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# Look at ... consider
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"Study ... think about" or "carefully observe ... ponder"
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# ant
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An ant is a small insect that lives underground or in a self-built hill. They usually live in groups of thousands, and they can lift things that are much bigger than they are.
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# consider her ways
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This is a figure of speech using the "ways" of an ant to refer to the behavior of the ant. AT: "consider how the ant behaves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# commander, officer, or ruler
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These three words mean basically the same thing and are used to emphasized that no one has formal authority over an individual ant. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# it prepares its food in the summer ... during the harvest it stores up what it will eat
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are repeated to show how responsible the ant is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# summer
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Summer is the time of the year when some trees bear their fruit.