|
Phrase
|
Translation
|
| 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
4th 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 |
| 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 |
