--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 22 description: The 1215 words of the English dictionary under A, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / A # A — The English dictionary · page 22 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* What you are trying to do or get; your goal or purpose.[↗](../../aim/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To point a ball, an arrow or a camera at something you want to hit or reach.[↗](../../aim/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To plan or try to do something (We aim to finish by lunch).[↗](../../aim/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To direct words or an action at a particular person or group (The book is aimed at children).[↗](../../aim/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Your skill at hitting what you point at (good aim).[↗](../../aim/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The aim of this experiment is to find out which material keeps ice frozen longest.[↗](../../aim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Aim the ball at the middle of the hoop.[↗](../../aim/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We aim to raise 200 dollars for the animal shelter.[↗](../../aim/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The archer took aim and hit the target.[↗](../../aim/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This show is aimed at young children.[↗](../../aim/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His aim is to swim a whole length without stopping.[↗](../../aim/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never aim a water pistol at someone's eyes.[↗](../../aim/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her aim was perfect — she knocked down every can.[↗](../../aim/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He took aim, and let it fly.[↗](../../aim/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Distribution was delayed unril this year (1922) by a supplement aiming at a solution of the Pythagorean philosophy.[↗](../../aim/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../aim/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · § 10 The ten digits and zero, their appearance is like light- ning; to their aim there is no limit.[↗](../../aim/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../aim/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word; (Writings PSA.64.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aim/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **aimlessly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without any purpose, plan or direction: they wandered aimlessly round town.[↗](../../aimlessly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We wandered aimlessly around the shops.[↗](../../aimlessly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat drifted aimlessly on the river.[↗](../../aimlessly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He kicked a stone aimlessly along the road.[↗](../../aimlessly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice walked aimlessly through the wood.[↗](../../aimlessly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy ran aimlessly round the garden.[↗](../../aimlessly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She flicked aimlessly through the magazine.[↗](../../aimlessly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After wandering aimlessly through several countries, I resolved to come to Bagdad and request an audience of the Commander of the Faithful.[↗](../../aimlessly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ain is not a word on its own; it is the first part of «ain't», a short form cut off at the apostrophe.[↗](../../ain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, nonstandard) Ain't means am not, is not, are not, has not or have not, as in «I ain't got any».[↗](../../ain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «I ain't going,» said the boy in the story.[↗](../../ain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It ain't fair — she got more cake\![↗](../../ain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «We ain't seen nothing yet,» the farmer laughed.[↗](../../ain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If it ain't broke, don't fix it.[↗](../../ain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In your essay, write «isn't», not «ain't».[↗](../../ain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «You ain't finished your sums,» Nan grumbled.[↗](../../ain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Brer Fox ain't sayin' nuthin' 'tall.[↗](../../ain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; (Torah NUM.34.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Non-existent ; the word is AIN, nothingness.[↗](../../ain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ain precedes Ain Suph, boundlessness; and Ain Suph Aur, Boundless Light.[↗](../../ain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages; (Prophets JOS.19.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; (Writings 1CH.4.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.[↗](../../ain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.15.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **air** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Air is the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us, but we cannot see it.[↗](../../air/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «The air» is the space above the ground, as in «throw it in the air».[↗](../../air/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To air a room is to let fresh air in.[↗](../../air/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An air is a way someone looks or seems, or a tune.[↗](../../air/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Air can also mean flying or travelling through the sky, as in an airship.[↗](../../air/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He puts air in 4 tires.[↗](../../air/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each balloon holds 2 liters of air.[↗](../../air/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane flew 500 miles through the air.[↗](../../air/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She blew air into 12 balloons.[↗](../../air/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's go outside for some fresh air.[↗](../../air/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Throw the ball high in the air.[↗](../../air/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen.[↗](../../air/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The show goes on air at 7.[↗](../../air/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Open the window to air the room.[↗](../../air/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants help keep the air clean.[↗](../../air/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship of the air comes.[↗](../../air/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.[↗](../../air/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../air/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And thy carcasses shall be food unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to frighten them away.[↗](../../air/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../air/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.[↗](../../air/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../air/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.[↗](../../air/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../air/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.[↗](../../air/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../air/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.[↗](../../air/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.8.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../air/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **airborne** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moving or carried through the air: «airborne seeds», «airborne germs».[↗](../../airborne/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a plane, bird or person) Off the ground and flying: «The plane is airborne.».[↗](../../airborne/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (military) Soldiers trained to arrive by parachute or aircraft: «airborne troops».[↗](../../airborne/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dandelion seeds were airborne in seconds.[↗](../../airborne/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane became airborne at the end of the runway.[↗](../../airborne/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Colds can be airborne, so catch your sneeze in a tissue.[↗](../../airborne/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The skateboarder was airborne over the ramp.[↗](../../airborne/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pollen is airborne in spring.[↗](../../airborne/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kite stayed airborne for an hour.[↗](../../airborne/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aircraft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Any machine that flies in the air, such as an aeroplane, helicopter, glider or airship.[↗](../../aircraft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (in phrases) aircraft carrier: a huge ship that aeroplanes can take off from and land on.[↗](../../aircraft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A helicopter is a kind of aircraft.[↗](../../aircraft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The aircraft landed safely in the fog.[↗](../../aircraft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Three aircraft flew over the school.[↗](../../aircraft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The aircraft carries 180 passengers, so 3 flights carry 540.[↗](../../aircraft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fasten your seat belt while the aircraft is moving.[↗](../../aircraft/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An aircraft carrier is like a floating airport.[↗](../../aircraft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **airdrop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An airdrop is sending food, medicine or other supplies by dropping them from an aircraft, often by parachute.[↗](../../airdrop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To airdrop something is to drop it from a plane to people on the ground.[↗](../../airdrop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computers, AirDrop) AirDrop is an Apple feature for sending photos or files to a nearby device; people say «airdrop it to me».[↗](../../airdrop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The army made an airdrop of food to the flooded villages.[↗](../../airdrop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Medicine was airdropped to the cut-off town.[↗](../../airdrop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Parachutes slowed the boxes in the airdrop.[↗](../../airdrop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the game, an airdrop brings new supplies.[↗](../../airdrop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you airdrop me that photo?[↗](../../airdrop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Airdrops can help when roads are blocked by snow.[↗](../../airdrop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **airflow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The movement of air from one place to another, for example through a room, a machine or around a wing.[↗](../../airflow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Open a window to improve the airflow.[↗](../../airflow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't block the airflow to the laptop fan.[↗](../../airflow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Airflow over the wing helps the plane lift.[↗](../../airflow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested airflow with streamers in a wind tunnel.[↗](../../airflow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fridge needs airflow at the back.[↗](../../airflow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Good airflow keeps the classroom fresh.[↗](../../airflow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **airless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With no fresh air moving; stuffy and hard to breathe in: «an airless room».[↗](../../airless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* With no air at all: «the airless surface of the Moon».[↗](../../airless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of weather) Very still, with no wind.[↗](../../airless/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The classroom was hot and airless, so we opened the windows.[↗](../../airless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Moon is airless, so astronauts carry oxygen.[↗](../../airless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was an airless summer night.[↗](../../airless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cellar was dark and airless.[↗](../../airless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound cannot travel in airless space.[↗](../../airless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We felt sleepy in the airless bus.[↗](../../airless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now, that night happened to be very hot and airless, and the prince, after vainly trying to rest, at length got up and went to the window.[↗](../../airless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **airline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An airline is a company that flies planes carrying passengers or goods to different places.[↗](../../airline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An air line can also be a pipe or tube that carries air, for example to a diver.[↗](../../airline/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Which airline are we flying with?[↗](../../airline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The airline lost our suitcase.[↗](../../airline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is an airline pilot.[↗](../../airline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The airline gave us snacks on the plane.[↗](../../airline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Airline rules say liquids must be in small bottles.[↗](../../airline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A big airline has hundreds of planes.[↗](../../airline/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The airline ticket cost 300 dollars each, so 4 tickets cost 1200 dollars.[↗](../../airline/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Each airline has its own logo on the plane's tail.[↗](../../airline/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **airliner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large aeroplane that carries passengers on regular flights for an airline.[↗](../../airliner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The airliner carried three hundred passengers to Sydney.[↗](../../airliner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A jumbo jet is a huge airliner.[↗](../../airliner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the airliners take off at the airport.[↗](../../airliner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Airliners fly very high, above most clouds.[↗](../../airliner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot flew the airliner safely through the storm.[↗](../../airliner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Modern airliners have two or four jet engines.[↗](../../airliner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **airplane** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A flying machine with wings and engines that carries people or goods through the air.[↗](../../airplane/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A toy model of such a machine, including a paper airplane.[↗](../../airplane/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We flew to see Grandma in a big airplane.[↗](../../airplane/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The airplane took off from the runway.[↗](../../airplane/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I folded a paper airplane in class and it flew across the room.[↗](../../airplane/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In science we learned how wings help an airplane fly.[↗](../../airplane/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your phone in airplane mode during the flight.[↗](../../airplane/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The airplane landed safely in the storm.[↗](../../airplane/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother wants to be an airplane pilot.[↗](../../airplane/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **airport** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place where aeroplanes take off and land, with buildings (terminals) where passengers check in, go through security and wait for their flights.[↗](../../airport/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went to the airport to catch our plane to Spain.[↗](../../airport/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Airport security checked my backpack.[↗](../../airport/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa picked us up from the airport.[↗](../../airport/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The departures board shows when flights leave.[↗](../../airport/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our flight was delayed, so we waited at the airport for hours.[↗](../../airport/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Heathrow is a huge airport in London.[↗](../../airport/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay close to your family in the busy airport.[↗](../../airport/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Planes land on the long runways at the airport.[↗](../../airport/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **airtight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Airtight means sealed so tightly that no air can get in or out.[↗](../../airtight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) An airtight argument, alibi or case has no weak points and cannot be proved wrong.[↗](../../airtight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Keep the biscuits in an airtight tin so they stay crunchy.[↗](../../airtight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The jar has an airtight lid.[↗](../../airtight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Without air, the candle in the airtight jar went out.[↗](../../airtight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts' spacesuits must be airtight.[↗](../../airtight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never play inside an airtight box or old fridge — you could not breathe.[↗](../../airtight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective could not arrest him because his alibi was airtight.[↗](../../airtight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her argument was airtight; nobody could find a flaw.[↗](../../airtight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Oz painted it on the inside with a coat of thin glue, to make it airtight, after which he announced that the balloon was ready.[↗](../../airtight/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **airway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The passage that air travels through from the nose and mouth to the lungs (throat and windpipe).[↗](../../airway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A route through the sky that planes regularly use.[↗](../../airway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Airways: used in names of airlines (British Airways).[↗](../../airway/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Air goes through your airway to your lungs.[↗](../../airway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In first aid, check that the airway is clear.[↗](../../airway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tilt the head back to open the airway.[↗](../../airway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Food stuck in the airway makes a person choke.[↗](../../airway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Asthma makes the airways narrow and tight.[↗](../../airway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The recovery position keeps the airway open.[↗](../../airway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · British Airways is an airline.[↗](../../airway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **airy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Full of fresh air and space, light and open.[↗](../../airy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Light and delicate, like air.[↗](../../airy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Not serious, careless, as in an airy wave of the hand.[↗](../../airy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our new classroom is bright and airy.[↗](../../airy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was light and airy.[↗](../../airy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave an airy wave and walked off.[↗](../../airy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Open the windows to make the room airy.[↗](../../airy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His plans sound a bit airy-fairy to me.[↗](../../airy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The airy tent was cool in the summer heat.[↗](../../airy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · These loose, airy wool-flowers are very beautiful, and look like fine snowy feathers or down.[↗](../../airy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **aisle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An aisle is a long, narrow passage between rows of seats (in a church, theatre, plane, bus or classroom) or between shelves (in a supermarket or library).[↗](../../aisle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Walk down the aisle» means to get married in a church.[↗](../../aisle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cereal is in aisle three.[↗](../../aisle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your bag out of the aisle so nobody trips.[↗](../../aisle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I sat in the aisle seat on the plane.[↗](../../aisle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bride walked down the aisle.[↗](../../aisle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We lined up in the aisle between the desks.[↗](../../aisle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was so funny, people were rolling in the aisles.[↗](../../aisle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Incense floated through the lofty painted and gilded aisles, where a solemn twilight reigned.[↗](../../aisle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ajar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ajar means a door or window partly open, not shut and not wide open.[↗](../../ajar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The back door stood ajar.[↗](../../ajar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave the window ajar so the room gets some air.[↗](../../ajar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Through the ajar door she heard sobbing.[↗](../../ajar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **akan** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A man's name, a son of Ezer in the family of Seir the Horite.[↗](../../akan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.[↗](../../akan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.36.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../akan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **akimbo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Akimbo means with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards, like a jug handle.[↗](../../akimbo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer stood with his arms akimbo.[↗](../../akimbo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She put her hands on her hips, arms akimbo, and frowned.[↗](../../akimbo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He set his arms akimbo and flew off like a falcon.[↗](../../akimbo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") 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