Cartago (Costa Rica); Carthago
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
foreign; abroad; overseas
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
provincia; province of ancient Rome
great commander; famous commander
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
secret; private; surreptitious
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
interruption; suspension; break
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal