0 a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for an animal: --
2 a sum of money demanded in exchange for someone or something that has been taken: --
3 to free someone who has been taken away by paying money: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.