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The King of Chu found a big money bag in the airplane's kitchen, but he knows that there is no free lunch. Carefully, he scans the content of the bag with his X-ray power vision, and inside the bag, he finds a crab waiting to strike on its prey.
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property
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Mnemonic symbol: an assembly belt. Can you see the vase soon falling off the assembly belt?
In anthill, Charlie Chaplin is setting up his assembly line. At the one end there is a supply of vases. In the middle of the assembly line, a chocolate factory fills chocolate into the vases. At the other end, the little vases with the chocolate are dumped into a large vase.
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Joan of Arc (ji) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are plotting their escape from the ashram in the bathroom (a4). They plan to use the ashram's rocket (介), but unfortunately, the price (价) for rockets is sky-high.
value / (to be) worth / to happen to / to be on duty
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James II of England (zh) joined the straight edge (直) scene, and he decided that everyone else should too. Just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) he tells any visitor that it's not just worth a try (值), but that anyone who isn't straight edge is not worth (值) entering. Even Rosa Luxemburg (亻) has to get two crosses tattooed on her hands before James II of England thinks she's worth (值) to enter.