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• Strain river, right?
• Proficient, but with no power to wield
• Apply, as elbow grease
• Make good use of maestro when piano's unavailable
• Use final bits of underwater equipment beneath river
• Give one's all with
• Apply, as energy
• Use, as force
• Exercise influence to remove bolt from letter box
• Apply, as effort
• Use, as great effort
• Put forth vigorously
• Highly skilled, but with no power to wield
• Bring to bear, as power
• Apply with intensity