Daily Life - Getting A Hair Cut (C0081)

A: Hello there! Come on in! Don’t just stand there! Come and take a seat!

B: Um, okay. Well, I just want a trim. Nothing too fancy.

A: Oh my gosh! Your hair is amazing! So silky, so shiny! I am going to work my magic on your hair! You hear me? You are going to look like a million bucks!

B: Okay. Um... can you make sure my sideburns are even and you just take a little off the top.

A: Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of everything! ( starts cutting) Oh my god! I just love your curly hair! It’s so fluffy and cute! You should totally let it grow out. An afro would look great on you!

B: Um... no.

Visit the Online Review and Discussion (text version). c 2008 Praxis Language Ltd. A: Okay, but you are going to be my masterpiece!

Key Vocabulary

Don’t just phrase Do something. An ac- stand there tion is required

take a seat phrase choose a place to sit

trim common a short cut of hair to noun, sin- make one look clean gular

fancy Adjective very fashionable

silky Adjective resembling silk, very smooth

shiny Adjective having a smooth and bright appearance

a million phrase Very good. To look bucks great

sideburns common hair that grows on the noun, plu- sides of man ral

Visit the Online Review and Discussion (text version). c 2008 Praxis Language Ltd. curly Adjective hair in form of round shape

fluffy Adjective soft

grow out phrase grow long

afro common a kind of hairstyle noun, sin- which very curly hair is gular formed into round ball

Supplementary Vocabulary

buzz cut common a type of hairstyle noun, sin- where the hair is cut gular very short with an electric razor

Mohawk common a hairstyle which con- noun, sin- sists of shaving both gular sides of the head, leav- ing a strip of noticeably longer hair on top

flat top common a type of hairstyle noun, sin- where the hair on top gular is left a bit long and styled upwards, result- ing in square looking haircut

Visit the Online Review and Discussion (text version). c 2008 Praxis Language Ltd. pony tail common in which most or all of noun, sin- the hair on the head gular is pulled away from the face, gathered and se- cured at the back of the head with a hair tie or clip and allowed to hang freely from that point

braid common formed by intertwining noun, sin- three or more strands of gular hair so that the result is similar to a woven tex- tile.

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