She set her bucket on the ground, thrust her hand into her hair, and began slowly to scratch her head,--a gesture peculiar to children when terrified and undecided what to do.

她把水桶放在地上，把只手伸进头发，慢慢地搔着头，那是孩子在惊慌到失去主张时特有的姿态。 那已不是孟费?

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Massa points to his head, making a gesture that suggests he turned his oxygen mask into a clown's hat.

马萨指了指他的头，做了一个表示将他的氧气罩弄成小丑帽的手势。

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The third row shows three images, but the last image (of the doll's head) is really a paused video set to restart as a live video when a touch-gesture is performed before it.

第三行显示三幅图像，但是最后一幅图像(套娃的头)实际上是一幅暂停的视频，设置为在它前面打出触摸手势时就重新启动为活动的视频。

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The young lady next to me from Mexico noticed the actions of the Delta flight attendant about my headset and shrugged her shoulders apologetically and shook her head in a gesture of empathy.

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"George Nassau, Third Earl Cowper" (1772-3) is another of the artist's masterpieces a bold formal portrait of a standing figure holding his hat above his head in a gesture that might be awkward, but somehow isn't.

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The head tilt is a universal gesture of giving the other person an ear.

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