Miss the term, lose all hope
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Se não vier nesse prazo, perca as esperanças.
'If you do not come within that term, abandon all hope.'
The deadline seals the cruelty: one year, or never again. The master sets it as a wall, not a door — sure the poor man cannot climb it, and gives him a year of hope only to make the fall the harder.
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