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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" or "Now many of the Athenians and the strangers living there" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)
all the Athenians
"Athenians" are people from Athens, a city near the coast below Macedonia (present day Greece). (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
the strangers
"the foreigners"
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/translate/figs-metaphor)
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/translate/figs-hyperbole)
telling or listening about something new
"discussing new philosophical ideas" or "talking about what was new to them"