--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 20 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, 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/C/page/20/) [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/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 20 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A chamberlain was an officer in charge of the rooms and household business of a king, queen or lord in old times.[↗](../../chamberlain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "I know who he says he is," said the Chamberlain.[↗](../../chamberlain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The chamberlains walked along proudly.[↗](../../chamberlain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Chamberlain pushed into the room.[↗](../../chamberlain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · While they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hastened to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.[↗](../../chamberlain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.6.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chamberlain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains; therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.[↗](../../chamberlain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chamberlain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 'What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, forasmuch as she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?'[↗](../../chamberlain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.1.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chamberlain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **chambermaid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A chambermaid is a female servant who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a large house or hotel.[↗](../../chambermaid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chambermaids were pleased with the news.[↗](../../chambermaid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One chambermaid served Fortune's attendant.[↗](../../chambermaid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The chambermaid tidied the room.[↗](../../chambermaid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **chameleon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A chameleon is a kind of lizard that can change the colour of its skin, has eyes that move separately, and catches insects with a very long, sticky tongue.[↗](../../chameleon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) A person who changes their opinions or behaviour to fit in with whoever they are with is called a chameleon.[↗](../../chameleon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chameleon's tongue shot out and caught a cricket.[↗](../../chameleon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A chameleon can look forward and backward at the same time.[↗](../../chameleon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The chameleon turned bright when it was angry.[↗](../../chameleon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chameleons grip branches with their feet and curly tail.[↗](../../chameleon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many chameleons live in Madagascar.[↗](../../chameleon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He's a real chameleon — he agrees with whoever he's talking to.[↗](../../chameleon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The chameleon moved slowly along the branch.[↗](../../chameleon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.[↗](../../chameleon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chameleon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **chamois** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A chamois is a small wild animal like a goat, with short horns, that lives high in mountains.[↗](../../chamois/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Many a chamois have I crushed."[↗](../../chamois/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He saw two chamois high up the mountain.[↗](../../chamois/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His uncle was a chamois hunter.[↗](../../chamois/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **champ** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Short for champion, a winner.[↗](../../champ/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A friendly word for someone who did well ("Good job, champ!").[↗](../../champ/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To bite or chew noisily, as horses do.[↗](../../champ/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Champing (or chomping) at the bit: very impatient and eager to start.[↗](../../champ/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Champ de Mars is a large open park in Paris, France, where the Eiffel Tower stands.[↗](../../champ/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She's the new spelling champ\![↗](../../champ/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Well done, champ, you scored a goal\![↗](../../champ/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad called me a champ for helping.[↗](../../champ/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse champed at its hay.[↗](../../champ/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We were champing at the bit to go outside.[↗](../../champ/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The boxing champ held up his belt.[↗](../../champ/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You're a real champ for carrying all the bags.[↗](../../champ/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Champ de Mars, however, these were to be seen more splendid, more wonderful than in the East, for human art had converted the airy deceptive scenes into reality.[↗](../../champ/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **champagne** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sparkling (fizzy) white or pink wine made in the Champagne area of France, drunk at celebrations.[↗](../../champagne/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Loosely, any fizzy wine (though strictly only wine from Champagne may be called champagne).[↗](../../champagne/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pale golden-cream colour.[↗](../../champagne/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The grown-ups drank champagne at midnight on New Year's Eve.[↗](../../champagne/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The winner sprayed champagne over the crowd.[↗](../../champagne/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At the wedding, everyone raised a glass of champagne for a toast.[↗](../../champagne/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Champagne comes from a region of France with the same name.[↗](../../champagne/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We children had fizzy apple juice instead of champagne.[↗](../../champagne/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bride's dress was a soft champagne colour.[↗](../../champagne/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Well,’ said the King, ‘since you are so kind as to ask me, I prefer champagne to anything else.’[↗](../../champagne/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **champion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A champion is a person or team that has won a competition, especially the most important one: «the world champion».[↗](../../champion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A champion of something is a person who fights for it or speaks up for it: «a champion of children's rights».[↗](../../champion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To champion something means to support it and argue for it strongly.[↗](../../champion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK, informal, old-fashioned) «Champion!» means excellent, great.[↗](../../champion/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In old tales, a champion is a brave fighter chosen to fight for a king or another person.[↗](../../champion/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class were the sports day champions\![↗](../../champion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is the world champion at chess.[↗](../../champion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The defending champions lost in the first round.[↗](../../champion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Martin Luther King was a champion of equal rights.[↗](../../champion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our head teacher champions reading for pleasure.[↗](../../champion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight fought as the queen's champion.[↗](../../champion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «How was the match?»[↗](../../champion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") «Champion!»[↗](../../champion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (UK, informal, Northern)[↗](../../champion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Liverpool became champions of the league.[↗](../../champion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.[↗](../../champion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../champion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words; and David heard them.[↗](../../champion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../champion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was again war at Gath, where was a champion, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.[↗](../../champion/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.21.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../champion/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **championship** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A competition to find the best player or team in a sport or game: «the world championship».[↗](../../championship/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The title or position of being the champion: «She won the championship.».[↗](../../championship/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Strong support for a cause: «his championship of animal rights».[↗](../../championship/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our team won the county championship.[↗](../../championship/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The swimming championship lasts three days.[↗](../../championship/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is training for the world championship.[↗](../../championship/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school chess championship is on Friday.[↗](../../championship/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They lost in the final of the championship.[↗](../../championship/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Leeds played in the Championship last season.[↗](../../championship/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **chance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A chance is a time when you can do something; an opportunity.[↗](../../chance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Chance is how likely something is to happen; the possibility.[↗](../../chance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Chance is luck: things happening without anyone planning them.[↗](../../chance/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To chance it (informal) is to try something risky and hope it works.[↗](../../chance/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I didn't get a chance to say goodbye.[↗](../../chance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a good chance of rain tomorrow.[↗](../../chance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We met by chance at the shops.[↗](../../chance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · What's the chance of rolling a six?[↗](../../chance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") It's 1 in 6.[↗](../../chance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tossing a coin gives an even chance of heads or tails.[↗](../../chance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Give him a second chance; he said sorry.[↗](../../chance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't take chances when crossing the road.[↗](../../chance/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · No chance\![↗](../../chance/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") I'm not jumping in that cold lake.[↗](../../chance/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And at length chance helped him.[↗](../../chance/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David.[↗](../../chance/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.18.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chance/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the young man that told him said: 'As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen pressed hard upon him.[↗](../../chance/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chance/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **chancellor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A chancellor is the chief adviser or minister of a king, queen or government.[↗](../../chancellor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Chancellor answered: "The Manticora, of course."[↗](../../chancellor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "They are yours, Your Majesty," answered the Chancellor.[↗](../../chancellor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Chancellor said, "Don't be a silly little King."[↗](../../chancellor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **chandelier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A chandelier is a large light fitting that hangs from a ceiling, with many candles or bulbs and often glass drops that sparkle.[↗](../../chandelier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chandelier gave little leaps.[↗](../../chandelier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a chandelier in the great hall.[↗](../../chandelier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cut-glass chandelier sparkled over the dancers.[↗](../../chandelier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **change** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To change is to make something different, or to become different.[↗](../../change/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A change is a time when something becomes different.[↗](../../change/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Change is the money you get back when you pay more than the price.[↗](../../change/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Change is also coins, like loose change in your pocket.[↗](../../change/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To change clothes is to take some off and put others on.[↗](../../change/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To change trains or buses is to get off one and onto another.[↗](../../change/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Keep the change», «got any change?», «spare change?» are about money; «that makes a change» (often sarcastic) means that is unusual.[↗](../../change/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (casual, rude) «Change the record» (UK) means stop saying the same thing; «you'll never change» can be a complaint.[↗](../../change/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (euphemism) «The change» (old) means the time when a woman stops having periods; «a change of role» or «restructuring» may mean losing a job.[↗](../../change/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 10:* (formal) Exams say «alter», «modify», «vary», «transform», «the variation», «the net change», «the increment», «the decrement» and «the balance tendered».[↗](../../change/#m10 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She paid 10 dollars for a 7-dollar book.[↗](../../change/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") What is her change?[↗](../../change/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature changed by 5 degrees.[↗](../../change/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He has 2 dollars in change.[↗](../../change/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves change colour in the fall.[↗](../../change/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please change into your PE clothes.[↗](../../change/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We changed buses at the station.[↗](../../change/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice changes into water when it melts.[↗](../../change/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She changed her mind and picked the blue one.[↗](../../change/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's eat outside for a change.[↗](../../change/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Here's a tenner, keep the change.[↗](../../change/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · You're on time, that makes a change\![↗](../../change/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A purchaser tenders 10 dollars for an article priced at 7 dollars.[↗](../../change/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") Compute the change due.[↗](../../change/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Really I've no change just now."[↗](../../change/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.[↗](../../change/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../change/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.[↗](../../change/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../change/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · and Nebo, and Baal-meon — their names being changed — and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded.[↗](../../change/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.32.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../change/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · How is the most fine gold changed\![↗](../../change/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../change/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Do I change, O house of Jacob?[↗](../../change/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../change/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way?[↗](../../change/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../change/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **changeable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Likely to change often, not staying the same, like changeable weather.[↗](../../changeable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Able to be changed.[↗](../../changeable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The weather is changeable, so take a raincoat.[↗](../../changeable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · April weather in Ireland is very changeable.[↗](../../changeable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His mood was changeable, happy one minute and cross the next.[↗](../../changeable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone has a changeable cover.[↗](../../changeable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Weather forecasts say "changeable" when sun and showers mix.[↗](../../changeable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **changeful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Changeful means often changing, not staying the same for long.[↗](../../changeful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Morpheus is a changeful god who can take any shape he likes.[↗](../../changeful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea was changeful, calm one moment and stormy the next.[↗](../../changeful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ahti is changeful and touchy, so be careful with him.[↗](../../changeful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **changer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or thing that changes something.[↗](../../changer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A machine that changes things, like a coin changer that gives you smaller coins.[↗](../../changer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Game changer: something that changes a situation in a big way.[↗](../../changer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The new playground slide was a game changer for our break times.[↗](../../changer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a note in the coin changer to get coins.[↗](../../changer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus drove the money changers out of the temple.[↗](../../changer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The internet was a real game changer.[↗](../../changer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My bike's gear changer is broken.[↗](../../changer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A good teacher can be a life changer.[↗](../../changer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby changer is in the toilets.[↗](../../changer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My son is a money-changer, and if you will follow me he will weigh them for you himself.[↗](../../changer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **channel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A channel is a TV or radio station, or a stream of online videos: a cartoon channel, a YouTube channel.[↗](../../channel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A channel is a narrow stretch of sea between two pieces of land: the English Channel.[↗](../../channel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A channel is a long narrow passage that water flows along, like a ditch or a deep part of a river where ships can sail.[↗](../../channel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A channel is a way of communicating or sending information: «through official channels».[↗](../../channel/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To channel something (water, energy, money) is to direct it to one place or purpose.[↗](../../channel/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What channel is the cartoon on?[↗](../../channel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't change the channel.[↗](../../channel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The English Channel lies between England and France.[↗](../../channel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Water flowed along the channel in the field.[↗](../../channel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ships sailed through the deep channel.[↗](../../channel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She channels her energy into football.[↗](../../channel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask a parent before you subscribe to a channel.[↗](../../channel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We swam the channel between two islands.[↗](../../channel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Empire of Blefuscu is an island parted from Lilliput only by a channel eight hundred yards wide.[↗](../../channel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.[↗](../../channel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../channel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow, (Writings JOB.6.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../channel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder; (Writings JOB.38.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../channel/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **chant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Words or a phrase repeated over and over in a rhythm, often by a crowd.[↗](../../chant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) A simple tune used to sing prayers or psalms, like plainchant or Gregorian chant.[↗](../../chant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To say or sing words again and again in a rhythm.[↗](../../chant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fans chanted the team's name.[↗](../../chant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We chant our times tables every morning.[↗](../../chant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The monks sang a slow chant in the chapel.[↗](../../chant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "We want more!" chanted the crowd.[↗](../../chant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The playground chant goes "one, two, buckle my shoe".[↗](../../chant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The protesters chanted for change.[↗](../../chant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gregorian chant is very old church music.[↗](../../chant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The incense rises in clouds, and the monks chant the funeral hymn.[↗](../../chant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/19/) **20** [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/21/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/19/) - next →: [page 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