Signs
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Description
of Sign Action
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answer
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Move both index fingers form
the mouth outward to suggest an answer coming out of the mouth. |
ask
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Place palms together, touching,
hands flat, fingers together. Move hands in a backward arc toward
the body. |
break
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Pantomine
holding a stick as if intending to break it.
Snap it in half sharply downwards. |
buy
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Place the right slightly bend hand in the palm
of the left upturned hand. Then move the right hand out of the left, as
if removing money from it. |
close
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Bring
both "B" hands (palms forward, finger
closed, and fingertips pointing upward) together. |
come
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Using "c"
hands, make circular motions, left hand over right, and then right hand
over left, drawing hands in toward the body. |
| cry |
Move index
fingers down the cheeks alternately as if tracing tear drops. |
dislike
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1: Touch chest with
longest
fingers of right
hand 2:
Swing hand out and away from chest. |
enjoy, pleased
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Use right
hand, flat,
fingers together. Rub in a circular motion mid-chest. |
finish
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Hold
both hands in front of the body (fingers spread apart) with palms
facing upward. With a quick movement, flip hands to the outside, making
palms face downward. |
fix
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Touch index fingers and
thumbs
of both hands, holding hands close together at that point. Then move
hands alternately forward and back. |
forget
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Wipe the
fingers of the open right hand across the forehead left to right,
ending in an "a" hand, as if wiping something from the memory.
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go
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"G" hand pushes
away from
the body in front. "Shoo!" |
laugh
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Using
both hands open, fingers
spread, start near the corners of the mouth and move hands upward
along the jawline several times. |
open
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Touch
"B" hands together at the
thumbs and index fingers. Then move hands outward to the left and right
respectively. |
remember
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Touch the
thumb of a right "a" hand to the center of the forehead, while holding
a left "a"
hand in front of the chest, thumb slightly higher than the rest of the
hand.
Move the right "a" hand from the forehead to rest on the thumb of the
left
"a" hand, indicating that information "stored" in the brain was
retrieved and brought forth for active use. |
sell
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Move
to "and" hands forward twice, as if moving sales merchandise from the
counter and to the customer. |
start
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Rest
index finger of right hand between the index finger and middle finger
of left hand.
Rotate the right finger in a left to right movement, as if turning a
key. |
