see under have a hand in. See also: hand, keep The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. keep your hand in If you keep your ...
When to use it:Even with his absurd ideas, you still care about your friend, so before he leaves for his next adventure, you want to perform this sign to wish him good luck. This gesture means, ” I hope nothing bad happens to you. I will exorcise the bad luck for you”! You can...
Similarly, the proposed HEI hand representation outperforms other methods in the isolated sign language recognition.doi:10.1007/s11042-019-7263-7Lim, Kian MingMultimedia UnivTan, Alan Wee ChiatMultimedia UnivLee, Chin PooMultimedia UnivTan, Shing Chiang...
Prosthetic sock worn under the prosthesis. FIGURE 5-24. The Hosmer-Dorrance hook terminal devices are available in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes that can be matched to the particular functional needs of a child or adult.(Courtesy Hosmer-Dorrance, Campbell, Calif.) FIGURE 5-25....
2. Iconicity and Phonological MarginalityOne of the things that we have often swept under the rug with regard to sign language phonology is the interaction of phonology with iconicity. As we shall discuss below, some unusual handshapes relate to the shape of referents –– Marked Hand ...
Mukagasana becomes separated first from Joseph and then from her children. She must go on without news of them. Only one or two neighbours are willing to hide her. She spends days contorted under the u-bend in a kitchen sink cupboard ...
It is speculated that Christians started making the cross symbol with their fingers whenlying to protect themselves against God's wrath for breaking one of the commandments. Sometimes Christians would have to lie about being a Christian since the religion was outlawed under the penalty of death. ...
How did this sign language work? The deaf were taught to make certain movements using their hands, faces, and bodies.These movements stood for things and ideas.People might move their forefingers across their lips.This meant, “You are not telling the truth.” They might tap their chins wi...
Under me." She reached over and grasped the period at the end of Under me. Unlike the other letters, carved directly into the stone, it was embossed, carved out around it to create a knob. She turned it and with a click a door perfectly hidden in the carving of the statue and his...
He had his hands behind him under the skirts of his riding-coat, and he stood at Mr. Cruncher’s elbow as negligently as he might have stood at the Old Bailey itself. “Don’t be alarmed, my dear Miss Pross. I arrived at Mr. Lorry’s, to his surprise, yesterday evening; we ...