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But this is not a long-lost idyll and I didn't need a time machine to transport me there.
The once semi-rural idyll of suburbia might have faded under the weight of hollowed-out high streets and the urban ethnic mix but suburbia is a resilient place and all the better for its modern diversity.
These days, you're likely to get flatscreen TVs and chocolate truffles along with the uninterrupted views and peaceful idyll which a farmhouse location traditionally affords.
For several years she lived in an Italian village, leading a simple life and cultivating a garden: an idyll familiar today.
Money worries No rural idyll Drastic medicine Urban discontent Be prepared Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsAttacking the Americans and Japanese is safe for China's people because the party does so itself (though despite the nationalist noises, the urban elite aspires to the trappings of western consumer culture).
Their idyll ends before it begins when three thugs come calling, apparently recruited by the slimiest human-resources department of America's intelligence agencies.Threats and blackmail send Lockhart on a mission to Amman and Jerusalem, to infiltrate a possible front for terrorist money-laundering.
However, despite calls for a boycott of the Sri Lankan seminar, 42 countries attended.In this section Thaksin's last stand No pastoral idyll Attitude sickness A dark place In bigger barracks The great wave ReprintsA notable omission from the agenda was any initiative to pare back Sri Lanka's now bloated armed forces.
His old friend and sparring partner Isaac Asimov summed up the idyll charmingly:Old Arthur C. Clarke of Sri LankaNow sits in the sun sipping SankaEnjoying his easeExcepting when he'sReceiving pleased notesfrom his banker.Unfortunately, the novels have dropped off in recent years.
The model often seems to be the golden age of coaching, immortalised by Dickens, when pubs seethed to the bustle of horses, ostlers, serving maids and calls for peppered lamb chops; or, alternatively, some rural idyll of cricketers, oaks and village green.
The waltz of UN military helicopters mars the idyll , and it is hard to imagine tourists stampeding to Freetown, but the scene is a reminder that Sierra Leone was once a pleasant place, and could be again.
New arrivals prefer the noise and commotion of the road to the idyll beyond.
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The word "idyll" functions primarily as a noun , referring to a scene or event of simple and tranquil beauty, often in a rural or pastoral setting. As Ludwig AI points out, this aligns with standard grammatical rules and is widely accepted.
Expression frequency: Very common
