Woman: Look like
Man: “Look like” is a phrasal verb. It means to be similar to someone in physical appearance. For example, “She looks like her grandmother, in fact she’s almost a photocopy of her.”
Listen to this short conversation:
Man: They’re a lot of tourists in town today.
Woman: You’re telling me. But, why are they’re so many beggars, look at those girls over there asking the tourists for money.
Man: They’re not tourists, they’re Italian school girls, they’re probably helping them out.
Woman: You’re so dense, they look like Italians, but trust me they’re not, they look like they’re from somewhere in Eastern Europe to me.
Man: Really? How do you know all this? Don’t you have beggars in your town?
Woman: We used to, but the police cleaned up the streets. Where I come from people believe in working for their money. I also speak 12 languages, which helps me recogonise accents.

Woman: A fashion slave
Man: “Fashion”, as you probably know by now, is clothing that is popular at a particular time. A “slave” is a noun, and it means a person that is owned by somebody else and has to work for them. Hence a “fashion slave” is a person who is addicted to buying clothes, and has to buy every new item that the shops display in their windows.
For example
Woman: Oh just look at that dress, it’s absolutely gorgeous, who sells it? I have to have it.
Man: You know I’m worried that you are becoming a shopaholic.
Woman: What do you mean?
Man: You’re a complete fashion slave, if you see anything in a magazine or on a cat walk, you always want it.
Woman: But, I love clothes!
Woman: Splurge on a designer item.
Man: To “splurge on” something, is a phrasal verb that means to spend a lot of money on something.
For example:
Woman: I’ve got to have that dress.
Man: Have you seen the price tag?
Woman: I don’t care! I’m going to splurge my whole wages on it.
Man: It’s only my “works’ do” I’m sure you don’t have to go over the top.
Woman: That dress is perfect for me, and I want to look good. If I was a millionaire I’d dress head to toe in Versace. Let me buy it before someone else does, there’s only 1 left in my size.

Woman: Mood
Man: Mood is a noun, and it means the way that you are feeling at a particular time. For example, sad, happy, in a good mood or in a bad mood.
Now listen to this example:
Man: Strange, you’re wearing a lilac dress. Do you have a special appointment at work today? What’s the occasion?
Woman: Nothing. I’m in a good mood, and just feeling “ladylike” today, and felt like a change. I’m sick of wearing trousers everyday.

Woman: Now let’s listen to some good advice on how to stock your wardrobe, adapted from www.elsegundousd.com
Man: Are you tired of looking like everybody else? Here are a few simple tips to avoid being a fashion slave. First, don’t pay attention to every "What's hot" list that you find on magazines. They are mostly part of marketing strategies used by fashion designers to boost sales. If you follow these fashion forecasts, you‘ll end up looking like all the people who read them too!
Don’t spend a fortune on a plain, grey cotton t-shirt from a designer store. If you are going to splurge on some designer item, make sure it is something that you can’t find anywhere else. Don’t buy expensive blue jeans; they all look the same. Look for plain vintage jeans, then add your own personal touch. Be a chameleon! Let your style change with your mood. If you put your personality into your wardrobe you can save a lot of money, and no one else will look like you.