to play for time; to use delaying tactics
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to pile up; to accumulate
burning at the stake; execution by burning
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
order of chivalry; chivalric order
imprisonment; incarceration
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
impossible; unlikely; improbable
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
choices; alternatives; options
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
place; room; margin; scope
evacuation order; evacuation notice
duty; obligation; responsibility
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to take command; to give direction
freedom; free man; free woman
call; summons; convening; convocation
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
close; intimate; on good terms
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
all night long; all through the night
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod