But when describing a figure in a picture, the simple present works just as well as the present continuous tense. These are quotes from art books: The other three servants in Vermeer's paintings wear brown dresses … the sitter wears a white stock and a red sash … in the portrait the Queen wears a small white head covering and carries a missal in her left hand If I’d had to predict what the Princess of Wales would wear to the State Banquet during President Trump’s visit I would have probably gone for red or white, as these tones have been her favourites for ... Bimbo doesn't quite work for me.

Understanding the Context

The women in this picture are dressed how I envision "bimbo." (This is actually one of those "painted" cut-outs you stick your head through for a photograph, but I think it gets the point across.) Bimbo means she dresses in a sexy manner: i.e. tight clothing, high heels, lots of cleavage, etc. Please tell us where you found these sentences. ”Clean up good” has nothing to do with cleaning a house or being diligent.

Key Insights

It means the person is surprisingly attractive when he or she gets cleaned up, dresses nicely, etc. A "trans-sexual" is someone who dresses and acts like a member of the opposite gender but who does not go so far as to take hormones and/or have surgery to make the change. A "trans-gender" person is someone who "becomes" the opposite gender through hormones and surgery. A man orders 20 dresses that he will sell in his shop, but some of the dresses are not of the colours that he ordered: He says "A number of the dresses are wrong."