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The columnist explained that when a captain shouted 'All hands on deck,' the use of 'hands' as a synecdoche made the order mean every sailor.

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The columnist explained that when a captain shouted 'All hands on deck,' the use of 'hands' as a synecdoche made the order mean every sailor.

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コラムニストは、船長が「全員、甲板へ」と叫んだとき、「hands(手)」という表現が部分で全体を表す修辞法であり、その号令がすべての乗組員を意味するようになったと説明した。

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