the whole year; all the year
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
abandoned child; foundling
I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story
grandfather; male senior-citizen
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
it's not like; it isn't as if
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
study; research; investigation
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
society; public; community; social studies
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
to collect; to assemble; to gather
otherwise; or else; if not
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
it's no joke; gimme a break!