Words like "acid", "gravity", "electricity" and "pendulum" had to be invented just to stop their meetings turning into an endless game of charades.

像“酸”，“重力”，“电”和“钟摆”这些词不得不被发明出来，只是为了防止他们的会议变成一场无止尽的字谜游戏。

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The low-tech task seemed endless: Previously unknown words or new usages of known words were always coming to light in archaeological ruins.

这种看起来低技术含量无休止的工作，这些看不懂的单词或者单词的新鲜用法经常给考古废墟上带来一丝光明和希望。

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Words like ‘acid’, ‘gravity’, ‘electricity and ‘pendulum’ had to be invented just to stop their meetings turning into an endless game of charades.

像“酸”，“重力”，“电”，“钟摆”这些词不得不被发明出来，只是为了防止他们的会议变成一场无止尽的字谜游戏。

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Inside the newsroom, her schoolteacherlike way of elongating words and drawing out the last word of each sentence is a subject of endless conversation and expert mimicry.

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