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.
surname Long / short for 吉隆坡[Ji2 long2 po1], Kuala Lumpur
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The pope (阝) got a child and put it in a cradle (生) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The child is Lenny Lemur (lu), and every evening the pope plays a ceremonious (隆) and grand (隆) tune on his flute (一) wearing high heels (夂).
grand / intense / prosperous / to swell / to bulge
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The pope (阝) got a child and put it in a cradle (生) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The child is Lenny Lemur (lu), and every evening the pope plays a ceremonious (隆) and grand (隆) tune on his flute (一) wearing high heels (夂).
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Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
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Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.
area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4]
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Cupid receives a metal box in front of the space station. He opens it and finds a road sign with a pyramid on it. Clever as he is, he derives that it must have been sent to him from the region of Egypt.
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Mnemonic symbol: An alien from Area 51.
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Cupid is chilling in front of the space station, when an alien from Area 51 flies by and gives him a metal box. Unfortunately, even using pliers, Cupid is too weak to open it.