Chat With Joey

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I'm not very festive

The hall looked very festive with its Christmas tree.

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having or producing happy and enjoyable feelings suitable for a festival or other special occasion

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you were implying I was meant to ask you something else

Can't believe you'd imply otherwise

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andeuten

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You really have it all

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The perfect catch

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mi'raculously

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wie durch ein Wunder

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to commute takes up to an hour and a half

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pendeln

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Yours to my work would be a dreamy 25-minute commute

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your place

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train strikes

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r Streik

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I just doss on my laptop all day

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pennen

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fairly soon

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ziemlich, einigermassen

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Can spend all day gloating while you're at work

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schadenfroh

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Got anything fun planned before you're swamped in shifts then?

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überflutet, überschwemmt (überfordert)

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manageable

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machbar

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But they take it out of my annual leave which I'd rather keep

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Urlaub

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Must get cramped three in a bed

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eingeengt

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colleague

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Kollege

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I'm feeling pretty horrific. I went out big last night and now feeling the consequences

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schrecklich

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Do you know if you're free at all this week yet if you still fancy it?

but whatever you fancy

What do you fancy, get some food or drinks?

Do you fancy a drink this evening?

[ + -ing verb ] I didn't fancy swimming in that water.

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to want to have or do something

wie du meinst

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Quick turnaround, your diaries filling up as we speak

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e Wende - obrat

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You're in high demand

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Nachfrage

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my work laptop became a paperweight yesterday which kind of ruined my work

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A term describing a heavy technical item which no longer works and could easily be replaced.

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strengthenyour patience

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verstärkt

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manipulation has some negative connotations associated with it

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Assoziation, Nebenbedeutung

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I only work around the corner which is a bit of a faff, and will finish like 5-530ish

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to need a lot of effort or cause slight problems

= pain

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I'll deff be sorted by 530 but can hang around.

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finish

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gotta make decisions in an area I'm weaker on

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nicht (selbst)sicher

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Catch you tomorrow

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See you / TTYL

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Turns out I was bang on when I initially said

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exakt

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Could even try and impress you with my cooking. But that might be for further down the line, it's a risky move

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for later

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Well actually I back my cooking, I'm pretty good. But didn't want to oversell it and disappoint

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befürworten, unterstützen

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But dinner in the morning might be a bit unorthodox

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strange, unkonventionell

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But 28/29 sounds like you're around in the evening

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you're free

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That's quite a bold call.

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brave izkazvane

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bald

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glatzköpfig

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Tbf the pain is self-inflicted

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selbst zugefügter Schmerz

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I woke up in pain at like 7 am and just rolled around softly moaning

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vyrgalqm se v leglo

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You'll make me be sensible I'm sure

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vernünftigSo the challenge is on now, got to find better date ideas. Without undermining myself too much, not sure it's my speciality

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So the challenge is on now, got to find better date ideas. Without undermining myself too much, not sure it's my speciality

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challenge accepted

Untergraben/ung

Spezialität

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Classic times.

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things are going the classic way

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pressure

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Druck

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Could've come enjoyed my family's drunken rants

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Tirade, Wutrede

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Well I wouldn't want to intrude

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eindringen, stören

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She can nick that from me.

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steal (klauen)

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Are you trying to treat me mean so you keep me keen?

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be a bitch to keep the guys attention

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And laying on the pressure of having to come up with better dates

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oslanqm se na neshto

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Low expectations and failing to meet them, the classic conundrum.

Arranging childcare over the school holidays can be a real conundrum for working parents.

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a problem that is difficult to deal with

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I'll get onto it

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I will begin work on that

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I'll have to mess up massively. What an enticing challenge

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verlockend

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You can't slip away that easily

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izplyzvam se

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so getting your excuses in early I see.

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in advance

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Autocorrect made that much more over the top than I intended.

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übertrieben

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a fair bit of research involving animals so hopefully you won't hold that against me

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ordentlich

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remember low expectations But I hope I'll deliver

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meet the expectations

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Still, quite elaborate set up with all those fake emails to try and get out of it

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aufwendig

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But I'm too quick for that

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smart

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Place is open past then

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after that

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I think I'll pull through this trauma

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survive

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they're a pale imitation of real life

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jalka imitaciq

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I like winding you up

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To use information (true or fictional) to provoke, tease or deceive.

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Self-deprecating humour

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selbstironisch

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Interrogating me over whether I have feelings or not

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fragend, Befragung

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I Love me some politics

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I always like

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reluctantly, I like you and hanging out with you

- probably not a good example :D

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widerwillig, ungern

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Stakes have been raised

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letvata e vdignata

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I was just about to ask what the deal is for tomorrow

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the plan

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Well that will just rebound on you while you wait for me

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zurückprallen, zurückspringen

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Having to take you literally even when I think you're being sarcastic there ;)

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wort-wörtlich interpretieren

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Relegated to another flatmates room?

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verbannt, abgeschoben

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I feel I have short changed you

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cheated

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That's just coming back to mine willingly

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bereitwillig, gern

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I know people in high places

I literally walk the corridors of power

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important people

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I have the prime minister on speed dial

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na byrzo nabirane

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I could pin you down with one arm

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festnageln

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You're a wee little girl

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winzig

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Also, we'd have to swap the weights between sets

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tauschen

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dumbells

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giri

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You've got me in a corner

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pritisnat v ygyla

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But I don't wanna trek an hour to yours

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biq pyt

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I'm in the embassy district

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posolstvo

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But yea I would like to go do more it's just fitting it around things

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vkliuchvam v grafika

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Yea you'd be the crowning jewel

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chereshkata na tortata

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Thought it went without saying

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nqma nujda da spomenavam

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Guys don't have that much pressure to dress up

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natokvam se

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can take your pick from any of the dates

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choose

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If you're bussing, sure

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taking the bus

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I Will hold you to that.

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you might have to make it up to me

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Once I get the generic bit about me done will be fine (of an application)

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der allgemeine Teil

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As long as you don't ditch me in the next 30-40 mins should be fine

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wegschmeissen

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Yea soz I had to wait 10 mins for tube which is ridic

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lächerlich

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I like how up front you are

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direkt

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I feel we have different impressions

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Eindruck

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I'll probs be off in a number of months

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I'll be leaving / gone

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I'm sometimes not so clear which I can try and improve on

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work on smth

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Tbh I just thought you were just not interested and I'd blown it.

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lose an opportunity

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I'll try to make sure my food is up to scratch

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reaching an acceptable standard

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that might be the final straw

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the latest problem in a series of problems, that makes a situation impossible to accept

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Super chore time. - ironing, hoovering and scrubbing

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Hausarbeit, Routinearbeit

tyrkam podove

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Monday 2nd Jan

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