[Q]: Answer this question: what are metaphors used for?
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[A]: Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory , hyperbole , and simile .

input: Please answer the following: Answer this question: what did sparta do around 650 bc?
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output: Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece.

Please answer this: Answer this question: what is a contingent fee with an attorney?
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Answer: In the law , it is defined as a "fee charged for a lawyer's services only if the lawsuit is successful or is favorably settled out of court....

Problem: Answer this question: what cities are in the bahamas?

A: Freeport, Bahamas

Problem: Given the question: Answer this question: where is the country andorra located?
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The answer is:
Andorra (; , ), officially the Principality of Andorra (), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, (), is a landlocked microstate in Southwestern Europe , located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France .

Problem: Answer this question: When was the first Mary Poppins book written?

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Throughout the Mary Poppins series, which lasted from 1934 to 1988, Mary Shepard was the illustrator and acted as a second author.