Many items of vocabulary, including actions, feelings
of emotion, adjectives and adverbs, can be communicated by mime.
| An elephant walks like this and that | standing, sway from side to side, heavily |
| He's terribly big | hands above head |
| He's terribly fat | hands out wide |
| He has no fingers | wiggle fingers, shake head for no |
| And he has no toes | touch toes, shake head for no |
| But goodness gracious, what a nose! | curl arm in front of face for trunk |