shoulder: Movements that express or often express emotional or psychological states or attitudes

Movements that express or often express emotional or psychological states or attitudes

пожимђть/пожђть плечђми_i	to shrug one's shoulders
NB The above phrase describes a gesture usually indicating resignation, helplessness, or puzzlement.
передёргивать/передёрнуть плечђми_i	to shudder
NB The above phrase describes a gesture indicating repulsion or a reaction to the cold.
*потрепђть [no Impf.] N_a по плечџ_d*	*to stroke N's* shoulder**
хлћпать/похлћпать N_a по плечџ_d	to pat N on the shoulder
NB The above two phrases describe a gesture of goodwill, sympathy, encouragement, but may be interpreted as condescending, especially похлћпать.
клђсть/положќть рџку_a на плечћ_a	to put one's hand on someone's shoulder
NB The above phrase often describes a comforting gesture.
Ћн подошёл к сІну, положќл емџ рџку на плечћ и сказђл: "Ничегћ, спрђвимся и с ітим!".	He went up to his son, put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we can deal with this, too!"
Онђ положќла емџ рџку на плечћ, и онќ закружќлись в вђльсе.	She put her hand on his shoulder and they swirled into the waltz.
сотрясђться [no Pf.]: у N_g плљчи_n сотрясђются от рыдђний_g Bookish	N's shoulders shake from weeping
обнимђть/обнїть N_a за плљчи_a	to hug N around the shoulders
опускђть/опустќть плљчи_a	to let one's shoulders droop
NB The above phrase often indicates sadness.
По егћ опџщенным плечђм ї понялђ, что ћн бІл в плохћм настрољнии.	I understood from his drooping shoulders that he was unhappy.
расправлїть/распрђвить плљчи_a; распрямлїть/распрямќть плљчи_a; разворђчивать/развернџть плљчи_a	to straighten one's shoulders
NB The above phrases often indicate that one's mood has taken a turn for the better.
втїгивать/втянџть гћлову_a в плљчи_a	to hunch up one's shoulders, pull one's head into one's shoulders
NB The above expression is an indication of fear, shame, humility, or embarrassment.
Буфљтчик втянџл гћлову в плљчи, так что стђло вќдно, что ћн человљк бљдный. [М. Булгђков, Мђстер и Маргарќта]	The cafe manager hunched up his shoulders, so you could see that he was a poor man. [M. Bulgakov, Master and Margarita]
прижимђться/прижђться к плечџ_d; принќкнуть [no Impf.]) к плечџ_d	to lean on someone's shoulder
Онђ прижђлась к сќльному плечџ мџжа.	She leaned on her husband's strong shoulder.