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# he immediately sends in the sickle
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Here "the sickle" is a metonym that stands for the farmer or the people whom the farmer sends out to harvest the grain. Alternate translation: "he immediately goes into the field with a sickle to harvest the grain" or "he immediately sends people with sickles into the field to harvest the grain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# sickle
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a curved blade or a sharp hook used to cut grain
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# because the harvest has come
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Here the phrase "has come" is an idiom for the grain being ripe for harvest. Alternate translation: "because the grain is ready to be harvested" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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