As a Noun:
1. The part of each day which begins at lunchtime and ends at about six o'clock. English = afternoon.
Note:
1. You can use two signs to say ‘Good afternoon’: fist sign ‘good’, then sign ‘afternoon’.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. Of a person or thing, to be not very good or not very nice, or very unpleasant, shocking, or bad. English = (be) awful, (be) dreadful, (be) horrible.
As a Noun:
1. A person with very low intelligence. English = simpleton.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To be very confused by something, especially something you see; to find something incomprehensible, especially something you see. English = (be) bewildered.
Auslan SignbankDictionary#445 boy
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As a Noun:
1. A male human child. English = boy.
2. A young man. Informal English = boy.
As a Noun:
1. A male human child. English = boy.
2. A young male. Informal English = boy.
Note:
1. Community feedback and evidence from the Auslan Corpus suggests that this northern dialect sign for 'boy' is still being used only by older signers. Most Auslan signers now use the other sign listed in Auslan Signbank for the keyword ‘boy’.
Interactive:
1. Used alone in response to your addressee's comments to mean you are amazed and disbelieving of what you have been told. English = 'Incredible!', 'Amazing!', 'Well, I'll be damned!', and so on.
2. Used alone in response to your addressee's comments to mean you are amazed at what has been said or done and that you think it stupid or foolish. English = 'Ridiculous!', 'Really?!', 'How could you (do that)?!', 'How dare you (do that)?!'
As a Noun:
1. A long, thin, orange-coloured vegetable that grows under the ground. English = carrot.
As a Noun:
1. [Usually with lip pouting] an event in which something bad, such as an accident or disaster, very nearly happened. Idiomatic English = close shave, close call.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. [Usually with lip pouting] of an accident or disaster, to very nearly happen. Idiomatic English = (be) a close shave, (be) a close call, (be) very close.
Interactive:
1. [Usually with lip pouting] used alone to express your perception that an accident or disaster very nearly happened. English = 'That was close!', 'That was a close shave!', 'That was a close call!'
As a Noun:
1. A thick, yellowish-white liquid that is taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or pour it on fruit or puddings. English = cream.
As a Noun:
1. In a family, the child who was born before all the others; the eldest child.