As a Noun:
1. Someone who has been legally appointed to look after the affairs of another person, for example a child or someone who is mentally ill. English=guardian
2.
3. The guardian of something is someone who defends and protects it. English=guardian
Auslan SignbankDictionary#1265 search
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As a Noun:
1. An attempt to find something by looking for it. English = search.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To try to find something that you want but do not have, or that you did have but have lost, by looking carefully for it. English = look for, search. Formal English = seek.
Interactive:
1. Used alone to tell a person that a piece of clothing or a particular style or colour makes them look attractive. English = 'Suits you.'
Auslan SignbankDictionary#2816 unaware
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As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To not know about something or to be unaware of something.
As a Noun:
1. An adult female human being. English = woman.
Auslan SignbankDictionary#3165 always
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As Modifier:
1. Used at the beginning of a sentence or next to a verb to mean that the action takes place all the time or on every possible occasion. English = always.
2. Used immediately before a sign for any period of time, which as a pair then start or end a sentence or are placed next to a verb, to mean the action happens at all of the periods of time named. English = every (day, week, year, etc.).
Auslan SignbankDictionary#2315 ban1d
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Interactive:
1. Used alone to refuse an offer. English = 'No!', 'No thanks!'
2. Used alone to mean that you think there is no possibility or likelihood of what is being discussed actually happening or being really true. English = 'No!', 'No, that's not right!', 'No way!', 'Absolutely not!'
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As a Noun:
1. Trouble, fuss or difficulty. English = bother.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To not do something because you do not think it is important or necessary, or because you think it would involve too much effort. English = not bother, not care less.
Interactive:
1. Used alone as an answer to a request to do something to mean that you do not want to and that you do not think it is important. English = 'I can't be bothered!'
General Definition:
1. Something with an opening and closing lid, such as a lap top computer, portable compact TTY, or pencil case, or any thing or any action directly or indirectly associated with this, especially a folder.
As a Noun:
1. A thin piece of cardboard folded into the shape of a container or cover, in which you can keep documents. English = folder.
Auslan SignbankDictionary#2148 go-blank
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As a Noun:
1. [Especially when made with two hands] a chronic or persistent brain disease that causes memory loss, personality changes, and difficulty in reasoning (thinking). English = dementia.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To completely forget to do something that you should have remembered.
2. To be unable to remember things you have learnt (such as your part in a play, or information for an exam) or to be unable to think of anything to say. English = go blank.
3. [Especially when made with two hands] to suffer from a chronic or persistent brain disease that causes memory loss, personality changes, and difficulty in reasoning (thinking). English = have dementia, suffer from dementia.