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# The native people
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"The local people"
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# offered to us not just ordinary kindness
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Being kind to someone is spoken of as if it were an object that someone offers. AT: "were not only very kind to us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# not just ordinary kindness
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This phrase is used to emphasize the opposite of what is said. AT: "a great deal of kindness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# they lit a fire
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"they put together twigs and branches and burned them"
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# welcomed us all
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Possible meanings are 1) "welcomed all of the people from the ship" or 2) "welcomed Paul and all his companions."
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