Like you can read them and almost believe they really happened.

你读了以后仿佛就会相信那里面写的是真实发生过的事情。

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Many of those who were close to these events say that they don't really understand what happened.

许多和该事件密切的人说他们真的不知道到底发生了什么。

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So they don't mean historical in the sense of, this is what really happened.

所以他们不是指在历史上，这事真的发生过。

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or if you're feeling like a big event has happened. Or if you're feeling that they look really great.

或者你觉得对方发生了什么大事，或者是你觉得他们看起来棒极了。

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Besides, serious scholars in Japan and elsewhere reckoned they had managed to piece together what had really happened.

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