Narration
–noun
1. something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
2. the act or process of narrating.
3. a recital of events, esp. in chronological order, as the story narrated in a poem or the exposition in a drama.
4. Rhetoric. (in classical speech) the third part, the exposition of the question.

Custody
–noun, plural -dies.
1. keeping; guardianship; care.
2. the keeping or charge of officers of the law: The car was held in the custody of the police. 
3. imprisonment; legal restraint: He was taken into custody. 
4. Also called child custody. Law. the right of determining the residence, protection, care, and education of a minor child or children, esp. in a divorce or separation.
Synonyms:
1. safekeeping, charge, watch. Custody, keeping, possession imply a guardianship or care for something. Custody denotes a strict keeping, as by a formally authorized and responsible guardian or keeper: in the custody of the sheriff. Keeping denotes having in one's care or charge, as for guarding or preservation: I left the package in my mother's keeping. Possession means holding, ownership, or mastery: Leave it in possession of its owner.

Apprentice
–noun
1. a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber. 
2. History/Historical. a person legally bound through indenture to a master craftsman in order to learn a trade.
3. a learner; novice; tyro.
4. U.S. Navy. an enlisted person receiving specialized training.
5. a jockey with less than one year's experience who has won fewer than 40 races.
–verb (used with object)
6. to bind to or place with an employer, master craftsman, or the like, for instruction in a trade.
–verb (used without object)
7. to serve as an apprentice: He apprenticed for 14 years under a master silversmith. 

Hunch
–verb (used with object)
1. to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back. 
2. to shove, push, or jostle.
–verb (used without object) 3. to thrust oneself forward jerkily; lunge forward.
4. to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture.
–noun
5. a premonition or suspicion; guess: I have a hunch he'll run for reelection. 
6. a hump.
7. a push or shove.
8. a lump or thick piece.
Synonyms: 5. surmise, feeling, theory, conjecture.

Conservancy
–noun, plural -cies.
1. conservation of natural resources.
2. an association dedicated to the protection of the environment and its resources.
3. British. a commission regulating navigation, fisheries, etc.

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