bound
/ˈbaʊ̯nd/ sustantivo C2- A sizeable jump, great leap. · The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- A bounce; a rebound.
Plural bounds
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I am too well aware that though a subordinate, like myself, is bound to acquaint the shipowner with everything that occurs, there are many things he ought most carefully to conceal from all else.”
But bear in mind, that should there fall in your way anyone guilty of conspiring against the government, you will be so much the more bound to visit the offence with rigorous punishment, as it is known you belong to a suspected family.”
Suppose, for instance, the prisoner, as is more than probable, to have served under Napoleon—well, can you expect for an instant, that one accustomed, at the word of his commander, to rush fearlessly on the very bayonets of his foe, will scruple more to drive a stiletto into the heart of one he knows to be his personal enemy, than to slaughter his fellow-creatures, merely because bidden to do so by one he is bound to obey?
It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground.
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