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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 774: Describing Height and Build.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 774. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is a dialogue describing people’s “height,” how tall they are, as well as their “build,” what they look like: are they fat, are they skinny, and so forth. Let’s get started.

Gwen: Do you see that heavyset guy over there, the one towering over everyone else?

Denzel: Yeah, what about him?

Gwen: He’s my ex-boyfriend. I haven’t seen him in years. When I knew him he was really skinny. He’s really put on a few pounds. It’s amazing what a few years can do.

Denzel: None of us are as svelte as we used to be.

Gwen: That’s true enough. I’m not as petite as I