She finished what she had to say with a gesture of despair.

她用绝望的姿势结束了她不得不讲的话。

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She shook her head with a gesture of impatience.

她摇着头，带着不耐烦的样子。

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'Who can that be now?' she said, with a gesture of impatience.

“还有谁会来呀？”她作了一个不耐烦的动作说道。

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The U.S.envoy said he will return to the region in the near future to try to build on momentum generated by the Israeli gesture toward a resumption of negotiations with the Palestinians.

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Moreover, even within a single group, the meaning of a gesture could vary with context, almost as tone of voice can vary the meaning of a human's spoken word.

ECONOMIST: Evidence that the first words were movements, not sounds

In the process, his sweet ballad succeeds not only in shrinking the universe to human size, but also in magnifying the way a tiny gesture of affection can reverberate with a force that's impossible to quantify.

NPR: Love and Affection on a Celestial Scale

Don't confuse the gesture with a sudden bout of altruism on Qantas' part, however.

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