lost in thought in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1797, John Hoole, Jerusalem delivered: an heroic poem, Volume 2, page 67",
          "text": "These lines the knight perus'd, and, lost in thought, / He long in vain the secret meaning sought."
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    {
      "form": "more lost in thought",
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"lost in thought" meaning in All languages combined

Adjective [English]