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Word: perdus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...mosquitoes, the revolutions of the stomach are all forgotten or, better yet, transfigured into the unforgettable adventures with which we can impress our friends. Paradise's loss is our gain. Small wonder that Proust, great poet laureate of reminiscence, wrote, "Les vrais paradis sont les paradis qu'on a perdus." Nothing is ever what it used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: How Paradise Is Lost - and Found | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

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