The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it.

这段婚姻是个失败，他们俩都想从中解放出来。

It was vital that the elections should be free of coercion or intimidation.

至关重要的是，选举中不得有胁迫或威逼。

If this could be fulfilled, my life would be free of care.

如果这能实现，我的生活就无忧无虑了。

People clamored to be free of its yoke.

人们嚷嚷着要求解开枷锁。

But not just by wanting to be free of it.

但不是仅仅想摆脱就可以摆脱的。