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were extremely astonished

"were utterly amazed" or "were exceedingly astonished" or "were astonished beyond all measure"

the deaf ... the mute

These refer to people. AT: "deaf people ... mute people" or "people who cannot hear ... people who cannot speak" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)