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# Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the sky

The author compares the speed of their pursuers to the speed of eagles flying. Eagles fly very quickly to catch other animals. Alternate translation: "Those who were chasing us were faster than eagles" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])

# lay in wait for us

"waited to attack us"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the sky`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The author compares the speed of their pursuers to the speed of eagles flying. Eagles fly very quickly to catch other animals. Alternate translation: "Those who were chasing us were faster than eagles" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# lay in wait for us`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"waited to attack us"`