This was a dance where the participants would quite literally just strut around like a turkey, in circles around one another.

这是一种舞蹈，参加者会像火鸡一样昂首阔步，绕着对方转圈儿。

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In their published narratives, European explorers rarely portrayed themselves as vulnerable or dependent on others, despite the fact that without this support they were quite literally lost.

在他们发表的叙述中，欧洲探险家很少把自己描绘成脆弱或依赖他人的人，尽管事实上，没有别人的支持，他们会完全迷失。

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They are, quite literally, the canaries in the coal mine.

打个比方，他们就是煤矿里的金丝雀。

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And when we talk about transformation, actually mean it quite literally-- changing of the form, changing of the brain as we'll talk about.

当我们谈到转变时，实际上是非常字面的说法-,形态的改变，大脑的改变，我们一会就谈到。

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Take quite literally baby steps.

那么一小步一小步地走。

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And after the periodic table was developed in the late 1800's, people didn't understand this quite as well, they took things a little more literally.

在十九世纪后期元素周期表经过发展之后，人们还没有很好地意识到这一点，他们的认识还有些粗浅。

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The humble dish of hummus represents, quite literally, the melting pot of Israeli culture.

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As an island continent, Australia is quite literally defined by its 37, 000km of coast.

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