1.Tim Ferris was one of a small group of people who worked to persuade the American space agency to attach the record to Voyager's side.

attach to結，系，貼；裝；連接；依附；參加(黨派、團體等)，使成為一分子，使在一起：

A tag was attached to each article.
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He attached himeself to our group.
他參加我們組s)GM2AMWuAnQ。

2.You can't say that an Indian raga or a piece by Bach or a Japanese Shakuhachi piece 'means' something that you can put into words.

put into words 用語言表達

She put into words what he had felt rather vaguely.
她用語言把他模模糊糊地意識表達出來了)^RvbGB,9,vp。

It is not always easy to put one's ideas into words.
思想用言語表達出來並不總是一件容易的事#YJWmuG85wqG;0]biq。

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