Fashion & Careers Vocabulary: A Comprehensive Guide
Fashion
Looks
- Accessories
- Beauty product
- Beauty salon
- Catwalk
- Collection
- Cosmetics
- Cosmetic surgery
- Designer
- Design
- Fashion
- Fashion show
- Hairstyle
- Label
- Look
- Make-up
- Manicure
- Model
- Pedicure
- Piercing
- Style
- Tattoo
- Trend
Suffixes
- Apologize
- Beautify
- Criticize
- Darken
- Fantasize
- Flatten
- Horrify
- Justify
- Lengthen
- Modernize
- Prioritize
- Purify
- Shorten
- Simplify
- Smarten
- Specialize
- Strengthen
- Sympathize
- Weaken
Describing People
- Ankle-length
- Average-sized
- Badly-dressed
- Broad-shouldered
- Clean-shaven
- Curly-haired
- Dark-haired
- Dark-skinned
- Fair-haired
- Fair-skinned
- Friendly-looking
- Heavily-built
- Knee-length
- Natural-looking
- Professional-looking
- Scruffy-looking
- Shoulder-length
- Smartly-dressed
- Sporty-looking
- Well-dressed
Dependent Prepositions
- A boom in
- A preoccupation with
- An acceptance of
- Be realistic about
- Be under attack from
- Feel guilty about
- Necessary for
- Resonate with
Careers
Common Phrases
- Apply for a job
- Claim benefits
- Do a course
- Do a degree
- Do an assignment
- Do business
- Do your homework
- Drop out
- Get a job
- Get fired
- Get good/bad grades
- Get paid
- Get promoted
- Graduate from university
- Leave school
- Pass an exam
- Pass with flying colors
- Pass your driving test
- Start a business
- Start a career
- Start work
- Teach yourself
Compound Noun Jobs
- Bank clerk
- Bank manager
- Brain surgeon
- Company director
- Company owner
- Data analyst
- Driving instructor
- Film director
- Firefighter
- Football coach
- Football player
- Hotel manager
- Hotel owner
- School teacher
- Shop assistant
- Software designer
- Tattoo artist
- Train driver
- Truck driver
- Yoga instructor
Personal Qualities
- Articulate
- Analytical
- Calm
- Cautious
- Critical
- Decisive
- Determined
- Efficient
- (Un)enthusiastic
- (In)experienced
- Focused
- Hard-working
- (Dis)honest
- (Un)imaginative
- (Un)motivated
- Nervous
- (Dis)obedient
- (Dis)organized
- Perceptive
- Positive
- (Un)punctual
- (Un)qualified
- (Ir)rational
- (Un)reliable
- (Ir)responsible
- Smart
- (Un)sociable
- (Un)talented
- (Un)trustworthy
- (In)valuable
Phrasal Verbs
- Get ahead
- Get by
- Take on
- Take up
- Turn down