Tom's Practice List Flashcards
Review vocabulary for Africa trip
1
Q
INSULT
A
2
Q
COMPETE
A
also RACE, SPORTS
3
Q
PROMISE
A
4
Q
BOTHER
A
also ANNOY, HARASS
Directional
5
Q
COOPERATION
A
also Relationship
6
Q
MICROWAVE
A
7
Q
QUARREL
A
also ARGUE
8
Q
ESCAPE
A
9
Q
AFRICA
A
https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=48
10
Q
SOUTH AFRICA
A
https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=4344
11
Q
RHINO
A
12
Q
ELEPHANT
A
13
Q
GIRAFFE
A
14
Q
BOAST
A
also SHOW OFF, BRAG, SWAGGER
15
Q
INFORM
A
16
Q
ASSOCIATE WITH
A
also SOCIALIZE / EACH OTHER / ONE ANOTHER / HANG OUT-[open-A-hand-version]:
ASSOCIATE can be produced by utilizing the “open-A” handshape or the “5” handshape.
17
Q
SERIOUS
A
18
Q
CHALLENGE
A
variation of the “GAME” sign.
This variation uses a bigger, faster, movement and more facial expression. The movement is definitely a single movement
19
Q
CARELESS
A
20
Q
COPY
A
21
Q
LIGHT (Weight)
A
22
Q
OWE
A
also bill / debt / afford:
23
Q
TEMPT
A
24
Q
SQUIRREL
A
25
AIRPLANE
also AIRPORT
FLY/TRIP (with one motion) PILOT with person sign
26
NOTICE
This sign can mean:
"...to notice something or someone"
"...to recognize something or someone"
"...to detect something"
"...to spot someone or something"
"spied"
"it caught my eye"
27
AMERICA
Think of log cabins or log fences.
Interlock your fingers and then move your hands in a circle. The movement is as if you stirring soup in a pot.
28
GOVERNMENT
29
ACCEPT
30
BUILD
31
SAFE
32
DANGER
33
STRANGE
also odd / unusual / bizarre
34
WAR
35
KEEP
36
SATISFIED
Memory aid: Imagine that you have eaten a good meal and your are now satisfied because the food is "up to here."
37
RELIEVED
Like SATISFIED - palm-down flat hands (one above the other) held to your torso and then moved downward. The sign starts with a very slight pause then has a quick downward movement and a slight hold at the end. It is common to do this sign while exhaling and showing a sense of relief with your facial expressions and body language.
38
DARK
39
SHOES
40
CELEBRATE
circling "X"-hands above your head as if twirling pom-poms similar to what would be done by a cheerleader.
41
THIRSTY
42
CHEAP
43
EXPENSIVE
Think of "throwing money away.
44
IMPOSSIBLE
Use a skeptical facial expression.
45
CHEESE
46
POWERFUL
open claw slam onto non-dom arm (bicep area)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxAq9ZW4sdQ
47
VULNERABLE
Able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked; helpless; defenseless; powerless
48
SOBER
49
DRY
50
GOD
51
WORRY
52
STOP
53
AGREE
Think Same
54
DISAGREE
sign AGREE but pull Index fingers apart at end
55
TRUE BIZ
56
CHAMP
57
BEAR, [TOLERATE](https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=2231), [ENDURE](https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=7060), [put up with](https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=492)
pull down to chin
