When I told you to 'get lost' I didn't expect to be taken literally.

我叫你“滚开”，并没让你按字面意思来理解呀。

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It has roots not only in sacraments, not to be taken literally, but also Greek mythology.

它不仅在不能逐字理解的圣餐中找到根源，同时也能在希腊神话里找到根源。

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The second argument is a list of keywords which are to be taken literally within the syntax patterns.

第二个参数是关键字列表，这些关键字在语法模式中采用字面意义。

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In the sense that its literally,of course, a journey that the immigrants have taken, but also its the journey of America as country. The exhibit begins in the late seventeen hundreds and eighteen hundreds.

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Now there is an irony there, because without the myth, we lose out on a great many worth to survive With myth, taken literally, we are self-fullfilling the past.

现在又多了一层讽刺的涵义，因为没了神话，很多人会觉得失去了活下去的价值,而要是我们按字面意思理解神话，我们就能填补过去的空白。

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This is actually something very near and dear to my heart because I literally would not be doing what I do in life today had I not taken a couple of courses here, this one in particular, pass fail.

事实上，我是很关心的,因为今天我就不会站在这里,如果当初我没有这里上课的话，这门课，要么过要么挂科。

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The narrative, concocted by the screenwriter John Logan, is not meant to be taken literally.

NEWYORKER: The Aviator

But Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said the suggestion should not be taken literally.

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Taken literally, they suggest that being a lawyer is incompatible with political success of even the lowest sort.

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