forgotten

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"I've forgotten the German word for the thing that (+ simpler definition)" or "What German word should I put in this box on the form please?".

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  • "'Tis just a walk we are taking—if he has not forgotten, that is." —  Mary Balogh - Heartless
  • And, for me, that sense of eras come and gone and half-forgotten is the main attraction of this sub-genre Oddly enough, the writers in this volume don't really provide such a specialized frisson—maybe a little, once or twice. —  Asimov'sSF,January2007
  • "I've forgotten the German word for the thing that (+ simpler definition)" or "What German word should I put in this box on the form please?". —  Toytown Germany - Germany feed
  • He begged his father to forgive him for having forgotten--the word forgotten was partially erased, and neglected substituted in its place--ah! —  Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
  • Every one felt sorry for the father but secretly admired Dr. Smelter's diabolic tactics Long-forgotten was the enemy when it came the second time. —  The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
 

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/fɔkrˈgɑtn, fɔkrˈgɑt/
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