query | If a word or expression is translated l________, its most simple or basic meaning is translated.If a word or expression is translated literally, its most simple or basic meaning is translated. The word 'volk' translates literally as 'folk'. A stanza is, literally, a room. |
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word | literally |
full-definition | adverb You can use literally to emphasize a statement . Some careful speakers of English think that this use is incorrect . We've got to get the economy under control or it will literally eat us up. The views are literally breath-taking. You use literally to emphasize that what you are saying is true, even though it seems exaggerated or surprising . Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people. I literally crawled to the car. If a word or expression is translated literally, its most simple or basic meaning is translated. The word 'volk' translates literally as 'folk'. A stanza is, literally, a room. |
cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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