body language
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- noun
- /ˈbɑdi ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
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lenguaje corporal
- During the negotiation, her body language revealed her discomfort with the terms being discussed.
- facial expressions and body language
- expressions and body language
- gestures and body language
Now we're going to be looking at my body language during that same time.
- Now we're going to be looking at my body language during that same time.
- Often without a tone of voice or without body language or other cues.
- Now, the first body language secret is called happy feet.
- Understand by the body language the danger that's being presented.
- Next tip is your posture, your grooming, your body language, your eye contact, everything.
- Anyway, I'd love the verdict of the professional body language expert on Meghan.
- As soon as I said that, I saw his body language change.
- You know, and you can create a lot with body language and adjusting tone of voice.
- You can see my body language that relates to how I'm feeling.
- And he kind of goes, I can see from his body language like no.
- So today I'm going to share with you the seven body language signs that a guy likes you.
- Joining us now are top behavior and body language experts Greg Hartley and Scott Rouse.
- And so you can feel that and you can see the body language.
- And I think what Shearer was saying in terms of his body language, it's correct.
Examples
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When he walked into the room, his confident body language made everyone pay attention to him.
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The body language is all wrong.
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So this means body language comes before thought.
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Now we're going to be looking at my body language during that same time.
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As soon as I said that, I saw his body language change.
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Now, the first body language secret is called happy feet.
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As a coach, you know, you look at the body language.
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Look at her body language.
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Your body language, it's so emotional, everything you do.
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Successful delivery takes into account the voice, breathing, body language, and the flow of words.
Academic text (2011)
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How Expressive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'communicating nonverbally through gestures, posture, and facial expressions' is directly and predictably built from 'body' (physical structure) + 'language' (a system of communication), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the sense. This noun–noun compounding is cross-linguistically common and follows an obvious metaphorical extension of 'language' to nonverbal signaling, making it transparent.
Etymology
Body language comes from the simple image that the body can act like a language, using gestures, posture and facial expressions to 'speak' without words. That's why body language means 'communicating without words' and helps show a person's feelings or thoughts.