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# He filled me with bitterness
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Here "bitterness" represents suffering. It is referred to as if it were something that could fill the speaker. Alternate translation: "He has caused me to suffer very much" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# forced me to drink wormwood
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Wormwood is the bitter juice from the leaves and flowers of a certain plant. Drinking that bitter juice represents suffering. Alternate translation: "it is as though he forced me to drink something very bitter" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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