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English forgotten by the American, just like that (4)

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I believe the answer is:

thus

'just like that' is the definition.
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'english forgotten by the american' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'forgotten by' is a deletion indicator.
'american' becomes 'us'.
'the' with 'e' taken out is 'th'.
'th'+'us'='THUS'

(Other definitions for thus that I've seen before include "Consequently" , "In this way" , "It follows" , "'So, therefore (4)'" , "as indicated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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