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Meanings of fetch water in English

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Usage of fetch water in English
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Society still frowns at men who fetch water or firewood or cook.
Reuters
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My grandmother went down to fetch water, and I took my chance.
Voices in the dark
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At sundown, Camilla went to the river to fetch water as usual.
The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
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One cannot believe that these people need to fetch water from a well.
The Irish Times
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One has to cover long distances to fetch water during the summer season.
Reuters
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Peggy and Marjorie have gone to collect wood, the youngest daughters fetch water.
The eye of the leopard
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We had gone to fetch water at dusk, walking through the high grass.
What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
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As I went down to fetch water, I remembered that pretend country's name.
The eyes of a king
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A water carrier once went to the river to fetch water.
Popular Tales from the Norse
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Here is a woman coming to fetch water from the trough.
With the Harmony to Labrador / Notes of a Visit to the Moravian ...
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A very busy girl comes to fetch water from the well.
The Fugitive
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When I went out to fetch water this morning I smelt something queer.
The Three Partners
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Used to sing en wissle roun' de house, en fetch water en fiah-wood.
The Purple Heights
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But I don't quite see how we're going to fetch water from it.
Afterwards
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Children may be kept home from school in order to fetch water, he added.
Radio NZ
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She never left it, except to fetch water from the pump in the square.
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
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