1Follow-through movement after throwing or hitting a ball.
when Fisk hit that dramatic home run, it was moving to see him using body English to try to keep it from going foul
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This will often require substantial patience, careful alignment, and a bit of body English.
His booming voice was complemented by a genius for body English.
He rarely got up except to offer some body English for long-range shots and to implore his troops to ‘Go!’
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the President used voice tonality and body English to imply indirectly that he was concerned about racism
another term for body language
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The scene where Mrs. Nelson confronts Emma is superbly acted out with very little dialogue between the two women, but primarily with body English and facial expressions.
Definition of body English in US English:
body English
noun
North American
A bodily action after throwing, hitting, or kicking a ball, intended as an attempt to influence the ball's trajectory.
身体随球侧扭(指在击球后或球出手后的身体随球动作,意在控制球的移动轨迹)
see him waving and using body English to try to keep the ball from going foul
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He rarely got up except to offer some body English for long-range shots and to implore his troops to ‘Go!’
His booming voice was complemented by a genius for body English.
This will often require substantial patience, careful alignment, and a bit of body English.