to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement
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I would say this one looks definitely like a hedgehog, but since there's already a character for hedgehog, let's call this one a sea star.
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Marie Curie found a sea star attached to a big eight ball in the engine's bathroom. As she is a curious and interested scientist, she wants to investigate the sea star, so she pokes it with a flute and tries to tickle it with a daisy.
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Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) is striving for honor and glory (荣) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) by participating in a cooking contest. She knows she'll win because she is just about to prepare her special recipe. She already put a Christmas tree (木) in her cooking pot and is just about to lift the cooking top (冖) to add some artificial lawn (艹) to her soup.
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Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) is striving for honor and glory (荣) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) by participating in a cooking contest. She knows she'll win because she is just about to prepare her special recipe. She already put a Christmas tree (木) in her cooking pot and is just about to lift the cooking top (冖) to add some artificial lawn (艹) to her soup.