omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
general idea; concept; notion
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
event; phenomenon; matter
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
belief; faith; conviction
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
vantage point; viewpoint; standpoint; outlook
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
those (near the second person)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
scale; scope; plan; structure
both; both sides; both parties
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
coincident with; while; simultaneously