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尸 corpse

It [shi] isn’t easy to cut wood in straight lines, but it’s important - in this box will lie the corpse of a victim of smallpox.
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幾 how many

“Gee, how many tiny 幺 halberds 戈 does one person 人 need?” I think, scooping up and setting almost all of them on the table.
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掃 sweep

The [sow] sniffs around my house before resting on towels (nose/roof/towels). My hand moving a broomstick in a scooping motion, I sweep up her mess.
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巾 towel

I wrap the towel around my shoulders.
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打 hit

I find sports [da]unting, but holding the hockey stick in my hand, I made a scooping motion, and hit the ball into the goal.
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託 entrust

I depend on and entrust my paintings [to ow]ners of the gallery. Trusting what they tell me, I extend my hand, and we shake on it.
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所 place

I bend down, leave the pound of flour at the door, stand, and check the address again. This is the place, I think - a home on [Sioux-ow]ned land.
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次 once

“I[t’s i]ncredible, the risk I took for you this time. You owe 欠 me,” I say, looking [down] at him icily 冫.
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外 outside

Why stay in doors? Come outside! It's dusk, the sun's going down, and the weather is divine!
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赢 win

For vaulting over the block, I win first place. (Top: person vaulting over block. Bottom: People standing with their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards.)
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梳 a comb

There's a wooden comb and [shoe]horn lying on the bathroom counter. (Right side resembles person rushing to the bathroom where there's running water).
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髮 hair

I want to run [fa]r, but it's windy, and my hair's down. My mom pulls it back. (Running person's hair blowing in wind / person doing someone's hair)
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