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# His feet were like polished bronze
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Bronze is polished to make it shine and reflect light. AT: "His feet were very shiny like polished bronze" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# like polished bronze, like bronze that had been refined in a furnace
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The bronze would be refined first and then polished. AT: "like bronze that has been purified in a hot furnace and polished" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-events]])
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# furnace
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a strong container for holding a very hot fire. People would put metal in it, and the hot fire would burn away any impurities that were in the metal.
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# the sound of many rushing waters
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This is very loud, like the sound of a large, fast flowing river, of a large waterfall, or of loud waves in the sea.
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