--Take a hand mirror and _breathe_ upon the glass. What happens?
hang, attach (appendere, affiggere, sospendere).
--_Hang_ one of your best drawings on a hook in the room.
--_Attach_ the drawing you like best with two pins to the wall near the door.
cover, wrap, tie, undo (avvolgere, involgere, svolgere).
--Take a book, a string and a large piece of cloth. Lay the book on your table and _cover_ it with the cloth.
--Take the cloth and _wrap_ it around the book so that the book cannot be seen.
--_Tie_ a string around the cloth so that the book will not fall out.
--_Undo_ the bundle, and return each object to the place where you found it.
turn, invert, revolve, whirl, reverse (volgere, capovolgere, rovesciare).
--_Turn_ a picture toward one of your school-mates so that he can see it clearly.
--_Invert_ the picture, so that it will be upside down.
--_Reverse_ the picture so that the back only can be seen by your school-mate.
--_Revolve_ the seat of the piano-stool as rapidly as you can.
--Stand with your back to the window and _turn_ slowly on your heel till you face the window. _Whirl_ on your heel completely around till you again face the window.
breathe, blow, puff, pant (sbuffare, soffiare, alitare).
--Tear a large piece of paper into tiny bits on your table. _Blow_ steadily upon the table till the pieces of paper are all on the floor.
--Pick up the pieces of paper and place them on the table. _Puff_ three times upon them and see if they all fall to the floor. Gather up the pieces and throw them into the waste-basket.
--_Breathe_ softly upon the back of your hand. What do you feel?
--_Blow_ upon the back of your hand. What do you feel?
--_Puff_ upon the back of your band. What do you feel?
--_Pant_ noisily as though you had been running a long way.
murmur, mutter, whisper, speak, grumble (mormorare, sussurrare, brontolare).
--Ask one of your school-mates to listen carefully to what you say; then _murmur_ a short sentence as though you were speaking to yourself.
--_Mutter_ the same words in a louder voice and see whether he understands.
--_Whisper_ the same words in the ear of one of two children. Then ask the other whether he has heard.
--_Grumble_ the same words and watch how the two children look at you.