From Longman Dictionary star‧ry /ˈstɑːri/ adjective having many stars starry eyes shine brightly bright like a star or shaped like a star Example She felt as if she could float up into the starry night On the starry nighttime side of human consciousness, myth still lives and reigns The atmosphere inside the plane immediately became tense, five pairs of…
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From Longman Dictionary puff‧y /ˈpʌfi/ adjective if a part of your body is puffy, it is swollen soft and full of air Example The tissues, especially around the torso, looked puffy and bloated as the cells within decayed into methane and other gases Her eyes were puffy and pinkish and…
From Longman Dictionary pierc‧ing1 /ˈpɪəsɪŋ $ ˈpɪr-/ adjective someone with piercing eyes is looking at you and seems to know what you are thinking a sound that is piercing is high, sharp, and unpleasant piercing2 noun [countable, uncountable] a hole made through…
From Longman Dictionary nos‧tril /ˈnɒstrəl $ ˈnɑː-/ noun [countable] one of the two holes at the end of your nose, through which you breathe and smell things Example The smell of gunpowder filled his nostrils There were two cavernous nostrils and Nuadu realised that this…
From Longman Dictionary i‧ris /ˈaɪərɪs $ ˈaɪrɪs/ noun [countable] a tall plant with long thin leaves and large purple, yellow, or white flowers the round coloured part of your eye, that surrounds the black pupil Example I have been in my house like an iris in an eye with…
From Longman Dictionary hair‧line /ˈheəlaɪn $ ˈher-/ noun [countable] the line around your head, especially at the front, where your hair starts growing Example He had put on weight, and his hairline was beginning to…
From Longman Dictionary glazed /ɡleɪzd/ adjective glazed look/eyes/expression etc Instead, you held your head high and let a glazed look mask your eyes
From Longman Dictionary ex‧pres‧sion /ɪkˈspreʃən/ ●●● S2 W2 noun something you say, write, or do that shows what you think or feel a look on someone’s face that shows what they are thinking or feeling…
From Longman Dictionary deep-ˈset adjective deep-set eyes seem to be further back into the face than most people’s Example His eyes were deep-set and almost feverish, shining out from under craggy brows The eyes were deep-set and shadowed There seems to be…
