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I'm having some problems with a few pieces of a script I'm reading. These are
the following phrases:

"こうであってほしいっていう願望は別でもいいでしょう？" : context for this one is that someone was asked
what they thought about a certain topic. I would interpret it as "Wishing for
things to be like this doesn't really matter, right?", but I'm not really
sure.

and

"慣れない嘘つくくらい特別な着信があったってことなのか" : context for this is one of the guys is being
teased for telling an obvious lie about recieving a message from someone. But
I can't really decide how to interpret this, something along the lines of
"Telling such an obvious lie when you have a special ringtone for it".

EDIT: Adding context for the last phrase, since it's not clear just by looking
at it: A group of friends gather together and only one of them recieves a text
from a mutual friend of the group, so the other ones start teasing him about
it.

Lastly, what would be an acceptable translation for "実際としても" or 実際する in
general.

Thanks in advance to anyone taking their time to review this.
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meaning multiple-readings
Could someone clarify the meaning of these sentences?
> こうであってほしいっていう願望は別でもいいでしょう？

You've missed the meaning of 別 ("different", "another") here. 願望は別でもいいでしょう
means "A wish can be different (from something), right?" or "It's okay to have
another wish, isn't it?" こうであってほしいっていう modifies 願望. More context is needed,
but I guess the speaker is saying that you can at least wish whatever you want
(although understanding the reality is also important).

**別に** いいでしょう would mean "It doesn't really matter, does it?"

> 慣れない嘘つくくらい特別な着信があったってことなのか

You've missed the `AくらいB` construction, which means "B to the extent that A",
"B to the point where A", "so B that A", "such B that A". So
慣れない嘘つくくらい特別な着信があった means "there was such a special phone call that you had to
tell an awkward lie".

  * [The difference between くらい and ほど in hyperbole](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2392/5010)
  * [Postpositional or prepositional くらい](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29453/5010)
  * [Learn JLPT N3 Grammar: くらい (kurai)](http://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-jlpt-n3-grammar-%E3%81%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%84-kurai/)

> 実際 **と** しても

実際としても usually means "practically speaking" or "(also) in a practical
perspective". 実際する makes no sense because 実際 is not a suru-verb.
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