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body language

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as in attitude
movements or positions of the body that express a person's thoughts or feelings We could tell from his body language that he was nervous.

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“Body language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20language. Accessed 1 Dec. 2022.

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