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flying column; detached force

1

free-hand

1

presumption; assumption; estimation

1

battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

4

favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

1

performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)

2

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

1

attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

1

stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage

1

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

1

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

3

(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling

3

rank; standing

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

3

good family; respectable family; decent family

1

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)

1

monthly tuition fee

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

2

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

2

crime syndicate; criminal syndicate

1

to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with

1

highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability

1

to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

3

shady; underhanded; questionable

1

anachronism

1

rule; regulation

2

safety myth; myth that something is completely safe (e.g. nuclear plant); safety dogma

1

this evening; tonight

2

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)

6

speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

5

high-pitched; shrill

1

warning; alarm; alert

2

to raise one's voice; to shout

1

time of emergency; (in an) emergency

1

(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission

1

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

Safe room

14

taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

3

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

2

because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

6

by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then

2

whispered conversation; whispering

1

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

1

(one's) 20s; twenties

2

first half

2

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

3