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Advanced Vocab for Picture Description

The document provides advanced vocabulary and phrases for describing images, focusing on locations, objects, and actions. It includes examples of how to articulate what can be clearly seen as well as what is less clear in various scenarios. The content is aimed at helping users improve their descriptive skills in English, particularly for picture descriptions.

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Advanced Vocab for Picture Description

The document provides advanced vocabulary and phrases for describing images, focusing on locations, objects, and actions. It includes examples of how to articulate what can be clearly seen as well as what is less clear in various scenarios. The content is aimed at helping users improve their descriptive skills in English, particularly for picture descriptions.

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Advanced Vocab for


Picture Description

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Describing location
In the upper In the upper
left-hand corner right-hand corner

On the On the
left-hand side right-hand side

In the lower In the lower


left-hand corner right-hand corner
In the upper
In the upper right-hand
left-hand corner, corner, there are
there are tall tall buildings with
buildings. bright signs.

On the On the
left-hand side, right-hand side,
there is a large there is an
crowd of especially bright
people. sign.

In the lower In the lower


left-hand corner, right-hand corner,
there is a square. there is a subway
entrance.
In the center

In the
distance

In the
background Behind

In the In front of
foreground
In the center
In the is a dancer.
distance,
there is a
bridge.

In the
background, Behind the
there are dancer are
spectators. spectators.

In the In front of the


foreground is spectators is
a dancer. a dancer.
Describing things that you
can see clearly
In this image, I see…

This image shows…

This image depicts…


In this image, I see a dancer
performing for some
spectators.
This image shows a dancer
performing for some
spectators.
This image depicts a dancer
performing for some
spectators.
Describing things that you
cannot see clearly
I can make out…

It appears that…

There appears to be…

It seems that…
I can make out people
sitting at tables.

It appears that there are


people sitting at tables.

There appears to be people


sitting at tables.

It seems that people are


sitting at tables.
It is not clear…

It is difficult to say…

It is difficult to tell…

…whether…or…

Perhaps…

It may be the case that…


It is not clear where this is.

It is difficult to say where this is this.

It is difficult to tell where this is.

It is difficult to tell whether this is an


office building or a shopping mall.

Perhaps this is a shopping mall.

It may be the case that this is a


shopping mall.
This image shows a woman walking with her
bicycle. In the background, I can make out
some items like balloons and toys. It is difficult
to tell but her bicycle is loaded up with what
appears to be coconuts in green plastic bags. It
is not clear whether she is leaving the market
or arriving to it. It appears to be hot because
she is wearing a large hat and a scarf to protect
herself from the sun.
In this image, I see a worker on a construction
site. He is in the center of the image and
around him is dirt and wood structures. Behind
him, in the upper right-hand corner, is a large
orange dumpster and concrete slabs. On the
right-hand side of the image, there is also what
appears to be fresh concrete that is drying.
Perhaps the man is a supervisor who is
inspecting the work to make sure that it was
done properly.
This image depicts a quiet street. The sun is
intense and in the distance, the sky is bright
blue, so it seems that it is midday. The house on
the left-hand side is stone, but the other
houses are painted vibrant colors. It appears
that this is a residential street because there are
clothes hanging out to dry.

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