dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to harm; to cause harm to
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
about; on; regarding; per; for every
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
to be at a loss for words
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
main street; avenue; boulevard
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing
sweetish; somewhat sweet; somewhat lenient; kind of optimistic
curry and rice; rice and curry; curry rice
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
round shape; circle; circular form
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)