absent-minded

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absent-minded englanniksi

Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. (defdate)(R:SOED5)

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''It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.''

(quote-book)|page=110|passage=His figure was bent in apologetic protest. "I ask a thousand pardons, sir," he said; "I am really so very absent-minded."