willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
beginning; opening; start; outset
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
to order; to command; to appoint
solitary island; isolated island
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
servant; manservant; menial
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
tickling; restlessly; hurriedly; kitchy-koo; goochie-goo
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
tickling; tickle; joke; gag
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
(having) life-and-death power (over)
right (to do something); authority; power
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail