He remembered the guillotine from the time of the French Revolution.

The only thing I could rely on in the room was a single lamplight.

A mantis catches its prey with its long forelegs.

Inside the cinema, the arc lamp was shining brightly.

He began the subjugation of that region.

He was wearing new combat boots.

His life was truly a stormy one.

His life was truly like a storm and stress.

His life was like a stormy sea.

He copied the materials using an old mimeograph.