See in Reader
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# look
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"listen" or "pay attention"
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# the big house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house to bits
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These two phrases share similar meanings. The contrast between "the big house" and "the little house" means that this refers to all houses. Alternate translation: "all the houses will be smashed into small pieces" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# the big house will be smashed to pieces
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the enemy will smash the big house to pieces" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# to pieces ... to bits
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You can use the same word for both of these phrases.
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# the little house to bits
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This can be stated with the understood information included and also in active form. Alternate translation: "the little house will be smashed to bits" and "enemies will smash the little house to bits" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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