Le corps at B2 — describing & feeling
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Precise physical description and bodily sensations.
📓 Décrire & ressentir
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figure/silhouette
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complexion
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features
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to shiver
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to be achy
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a sensation
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immune system
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bone structure
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numb
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vigorous
🔊 Example sentences
Elle a des traits fins et un teint pâle.She has delicate features and a pale complexion.
J’ai des courbatures partout.I’m achy all over.
Je frissonne de froid.I’m shivering with cold.
💡 Your B2 goal
At B2 aim for automatic use plus the nuances — register, exceptions, and combining this point with others in longer sentences. Errors here should be rare and self-caught.
Feeling shaky? Step back to Le Corps at B1. Comfortable? Level up to Le Corps at C1.
Mon système immunitaire est affaibli.My immune system is weakened.
✍️ Practice
Elle a un ___ pâle. (complexion) (noun)
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teint
J’ai des ___ après le sport. (aches) (noun)
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courbatures
Je ___ de froid. (shiver) (verb)
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frissonne
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