Je was op zoek naar: moats (Engels - Grieks)

she took him by the arm, and walked with him about a quarter of a mile into the country, till they came to a lonely house surrounded with moats and gardens.
Τον παίρνει από το μπράτσο και βαδίζει μαζί του στην εξοχή ως ένα τέταρτο της λεύγας.

because europe is demonstrating a new found vitality, because envious eyes are being cast on a market of 320 million people with a high standard of living, there are those who have no compunction about accusing us of digging moats and building drawbridges. let us not be taken in by this.
Όταν αναφερόμαστε στο 1992 μας κατηγορούν για εμπόρους ονείρων, το όνειρο όμως έχει γίνει εν μέρει πραγματι­κότητα.

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