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27 lines
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## The leech has two daughters ##
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This is an example of something that always wants more. AT: "Greed has two daughters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## leech ##
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a type of worm that attaches itself to the skin and sucks blood
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## There are three things that are never satisfied, ##
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This use of the numbers 'three' and 'four' together here is likely a poetic device. AT: "There are four things that are never satisfied, who never say, "Enough""
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## never satisfied ##
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AT: "always want more" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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## scorns obedience ##
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"despises to obey"
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## ravens ##
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large, shiny, black birds that eat plants and dead animals
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## vultures ##
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any one of several large birds that eat dead animals and have small, featherless heads
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