step forward step back / step backward/ step to the right/step to the left
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shake
shake your body / shake your / head shake your hips / shake your shoulders / shake it up / shake your booty (butt) / shake hands (when you meet someone)
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raise
raise your hand raise your arms above your head/raise your right foot/raise your head OPP:LOWER/raise your shoulders
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bend
bend your knees/bend your arms OPP:STRAIGHTEN
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tap
tap your feet tap your toes (make an up and down movement to touch a surface)
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swing
to make regular movements forwards and backwards or from one side to another while hanging Let your arms swing as you walk/She swung her legs from side to side.
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wiggle
to move with small movements from side to side or up and down, or to make something move like this
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lift
lift your hand/arm/leg/head/eyes
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-ward/-wards (suffix)
-wards is a suffix that forms adverbs showing direction. For example, if you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction your back is facing.
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thrust
to push something somewhere roughly
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lean
to move or bend your body in a particular direction lean forward/back/over etc