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Discover Ludwig"could make out" is perfectly acceptable in written English.
It is often used to describe the process of recognizing something (usually details) that would otherwise be difficult to discern. For example, "Although the streetlights were dim, we could make out a figure in the distance."
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I could make out shapes.
I could make out lotus petals on the roof.
He could make out some light at the bottom.
"I could make out the trigger-guard and the barrel.
I could make out a covering of fine hairs.
You could make out what he was saying.
Despite the neon, we could make out the moon.
The only word I could make out was "Shots".
The clouds were still woolly, but we could make out the top of the building.
The only words I could make out were "Own the Podium".
Between bright white clouds, he enthused, he could make out "snow, forest, mountains".
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