I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
imposing stance; daunting pose
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
preliminary arrangements; spade work
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
looking on (somebody) as hostile
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
cares; ill feeling; reserve
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
nothing but; none other than
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
early (days); initial stage; initial
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
generation; the world; the age
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
infancy; childhood; tender age
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
study; diligence; discount; reduction
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm