release; liberation; acquittal
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
public expense; public funds; public money; public expenditure
plea; entreaty; supplication
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
custody; detention; confinement
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
how; in what way; how about
one's physical safety; personal security
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration; (arch.) putting on makeup
everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to understand; to comprehend
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
training; drill; practice; discipline
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
longstanding desire or goal
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
every person; each one; everybody
foreword; preface; prefatory note