I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
8000; eight thousand; many
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
transport corps; army service corps
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
destruction; annihilation; extermination
steady; sound; reliable; solid
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
requisition; commandeering; conscription
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
chief; main; principal; important
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
at the last moment; this late in the game
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
suspicion (of others); jealousy
absolute obedience; complete submission
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar