03-Aug-2007, 16:22
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 Re: Help with CELTA application test
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Originally Posted by lesleyjane  3. "Has Sarah been ill? She has lost a lot of weight"
"Yes, she's really slender now, isn't she?"
Slender is a word which is associated with looking well and healthy. The question implies that Sarah is not well so a more suitable word to use would be 'thin'.
| Try: emaciated, or skeletal, or skin and bones. A: Has Sarah been ill? She has lost a lot of weight.
B: She's all skin and bones.
The word thin is not really all that bad as a description of someone.
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