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l’attira illuse.
the deluded attractor.

era la belle Époque, e la gente si illuse che tutti i guai del mondo fossero finiti.
it was the "belle epoque", and people had the illusion that all the troubles in the world were finished.

l'approccio riabilitativo al ritardato mentale: la favola bella che ieri cî illuse, e oggi, purtroppo, continua a farlo.
the rehabilitative approach to the mentally retarded: the beautiful story of a previous illusion that today, unfortunately, goes along too.

c'eravamo forse illusi di aver debellato questa piaga che aveva insanguinato l' europa per tanti anni.
we may have been deluding ourselves in thinking we had banished this scourge which had stained europe with blood for so long.