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US /ˈlɪtərəl/
・UK /ˈlɪtərəl/
B1
adj.AdjectiveBeing the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
The saying 'cart before the horse' is not meant to be literal
adj.AdjectiveBeing real and true and without exaggerating
The literal meaning is easier to understand than the figurative meaning
adj.AdjectiveWithout interpretation or embellishment; prosaic
He has a literal mind and cannot understand irony.
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Friends say goodbye to Matthew Perry: BBC News Review
- Now, this sounds like a metaphorical meaning. Does it have a literal use?
Now, this sounds like a metaphorical meaning. Does it have a literal use?
- Does it have a literal use?
Does it have a literal use?
Junk food addiction: BBC News Review
- Right, so is that it? It's very literal.
Right, so is that it? It's very literal.
- It's very literal.
It's very literal.
Banning smoking for life: BBC News Review
- But the literal meaning of derail is for a train to come off its tracks.
But the literal meaning of derail is for a train to come off its tracks.
Earthquake hits Japan on New Year's Day: BBC News Review
- the ground moved, it's a literal meaning.
the ground moved, it's a literal meaning.
- that's not literal?
that's not literal?
The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart
- That concept came to Wallace in a literal fever dream as he lay bedridden with malaria during part of his eight-year trip around the Malay Archipelago.
That concept came to Wallace in a literal fever dream as he lay bedridden with malaria during part of his eight-year trip around the Malay Archipelago.
My Horrible Nightmare Group Project
- As absolutely pissed off as I was at these girls, I honestly didn't have any energy left to rant to them about how they were being literal dirt wipes.
As absolutely pissed off as I was at these girls, I honestly didn't have any energy left to rant to them about how they were being literal dirt wipes.
- As absolutely pissed off as I was at these girls, I honestly didn't have any energy left to rant to them about how they were being literal dirtwipes.
As absolutely pissed off as I was at these girls, I honestly didn't have any energy left to rant to them about how they were being literal dirtwipes.
iPhone 15/15 Pro Impressions: Not Just USB-C!
- And if you have that little button up at the top here, it'll actually show a literal percentage of how much battery you have left, or if you're plugged in,
And if you have that little button up at the top here, it'll actually show a literal percentage of how much battery you have left, or if you're plugged in,
- it'll actually show a literal percentage
it'll actually show a literal percentage
3 Jokes That Make People Instantly Like You
- the literal words are less important
the literal words are less important
- on a kind of literal autopilot
on a kind of literal autopilot
France protects abortion: BBC News Review
- So that's the literal meaning.
So that's the literal meaning.
US & UK strike Houthis: BBC News Review
- sounds very literal
sounds very literal
- this phrase a lot in a very literal sense. This morning
this phrase a lot in a very literal sense. This morning