term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
eagerly; earnestly; assiduously; diligently; wholeheartedly
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
in accordance with; according to
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
in perfect form; going swimmingly
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
succession; continuation; series; sequence
with a great deal of effort; laboriously
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
no exception; without exception; always the same
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
advance payment; up-front payment; prepayment
along the road; along the way
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex