running away on the slightest noise, being wise enough to get the tell-tale signs

knock, rap, rattle, clatter

be knocked out

a lease for a term of years at a progressively increasing rent

have a slight fear, leaves to rattle, produce a very low sound

free oneself, flee, run away

heal a wound with herbs, applying a leaf on a scar

to run as fast as one can, to take to one's heels (so called from a boy's game in which the runner has to pluck a leaf from a certain tree and catch one of the rest who have run off)

have a written agreement

expression of gratitude

free oneself and run away, escape

man is helpless against God's will

pleat a dupatta

whatever God wills, one has to accept it

a kind-hearted man

a turban worn round the head worn by policemen

faithful, sincere

a belt, sash or strap and badge of service, a board on which Hindus sit while eating or performing religious ceremonies, a deed of lease, a horse's girth, a wooden club or cudgel, baldric (for sword or other piece of equipment), dog-collar, lock of (man's) hair, muscle, the sport of fighting with wooden clubs or sticks

a method of fencing with a (wooden) dagger or cutlass

head-stall (of a horse)

honourable sir