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1
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do laundry

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faire la lessive

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to keep

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garder

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to throw away

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jeter

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a goal / aim / objective

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un but

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What is his aim in life?

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Quel est son but dans la vie ?

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a discovery

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une découverte

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The discovery bridges some gaps in our research.

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La découverte comble certaines lacunes de notre recherche.

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a liberator

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un/e liberateur /-trice

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to worry about

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s’inquiéter de

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to worry someone

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inquiéter quelqu’un

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It is nothing serious and I do not want to worry (trouble) you.

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Il n’y a rien de grave et je ne veux pas t’inquiéter.

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to kill

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tuer

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he comes from where?

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il vient d’ou ?

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to live just around the corner

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habiter juste à côté

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prepare to go to school

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préparer à aller à l’école

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to go to (lit. to render oneself to)

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se rendre à

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reflexive verbs

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des verbes (m.) pronominaux

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reflexive pronouns

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des pronoms (m.) réfléchis

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19
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almost always

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presque toujours

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to make a promise

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faire un promesse

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to prepare oneself

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se préparer

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novelty / newness

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la nouveauté

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The Internet is no longer a novelty nowadays.

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L’Internet n’est plus une nouveauté de nos jours.

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to procrastinate / temporise

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procrastiner / temporiser

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to put sth. off till later

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remettre qqch. à plus tard

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Tania knew she should be working on her thesis - but she was procrastinating.

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Tania savait qu’elle devait travailler sur sa thèse - mais elle la remettait toujours à plus tard.

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to welcome / accommodate / receive / host

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accueillir

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I hosted my cousins when they visited from abroad.

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J’ai accueilli mes cousins quand ils m’ont rendu visite de l’étranger.

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The company needs to embrace change in order to evolve.

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L’entreprise doit accueillir le changement pour évoluer.

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a sulk (grouch) / sulky (adj.)

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un/e boudeur /-euse

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31
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to sulk

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bouder

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to pout / sulk (lit. to make the head)

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faire la tête

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to ruminate / brood over sth.

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ruminer à qqch.

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34
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smiling / cheerful

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souriant/e

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to smile

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sourire

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36
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a smile

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un sourire

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I interpreted his smile as an approbation.

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J’ai interprété son sourire comme une approbation.

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I smiled in the photo.

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J’ai souri sur la photo.

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hospitable / pertaining to hospitals

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hospitalier/-ère

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a hospital centre

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un centre hospitalier

41
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wise (lit. sage)

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sage

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My sister is prudent enough to make her own decisions.

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Ma sœur est assez sage pour prendre ses propres décisions.

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Accepting the offer was a smart decision.

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Le fait d’accepter l’offre était une sage décision.

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a spender / spendthrift (also adj.)

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un/e dépensier/ère

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carefree / reckless (lit. insouciant)

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insoucieux /-euse

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to stay in bed in the morning (lit. make morning grease)

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faire la grasse matinée

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phlegmatic / stolid / unemotional

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flegmatique

48
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eccentric (adj.) / an eccentric

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excentrique / un excentrique

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surprising

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surprenant

50
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to surprise sb.

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surprendre qqn.

51
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to surprise / bust sb. (lit. to take sb. in the act)

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prendre qqn. sur le fait

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The thief was busted by the police.

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Le voleur a été pris sur le fait par la police.

53
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by / around (in telling time)

A

vers

54
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before (in telling time)

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avant

55
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to doze / nap

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sommeiller

56
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to take a nap / siesta

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faire un somme / faire la sieste

57
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to rest (i.e. have a rest)

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se reposer

58
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the meaning / sense (lit. signification)

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la signification

59
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I can’t quite grasp the meaning of this word. (lit. it escapes me)

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La signification de ce mot m’échappe.

60
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to tie

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lier

61
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to fall in with / make friends with sb.

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se lier à qqn.

62
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insane / mad / absurd / excessive

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fou

63
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a fool / lunatic

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un fou / une folle

64
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crazy about sb.

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fou de qqn

65
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a fan / nut about sth.

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un fou de / une folle de

66
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stark raving mad

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fou à lier

67
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to shut away / imprison / confine

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enfermer / emprisonner / confiner

68
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to lock oneself in / shut oneself in

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s’enfermer

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The bad weather kept us in all afternoon.

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Le mauvais temps nous a enfermés toute l’après-midi.

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to recount / to tell

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raconter

71
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to write music

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écrire de la musique

72
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to have fun (lit. to divert oneself)

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se divertir

73
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We enjoyed ourselves that evening.

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Nous nous sommes bien diverties à cette soirée.

74
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a distinctive characteristic (lit. particularity)

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une particularité

75
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to convince

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convaincre

76
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Your argument doesn’t convince me at all.

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Ton argument ne me convainc pas du tout.

77
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to tell the time

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dire l’heure

78
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never mind! (or - regardless of / no matter what)

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peu importe!

79
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to see one another

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se voir

80
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a schedule / programme

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un programme

81
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programmed

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programmé

82
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to program / set / organize / schedule

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programmer

83
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last night

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hier soir

84
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all at once

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tous à la fois

85
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a time-waster (lit. time-eater)

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un chronophage

86
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it’s a bad habit

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c’est une mauvaise habitute

87
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a challenge (lit. a defiance)

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un défi

88
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a surprise guest

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un invité surprise

89
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a guest (lit. an invited)

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un invité

90
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patterns (lit. motifs)

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des motifs

91
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I wear grey

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je mets du gris

92
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azure (shade of blue)

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azur

93
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to colour / a colour

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couleur / une couleur

94
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publicised (lit. mediatised)

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médiatisé

95
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to publicise sth.

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médiatiser qqch

96
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the red carpet

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le tapis rouge

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earrings

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des boucles d’oreille

98
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a ring (i.e. jewelry)

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un anneau / une bague

99
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a bracelet

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un bracelet

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