swan song
suomi-englanti sanakirjaswan song englannista suomeksi
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Substantiivi
swan song englanniksi
A final performance or accomplishment, especially one before retirement.
(RQ:Carlyle French Revolution)
(RQ:London Iron Heel)
(quote-book)—a pretentious volume which Mark Twain really considered his last. "It's my swan-song, my retirement from literature permanently," he wrote Howells, though certainly he was young, fifty-four, to have reached this conclusion.
(RQ:Mansfield Bliss)
(quote-web)McCartney III could mark the end of his recording career. For a musician as continually prolific as McCartney (this is his 18th solo record), that seems unlikely. But if it is indeed a swan song, McCartney III will stand as a proper coda for the singer-songwriter we’ve been listening to for fifty-odd years: sentimental yet strong, a bit wistful, but as always, looking ahead.
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