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# The king got up in a rage
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Being in a rage is an idiom for being extremely angry. AT: "The king was extremely angry and got up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# to beg for his life from Queen Esther
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"to beg Queen Esther to save his life"
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# He saw that disaster was being decided
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Here seeing represents realizing or understanding. AT: "He realized that disaster was being decided" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# disaster was being decided against him by the king
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This can be stated in active form. The abstract noun "disaster" can be expressed with the more concrete verbs "destroy" or "kill." AT: "the king was deciding to cause a disaster against him" or "the king was deciding to destroy him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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