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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 meta·phrase /ˈmɛtəˌfrez/
 逐字譯,直譯(vt.)逐字繙譯

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Met·a·phrase n.
 1. A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; a literal translation; -- opposed to paraphrase.
 2. An answering phrase; repartee.
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