Subtopic 2: Gestures.

Basic vocabulary

Notes

1. a palm

1. to pat

2. a courtesy / to courtesy in greeting

3. to maintain a good eye contact

4. a nod / to nod

5. a hug

6. a pat

7. a lap

8. to be placed on lap

9. a wrist

10. to grab for smth.

11. to rotate

12. to jerk

13. to waggle

14. to beckon

15. a forearm

16. a knuckle

17. a yawn

18. to slap

19. a groin

20. a vendor

21. to flip

22. a thumb

23. to snap

24. to pinch

25. to whip

26. an earlobe

27. to stifle

28. stingy

29. to tap

30. to protrude the thumb between the index and middle finger

31. to fidget

32. a mosque

33. to curl the fingers in a scratching motion

34. to dip the head down

35. to tip the head

36. to click the tongue

37. hygiene

38. boredom

39. to wink

40. in a cupped manner

41. curtsey

42. sportsmanship

43. squarely

44. to bow

45. impoverished population

46. sacred area

47. to grasp earlobes

48. remorse

49. point by shifting your eyes / pushing your mouth in the direction

50. doorsill

51. to tip at bars

52. a flash of eyebrows

53. to cut in line

54. scratching

55. to snap/slap fingers /hands

56. to clasp hands

57. a puffing noise

58. a knuckle

59. pursed lips

60. to stroke smth.

61. to tilt the head

62. a round of drinks

63. to flick the neck

64. to converse with,

65. onlookers

66. primary

67. incidental,

68. illuminating

69. censor

70. manipulate

71. distinguish between

72. animatedly

73. to split

74. to extend

75. a dummy / dumb

76. to comment on smth.

77. digit

78. to engage in conversation

79. to spit over a left shoulder

80. to shrink

81. to collide

82. myriad

Basic vocabulary

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