Marie Curie (xi) bought some lunch-to-go (𦈢), but in the elevator's bathroom (e4) she trips and pours her lunch over the barrier (𦈢). Normally she would use cotton pads (卸) to remove (卸) the mess, but since she doesn't have them, she uses a baby seal (卩) instead.
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist
磨
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石
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麻
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Mahatma Gandhi (m) has been tied down in the observatory's kitchen (o2) with ropes made of hemp (麻). He uses a stone (石) to patiently rub (磨) through the ropes.
to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely
杀
=
乂
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朩
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) is messing around with a sewage pipe sticking out of the floor (朩) in front of the ashram (a1) using pliers (乂). To reduce (杀) the marks he left he is trying to rub them off with an eraser (杀).