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Usages of letterlijk
Letterlijk schoonmaken is één ding; figuurlijk opruimen vind ik moeilijker.
Cleaning literally is one thing; tidying up figuratively I find harder.
Die stoel is letterlijk te zwaar om te dragen.
That chair is literally too heavy to carry.
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