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.
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 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

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 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

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 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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