Auslan SignbankDictionary#4530 aeroplane
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As a Noun:
1. A vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air. English = airplane, aeroplane, plane, aircraft, jet.
2. A journey made by flying in an aeroplane. English = flight.
3. The part of a country's military organisation that is concerned with fighting in the air. English = air force.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To travel or go by plane. English = fly.
General Definition:
1. Something which is long, straight and relatively thin or narrow, such as a path, skid marks, handrail, or even airport runway (as seen from a great height), or any thing or any action directly or indirectly associated with this, especially a path.
As a Noun:
1. The space by the side of a city street for people to walk on. Australian English = footpath, path. British English = pavement. American English = sidewalk.
2. A long, narrow space for people to walk on that has been covered or prepared in some way. English = path, pathway.
As a Noun:
1. A short or brief return journey somewhere.
2. A movement across something and then back again.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To go on a brief or short journey and then return.
2. To go across something and then come back.
As a Noun:
1. A large motor vehicle which carries passengers from one place to another. English = bus.
2. An electric bus whose motor draws its power from two overhead wires by means of two trolley poles. English = trolley-bus.
As a Noun:
1. An object seen in the sky or landing on earth which cannot be identified and which some people believe to be a spaceship from another planet. English = UFO, unidentified flying object.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. Of a UFO, to move in the sky.
2. Of a flying object, to look like a UFO.
As a Noun:
1. A journey to and from a place; a person who does such a journey in a day; a person who does such a journey every day to work and back. English = round trip, return journey; day tripper; commuter.
2. The movement to and fro between two locations (such as laps in a swimming pool).
3. A ticket to travel somewhere and then to come back. English = return ticket.
4. A day student at a school at which there are boarding students.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To go in one direction and then to come back in the opposite direction; to go to and fro.
2. To go to or to travel to a place and then to come back, to make a return journey; to go back and forth between places; to commute.
3. To go back and forth inside a room, a container, or between the extremities of some object (such as swimming laps in a pool).
4. To travel to a place and back from that place to the starting point on a return ticket; to make a return trip.
5. To be a day student at a school at which there are boarding students.
As a Noun:
1. A car driven by someone whose job is to take you where you want to go in return for money. English = taxi, cab
Auslan SignbankDictionary#3644 visit1a
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As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To go and see someone and to spend time with them. English = visit.
2. To travel some distance from one place to another, especially for the purposes of seeing someone and to spend time with them.
3. To travel some distance from one place to another.
As a Noun:
1. A person who works on an aeroplane and who looks after the passengers, serving them food and drink, and helping them when they need it. English = flight attendant, flight steward, air-hostess.
2. A type of tapered cap, commonly worn by female flight attendants (air-hostesses) in the past.
Auslan SignbankDictionary#1044 bicycle1a
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As a Noun:
1. A vehicle with two wheels which you ride by sitting on it and pushing two pedals with your feet. English = bicycle.
2. A sport in which people race each other riding bicycles. English = cycling.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To ride a bicycle, to cycle; to pedal.