diff --git a/rev/16/15.md b/rev/16/15.md
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@@ -18,7 +18,15 @@ Living the right way is spoken of as keeping one's clothes on. Alternate transla
 
 Some versions translate this as, "keeping his garments with him."
 
-# they see his shameful condition
+# does not walk around naked
+
+This is a metaphor for living foolishly without knowing it. Alternate translation: "does not live foolishly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
+
+# they do not see his shameful condition
 
 Here the word "they" refers to other people.
 
+# shameful condition
+
+This general term for anything of which a person should be ashamed is here probably a euphemism for a naked man's private parts. Alternate translation: "those things of which he should be ashamed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
+
diff --git a/rev/17/05.md b/rev/17/05.md
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@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Someone had written on her forehead a name" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
 
+# hidden meaning
+
+See how you translated these words in [Revelation 1:20](../01/20.md).
+
 # Babylon the great
 
 If it needs to be made clear that the name refers to the woman, it can be put in a sentence. Alternate translation: "I am Babylon, the powerful one" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
diff --git a/rev/17/18.md b/rev/17/18.md
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The angel finishes speaking to John about the prostitute and the beast.
 
 Here "is" stands for "represents." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
 
-# the great city that rules
+# the great city that has power to rule
 
-When it says that the city rules, it means that the leader of the city rules. Alternate translation: "the great city whose leader rules" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
+The city having power to rule is a metonym for the leader of the city having power to rule. Alternate translation: "the great city whose leader has power to rule" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])