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29 lines
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# But you have
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James is speaking to his whole audience. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# have dishonored the poor
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"you have shamed poor people"
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# Is it not the rich who oppress you?
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Here James uses a rhetorical question to correct his readers. AT: "It is rich people who oppress you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# the rich
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This refers to rich people in general. AT: "rich people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# who oppress you
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"who treat you badly"
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# Are they not the ones ... to court?
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Here James uses a rhetorical question to correct his readers. It can be made a statement. AT: "The rich people are the ones ... to court." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# drag you to court
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"forcibly take you to court to accuse you in front of judges" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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