L20 Also Flashcards
也
ALSO // scorpion pictograph, linking together your shopping list “milk, also bread, also sausages”.»_space; SCORPION
她
SHE // she who must not be named, haggard, Kept everyone at bay using scorpion venom.
地
GROUND // scorpions, 1000s of them, compressing soil until it becomes solid ground
池
POND // scorpion started life as a waterboatman, gliding across the pond. Did you know that?
虫
INSECT // a chinese (zhong) looking insect, uniquely using a propeller underneath to help it fly. Spectacular
虾
SHRIMP // dive underneath water and what looked like nasty insects turn out to be tasty shrimp.
独
ALONE // One insect, usually in a pack, now stuck with a pack of rabid dogs. Uh oh, all alone.
虽
ALTHOUGH // mouth full of insects. “although it might feel odd, on I’m A Celebrity” bugs mean prizes
己
SELF // sinister side of oneself, a snake. When you do something nasty, it’s because the snake inside yourself has slithered into your hand.»_space; SNAKE
起
BEGIN // “You may begin” exam hall, they can’t walk out because snakes tying down their feet.
改
ALTER // taskmaster on boat in Africa can’t communicate change in direction, so whips everyone with nearest object to hand, a sea snake.
记
REMEMBER // Christians remember, through bands on their wrists, the words that the snake spoke to adam and eve. Leave the apple alone!
已
ALREADY // snake with mouth half closed, on deathbed and already dead. Call the taxidermist because there’s valuable»_space; SNAKESKIN
包
WRAP // bind up a snakeskin, forming the perfect vietnamese wrap (better than subway)
泡
BUBBLES // before bubble wrap, someone invented water wrap. It got everywhere