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come hell or high water

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the latter; the second; successor; descendant

1

decision; determination; resolution

1

new; fresh; novel

5

troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble

2

order; directive; instructions; command

1

high temperature

5

food

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to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in

5

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

2

to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn

2

to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform

2

minute adjustment; fine-tuning

1

last resort

2

doughnut; donut

5

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

1

empty; vacant; hollow

1

that kind of; such a

2

to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

1

largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

2

to get used to using; to get accustomed to using

1

to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken

5

dozens; scores of; decades

2

second (unit of time); arc second

2

bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)

2

180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)

2

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

1

disk-shaped

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

3

throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment

1

bursting with juice; oozing with savory juices (esp. when bitten); with a gloss (e.g. makeup); with shine; sleekily

1

sentiment; feeling

2

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

2

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

2

ascertainment

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

2

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

1

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

2

temperature

2

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

to whine; to make feeble complaints

1

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

1

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

1

to keep (e.g. the lead); to maintain (a standard, situation, etc.); to put aside (for someone); to save (e.g. a seat); to keep (the ball; in soccer, rugby, etc.); to retain possession

1

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

1

deep-fried food

5

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

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