fetters, bondage
Пленник пытался снять оковы с ног.
The prisoner tried to remove the shackles from his legs.
На его руках были тяжёлые оковы.
Heavy shackles were on his hands.
Оковы рабства держали народ веками.
The chains of slavery held the people captive for centuries.
Кузнец разбил старые оковы.
The blacksmith smashed the old shackles.
Он разбил оковы и вышел на свободу.
He broke his chains and gained his freedom.
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