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high and low; rise and fall

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fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

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way; course; the only way

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to be forward; to be impertinent

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wild (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished

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free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

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to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as

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twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...

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at that (very) moment; just then

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pair; couple

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embodiment

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to make up one's mind; to be determined

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to begin slipping or sliding; to make a start upon

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sequence

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse

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quality

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title

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intimacy; familiarity; closeness

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to continue writing

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to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

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backstop; back screen

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blazing fastball

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speed (per hour)

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novelist; fiction writer

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type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

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interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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short (e.g. story, film)

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planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

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supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off

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The Tempest (play by Shakespeare, sonata by Beethoven)

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making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

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turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization

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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

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closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

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modernization; modernisation

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unheard-of; unprecedented

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competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms

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eunuch

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disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

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heir; inheritor; successor

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unmarried; not yet married

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

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charm; incantation; spell; curse

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Coutaud

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