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

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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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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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unmarried; not yet married

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heir; inheritor; successor

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disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

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eunuch

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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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unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited

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modernization; modernisation

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last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage

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

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

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

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The Tempest (play by Shakespeare, sonata by Beethoven)

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supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off

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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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short story; short film; short poem

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Träumerei (piano piece by Robert Schumann)

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

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historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend

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to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

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interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)

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

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novelist; fiction writer

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speed (per hour)

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blazing fastball

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backstop; back screen

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to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)

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to continue writing

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intimacy; familiarity; closeness

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title

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quality

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Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse

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to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)

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sequence

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to start sliding; to begin to slide; to begin to slip; to make a start; to start (off); to get under way

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to make up one's mind; to be determined

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(human) embodiment (of); incarnation (of)

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pair; couple

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at that (very) moment; just then

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

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to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on

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free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

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wild; rough; unrefined; unpolished; rugged; tough

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to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun

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way; course; the only way

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fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

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high and low; rise and fall

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episode; anecdote; vignette; episode

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