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How to sign: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundre;
Similiar / Same: approximately, about, close to, some, roughly, more or less, or so, just about
How to sign: in a circle or circular motion
"The wheels are spinning around";
How to sign: by a circular or circuitous route
"He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond";
How to sign: the condition of living or the state of being alive
"while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes";
Similiar / Same: animation, aliveness, living, life
Categories: being, beingness, existence
Within this category: eternal life, skin, survival
How to sign: to or among many different places or in no particular direction
"wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps a;
Similiar / Same: about
How to sign: all around or on all sides
"dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her";
Similiar / Same: about
