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# the dragon realized he had been thrown down to the earth
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "the dragon realized that God had thrown him out of heaven and sent him to earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# he pursued the woman
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"he chased after the woman"
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# dragon
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This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. The dragon is also identified in verse 9 as "the devil or Satan." See how you translated this in [Revelation 12:3](./03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])
# time, times, and half a time
"three and half years"
# the serpent
This is another way of referring to the dragon.