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quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble

2

to run down (stairs, etc.)

2

noxious gas; poisonous gas; toxic fumes

1

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

1

siren

7

highway; freeway; expressway; motorway

14

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)

7

sixteen; 16

9

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

2

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

2

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

8

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something

2

makeshift; stopgap; temporary expedient; temporary solution; band-aid

2

precious; valuable

8

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

to run around

6

Western (film genre)

2

gunfighter (esp. in the American Old West); gunslinger; gunman

1

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

5

with a collapse; with a slump

1

game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play

7

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

4

hey; listen

2

straight; upright; erect

1

plastic

2

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

6

to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on

1

afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time

4

mistake; blunder; slipup

2

usually; under usual circumstances

2

attentiveness

2

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

3

row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)

2

to live long; to survive

1

to begin to rain; to begin to snow

2

to pull down

1

chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction

1

to step over or across; to overcome

3

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

8

several months

1

tonight; this evening

2

with a start; with a jump

9

every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

1

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

1

(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

4

grimace; sullen face

3

minor business

1