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I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

2

to jar; to creak; to grate

2

normal; regular

1

a pair (of shoes or socks)

1

expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination

1

mystical power inherent in words; spirit of language

4

to prostrate oneself (before)

1

to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)

1

to pass; to pass by

1

you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

1

thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill

1

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

1

legend; folklore; tradition

2

something so heavy it must be pulled by a thousand men; pulling with strength of a thousand people

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person

1

natural disaster; cataclysm

1

to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst

1

rumbling; (ringing) cadence

1

earthquake

5

local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

1

ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

1

rapid (e.g. progress)

1

inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip

1

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

human intellect; knowledge

1

to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate

1

trousers; pants

1

impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock

2

to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten

1

to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

3

to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)

1

if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen

1

without

1

subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2

glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

1

petty; trifling

2

glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look

1

(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso

1

despair; hopelessness

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

the five fingers; leading five; top five

1