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17 lines
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# The enemy crumbled like ruins
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The enemy is spoken of as if it were a city full of broken down buildings. AT: "Our enemies were destroyed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# when you overthrew their cities
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"when you destroyed their cities"
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# All remembrance of them has perished
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Here "remembrance" is spoken of as if it were a living being that could die. AT: "All remembrance of them has stopped" or "There is no longer any remembrance of them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# All remembrance of them has perished
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The abstract noun "remembrance" can be expressed with the verb "remember." AT: "No one remembers them at all" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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