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The existing native tick is retained as a learned affirmative-answer cue; shape distinguishes it from no without relying on colour.

The existing native cross is retained as a learned negative-answer cue; shape distinguishes it from yes without relying on colour.

An offered open hand and a reaching hand depict assistance. An invitation to help rather than a restraining wrist grip.

A raised open palm within an octagonal boundary communicates stop; a learned halt cue, without the former horizontal no-entry-like bar.

An additional matching block moves towards an existing group, with a plus cue; increased quantity rather than a larger object.

A circular arrow is retained as a learned cue for repetition or doing something again.

Completing an activity or reaching its end.

A seated person with a clock and passing-time arc represents waiting; a contextual time cue rather than a seated posture alone.

A person reaches towards an apple that remains out of reach; wanting rather than taking or eating.

The self portrait smiles at an apple with a small heart; liking something, related to want and don’t want by the same apple. The heart alone is love; a thumb alone is good.

The self portrait turns away and pushes a palm toward a crossed-out apple; refusing an offered food as one example of not wanting. Pairs with want and like.

The existing pause button retained as a learned temporary-break convention; a break does not require leaving, sitting or stopping communication.

A natural face with smiling eyes and a broad smile expresses happiness.

A natural face with raised inner brows, lowered eyes and a downturned mouth depicts sadness.

Drawn-in eyebrows and a tense jaw express anger, distinct from raised-inner-brow fear.

Raised inner eyebrows, wide eyes and a tense teeth-baring mouth express fear; compare the round mouth of surprise.

Lowered eyelids and a yawn express tiredness; distinct from the reclining sleeping person.

Wide eyes, lifted brows and an open smiling mouth depict excitement.

Relaxed closed eyes, level eyebrows and a slight smile depict calmness.

A person looks at a meal with the tongue on the upper lip. The meal and open eyes distinguish anticipation from yummy, which shows enjoyment without food.

A person with raised inner brows and a round, panting mouth looks at a glass of water; the need to drink, distinct from drink (glass at the lips) and water (glass alone).

A wincing person clutches the far shoulder, with pain marks beside the held place. An example of physical hurt, not a restriction to shoulder pain.

A high thermometer level and sun represent high temperature; the level carries meaning independently of colour.

A low thermometer level and branched snowflake represent low temperature; compare the matching hot scale.

A person takes a bite of a sandwich; food meets an open mouth. Eating, not merely food or hunger.

A person holds a glass to their lips; the action of drinking, distinct from water or feeling thirsty.

Two articulated hands rub together under water flowing from a tap, with sparse soap bubbles; handwashing as an example of washing.

Closed eyes and a head resting on a pillow, with a blanket across the shoulder, depict sleeping.

A western seated toilet with cistern, open seat, bowl and pedestal; the fixture rather than the action of toileting.

A house with a pitched roof, windows and door represents home; one housing example, not a universal definition.

A broad school building with central entrance, clock and flag; a conventional school example, distinct from the smaller home.

An open book with lines of text on both pages; the object. A closed block read as a box or present at tile size.

The existing native round ball and its curved seams, retained as an object example.

A seated stuffed bear with soft limbs, fabric pads and stitching; a toy rather than a bear head.

A passenger car in side view with cabin, separate windows, doors and two visible wheels.

A pedal bicycle with two wheels, a triangular frame, saddle, handlebars and visible pedals.

An apple with a cleft, stalk and leaf; the fruit rather than the broader category food.

A curved unpeeled banana with stalk, blossom end and a long peel seam.

A loaf with a cut slice showing crust and crumb; bread rather than cake or a plain dome.

A capped bottle of white milk with a small cow-source cue; a dairy-milk example, with alternatives still possible.

Clear water visible inside a glass, distinct from a person performing the action of drinking.

A cheese wedge with a visible cut face and holes; one cheese example.

An opened yogurt pot with a peeled-back lid and visible creamy contents.

A whole citrus orange and a cut segment with pith and flesh; the fruit, separate from the existing colour concept orange.

An attached bunch of oval grapes narrowing downwards, with a stalk and leaf.

A tapered strawberry with leafy calyx and visible seeds.

A plain sweet biscuit.

A fried egg with irregular white and rounded yolk; retains the existing cooked-egg example.