Listen to the Lesson |
Listen with pause
Used with adjectives:
"
I'm jealous of your beautiful skin."
(beautiful, clear, smooth, good, perfect, healthy, soft)
"
This fruit has thick skin."
(thick, thin, translucent, green)
"
With age comes wrinkled skin."
(wrinkled, sagging, hard, leathery, rough, tough, loose)
"
Babies have sensitive skin."
(sensitive, delicate, soft, pink)
"
He has dry skin."
(dry, flaky, oily, greasy, pasty, itchy, blotchy, broken, damaged)
"
The sailor's skin is sunburned."
(sunburned, weathered, freckled, tanned, bronzed, raw, tender)
"
She has beautiful black skin."
(black, brown, dark, ebony, olive, tan, fair, ivory, light, white)
"
She displayed her bare skin on the beach."
(bare, exposed, naked)
"
He took off the banana skin."
(banana, apple, potato, onion)
Used with verbs:
"
The knife broke the skin."
(broke, pierced, cut, punctured)
"
The sun can burn your skin."
(burn, damage, irritate, age)
"
You should protect your skin."
(protect, moisturize, exfoliate)
"
Snakes often shed their skin."
(shed, lose)
"
Too much water will dry the skin."
(dry, dry out)
"
Her skin is glowing."
(be + glowing, be + glistening, be + sagging, be + blistering, be + burning, be + peeling)
"
My skin is aging too quickly."
(be + aging)
"
Ghosts make my skin crawl."
(crawl)
"
Remove the skin before eating."
(remove, peel off)
Used with nouns:
"
She's being treated for skin cancer."
(cancer, burns, damage, disease, lesions, allergies, infections, disorders, irritation, problems, rashes)
"
You should see a skin specialist."
(specialist)
"
What do you use for skin care?"
(care)
"
He bought some new skin cream."
(cream, cleanser, products, lotion)
"
She has nice skin color."
(color, tone, texture)
"
The doctor will test your skin cells."
(cells, tissue)
Used with prepositions:
"
Put this on your skin."
(on, against, next to)
"
I feel pain beneath my skin."
(beneath, underneath)
