rumour has it (there is a rumor that...)

pen pal (person with whom one communicates using letters)

plural of amigo por correspondência

eye for an eye (the principle that a person who has injured another has to be penalised in the same way)

because of (by reason of)

around; about; approximately (a point in time or a period of time)

verbatim; word for word (in exactly the same words)

(subjunctive) however much

(idiomatic) now and then; sometimes; occasionally

(idiomatic) one by one; individually