Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成 / see also 托勒密[Tuo1 le4 mi4]
prop / support (for weight) / rest (e.g. arm rest) / thanks to / to hold in one's hand / to support in one's palm / to give / to base / to commit / to set / torr (unit of pressure)
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Tommy Turtle has been entrusted with caring for a blade of grass. In front of the observatory he's very careful that nothing comes into contact with the blade and so holds it up using a toy claw.
to trust / to entrust / to be entrusted with / to act as trustee
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Tommy Turtle has been entrusted with caring for a blade of grass. In front of the observatory he's very careful that nothing comes into contact with the blade and so holds it up using a toy claw.
to rein in / to compel / to force / to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead / bridle / (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1], lux
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Sir Lancelot (l) constructed a mechanical bull in the elevator's bathroom (e4), mainly just using a cow's hide (革) and a power button (力). To rein in (勒) the wild mechanical bull he presses the button and rides the bull again and again.