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.
(of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with
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Chantal Chicken vigorously throws popsicles at a dart board in front of the engine. The popsicles are very sticky; Chantal will have to rinse the dart board in the engine's bathroom later.
thoroughfare / to go straight ahead / to rush / to clash
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Chantal Chicken vigorously throws popsicles at a dart board in front of the engine. The popsicles are very sticky; Chantal will have to rinse the dart board in the engine's bathroom later.
powerful / vigorous / pungent / towards / in view of
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Chantal Chicken realises that she indeed threw the popsicles at the dart board very vigorously and powerful. Even rinsing the board with water in the engine's bathroom she cannot clean it.