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Vocabulary based on the handout: "Legs, Vision, Horizon, Think signs" 

Unless the knees are diliberately bent, the handshape (Dom Hand) should be a firm V-Hand.

SIT / chair (n/v pair);   BENCH;  COUCH, sofa;   RIDE (a vehicle, airplane); 

    RIDE [straddle] (a horse/bike/motorcycle);  SQUIRMY, antsy (in a seat);   

    STRADDLE, 'ride-the-fence' (non-committal);  SWING (n/v)

STANDING;   HOP v. JUMP-up-and-down v. LEAP, bound;   JUMP-OFF v. DIVE;  KNEEL; 

     LEAP, bound;  SLIPPING v. FALL-down

LYING-down;   BEDRIDDEN, laid up, stuck in bed;  GET-UP, arise, get out of bed; 

     GO-to-BED, get into bed

[additonal active signs with legs]  BALLET;  DANCE;  FALL-down v. FALL-off v. SLIPPING;  

     GYMNASTICS;   TRAMPOLINE;   SKYDIVING/parachute (n/v);   DIVING-off-a-board;  

     PARTICIPATE, join;    FITFUL-SLEEP (toss and turn);   HILARIOUS, roll-on-floor-laughing;

     QUIT

*Legs can also be denoted by both 1-hands, as 

            CL:11 (index fingers representing legs).

            [Ex.:  LIMP/crippled] 

• BALLET
• BEDRIDDEN, LAID UP, STUCK IN BED
• BENCH
• BOTH LEGS SIT ON THE THUMB OF SIDEWAYS C-HAND (IN A VEHICLE); FOR RIDING AN ANIMAL: LEGS STRADDLE, NON-DOM HAND MOVES UP AND FORWARD MULTIPLE TIMES. (CONTROL YOUR THUMB.) EXTRA NOTE: FOR RIDING A BIKE OR MOTORCYCLE, STRADDLE THE NON-DOM HAND, BUT NON-DOM HAND GLIDES FORWARD. FOR CONTEXT AND CLARITY, SIGN BIKE OR MOTORCYCLE FIRST.

• COUCH, SOFA

• DANCE
  (as in "the verb- to dance, or the noun- a social gathering where you dance")
• DIVE DIVING

• FALL-DOWN compared to SLIPPING

• GET-UP, ARISE, GET OUT OF BED 
• GO-TO-BED, GET-INTO-BED
• GYMNASTICS

• HILARIOUS, ROLL-ON-FLOOR-LAUGHING

• JUMP (leap, hop, bound) cp JUMP IN (jump off)

• KNEEL

• LIE DOWN
  (as in "lie down")

• PARTICIPATE, JOIN cp QUIT (withdraw from)

• RESTLESS ('antsy') compared to RESTLESS (fitful)-SLEEP

• SIT, CHAIR (n/v pair)
• STAND (verb)
• STRADDLE, 'RIDE-THE-FENCE' (NON-COMMITTAL)
• SWING (n/v pair)

• TRAMPOLINE (JUMP ON ANY SOFT SURFACE): THE NON-DOM UPTURNED HAND SHOULD 'CURVE DOWNWARD' WHEN THE FINGERTIPS OF THE DOM-HAND LANDS ON THE PALM. THERE SHOULD BE A 'GIVE,' BECAUSE THE SURFACE IS SOFT AND PLIABLE. PARACHUTE (SKYDIVING), THE HIGHER HAND IS THE PARACHUTE; THE LOWER HAND CAN BE A V-HAND (FINGERTIPS DOWNWARD) TO DEPICT THE LEGS.
• TRAMPOLINE cp PARACHUTE, skydiving

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