阶
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介
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阝
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The pope (阝) sentenced Joan of Arc (ji) to death and wants to shoot her to outer space using a rocket (介) in front of the elevator (e1). He doesn't have a proper launch ramp, so he just uses some stone stairs (阶).
梯
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弟
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木
:
Jesse James (弟) helps Mother Teresa (ti) decorate a Christmas tree (木) standing on a ladder (梯) in front of the space station (Ø1). Mother Teresa is very thankful, but she doesn't now that secretly Jesse James is decorating the tree with TNT (梯恩梯).