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Avoir du poids / de l’influence

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To pull some weight

To have some clout

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Vieillesse

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Elderliness

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Être concerné par

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To be concerned by

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Être inquiet de

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To be concerned about

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Un jeu de mots

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A pun

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Vieillir (idiomatique)

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Go grey at the temples

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se dépêcher

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To quicken

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Allure

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Pace

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Se réconcilier

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To patch it up with someone

To make it up

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Perspective

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Outlook

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Dépasser en nombre

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To outnumber

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Rapide (synonyme de fast)

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Brisk

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Déclencher ( synonyme to trigger)

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To spark

To bring about

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Déformer

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To distort

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Tranche d’âge

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Age bracket

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Diminuer

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To shrink

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Chiper

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To switch

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To be on the watch

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Être sur le qui vive

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To be on the look-out

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Être sur le qui vive

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To be on his toes

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Être sur le qui vive

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Embouteillages

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Trafic jams

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Errer

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To loiter

To wander

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Se dépêcher

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To dash

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Tabouret

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Stool

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Admettre/reconnaître

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To acknowledge

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Une boucle

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A loop

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Les rois mages

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The 3 wise men

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To dwindle

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diminuer

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Surveiller

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To keep an eye on

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Chercher

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To keep an eye for

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Plus on est de fous plus on rit

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The more, the merrier

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To realize

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Se rendre compte

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Une impasse

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A dead-end

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Bon voyage / adieu

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Farewell

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To keep a low profile

To hug walls

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Faire profil bas

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Traîner (sournois)

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To sneak around

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Méchant, abject

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Wicked

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Jeter un sort

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To cast a spell

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Crasseux

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Grimy

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Cinglé

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Nutty

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Être shooté/tendu

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To be strung out

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Perçant

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Sharp

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Espiègle / malicieux

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Impish

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Mimiques

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Grins

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Tanner qqn/agacer/travailler qqn

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To nag at someone

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Émerger

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To stroll out

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To go/get brankers

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Perdre la tête

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Worn thread bare

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Usé jusqu’à la corde

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Plaqué or

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Gilded

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Petit lutin

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An imp

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To have a stuffed nose

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Être enrhumé

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Regard furtif

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Glance

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Regard attentif / qui scrute

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A peer

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Membres d’un conseil

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Councillors

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To mingle

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Mélanger

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Seuil

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Threshold

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A look alike

A carbon copy

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Un sosie

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Délibérément

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Willfully

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Avoir un goût de

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To smack of

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Tâches de rousseur

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Freckeld

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Tremblement / frissons

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Shivers

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Pépin

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A pip

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Fossé / digue

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Dycke

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Chétif

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Puny

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Lecteur implicite

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Implied reader

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Babines

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Chops

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Pyromane

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Arsonist

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To shatter

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Détruire

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Chevilles

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Anckles

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Marais

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Marsh

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To growl

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Grogner

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Forgeron

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Blacksmith

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Orfèvre

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Goldsmith

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Faire un bilan

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To draw a balance

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An assessment

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Une évaluation

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Avoir recours à

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To resort to

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Aux dépens

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At the expense of

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Thorough

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Complet

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Plaire

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To appeal

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Brebis

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ewe

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To sympathise

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Compatir

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Audacieux / intrépide

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Bold

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Chauve

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Bald

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Imiter

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To impersonate

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Econome

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Thrifty

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Ponte

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Pundit

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To curtail

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Réduire

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Dériver

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To drift

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Prétendu

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Purported

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Dearth / shortage

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Manque

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Coupable

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Culprit

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S’effondre/s’écrouler

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To collapse

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Bias

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Prejugés

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Sans rapport / hors de propos

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Irrelevant

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Lierre

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Ivy

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Irrégulier/inconstant

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Erratic

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To dull
To tarnish
To sully

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Ternir

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Vraiment

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Genuiely

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Marche trainante

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Shuffle

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The square mile

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La city

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Municipalité / arrondissement

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Borough

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Responsable politique

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Policy maker

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Circumstances

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Situations

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Groupe de réflexion

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Think-thank

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Comme convenu

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Duly

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Mise

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Outlay

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Regimber/ être récalcitrant

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To balk

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Intermédiaire

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Middle Man

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Ticket repas

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Meal vouchers

Vocabulaire Anglais (1 decks)

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