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remembering past Englisch:

1. reminiscence reminiscence


The novel contains endless reminiscences of/about the author's youth.
Their mutual reminiscences would be good for both of them.

2. nostalgia nostalgia


Shortly after my father died; I was seized with nostalgia for the holidays we had when I was a child.

3. evocative evocative


Christmas is a very evocative time for me.
I like tea with a delicate flavour – Lapsang Suchong is my favourite with its evocative fragrance.
The evocative picture of my high school reminded me of four of the worst years of my life
evocative music
The building's cramped interiors are highly evocative of past centuries.
His powerful and evocative voice and his memory will live on in our hearts.

4. hindsight hindsight


With hindsight, I should have taken the job
In hindsight, it would have been better to wait.
In hindsight, maybe you shouldn't have told that part of the story.
He didn't have the luxury of hindsight.
With hindsight, we can clearly see what our mistakes were.
With hindsight I don’t regret my decisions
And I’m not certain in hindsight that some of the statements we made, some of the steps we took were all that well measured.
That's hindsight.
With 20/20 hindsight, he could tell why they lost the game.
The general had 20/20 hindsight about the defeat, but no foresight at all.