granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
沙
=
少
+
氵
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is selling bottles (氵) in front of the ashram (a1). Smiley (少) comes round because thon is very thirsty and buys a bottle, just to find out that it contains only sand (沙).
捞
=
劳
+
扌
:
The hardworking laborer (劳) is dredging (捞) up the floor in front of the aorta (ao1) with a toy claw (扌) when suddenly he fishes (捞) the skeleton of Sir Lancelot (l) out of the dirt.
to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more
越
=
戉
+
走
:
Yu the Great is extremely mad at all the Nordic walkers in the elevator's bathroom. With a battle-axe, he chops Nordic walking poles into small pieces. The more he chops, the smaller the pieces get.