| Phrase Used In Report |
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 |
| 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 interpretation of the data |
X did the experiment and Y explained it to me |
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