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Claw Handshape
With spread fingers, the five fingers are bent in a claw. The
symbol is white because the palms are facing the chest.
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Middle-Joint Movement "Close-Close"
Dark dots over fingers mean that the middle joints of the fingers
bend in a closing motion. Two dark dots means two "closings",
or "close-close". In this case they are used to describe
the motion of "scratching" like a bear.
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Arms Crossed
There are arm lines extending from the hands. They are crossed.
Normally we do not write the arm lines. They are only written
when it is necessary to show something unusual, such as "crossed
arms".
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Punctuation End
of Sentence
A thick line at the end of the sentence means that the "thought
stops here". This can be compared to the "period"
at the end of a sentence in English.
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