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Le corps at C2 — anatomical & literary

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The precise and literary vocabulary of the body.

📓 Le registre précis

1🔊

skin tone (art/literary)

2🔊

bearing/posture

3🔊

stature

4🔊

limbs

5🔊

thorax

6🔊

epidermis

7🔊

emaciated

8🔊

physical constitution

9🔊

a haughty bearing

10🔊

suppleness

🔊 Example sentences

Son port altier imposait le respect.His haughty bearing commanded respect.
Un visage émacié témoignait de sa fatigue.An emaciated face showed his exhaustion.
Elle avait une constitution robuste.She had a robust constitution.

💡 Your C2 goal

At C2 this is about mastery of the edge cases and literary or formal uses. You should be able to explain the rule — and break it knowingly for effect.

Feeling shaky? Step back to Le Corps at C1. Comfortable? Level up to Le Corps at Native.

La souplesse du danseur était remarquable.The dancer’s suppleness was remarkable.

✍️ Practice

Un ___ altier. (bearing) (noun)

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port

Un visage ___ . (emaciated) (adjective)

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émacié

Une ___ robuste. (constitution) (noun)

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constitution

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