gestures

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Sport, performance and culture, body language and even gestures are all used in the course and, until a few years ago, no language was taught at all.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

These gestures offer a lesson about our human condition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

From his office overlooking the glistening waterway, the third generation fish merchant gestures to the horizon.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

“It’s Easter, the Vatican is involved in pushing for humanitarian gestures on the part of Cuba as well as Trump. It looks like a humanitarian quid pro quo,” Kornbluh said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

She told us a wonderful story that day, made even more real by her gestures and changing voices to match the different characters.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals