蒸
=
艹
+
烝
:
James II of England's (zh) second attempt at feeding the masses (烝) involves a heap of artificial lawn (艹). In front of the engine ((e)ng1) he cooks it producing a lot of steam (蒸) and making it into a stew.
汽
=
气
+
氵
:
The Queen of Hearts (qi) conducts an experiment in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She attached an empty balloon (气) to a water bottle (氵) and uses a lighter to make the water boil. Subsequently the water becomes water vapor (汽) and fills the balloon, enabling the queen to estimate the vapor volume.
to hang or suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried or concerned / to make a phone call (dialect) / to register or record / classifier for sets or clusters of objects / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam)
挂
=
圭
+
扌
:
Gitta Giraffe (gu) cleaned all her jade tablets (圭) by putting them in the ashram's washing mashine (a4). Now she is putting them on the clothes hanger (挂) using a toy claw (扌).
烫
=
汤
+
火
:
Tecumseh (t) is cooking a soup (汤) on an open fire (火) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). To give the soup a special flavor for a minute he blanches (烫) a flat iron (烫) in the soup.
机
=
几
+
木
:
Joan of Arc (ji) made a machine (机) that fully automatically manufactures tables (几) out of Christmas trees (木) and tests it in front of the space station (Ø1).