bound
/ˈbaʊ̯nd/ nom C2En français : frontière, borne
- A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. · I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.· Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
- A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
Pluriel bounds
Dans la bibliothèque
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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