, he's a bit of a looker he is.
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We also have a new one.
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I must say I've never used this myself
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but I have heard it in passing conversation, a worldie.
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He's got himself a worldie, a really beautiful woman.
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Or a perfect 10, a 10 out of 10 on appearance.
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We also have eye candy or arm candy.
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Eye candy is something that is nice for your eyes,
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something nice to look at.
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And arm candy is you know when you're with someone
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and they just look really good for you to be with.
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Very shallow but you know you need to know these things.
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And the last one, thank you to my friends
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who reminded me of this very important word, a snack.
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If somebody is a snack it means they are just delicious.
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You are such a snack.
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It's funny because my grandma,
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you know everyone has a word that they hate.
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I'm not gonna tell you mine
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because you'll start using it.
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But my grandma's is snack.
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So if anyone ever tells me grandma that she's a snack,
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she will hate it.
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I've also got some phrases that you can use
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to tell someone they are attractive.
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A really nice one is you look as lovely as ever.
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Or you look as as ever.
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You look at beautiful as ever,
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you look as dazzling as ever.
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This means you look beautiful
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but you also always look beautiful.
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Another one is oh you're to die for.
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You are gorgeous, I would die for you.
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And another one that I really like is drop-dead gorgeous.
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He's not just gorgeous, he's drop-dead gorgeous.
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I can't handle it.
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You could also say that somebody is easy on the eyes.
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It's very easy to look at this person
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because they look so nice, they are eye candy.
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You're very easy on the eyes.
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And the last one, not necessarily a positive one.
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But you could say you're out of my league.
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If somebody is out of your league,
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it means they're too attractive
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or you consider them to be too attractive
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to go out with you.
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I don't know why I try with you,
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you're completely out of my league.
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Not very nice and not nice to tell anyone
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that you are out of their league ever.
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Right, your homework for today is to add to this list.
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I want more suggestions in the comments section.
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Phrases, adjectives and nouns to describe someone
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who is very attractive.
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I'm sure there are lots more out there.
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Don't forget to check out audible.
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You can claim your free audiobook.
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All you have to do is click on the link
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in the description box.
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And I've got loads of book recommendations
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and audiobook recommendations.
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You can also connect with me on all of my social media.
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I've got my Facebook, my Instagram, my Twitter
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and my new Lucy Bella Earl channel
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where I talk about lifestyle
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and everything that isn't English.
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Thank you so much for coming to my lesson today.
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I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you learnt something.
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I will see you soon for another one, muah.
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