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107 Cards in this Set
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corbata
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tie
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saltando sobre
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jumping over
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charco
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puddle
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cruzar el charco
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to cross the pond/Atlantic
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dar el pésame
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to offer one's condolences
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el pésame
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condolence, sympathy
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percibir
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to perceive, notice, hear
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abrirse paso
abrirse camino |
to make one's way
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bloquear
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to block, blockade, freeze, jam, lock
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alcoba
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bedroom, alcove
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empujar
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to push, press
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empujar a alguien a que haga algo
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to push sb into doing sth
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fondo
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bottom, background, back, depth, heart
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perplejo
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perplexed, confused, bewildered
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profundo
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deep, intense, profound
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dilatado
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dilated, extensive
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dilatar
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to prolong, delay/ to expland, dilate
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fosa
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grave, cavity, pit
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fosas nasales
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nostrils
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espantar
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to frighten, scare away, appall, shock
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esa casa espanta sólo de verla
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that house is frightening just to look at
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el ataúd
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coffin
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abanico
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fan
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trenzar
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to braid, plait, weave in and out
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trenzarse en una discusión
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to get involved in an argument
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contemplar
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to consider, contemplate, look at
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el cadáver
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corpse
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por encima de mi cadáver
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over my dead body
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Cadáver en el armario
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a skeleton in the cupboard
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Ingresó cadáver
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he was dead on arrival (at the hospital)
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el perfil
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profile, outline, shape
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de perfil
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in profile
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el aullido
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howl
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sobresaltar
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to be startled, to startle, start
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dar un estallo
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to publish, expose, make a noise
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estallo
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crash, crack, creaking, the sound of something falling or bursting
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el alarido
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shriek, howl, outcry
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volteo
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turning, overturning, tumbling, whriling
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envolver
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to wrap (up), wind, envelop, cover
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trapo
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cloth, rag, cape
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trapos (informal)
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clothes
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el cornetín
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cornet
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tumbo
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jolt, jerk
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dar tumbos / un tumbo
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to jolt, jerk
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el pendiente
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earring
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la pendiente
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slope
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estar pendiente de un hilo
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to be hanging by a thread (fig)
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estar pendiente de
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to keep an eye on, be waiting for
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despedazar
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to tear apart, shatter, cut into bits
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pedazo
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bit, piece
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sudar
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to sweat
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sudaban a chorros
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they were running with sweat
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sudar la gota gorda
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to sweat bucket-loads
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maltratar
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to ill-treat, damage
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el párpado
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eyelid
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padrino
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godfather
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dirigente
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leader, manager, management, leading
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la clase dirigente
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the ruling class
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la banda
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band, gang,
sash, ribbon, stripe, waveband (radio) |
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banda ancha
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broadband
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cerrarse en banda
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to dig one's heels in
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banda armada
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terrorist organisation
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funebre
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mournful, sad, lamentable
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advertir
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to warn, notice, observe
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cobre
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copper
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no tener un cobre (Am)
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to be flat broke
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certidumbre
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certainty
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el carraspeo
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cough, clearing of one's throat, sore throat
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carraspear
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to clear one's throat
to be hoarse, have a frog in one's throat |
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el mango
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handle
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la asa
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handle
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el cortejo fúnebre
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funeral procession
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desconsolar
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to distress, to afflict
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el grito
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scream, shout
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a grito limpio/pelado
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at the top of one's voice
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ser el último grito
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to be the latest fashion
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el alcalde
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mayor
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la alcaldesa
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mayoress
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el cuartel
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barracks
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lucha sin cuartel
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fight to the death
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cuartel de bomberos
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fire station
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dar cuertel
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to support, encourage
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calzoncillos
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shorts, drawers, underwear, slip
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franela
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flannel, sweatshirt, vest
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hinchar
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to blow up, inflate, swell up, get puffed up
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se hinchó a comer
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she stuffed herself
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nos hinchamos de reír
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we laughed ourselves silly
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descifrar
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to decipher, work out, solve, puzzle out
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Insurrección
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insurrection, revolt
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mordiéndose las uñas
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biting his/her nails
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alabanza
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praise, commendation, glory
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suspirar
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to sigh
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suspirar de
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to sigh with..
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suspirar por hacer algo
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to be longing for sth/ to do sth
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escampar
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to clear up, stop raining
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absorto (en)
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absorbed (in thought)
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tripa
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stomach, gut, belly
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las tripas
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insides
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echar las tripas
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to throw up
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hacer de tripas corazón
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to pluck up one's courage
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hierro forjado
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wrought iron
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hierro fundido
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cast iron
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forjar
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to forge, create, form, invent, carve out for oneself
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forjarse demasiadas ilusiones
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to build up false hopes (for oneself)
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fundir
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to melt, melt down, merge
to blow (electrics) |
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se han fundido los plomos
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the fuse has blown
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el tarro
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jar
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