From Stop the sun
Commotion- A commotion usually about arguing or fighting.
Foundered- My presentation was foundered because i didn't prepare anything.
Ruin- There was a ruin after the war in Vietnam.
Inert- After a long time in a tundra, you would be inert.

From Gentlemen of Rio en Medio
Negotiation- Usually you make negotiation with other company about business.
Innumerable- The people in the world is too innumerable
Boundaries- China change their boundaries a lot.
Descendants- The descendants of the king is the prince.

6. Don Anselmo has already know the trees is belong to the village. At first he dress up as a elegant gentleman with his ragged gloves, his stick and a boy behind him then walk to the office and make a negotiation with the American. Before he leave to the lawyer's office, he maybe had plan this situation that this tree is belong to the village not his property so his deed is to sold all of his possession except for the trees in the orchard.
According to the title "Gentlemen of Rio en Medio", you could already know or make prediction about the theme is about you should known everything before you negotiated or make an agreement so Don Anselmo had plan everything in his head before he negotiated with the American.

5. This tell us that even if Terry and his mother help his father in a different ways, that doesn't mean they don't like him. For example if my brother help me with my homework and he is like angry or mad at me for some reason but he still help me so is the same is Terry and his mother help his father in different ways. These help in different ways show us that even if Terry and his mother doesn't like his father but they still help him in a different ways.