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105 Cards in this Set
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to rise the bait [ei]
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picar l'esquer ; caure en el parany
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tit for tat
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amb la mateixa moneda ; de la mateixa manera.
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hackle
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pèl o ploma del clatell
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hellbent
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amb determinació o empenta ; impulsat per l'infern??
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destrier ['dèstriär]
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cavall de guerra
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garron
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cavall menut
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insofar as ; inasmuch as
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en la mesura que
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sable [ei]
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marta (mamífer)
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poacher
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caçador furtiu
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lean-to
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cobert [adherit a una casa]
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grizzled
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canós
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to grizzle
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ploriquejar ; somiquejar
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to mull [over sth]
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reflexionar
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to hunch
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encorvar-se
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a hunch
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un pressentiment ; una corassonada
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to unman
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acovardir
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bob
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xelí ; moneda
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keen
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afilat, agut ; entusiasta
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shard
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fragment ; esberla
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to sleep in snatches
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dormir a estones
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cocksure
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cregut ; orgullós
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to be not short of a few bobs
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estar forrat de quartos
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unmanned
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sense gent ; sense tripulació
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to snatch
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arrencar, robar, arrabassar, fer-se amb
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dappled ['dapält]
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motejat
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avowed [ä'bawt]
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= sworn = declarat, confès
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to stand over sb
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vigilar algú ; supervisar
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cinch
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corda que aferma, pop
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sworn
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= avowed = declarat, confès
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girth
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contorn, circunferència
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it's a cinch that...
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és un fet que...
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groom
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mosso de quadra ; qui raspalla
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to jest
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fer broma
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to take a toll on sb
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passar-li factura a algú
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to lurch
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sacsejar, donar bandades [un carro]
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likeness ['laiknis]
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semblança
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to style
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designar, nomenar
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sickly
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malaltís ; empalagós [menjar]
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coppers
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moneda, xavalla
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without so much as a by-your-leave
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sense ni demanar permís
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buxom [ö]
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amb pitrera, amb pits
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namesake
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tocayo
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choice [adj]
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selecte, exquisit
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liege
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senyor feudal ; vassall
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wanton
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gratuït, sense venir a cuento ; llicenciós, lasciu.
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gown [gawn]
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vestit llarg (bata, de nit, de ball)
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to betroth [bi'trowth]
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prometre en matrimoni
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nigh
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nearly, almost; near
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to forebode
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presagiar, augurar
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gaunt
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demacrat
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to caress [kä'res]
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acaronar
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fabled ['feibäld]
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fabulós, de fàbula
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to pamper
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mimar
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budding
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incipient, en formació
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nipple
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mugró
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savory ['seiväri]
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sabrós ; sa [lectura]
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meek
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dòcil, submís, mans
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to weave a web of dream
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teixir una teranyina de somnis
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fastness ['fastnis]
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fortalesa, cosa ferma
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garrison
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guarnició, tropa
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tatter
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parrac
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snag
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enganxada [tela], nus, problema, pega
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a dab
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un toc, una passada [drap, pomada]
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to make up for
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compensar
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wench
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noia, criada, serventa
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amiable ['eimiäbäl]
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amable, afable
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wisp
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floc, trosset, mica
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to jiggle
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sacsejar
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chattel
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propietat mobiliària, esclau
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to leave sb in the lurch
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deixar algú en l'estacada
deixar algú tirat ; plantar algú |
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braid [ei]
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trena
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to pinch
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pessigar
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as is
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tal i com està ; en l'estat actual
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to anoint
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ungir
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to blurt
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deixar anar, espetar
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sept
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clan familiar, secta
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censer
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encenser
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grove [growf]
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arbreda ; camp de tarongers, oliveres
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alloy ['aloi]
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aleatge, aleació
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swatch
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mostra de tela
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weir [i:]
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embassament
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for good and all
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per sempre més
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rueful
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penedit, compungit
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to stroke
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acaronar
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crib
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bressol, pessebre ;
xuleta, plagi |
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to ripple
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arrissar [l'aigua] ; ondular, tensar (múscul)
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to crib
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copiar en un examen
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to cleanse
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netejar, depurar
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hide
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(1) amagatall
(2) pell, cuir |
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crisp
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cruixent ;
fresc (enciam) nou (bitllet) |
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crispness
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frescura
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to seek out
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sortir a buscar, anar a la recerca de
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to hint at sth
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donar a entendre algo; insinuar
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holdfast
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lligat, mecanisme de lligat
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to don [pp. donned]
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posar-se [roba, cara]
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antler
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banya
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tine
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dent d'una banya.
= prong |
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prong
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dent d'una forquilla.
= tine |
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to sire [saiä]
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engendrar
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sigil ['sidjil]
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emblema, segell
= seal, signet |
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whelp
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cadell
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to slink off = to slink away
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escapolir-se
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don't tell a soul ! [ow]
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no ho diguis a ningú!
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to squirm
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avegonyir-se, empegueir-se ;
cargolar-se |
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to slink [slunk]
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moure's sigilosament
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