goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
never mind!; don't worry about it
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
the world in general; society; convention
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
grandfather; male senior-citizen
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
time axis; time basis; timeline
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
opinion; point of view; visual point
macro; macro (instruction)
simply put; putting it simply; in short
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
as before; as ever; as it was originally
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
cooperation; collaboration