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just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

2

indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

2

to come back

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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

3

fabrication; pipe dream

1

a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

4

in addition; besides

2

raining; downpour

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the Sun

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

1

junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

1

furniture

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

1

locking

1

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

1

sheet; bed sheet

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

3

convenient

1

fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

1

a bit more; a bit longer

1

to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

1

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

2

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

1

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

1

pride

1

river management; river improvement; flood control

9

devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

1

marital relationship; marital relations

1

to repeat; to be frequent

1

because of; owing to; due to

1

slow; lagging; tardy

1

grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments

1

medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist

1

to send in

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

3

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

1

prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

5

bank; weir; embankment; levee

1

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

1

heavy rain

1

to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

1

to have an eye on; to zero in on

1

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

5

old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

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pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

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