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to be reliable

2

compensation; equivalent value; consideration

1

(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar

2

it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

1

slow; lagging; tardy

2

irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing

2

discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance

4

manufacture; production

2

to sew on

1

for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length

3

to step on; to trample down; to tread on

4

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

3

puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly

1

(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

3

to pour into

2

second hand (of clock)

1

counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

3

to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. of cold)

2

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

1

any number of times

1

(one's) current position; current location; present position

3

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

1

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

1

complexity

1

branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream

1

to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite

2

the four seasons

3

patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

1

untrodden; unexplored

3

several hours; a few hours

1

with a creak; creakily

2

abyss; ravine

6

sanity; consciousness; soberness

2

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive

2

to pull up; to haul up

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

3

right beside; close to; nearby

4

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

2

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

3

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

2

not so

1

adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

2

depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation

1

head over heels; headlong; head first

1

no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt

2

unfinished (letter, text, etc.); drafted (e.g. manuscript); half-written; partially finished

1

passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use

2