ancient taskmaster, Socrates, deliberately almost drowned Plato, "When your desire for knowledge is like your desire for air, you are ready to learn."

to the taskmaster: “You deliberately used an ancient playlist for the dance, so people would lose interest and go home early.” (Wedding Planner)

This ceremonial soldier’s collar is turned upward like wings.

thread is the only thing you need to finger weave OR little pac man weaving back and forth

using a microphone: tour guide that speaks five languages

Bert (from Mary Poppins), works as a street sweeper, a small (upside down), menial job.

trace amounts of silver in his blood made him sick

"many moons ago" (a story told in the evening)

drops of land between the streams are the states

a dotted line through a river on a map showing the border between states

women talking about what it would be like if…

ancient ritual where people walk out of a cave to symbolically represent rebirth, like coming out of a woman’s birth canal

open the letter and if your trade went through, shells inside

grown up on the surface only (wearing scarves)

The house of the “Butcher”, the mean dad who rules his house with harsh discipline like chili pepper punishment.

tie a lucky thread around your finger

This soldier was lucky to tie the knot during leave.

Can't you picture the first emperor of China, Qin, demanding that his imperial gardens and fields be replicated in miniature in his tomb?

boa crawling away from the vulture

So Far, Haven’t Begged: “So far, so good.” This family hasn’t had to beg for food yet.

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flowers: new source of renewable fuel

"ideogram"

praise a woman as wonderful, meaning those like her are few and far between OR Women are wonderful. Few would dispute that.