How is the phrase spectre du passé translated from French to English

English translation
Specter of the past
phrase

Un vieux malheur qui effraie encore les gens.

An old trouble that still frightens people.

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  • Le spectre du passé est revenu. — The specter of the past returned.

  • Pourquoi n'échappe-t-il pas au spectre du passé ? — Why can't he escape the specter of the past?

  • La ville vit encore dans l'ombre du spectre du passé. — The town still lives in the shadow of the specter of the past.

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