"Exactly!" said Xenophilius, his forefinger raised pedantically. "the sign of the Deathly Hallows on Ignotus's grave is conclusive proof!"

“完全正确！”谢诺菲留斯说，学究气地扬了扬食指，“伊格诺图斯墓碑上死亡圣器的标志是有力的证据！”

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If " a belief in ghosts" sounds too old-fashioned or superstitious, call it, more pedantically, a belief in the autonomous character of the unconscious. The two are the same.

假如相信鬼魂听起来未免过时或迷信，换个掉书袋子的说法，就是相信潜意识的自主特性。两者是相同的。

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The basic debate that occurs everywhere is how pedantically faithful a restoration should be.

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My strongest impression was of it being a deliberative body, drawing each other out sometimes pedantically.

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Pedantically perfect, it evoked none of the magic of the original artifact and its tangible earlier life.

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