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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

2

too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

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such ... as; or some such

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paper

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voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)

2

(audio) recording

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impossible

4

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

1

eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant

1

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

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erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction

1

objective

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silence

3

that's the way it is; such is life

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

2

private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed

1

hidden treasure; treasured article

10

manufacture; production

1

hundreds

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

event; phenomenon; matter

8

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)

5

gossip

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

6

not yet known; unknown; strange

3

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

12

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

8

very recently; in the very recent past

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article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

2

confidence; trust; faith; credit

1

source of information; intelligence source; message source

1

as rumored; as rumoured

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function; facility; faculty; feature

2

guess; conjecture

2

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

anecdote; story; episode

2

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

2

counter for months

1

splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough

4

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

8

ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

1

development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)

1

several months

1

following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

1

method; way; manner; process; procedure; means

5