dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
unidentifiable; unidentified
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to step forward; to volunteer
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
based on; built on; made from
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to crack; to develop a crack
serious; severe; grave; acute
change; alteration; modification
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound