To the Student |
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Acknowledgments |
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Sign Models |
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Introductions and Personal Information |
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1 | (12) |
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1 | (2) |
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Grammar: Information questions |
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2 | (1) |
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Culture: Using first and last name in introductions |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (2) |
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Grammar: Yes/No questions |
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3 | (1) |
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Grammar: Simple affirmative sentences with head nodding |
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4 | (1) |
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Grammar: Simple negative sentences with head shaking |
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4 | (1) |
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Culture: DEAF, Deaf people's term for themselves |
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5 | (1) |
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More Personal Information |
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5 | (3) |
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Grammar: Repeating pronouns |
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6 | (1) |
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Culture: Difference between Where Live? and Where From? |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (5) |
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13 | (10) |
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13 | (3) |
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Grammar: Answering yes/no questions by repeating the verb from the question |
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14 | (1) |
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Grammar: There made in approximate direction of place even when not in sight and to show specific location; also Here |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Grammar: Information questions: question sign before, after, or both before and after |
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17 | (1) |
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Showing You Understand and Asking for Help |
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17 | (3) |
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Note: Other ways to ask for help |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (12) |
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23 | (3) |
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Grammar: Verbs that change movement to show location: Go/Come, Bring/Carry, etc |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (2) |
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Grammar: Verbs that change movement to indicate subject and object: Give, Help, Tell, etc |
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26 | (2) |
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Interruptions and Apologies |
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28 | (2) |
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Culture: Saying Excuse-Me when walking between two people |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (5) |
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35 | (14) |
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35 | (4) |
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Grammar: Look^Like? questions |
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36 | (1) |
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Grammar: Adjectives used to describe hair |
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36 | (1) |
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Grammar: Adjectives used to describe height and weight |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (3) |
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Grammar: Descriptive adjectives before and after nouns |
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39 | (1) |
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Grammar: Altering signs to show detail such as direction of stripes, etc. |
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40 | (2) |
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Personality and Character |
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42 | (2) |
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Grammar: Topicalizing subjects and objects |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (5) |
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49 | (18) |
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49 | (6) |
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Culture: Flashing lights to get attention and other ways to get attention |
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50 | (1) |
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Grammar: Verb pairs: Requests Open/Close-Door, etc |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (3) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (3) |
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Note: Verb pairs involving turning things on and off |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (6) |
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67 | (16) |
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67 | (4) |
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Note: Form of All-Day, All-Night, etc |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (4) |
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71 | (1) |
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Grammar: Negative incorporation: Don't-Like, Don't-Know, Don't Want |
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72 | (1) |
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Grammar: Other negative forms: Not Surprised I, Not Satisfied I, etc |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (3) |
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Grammar: Use of modals: Must, Should, Can Will |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (5) |
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83 | (14) |
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Objects and Their Location |
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83 | (3) |
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Grammar: Classifier predicates showing size and shape |
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83 | (2) |
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Grammar: Classifier predicates showing instrument to indicate movement |
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85 | (1) |
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Objects, Number, and Location |
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86 | (2) |
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Grammar: Classifier predicates to indicate locational relationships |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (4) |
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Grammar: Plurals using quantifiers: Many, Some, Several, A-Few |
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89 | (1) |
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Grammar: Plurals using numbers |
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89 | (1) |
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Grammar: Minute, Hour, Day, etc. incorporating numbers |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (5) |
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97 | (14) |
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97 | (2) |
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Culture: Asking and giving information about a person's family background |
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98 | (1) |
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Culture: Establishing whether hearing members of a family sign or not |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (3) |
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Grammar: Past, present, and future tenses using time signs |
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99 | (2) |
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Grammar: Personal pronouns incorporating number |
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101 | (1) |
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Friends and Acquaintances |
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102 | (4) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (5) |
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111 | (14) |
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111 | (4) |
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112 | (1) |
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Grammar: Use of numbers to show age, time, count |
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112 | (2) |
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Note: Humorous variation on CL:55 |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (2) |
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Grammar: Contraction of Know and That: Know^That |
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115 | (1) |
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Culture: Schools for the Deaf |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (2) |
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Grammar: Variation on CL:B |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (6) |
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125 | (16) |
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125 | (4) |
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Grammar: More verbs that change movement to show subject and object: Borrow, Take, Summon, Choose |
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126 | (1) |
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Grammar: Classifiers representing category and with movement |
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127 | (2) |
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Objects in Your Residence |
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129 | (2) |
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Grammar: More classifiers showing size and shape and outline: CL:C, CL:B, CL:11 |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (3) |
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Grammar: Form of Every-Morning, Every-Night, etc |
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132 | (1) |
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Note: Signs derived from fingerspelling |
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132 | (1) |
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Grammar: Form of Every-Saturday, Every-Tuesday, etc. |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (7) |
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141 | (16) |
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141 | (4) |
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Note: Use of Run-Out and Deplete (for containers) |
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142 | (1) |
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Grammar: Negatives of modals: Can't and Won't |
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142 | (1) |
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Grammar: Use of None to show no quantity and as a negative: See^None, Hear^None, Understand^None |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (3) |
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Note: Fingerspelled abbreviations: L-B, O-Z, D-O-Z, T-S-P |
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146 | (1) |
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Grammar: Classifiers CL:G and CL:BB to show thickness, width, and depth |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (3) |
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Grammar: 1-Dollar incorporating numbers 2 to 10 |
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148 | (1) |
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Note: Use of Blank with dollar amount |
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149 | (1) |
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Grammar: 1-Cent incorporating numbers |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (6) |
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157 | (14) |
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157 | (2) |
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Grammar: Non-inflecting form of Help |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (4) |
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Culture: TTYs, pagers, and email |
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160 | (1) |
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Note: Use of Breakdown, Shutdown, Wear-Out, Break |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (3) |
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Grammar: Structures for declining |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (5) |
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More Ways to Express Yourself |
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171 | (16) |
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Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction |
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171 | (3) |
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Note: Ways to express satisfaction |
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173 | (1) |
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Agreement and Disagreement |
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174 | (4) |
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Grammar: Conditional sentences |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (5) |
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Note: Asking about someone: All-Right?, etc |
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178 | (1) |
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Note: Use of Gone and Die |
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179 | (1) |
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Grammar: Structures to express emotional or physical states |
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180 | (3) |
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183 | (4) |
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Experiences and Current Activity |
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187 | (18) |
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187 | (3) |
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Grammar: Classifiers as quantifiers: CL:44, CL:55, etc |
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188 | (1) |
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Grammar: Finish as conjunction |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (8) |
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Grammar: More conjunctions: Wrong, Happen, Find, Frustrated, Hit |
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191 | (2) |
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Grammar: Number incorporation in Last-Year, Next-Year, etc |
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193 | (4) |
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Grammar: Structures for asking what happened: What's-Up?, etc |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (2) |
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Grammar: Structures for commenting on competence or expertise |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (5) |
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Future Plans and Obligations |
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205 | (16) |
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205 | (3) |
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Note: Use of Nothing-to-it |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (4) |
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Grammar: More verb pairs: Get-in/Get-Out, etc |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (3) |
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Grammar: Structures for indicating an obligation: Appointment, Promise, Duty |
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213 | (1) |
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Culture: Captioned video, TV, films |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (6) |
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Directions and Instructions |
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221 | (12) |
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221 | (3) |
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Note: Commonly used fingerspelled abbreviations: D-S and P-O |
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222 | (1) |
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Grammar: Use of body to show change in direction |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (3) |
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Note: Use of apostrophe-S |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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Grammar: Location relationships using chaining of classifiers |
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225 | (2) |
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227 | (2) |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (4) |
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233 | (14) |
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233 | (3) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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Grammar: Forms of Every-Month, Every-Year |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (3) |
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Note: Confirming head nods and head shakes |
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237 | (1) |
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Note: Use of Approximately with time, age, and money |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (3) |
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Grammar: Structure for giving advice preceded by Should, Better, Advise, Warn, Suggest, Maybe |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (5) |
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247 | (14) |
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247 | (3) |
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Grammar: Verbs that change movement to indicate Two, Each, All |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (4) |
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Note: More ways to express opinions |
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251 | (3) |
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254 | (3) |
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Note: Ways to express opposing values |
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255 | (1) |
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Grammar: Quantifiers with count and non-count nouns |
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255 | (2) |
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257 | (4) |
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261 | (12) |
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261 | (4) |
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Grammar: Repeatedly inflection of verbs, with facial adverbs |
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262 | (3) |
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265 | (2) |
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Grammar: Continually inflection of verbs, with facial adverbs |
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266 | (1) |
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Note: Use of Chat, Sign-Talk, and Sign-Fluently |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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Grammar: Plural forms by reduplication |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (4) |
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Travel---Places and Experiences |
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273 | (14) |
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273 | (3) |
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Grammar: Other verbs showing subject and object: Join and Say-Okay |
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274 | (1) |
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Grammar: Repeatedly inflection of adjectives |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (3) |
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Grammar: Continually inflection of adjectives |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (3) |
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Grammar: Very inflection of adjectives |
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280 | (2) |
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282 | (5) |
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Occupations and Professions |
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287 | (14) |
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Occupations and Professions |
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287 | (5) |
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Grammar: Use of agent suffix for some professions |
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288 | (2) |
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Grammar: Rhetorical questions |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (2) |
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Note: Use of Understand to precede a qualification, condition, or stipulation |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (2) |
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Note: Use of Get-Regularly |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (5) |
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The Body, Health, and Emergencies |
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301 | (12) |
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301 | (2) |
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Grammar: Use of body pronoun |
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302 | (1) |
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Health and Health Problems |
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303 | (2) |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (3) |
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Culture: Deaf people's communicative strategies with non-signers |
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306 | (1) |
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Grammar: Use of Never and Nothing as denials |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (5) |
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313 | (12) |
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313 | (3) |
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Grammar: Reduplication in different locations |
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314 | (2) |
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Current Topics of Interest |
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316 | (3) |
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317 | (2) |
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319 | (2) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (4) |
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325 | (10) |
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325 | (2) |
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Grammar: Classifier predicates showing manner of flow: CL:44 and CL:4 |
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326 | (1) |
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Width, Length, and Height |
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327 | (2) |
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Grammar: Distance from one point to another using CL:1-TO-CL:1 |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (2) |
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Grammar: Questions about measurement: How-Much, etc |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (4) |
English Translations of Dialogues |
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335 | (16) |
Vocabulary Index |
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