Signs
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Description
of Sign Action
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better
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Touch lips
with the
fingertips of the right flat hand (fingers together.) Then move the
hand across the lips and to the right of the head, ending in the "a"
hand position. Note: This sign's meaning comes from the association of
giving something
a taste and then affirming something good with a "thumbs-up."
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broken
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Pantomine holding a stick as if intending to break it.
Snap it in half sharply downwards.
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car
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"c" hand
hovers over left fist, then moves up imaginary steering column of car
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finish, finished
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Hold open hands (fingers
spread) in front of chest, palms facing inward. With a sudden movement,
rotate wrists so that palms face outward. |
home
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Use a closed
right hand, all four fingers touching the thumb, to touch the right
side of the face, first at the chin and a second time on the right
cheek bone near the ear. |
me
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Point to self,
mid-chest. |
medicine
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Use the right middle finger
to make a small counter-clockwise circle in the left palm. |
movie
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Hold the
right
hand, fingers spread, slightly behind the left hand, fingers closed and
palm down. Move the right hand side to side to indicate film moving
through a projector. |
now
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Bend hands, palms
upward, and drop both hands from chest level to the waist.
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work
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Tap
the
right "s" hand on the back of the left "s" hand. |
you
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Point in the
direction of where someone is located. If no one is there, point to an
"imaginary" person. |
