VERB | social | take | carry out |
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possession | take, occupy, use up | require (time or space) | |
motion | take, lead, direct, conduct, guide | take somebody somewhere | |
contact | take, get hold of | get into one's hands, take physically | |
change | take, assume, acquire, adopt, take on | take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | |
cognition | take, read | interpret something in a certain way | |
motion | take, bring, convey | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | |
possession | take | take into one's possession | |
motion | take | travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route | |
cognition | take, choose, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | |
possession | take, accept, have | receive willingly something given or offered | |
social | take, fill, occupy | assume, as of positions or roles | |
cognition | take, consider, deal, look at | take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | |
stative | take, necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand | require as useful, just, or proper | |
perception | take | experience or feel or submit to | |
communication | take, film, shoot | make a film or photograph of something | |
change | take, remove, take away, withdraw | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | |
consumption | take, consume, ingest, take in, have | serve oneself to, or consume regularly | |
cognition | take, submit | accept or undergo, often unwillingly | |
possession | take, accept | make use of or accept for some purpose | |
possession | take | take by force | |
motion | take, assume, strike, take up | occupy or take on | |
possession | take, accept, admit, take on | admit into a group or community | |
change | take | ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial | |
cognition | take, learn, study, read | be a student of a certain subject | |
communication | take, claim, exact | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | |
motion | take, make | head into a specified direction | |
competition | take, aim, train, take aim, direct | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | |
change | take | be seized or affected in a specified way | |
stative | take, carry, pack | have with oneself | |
possession | take, lease, rent, hire, charter, engage | engage for service under a term of contract | |
possession | take, subscribe, subscribe to | receive or obtain regularly | |
possession | take | buy, select | |
possession | take | to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort / comfort | |
contact | take, have | have sex with | |
communication | take, claim | lay claim to | |
stative | take, accept | be designed to hold or take | |
stative | take, contain, hold | be capable of holding or containing | |
social | take | develop a habit | |
motion | take, drive | proceed along in a vehicle | |
competition | take | obtain by winning / winning | |
body | take, contract, get | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | |
NOUN | possession | take, return, issue, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property |
act | take | the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption |
Sounds | tey'k | |
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Rhymes | ache ... wake / Wake: 58 rhymes with eyk... |
Meaning | The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property. | |
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Synonyms | return, issue, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff | |
Narrower | economic rent, rent | The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions |
payback | financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) | |
Broader | income | The financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time |
Spanish | ingresos, rédito, rendimiento | |
Catalan | rèdits, rendiment | |
Verbs | take | receive or obtain regularly |
Meaning | The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption. | |
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Narrower | retake | A shot or scene that is photographed again |
Broader | filming, cinematography, motion-picture photography | The act of making a film |
Spanish | toma | |
Catalan | presa | |
Verbs | take | make a film or photograph of something |
Meaning | carry out. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Spanish | tomar |
Meaning | require (time or space). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They take a long time | |
Synonyms | occupy, use up | |
Narrower | be | spend or use time |
Broader | use, expend | use up, consume fully |
Similar to | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | use up (resources or materials) |
Spanish | apoderar, copar, llevar, ocupar, tomar | |
Catalan | agafar, apoderar, copar, ocupar, prendre |
Meaning | Take somebody somewhere. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "can you take me to the main entrance?" | |
Synonyms | lead, direct, conduct, guide | |
Narrower | beacon | Guide with a beacon / beacon |
hand | Guide or conduct or usher somewhere | |
mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray | Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | |
usher, show | Take (someone) to their seats / seats / seats, as in theaters or auditoriums | |
Spanish | apoderar, conducir, copar, dirigir, encaminar, guiar, llevar | |
Catalan | apoderar, conduir, copar, dirigir, encaminar, guiar, portar |
Meaning | Get into one's hands, take physically. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | The children take the ball | |
Examples |
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Synonym | get hold of | |
Narrower | seize, prehend, clutch | take hold of |
seize | Take or capture by force | |
See also | take apart | divide into pieces |
take away | remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state | |
take in | fold up | |
take in | visit for entertainment | |
take on | accept as a challenge | |
take up | take out or up with or as if with a scoop | |
Spanish | agarrar, asir, coger, tomar | |
Catalan | agafar, prendre | |
Nouns | taking | the act of someone who picks up or takes something |
Meaning | take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | assume, acquire, adopt, take on | |
Narrower | re-assume | take on again, as after a time lapse |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Spanish | adoptar, adquirir, asumir | |
Catalan | adoptar, adquirir, assumir |
Meaning | interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning / meaning or impression. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Examples |
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Synonym | read | |
Narrower | misread, misinterpret | interpret wrongly |
Broader | interpret, construe, see | make sense of |
Similar to | read | interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky |
read | To hear and understand | |
Spanish | asumir, entender, leer, tomar | |
Catalan | entendre, llegir |
Meaning | Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Model | They take the food to the people; They take the people the food | |
Example | "Take these letters to the boss" | |
Synonyms | bring, convey | |
Entails | come, come up | Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody |
Narrower | ferry | transport / transport from one place to another |
fetch | take away or remove | |
impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel | Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | |
land | Bring ashore | |
return, take back, bring back | bring back to the point of departure | |
transit | Cause or enable to pass through | |
tube | convey in a tube | |
whisk | Move somewhere quickly | |
Broader | transport, carry | Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body |
Similar to | bring, get, convey, fetch | go or come after and bring or take back |
bring | Be accompanied by | |
Spanish | acarrear, copar, llevar, portar, tomar, traer, transportar | |
Catalan | copar, dur, portar, traginar, transportar |
Meaning | travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | The men take the boat | |
Examples |
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Broader | use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ | put into service |
Spanish | coger, tomar |
Meaning | Receive willingly something given or offered. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Synonyms | accept, have | |
Narrower | accept, admit, take, take on | Admit into a group or community |
adopt, borrow, take over, take up | take up and practice as one's own | |
honor, honour | Accept as pay | |
welcome | Accept gladly | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
See also | take in | provide with shelter |
take over | take up, as of debts or payments | |
take over | take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | |
take up | take up and practice as one's own | |
Opposite | refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline | Refuse to accept |
Similar to | receive, have | Get something |
Spanish | aceptar, querer, tomar | |
Catalan | acceptar, voler | |
Nouns | taker | one who accepts an offer |
Meaning | assume, as of positions or roles. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | fill, occupy | |
Broader | work, do work | Be employed |
Similar to | assume, take, strike, take up | Occupy or take on |
Spanish | asumir, ocupar, tomar | |
Catalan | ocupar |
Meaning | Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Take the case of China" | |
Synonyms | consider, deal, look at | |
Narrower | abstract | Consider apart from a particular case or instance |
contemplate | Consider as a possibility | |
dally, trifle, play | Consider not very seriously | |
warm to | Become excited about | |
Broader | think about | Have on one's mind, think about actively |
Spanish | considerar |
Meaning | require as useful, just, or proper. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "It takes nerve to do what she did" | |
Synonyms | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand | |
Narrower | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
compel | Necessitate or exact | |
cost | require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice | |
cry out for, cry for | Need badly or desperately | |
draw | require a specified depth for floating | |
govern | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | |
Opposite | obviate, rid of, eliminate | Do away with |
Similar to | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
Spanish | demandar, exigir, implicar, involucrar, necesitar, pedir, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir, solicitar | |
Catalan | exigir, implicar, involucrar, necessitar, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir |
Meaning | Experience or feel or submit to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Broader | experience, receive, have, get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences) |
Similar to | take, submit | Accept or undergo, often unwillingly |
Meaning | make a film or photograph of something. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | Sam cannot take Sue | |
Example | "take a scene" | |
Synonyms | film, shoot | |
Category | movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick | A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement |
Narrower | reshoot | shoot again |
Broader | record, enter, put down | make a record of |
Similar to | photograph, snap, shoot | record on photographic film |
Spanish | filmar, rodar | |
Catalan | filmar, rodar | |
Nouns | take | the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption |
Meaning | Accept or undergo, often unwillingly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | submit | |
Narrower | test | Undergo a test |
Broader | undergo | Pass through |
Similar to | take | Experience or feel or submit to |
Spanish | someterse | |
Nouns | taker | one who takes a bet or wager |
Meaning | make use of or accept for some purpose. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonym | accept | |
Narrower | co-opt | Take or assume for one's own use |
Meaning | Take by force. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Model | They take the hill | |
Narrower | assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
extort | Obtain through intimidation | |
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray | steal goods | |
recapture, retake | take back by force, as after a battle | |
relieve | Take by stealing | |
rescue | Take forcibly from legal custody | |
sack, plunder | plunder (a town) after capture | |
scale | Take by attacking with scaling ladders | |
steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent | |
Spanish | apropiarse, coger, confiscar, copar, quitar, tomar | |
Catalan | agafar, apropiar-se, confiscar, copar, prendre, traure, treure |
Meaning | Occupy or take on. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | The men take the horses across the field | |
Synonyms | assume, strike, take up | |
Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
Similar to | fill, take, occupy | assume, as of positions or roles |
Spanish | adquirir, tomar | |
Catalan | adquirir, assumir |
Meaning | Admit into a group or community. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | Sam cannot take Sue | |
Synonyms | accept, admit, take on | |
Narrower | profess | Receive into a religious order or congregation |
Broader | accept, take, have | Receive willingly something given or offered |
Similar to | admit, let in, include | Allow participation in or the right to be part of |
Spanish | aceptar, admitir, recibir | |
Catalan | acceptar, admetre |
Meaning | Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Broader | receive, get, find, obtain, incur | Receive a specified treatment (abstract) |
Meaning | Be a student of a certain subject. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | learn, study, read | |
Narrower | audit | attend academic courses without getting credit |
drill, exercise, practice, practise | Learn by repetition | |
train, prepare | Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | |
Spanish | aprender, estudiar, examinar | |
Catalan | aprendre, estudiar, examinar |
Meaning | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | claim, exact | |
Broader | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand | require as useful, just, or proper |
Similar to | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand | require as useful, just, or proper |
Spanish | cobrarse |
Meaning | head into a specified direction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | make | |
Broader | head | To go or travel towards |
Meaning | Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Take a swipe at one's opponent" | |
Synonyms | aim, train, take aim, direct | |
Entailed by | hit | hit the intended target or goal |
overshoot | Shoot beyond or over (a target) | |
Narrower | charge, level, point | direct into a position for use |
draw a bead on | aim with a gun | |
hold | aim, point, or direct | |
level | aim at | |
sight | take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) | |
swing | hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement | |
target, aim, place, direct, point | Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal / goal | |
turn | direct at someone | |
Broader | position | Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation |
Spanish | apuntar, aspirar, capacitar, dirigir, educar, entrenar | |
Catalan | apuntar, aspirar, capacitar, educar, entrenar |
Meaning | Be seized or affected in a specified way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective | |
Examples |
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Broader | become, go, get | Enter or assume a certain state or condition |
Meaning | Have with oneself; have on one's person. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They take more bread | |
Example | "She always takes an umbrella" | |
Synonyms | carry, pack | |
Broader | have, feature | Have as a feature |
Similar to | carry | Have or possess something abstract |
Spanish | cargar, copar, llevar, portar | |
Catalan | carregar, conduir, copar, dur, percebre, portar, rebre, tornar |
Meaning | Engage for service under a term of contract. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Example | "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" | |
Synonyms | lease, rent, hire, charter, engage | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Spanish | alquilar, arrendar, contratar | |
Catalan | arrendar, llogar |
Meaning | Receive or obtain regularly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "We take the Times every day" | |
Synonyms | subscribe, subscribe to | |
Broader | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
Spanish | abonarse, subscribirse, suscribirse | |
Nouns | take | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property |
Meaning | buy, select. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They take the newspapers | |
Example | "I'll take a pound of that sausage" | |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Broader | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
See also | take out | remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) |
Spanish | llevar |
Meaning | To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort / comfort. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "take shelter from the storm" |
Meaning | have sex with; archaic use. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" | |
Synonym | have | |
Broader | sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk | Have sexual intercourse with |
Meaning | lay claim to; as of an idea. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | claim | |
Broader | affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
Opposite | disclaim | renounce a legal claim or title to |
Similar to | claim, lay claim, arrogate | demand as being one's due or property |
Spanish | afirmar, sostener |
Meaning | Be designed to hold or take. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "This surface will not take the dye" | |
Synonym | accept | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Spanish | aguantar, soportar, sostener | |
Catalan | agafar, aguantar, dur, portar, prendre, suportar |
Meaning | Be capable of holding or containing. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "This box won't take all the items" | |
Synonyms | contain, hold | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Similar to | accommodate, hold, admit | Have room for |
hold, bear, carry, contain | Contain or hold |
Meaning | Develop a habit. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Meaning | proceed along in a vehicle. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | drive | |
Category | driving | The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal |
Broader | traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across | Travel across or pass over |
Similar to | drive, motor | travel or be transported in a vehicle |
drive | operate or control a vehicle | |
drive | Cause someone or something to move by driving | |
Spanish | impulsar | |
Catalan | impulsar |
Meaning | Obtain by winning / winning. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Winner takes all" | |
Broader | win | Be the winner in a contest or competition |
Spanish | llevarse | |
Catalan | conduir, dur, percebre, portar, rebre, tornar |
Meaning | Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | contract, get | |
Narrower | catch | contract |
Broader | sicken, come down | Get sick |
Similar to | catch | contract |
Spanish | coger, contraer | |
Catalan | agafar, contreure |
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