I've made progress, but this is still, in Churchill's phrase, just "the end of the beginning."
noun A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
noun A small section of music in a larger piece.
noun A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
noun A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
verb To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.
verb To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing.