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# harbor was not easy to spend the winter in
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You can make explicit why it was not easy to stay in the harbor. Alternate translation: "harbor did not sufficiently protect docked ships during winter storms" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# harbor
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a place near land that is usually safe for ships
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# city of Phoenix
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Phoenix was a port city on the south coast of Crete. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# to spend the winter there
This speaks about the season of winter as if it were a commodity that someone can spend. Alternate translation: "to stay there for the cold season" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# facing both southwest and northwest
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Here "faces northwest and southwest" means the opening of the harbor was toward those directions. Alternate translation: "it opened to the northwest and southwest"
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# southwest and northwest
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These directions are based on what one sees as one faces the setting sun. Northwest is a little to the right of the setting sun, and southwest is a little to the left of the setting sun.
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