A replica is an exact copy of an object, such as a building, a ship, a statue or a sports shirt. It does not mean something said in a conversation: a short comment is a remark or a comment, and an actor's words in a play are lines, usually plural: learn your lines.
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a replica of + noun; a life-size/full-size + replica; a replica + shirt/ship/car; make a remark; learn + your lines
- The museum has a life-size replica of a Viking ship that visitors can climb aboard.
- For his birthday, my son wants his favourite football team's replica shirt.
- The statue in the square is a replica; the original is kept indoors to protect it.
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First versionDuring the meeting, his replica about the budget made everyone laugh.
RevisionDuring the meeting, his remark about the budget made everyone laugh.
In some languages, a word that looks like replica also means a reply or a short comment. In English, his replica about the budget would mean his copy about the budget. Something short that a person says in a conversation is a remark, and comment works too.
Replica and copy are not always interchangeable. A copy is any single example or duplicate: a copy of the contract, three copies of the book. A replica is an object recreated from an original: a replica of the Eiffel Tower.
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The actor was so nervous that he forgot his ___ in the second scene.
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lines — On stage, an actor speaks the words of the role, and those are what he forgot: lines. A replica is a copy of an object, and the word is not used for an actor's words.
Think of a copy of a famous object or building that you have seen in a museum, park or shop. Say what the copy was and where the original is.
In a toy shop, I saw a detailed replica of the Titanic; the original ship lies at the bottom of the Atlantic.
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