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Meanings of make gestures in English

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Usage of make gestures in English
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There was hardly room left for me to make gestures as I spoke.
Brazilian Sketches
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Esteban, with his head bent, continued to make gestures of refusal.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
3
With full mouths, the washerwomen could only make gestures.
L'Assommoir
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I can see him make gestures, as if he was directing him to do something.
The Boy Slaves
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I quickly clear their path of mental objects that might cause them to make gestures.
The book of disquiet
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There is but one reasonable course, then, for the student to follow: he should make gestures.
Practical Argumentation
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He had seen peoople make gestures like that in the movies, stout dignified people in evening suits.
Three Soldiers
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True, they are not taught to do so, any more than Frenchmen are taught to make gestures.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 / Volume 17, New Series, M...
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Anyone can make gestures that earn him credit with the masses, and offer them up to his friends.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Undismayed, however, I resort to the sign language, and make gestures to signify that I want to ascend.
A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees
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But the young men who will go out in the fleet are not going there to make gestures!
Talents, Incorporated
12
Stephen began to make gestures bidding the swimmer, in case he might see her and understand, move round the rocks.
The Man
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When either of my sisters approached them some of the Indians would make gestures, as if capturing and scalping her.
The Story of a Pioneer
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After connecting the ring to a smartphone with Bluetooth, users can make gestures in the air to complete phone tasks.
News.com.au
15
I make gestures as if I were delivering a forcible speech; I think I am alone and suddenly find myself among people.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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The knowledge that he can use his hands to good advantage, even in a limited way, will soon cause him to make gestures spontaneously.
Practical Argumentation
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