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No tomes mis palabras en sentido literal; era una broma. Don't take my words literally; it was a joke.
Ten cuidado: esa expresión no se debe entender de forma literal. Be careful: that expression shouldn't be understood literally.
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Una traducción literal de esa frase no tiene sentido en español. A literal translation of that sentence makes no sense in Spanish.