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38 Flashcards

1
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courber l’échine devant qqn

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to kow-tow

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tirer sa révérence

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to bow out

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Courage!

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Brace up!

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revigorer, renforcer

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to brace up

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une parenthèse

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a bracket

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tranche à revenu élevé

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high-income bracket

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une succursale

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a branch

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accuser, qualifier de

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to brand sb

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violation des droits de l’homme

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breach of human rights

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laisser à qqn sa chance

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to give sb a break

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réduction d’impôts

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tax breaks

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rentrer dans ses frais

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to break even

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à en avoir le souffle coupé

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breathtaking

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compétences

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a skill set

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une clef à molette

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a wrench

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to drop by

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to pop into

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17
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an unspecified large number

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a gazillion*

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un multi-milliardaire

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a gazillionaire

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19
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coller aux basques de

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to tag along

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un portique

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a gantry

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tinter

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to tinkle

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faire pipi

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to tinkle

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être invité sur le plateau de qqn

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to make a guest appearance on sb’s show

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je vous en prie, fais comme bon te semble, après toi

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be my guest

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tout près à coté

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close by

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ces derniers temps

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as of late

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mettre qch dans un verre

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to lace with a poison, a spirit

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obtenir, susciter

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to elicit (interest, information, smile)

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29
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une pince

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a pliers

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30
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une personne qui exerce son métier

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a plier

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un pépin

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a glitch

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32
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dénoncer qqn

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to inform on sb

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33
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a great amount of

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a world of

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34
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à toi de décider

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it’s your call

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35
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un reste, un invendu

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a remainder

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36
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un bigorneau

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a winkle

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37
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altruiste

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selfless

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38
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en retard, impayé

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overdue

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39
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en suspens

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to be in the air

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40
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une mesure, une saisie

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a readout

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41
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un temps d’arrêt

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a downtime

42
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revenons à nos moutons

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let’s get back to the matter at hand

43
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imminent, proche

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at hand

44
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faire de l’exercice

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to exercise

45
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supprimer les intermédiaires

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to cut out the middleman

46
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une grande gueule, un petit malin

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a smart mouth

47
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frère adoptif

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a Foster brother

48
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étouffer, emmitoufler

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to muffle

49
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un bec

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a beak

50
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un mercier

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an haberdasher

51
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inconscient, ne se rendre compte de rien

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to be oblivious

52
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une commission, une course

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an errand

53
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cheval de trait

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a carthorse

54
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apprendre par soi-même

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to teach oneself

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le fait de donner ou de recevoir des pots-de-vin dasn le service public

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graft

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copinage

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cronyism

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mener à bien

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to bring off

58
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vif, animé

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brisk

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vivement

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briskly

60
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diffuser en direct

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to broadcast live

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envoyer promener

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to give sb the brush off

62
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rafraîchir ses connaissances

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to brush up (on)

63
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un petit tyran

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a bully

64
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avec entrain

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buoyantly

65
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écrasant

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burdensome

66
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griller (ampoule)

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to burn out (light bulb)

67
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Passons aux choses sérieuses!

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Let’s go down to business!

68
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Mêlez vous de ce qui vous regarde!

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Mind your own business!

69
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un faillite financière

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a bust

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s’affairer

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to bustle

71
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une élection partielle en GB pour remplacer un membre du parlement

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a by-election

72
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un spectateur (passant)

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a bystander

73
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un appel d’offres

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a call for tender

74
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rendre visite

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to call on

75
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faire du démarchage électoral

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to canvass

76
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débattre d’un sujet

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to canvass a subject

77
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faire un sondage d’opinion

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to canvass opinion

78
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faire avec succès

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to carry off

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to make a fuss

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to carry on

80
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futilité

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a trivia

81
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bénéficier de, saisir l’occasion

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to cash in on

82
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éclairer un problème

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to cast light on a problem

83
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se libérer de

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to cast off (old habits)

84
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décontracté

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casual

85
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rapports sexuels occasionnels

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casual sex

86
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travail temporaire

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casual work

87
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prendre, devenir populaire

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to catch on to

88
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s’adresser à un public particulier

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to cater to

89
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céder sous la pression

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to cave in to

90
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blâmer, désapprouver

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to censure

91
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critiquer très sévèrement, punir

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to chastise

92
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relever un défi

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to take up a challenge

93
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canaliser

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to channel

94
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alléguer

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to charge that

95
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une arnaque

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a rip-off

96
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gronder, réprimander

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to chide

97
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un bon morceau

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a chunk

98
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prétendre que

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to claim that

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tenir à l’écart de

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to keep clear of

100
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boucher, obstruer

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to clog up

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