to thank / to apologize / (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither / to decline
谢
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射
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讠
:
Marie Curie (xi) just came back from her trip to outer space and is standing in front of the launch pad (射) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). She thanks (谢) her sponsors and points towards the sponsors' advertising column (讠), saying that it would have been impossible to go to outer space without their funding.
长
=
乛
+
丆
+
丿
:
Charlie Chaplin sped into the anglepod riding his longboard, but in the kitchen he doesn't know how to stop. He manages to make a u-turn by hooking him to the pole of a wind wheel with a sickle, but after the turn he can't help but bump into a giant banana.
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
长
=
乛
+
丆
+
丿
:
The chief (长) is asking James II of England (zh) for help, because his wind wheel (丆) in the anglepod's living room (丆) isn't performing very well. After finding out that there's too much friction, James II of England uses a sickle (乛) to cut open a banana (丿) and uses the pulp to grease the wind wheel and enhance (长) its performance.
廷
=
壬
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廴
:
Mother Teresa (ti) builds her own private courtyard (廷) out of four go-boards (廴) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To be specific, she builds the courtyard for her cat o' nine tails (壬).