Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
  • in terms of
  • online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
  • on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
  • phone ahead: Call someone in advance to inform or arrange something.
  • ahead of time: Before the scheduled time; early.
  • look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
  • shift in: A change or alteration in something.
  • get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
  • from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • come from: To have as your native country or city
  • try on: To wear something briefly to check it fits, etc.
  • rather than: More exactly; more correctly
  • around the world: In or to many countries.
  • work around: To find a way to avoid a problem or obstacle.
  • finish up: To complete or bring something to an end.
  • walk down: To walk along or down something.
  • city center: The central part of a city, especially the main business or commercial area.
  • dine in: To eat a meal at home.
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
  • physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
  • recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
  • immediately: Without any delay; straight away
  • conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
  • hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
  • research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
  • firm: Company that sells goods or services
  • integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
  • brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
  • shift: To change in position or direction
  • venue: Place, area where an event is held or takes place
  • crowd: To force too many things, people into
  • plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
  • survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • expectation: Belief or hope that something is going to happen
  • sanitation: Water systems that protect people's health
  • invest: To use resources to build for the future
  • connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
  • entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
  • urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
  • digital: Using electronic signals or computers
  • bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
  • transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
  • century: Period of 100 years
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • public: Owned by the government
  • boutique: Small fashionable shop
  • undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
  • pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • business: A company formed for making profit
  • future: Time that is to come after the present
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
  • healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
  • transit: System of transportation, often in a city
  • wellness: State of being happy, healthy or prosperous
  • fruition: Successful result of a plan, process or activity
  • datum: Item of factual information
  • mortar: Stone bowl for crushing substances with a pestle
  • concierge: (French) caretaker of apartments or a hotel
  • acceleration: Increase in the speed or rate of something
  • merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
  • reshape: To form something into a new shape
  • stagger: To greatly surprise someone
  • workplace: Place where work is done
  • experiential: Concerned with or resulting from experience
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • cartoon: Drawing or illustration meant to make you laugh
  • craziness: Insanity; strangeness
  • outdoor: Happening, used, or done outside a building
  • overheat: To become too hot
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    • acceleration

      US /ækˌsɛləˈreʃən/

      UK /əkˌseləˈreɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Increase in the speed or rate of something
      • The rate at which the speed of something increases.
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    • ahead of time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Before the scheduled time; early.
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    • around the world

      US /əˈraʊnd ði wɜrld/

      UK /əˈraund ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • In or to many countries.
      • In various places throughout the world.
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    • boutique

      US /buˈtik/

      UK /bu:ˈti:k/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small fashionable shop
      • A small, stylish hotel.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or denoting a small company that offers specialized services or products.
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    • brand

      US /brænd/

      UK /brænd/

      • Noun
      • A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
      • Product made or designed by a named company
      • Transitive Verb
      • To burn a mark on an animal to show who owns it
      • To describe someone as a liar, coward, etc.
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    • browse

      US /braʊz/

      UK /braʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
      • To use a browser to view websites on the Internet.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A collection of things to look through.
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    • bump

      US /bʌmp/

      UK /bʌmp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To bounce along over a rough surface
      • To knock against with force or violence
      • Noun
      • Act or sound of one solid object hitting another
      • Raised area on any smooth surface
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    • cartoon

      US /kɑrˈtun/

      UK /kɑ:'tu:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Drawing or illustration meant to make you laugh
      • (Children's) TV show made of moving drawings
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    • city center

      US /ˈsɪti ˈsɛntɚ/

      UK /ˈsiti ˈsentə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The central part of a city, especially the main business or commercial area.
      • Phrase
      • The main part of a city where the main commercial and administrative activities take place.
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    • come from

      US /kʌm frʌm/

      UK /kʌm frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have as your native country or city
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    • concierge

      US /kɔŋˈsjɛrʒ/

      UK /ˌkɔ:nsiˈɛəʒ/

      • Noun
      • (French) caretaker of apartments or a hotel
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    • connection

      US /kəˈnɛkʃən/

      UK /kəˈnekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that joins things together; being joined
      • Person you know who can help you in some way
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    • conversation

      US /ˌkɑnvɚˈseʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Talking with other people; discussion or chat
      • General communication or interaction.
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    • craziness

      US /'kreɪzɪnəs/

      UK /'kreɪzɪnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Insanity; strangeness
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    • crowd

      US /kraʊd/

      UK /kraʊd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To force too many things, people into
      • (Lots of people) to meet together in one place
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large group of people together in one place
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    • datum

      US /ˈdetəm, ˈdætəm, ˈdɑtəm/

      UK /ˈdeɪtəm/

      • Noun
      • Item of factual information
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    • dine in

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To eat a meal at home.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To eat a meal at home.
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    • entertainment

      US /ˌɛntɚˈtenmənt/

      UK /ˌentəˈteɪnmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act or process of providing service for someone
      • Singing, dancing, telling jokes to amuse people
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    • expectation

      US /ˌɛkspɛkˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌekspekˈteɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Belief or hope that something is going to happen
      • A belief that someone should behave in a particular way.
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    • experiential

      US /ɪkˌspɪriˈenʃl/

      UK /ɪkˌspɪəriˈenʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerned with or resulting from experience
      • Involving or based on experience
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • finish up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To complete or bring something to an end.
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    • firm

      US /fɚm/

      UK /fɜ:m/

      • Countable Noun
      • Company that sells goods or services
      • Adjective
      • Fairly hard or solid, not soft
      • Unchanging and strong
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
      More
    • from home

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Working or operating from one's residence.
      • Originating or coming from one's own house or country.
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    • fruition

      US /fruˈɪʃən/

      UK /fruˈɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Successful result of a plan, process or activity
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    • get about

      US /ɡɛt əˈbaʊt/

      UK /ɡet əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To go out a lot; travel widely
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    • go out

      US /ɡo aʊt/

      UK /ɡəu aut/

      • Phrase
      • To leave a building (e.g. a house)
      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of a fire) to burn out; be extinguished
      • Go out of fashion to stop being fashionable
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hypothetical

      US /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/

      UK /ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
      • Of the nature of a hypothesis; conjectural; provisional.
      • Noun
      • A hypothetical example or case.
      • A hypothetical situation or scenario.
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    • in terms of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • With regard to; concerning a particular aspect.
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    • in the future

      US /ɪn ði ˈfjutʃɚ/

      UK /in ðə ˈfju:tʃə/

      • Phrase
      • At a later time; in times to come.
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    • in the past

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • During a former period of time; previously.
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    • integrate

      US /ˈɪntɪˌɡret/

      UK /ˈɪntɪgreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To combine together; make into one thing
      • To bring (people or groups with particular characteristics or needs) into equal participation in or membership of a social group or institution.
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    • invest

      US /ɪnˈvɛst/

      UK /ɪn'vest/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use resources to build for the future
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    • look to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
      • To expect someone to do something for you; rely on
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    • meet up

      US /mit ʌp/

      UK /mi:t ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrange to meet someone.
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    • merge

      US /mɜ:rdʒ/

      UK /mɜ:dʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause two or more things to combine into one
      • Noun
      • Causing two or more things to combine into one
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    • mortar

      US /ˈmɔ:rtə(r)/

      UK /ˈmɔ:tə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Stone bowl for crushing substances with a pestle
      • Cement, sand, etc. mixture for bonding bricks, etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a bonding cement to coat walls
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • on hold

      US /ɑn hold/

      UK /ɔn həuld/

      • Adjective
      • Temporarily delayed or suspended.
      • Adverb
      • Waiting to be connected on a telephone call.
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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Connected to the internet
      • Adverb
      • Via the internet.
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    • online shopping

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
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    • outdoor

      US /ˈaʊtˌdɔr, -ˌdor/

      UK /ˈaʊtdɔ:(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Happening, used, or done outside a building
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    • overheat

      US /ˌoʊvərˈhi:t/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈhi:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To become too hot
      • To become too economically active; grow too fast
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    • pandemic

      US /pænˈdɛmɪk/

      UK /pæn'demɪk/

      • Adjective
      • (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
      • Noun
      • a pandemic disease
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    • phone ahead

      US /foʊn əˈhɛd/

      UK /fəʊn əˈhed/

      • other
      • Call someone in advance to inform or arrange something.
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    • physical

      US /ˈfɪzɪkəl/

      UK /ˈfɪzɪkl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Health check at the doctors' or hospital
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the body of a person
      • Concerning things that can be seen or touched
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    • plague

      US /pleɡ/

      UK /pleɪɡ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to have continual problems with something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • (Deadly) disease passing rapidly between people
      • An unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage.
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    • rather than

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • More exactly; more correctly
      • Preferably; instead
      • Preposition
      • Instead of
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    • recommend

      US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/

      UK /ˌrekə'mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To advise or suggest that someone do something
      • To endorse or support something publicly.
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    • research

      US /rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ/

      UK /rɪ'sɜ:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
      • To study the market relating to marketing products and services.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Study done to discover new ideas and facts
      • A particular area or topic of study.
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    • reshape

      US /riˈʃep/

      UK /ˌri:'ʃeɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To form something into a new shape
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    • sanitation

      US /ˌsænɪˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌsænɪˈteɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Water systems that protect people's health
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    • shift

      US /ʃɪft/

      UK /ʃɪft/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change in position or direction
      • To move something from one place to another
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A change in a persons plans, opinions or beliefs
      • Period of work starting at a certain time
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    • shift in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • A change or alteration in something.
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    • spread

      US /sprɛd/

      UK /spred/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
      • The distance between two things
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To place over a large area; to cover a large area
      • (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
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    • stagger

      US /ˈstæɡɚ/

      UK /ˈstægə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To greatly surprise someone
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    • survive

      US /sɚˈvaɪv/

      UK /sə'vaɪv/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue to live despite illness or trouble
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    • transform

      US /trænsˈfɔrm/

      UK /træns'fɔ:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change the shape completely in a good way
      • To convert from one form or substance into another.
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    • transit

      US /ˈtrænsɪt, -zɪt/

      UK /ˈtrænzɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • System of transportation, often in a city
      • Process of changing planes at airports
      • Adjective
      • Concerning a transport system in a city
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    • try on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wear something briefly to check it fits, etc.
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    • undergo

      US /ˌʌndərˈgoʊ/

      UK /ˌʌndəˈgəʊ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience or endure something (bad)
      • To experience a change or transformation.
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    • urban

      US /ˈɚbən/

      UK /'ɜ:bən/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning a city; located in a city
      • Relating to the style of dress and music popular in cities.
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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    • venue

      US /ˈvɛnju/

      UK /'venju:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place, area where an event is held or takes place
      • The place where a public event or meeting happens.
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    • walk down

      US /wɔk daʊn/

      UK /wɔ:k daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To walk along or down something.
      • To proceed along an aisle, especially at a wedding.
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    • wellness

      US /ˈwelnəs/

      UK /ˈwelnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being happy, healthy or prosperous
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    • work around

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find a way to avoid a problem or obstacle.
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    • work in

      US /wɚk ɪn/

      UK /wə:k in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make an opening for something in your schedule
      • To fit person/thing into a schedule or sequence
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    • workplace

      US /ˈwɚkˌples/

      UK /ˈwɜ:kpleɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where work is done
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

    Vocabulary
    • brave

      adj. Having courage

    • comfort zone

      phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe

    Explanation
    a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step". forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead". The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.

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    brave

    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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