| Phrase | Translation |
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| It has long been known |
I haven't bothered to look up the reference |
| It is believed |
I think |
| It is generally believed |
A couple of other guys think so too |
| It is not unreasonable to assume |
If you believe this, you'll
believe anything |
| Of great theoretical importance |
I find it kind of interesting |
| Of great practical importance |
I can get some mileage out of it |
| Typical results are shown |
The best results are shown |
| 3 samples were chosen for further study |
The others didn't make sense, so
we ignored them |
| The 4 hour sample was not studied |
I dropped it on the floor |
| The 4 hour determination may not be significant |
I dropped it on the floor, but
scooped most of it up |
| The significance of these
results is unclear |
Look at the pretty artifact |
| It has not been possible to provide definitive answers |
The experiment was negative, but
at least I can publish the data somewhere |
| Correct within an order of
magnitude |
Wrong |
| It might be argued that |
I have such a good answer for
this objection that I shall now
raise it |
| Much additional work will be required |
This paper is not very good, but
neither are all the others in
this miserable field |
| These investigations proved highly rewarding |
My grant is going to be renewed |
| I thank X for assistance with the experiments and Y for useful discussions on the interperetation of the data |
X did the experiment and Y explained it to me |