French | English |
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au pied de la lettre adverbe | to the letter◼◼◼(idiomatic for "literally", following the rules as they're written) |
au pied de la lettre preposition | by the book◼◻◻preposition |
prendre au pied de la lettre verbe | take someone at their word(take someone literally even though they may not have been serious) |