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Vocabulary: moving/ gestures

From our birth to our death, we never stop moving - We move ourselves, of course to go from one place to another one, but also because we try to communicate in a lot of ways. The different parts of the body are ready to obey our brains in order to communicate in expressive ways. The vocabulary in relation to movements is extremely varied and precise. Therefore, remember the words you need and ... a few more, ... just for the fun of it!

To sit astride To crouch

A movement	To move
A gesture	To gesticulate
To stand up	To get up
To stand To be standing	To sit down
To sit up	To sit/ to be sitting
To sit up straight	To sit astride
To straighten one's back	To be erect
To have a stoop	To have an arched back
To bend down	To bend one's knees
To bend one's head To bow one's head	To kneel down
To be kneeling To be on one's knees	To crouch To squat down
To be on all fours	To bend (bent, bent)

To stretch To shake one's head (to refuse)

BE CAREFUL! You should remember that verbs of motion may have different meanings depending on the presence (or absence) of particles attached to them. Without a particle, the verb is static: it indicates a position. The particle gives a meaning to the movement which is then added.

To SIT, SAT, SAT=> To be sitting: the static position. //// TO SIT DOWN : movement (from the standing position to the sitting one) //// to SIT UP : movement: (from lying to sitting)

To KNEEL, KNELT, KNELT=> To be kneeling: static position /// TO KNEEL DOWN: movement.

TO LIE, LAY, LAIN=> To be lying /// TO LIE DOWN: movement

TO STAND, STOOD, STOOD=> to be standing /// TO STAND UP:movement

- To be sitting in the wrong position

- To turn one's back on somebody

- His back was turned towards the door

- To sink back into a chair

- To sprawl in the grass

- In a sitting/ lying position

- To hold oneself well/ badly

- With arms folded/ with folded arms

- With legs crossed/ crossed legs

- With arms dangling

- With arms akimbo

- To keep/ lose one's balance

- To lean forward/ back(ward)

- To shake one's fist at somebody

- To raise one's hand

- To swing one's arms

- To shrug one's shoulders

with arms akimbo leaning against the wall

To stretch	The gait
To turn round	To turn toward sb
To spin round To swing round	To fold one's arms
To cross one's legs	To sway one's hips
To lean against sth	To lean over sth
To shake one's head	To nod
To be restless	To be fidgety
A nervous twitch/ a tic	To wave to sb
To point at sb	To beckon to sb
To clench one's fist	To click one's fingers To snap one's fingers
To twiddle one's thumbs	To shake/ tremble
To shiver	To shake/ quake with fear
To shudder	To quiver
Graceful/ elegant	Clumsy/ awkward

Arms folded... He's shivering...

As I had warned you, there was a lot of vocabulary with very varied meanings and nuances...

The test is quite easy, but you can learn more if you fancy it! I give you the FORCE!

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