term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
(your) judgment; discernment
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
sons and daughters; children; girl
one's post; place of work; workplace
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
close; intimate; on good terms
to become completely chilled
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way