The Rose-Beetle Man vocabulary

Nicolas Araya

Expressionless face

A face which is deliberately impassive in manner

He watched how the bug bited him with an expressionless face

Discoloured teethsomething that has become a less attractive colour than it was originally

He musnt have gone to a dentist in a while because of his discoulored teeth

Misty eyes

looking as if you are going to cry because you feel emotional about something

She stared at the sad situation with misty eyes

Smeared with dust

Smear: to spread a liquid or a thick substance over a surface

The floor was smeared with dust

Speckled clothes

a very small mark of a different colour from the area around it, usually found with a large number of other marks of the same type

She wore a light blue dress with white speckles

tattered trousers

badly torn

He used tattered trousers for the party so everyone laughed at him

Shoes with upturned toes

pointing or looking up, or having the part that is usually at the bottom turned to be at the top

His shoes with upturned toes made him look like a clown

Hooked nose

describes a nose that is large and curved

At school everybody laughed at him due to his hooked nose

Plaited hair

to join three or more pieces of hair or string-like material by putting them over each other in a special pattern

She went to africa for some weeks and came back with plaited hair, made by a local villager

Vacant lookShowing no interest or activity

He expressed a vacant look towards the robery occuring in front of him