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smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

3

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

4

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

5

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

1

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

6

always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible

1

signs of the enemy

2

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

2

to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right

1

arrowhead

4

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

4

one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death

1

well done!; bravo

2

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

to behead; to decapitate

1

scaling; zooming

1

distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness

1

vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

2

section; cross section; profile

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

2

demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

1

details; particulars

1

thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood

1

moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)

3

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

6

around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now

4

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

2

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

4

to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

1

grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine

2

shabby; unsightly; unkempt

1

structure; building

4

(level of) comfort (in the place one lives)

1

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

30

reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation

4

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

4

to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do

2

nine; 9

1

pit dwelling; dugout

1

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

1

one house

2

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

1

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

1

to burn; to get fired up

4

fire arrow; incendiary arrow; rocket

1

to fire into; to shoot into

3

not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

1

attacking with fire

1