The room exploded into arm waving and excited jabbering and the terp was overwhelmed.

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The gestures could be either big ones like arm waving, or subtle ones like tapping your finger on your thigh or coffee table.

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Even so, his conclusions about our near-certain doom have him grinning like a know-it-all at math camp, an arm waving eagerly in the air as he beats the other kids to the grim answer.

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"The bars are full of souls so empty, " a barefoot Criolo sang in Central Park, wearing a yellow guayabera and white slacks, to an arm-waving crowd.

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Adria's attempt to explain it Thursday involved much arm-waving and diagram-scrawling, as he described a multipronged structure that will encompass a history of cuisine ranging "from the Big Bang to the Neolithic period" and beyond, taking in the origins of human life.

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The umpire will signal the start of the fielding side's choice of powerplay by waving his arm in a circular motion - and indicate a powerplay chosen by the batting side by waving his arms in a circle and then clapping his hands above his head.

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We can't trust these affidavits, he said, waving his arm with disdain.

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Sehwag was in his usual bullish form opening the innings for India, punching Stuart Clark through the covers for an early boundary before waving his arm furiously when a spectator walked behind the bowler's arm before the next delivery.

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