我叫你“滚开”，并没让你按字面意思来理解呀。

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

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第一段中下列哪个词是按字面意思使用的？

Which of the following words in the first paragraph is used literally?

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原告按字面意思解读合同的要求开始反噬他自己。

The plaintiff’s reliance on a literal reading of the contract came back to haunt him.

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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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But GetString as its name implies is supposed to get something from the user.

照这么说来，GetString按字面意思解释,就是--从用户那里获取一些东西。

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