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half of us

one out of two. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

you are worth ten thousand of us

AT: "they would rather kill you than to kill many of us" or "it is more important that you live than that many of us live" or "you are special, and we cannot replace you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)

ten thousand

"10,000" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

by hundreds and by thousands

"by 100's and by 1000's" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)