wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
Cartago (Costa Rica); Carthago
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
Proserpina (Roman goddess); Proserpine
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)
interception (email); wiretap; bug
noise barrier; soundproof wall; soundwall; sound barrier
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
episode; anecdote; vignette
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
strategic resources; strategic materials
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude