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 # Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there
 
-The word "all" is a generalization referring to many. Alternate translation: "Now many of the Athenians and the strangers living there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
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-# all the Athenians
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-"Athenians" are people from Athens, a city near the coast below Macedonia (present day Greece). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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-# the strangers
-
-"the foreigners"
+"Now many of the Athenians and the foreigners living there"
 
 # spent their time in nothing but either telling or listening
 
-Here "time" is spoken of as if it were an object that a person could spend. Alternate translation: "used their time doing nothing but either telling or listening" or "were always doing nothing but telling or listening" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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-# spent their time in nothing but either telling or listening
-
-The phrase "spent their time in nothing" is an exaggeration. Alternate translation: "did not do much but tell or listen" or "spent much of their time telling or listening" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
+"used their time doing nothing but either telling or listening" or "were always doing nothing but telling or listening"
 
 # telling or listening about something new