--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 25 description: The 644 words of the English dictionary under L, 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/L/page/25/) [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/) / L # L — The English dictionary · page 25 [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:* A litre is a unit for measuring liquids and the space inside things (volume).[↗](../../litre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A litre has 1000 millilitres.[↗](../../litre/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A litre is also an amount of something that fills that much: a litre of milk.[↗](../../litre/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tank holds 40 litres.[↗](../../litre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk costs 1 dollar a litre.[↗](../../litre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She drinks 2 litres of water a day.[↗](../../litre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many millilitres in 3 litres?[↗](../../litre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A litre has 1000 millilitres.[↗](../../litre/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This jug holds half a litre of juice.[↗](../../litre/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bath held about 150 litres of water.[↗](../../litre/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Petrol costs more per litre this year.[↗](../../litre/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure the water in litres with a measuring jug.[↗](../../litre/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **litter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Litter is rubbish like paper, cans and wrappers left lying on the ground in a public place.[↗](../../litter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A litter is a group of baby animals born to one mother at the same time.[↗](../../litter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Cat litter is the material in a tray that a cat uses as a toilet.[↗](../../litter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To litter is to drop rubbish on the ground, or to be spread untidily over a place.[↗](../../litter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A litter is a bed or chair carried on poles by people, used in the past to carry someone.[↗](../../litter/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please don't drop litter in the park.[↗](../../litter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class went litter picking on the beach.[↗](../../litter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog had a litter of six puppies.[↗](../../litter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your wrapper in the litter bin.[↗](../../litter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean the cat's litter tray every day.[↗](../../litter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toys littered the bedroom floor.[↗](../../litter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the meantime the Princess Cabbage-Stalk had reached the palace, travelling in a litter.[↗](../../litter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; threescore mighty men are about it, of the mighty men of Israel.[↗](../../litter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.3.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../litter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **little** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Little means small in size: a little house.[↗](../../little/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Little means young: my little brother.[↗](../../little/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «A little» means a small amount, some: a little milk.[↗](../../little/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Little» without «a» means not much, almost none: little time.[↗](../../little/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* As an adverb, a little means slightly: a little tired.[↗](../../little/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* First, a little revision of what we learned before …[↗](../../little/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A little box holds 4 crayons.[↗](../../little/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister is three.[↗](../../little/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have a little more juice?[↗](../../little/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is little water left in the bottle.[↗](../../little/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I am a little tired after the race.[↗](../../little/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Little by little the snowman melted.[↗](../../little/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The three little pigs built three houses.[↗](../../little/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I can!" said the little Rabbit.[↗](../../little/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food.[↗](../../little/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../little/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl; (Torah LEV.11.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../little/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl; (Torah DEU.14.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../little/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.[↗](../../little/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.16.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../little/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, (Writings JOB.10.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../little/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.[↗](../../little/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../little/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **liturgy** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The set words, prayers and songs used in a religious service.[↗](../../liturgy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **liv** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short form of «living», as in «liv rm» for living room in house adverts or notes.[↗](../../liv/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Liv: a girl's name, short for Olivia or a Scandinavian name meaning «life».[↗](../../liv/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal) A short form sometimes used for Liverpool, especially in sports scores and lists.[↗](../../liv/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Liv is my best friend at school.[↗](../../liv/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The house advert said «3 bed, large liv rm».[↗](../../liv/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Liv scored the winning goal.[↗](../../liv/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Liv and her brother walked the dog.[↗](../../liv/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The score read «Liv 2 Ars 1».[↗](../../liv/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin Olivia likes to be called Liv.[↗](../../liv/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask Liv if she wants to come to the park.[↗](../../liv/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.[↗](../../liv/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liv/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.[↗](../../liv/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liv/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.[↗](../../liv/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liv/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou openest Thy hand, and satisfiest every living thing with favour.[↗](../../liv/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.145.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liv/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I shall walk before the LORD in the lands of the living.[↗](../../liv/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.116.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liv/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?[↗](../../liv/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liv/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **live** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To live is to be alive.[↗](../../live/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To live somewhere is to have your home there.[↗](../../live/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To live a certain way is to spend your life like that: live happily.[↗](../../live/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Live (adjective) means alive, not dead: live animals.[↗](../../live/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Live means happening now, not recorded: a live show.[↗](../../live/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A live wire carries electricity and is dangerous.[↗](../../live/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 4 people live in the house.[↗](../../live/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 120 fish live in the pond.[↗](../../live/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They live 3 km from the school.[↗](../../live/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many animals live on the farm?[↗](../../live/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandma lives in Canada.[↗](../../live/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Penguins live in cold places.[↗](../../live/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants need water and light to live.[↗](../../live/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the match live on TV.[↗](../../live/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Never touch a live electric wire.[↗](../../live/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they lived happily ever after.[↗](../../live/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said: 'Thou hast saved our lives.[↗](../../live/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../live/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.[↗](../../live/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../live/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham said unto God: 'Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!'[↗](../../live/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.17.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../live/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · If a man die, may he live again?[↗](../../live/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.14.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../live/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Then said Daniel unto the king: 'O king, live for ever\![↗](../../live/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.6.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../live/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?[↗](../../live/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../live/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **livelihood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A livelihood is the way a person earns money to pay for food and a home.[↗](../../livelihood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A fisherman earns his livelihood from the sea.[↗](../../livelihood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fiddler lost his livelihood when he lost his fiddle.[↗](../../livelihood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many farmers depend on the land for a livelihood.[↗](../../livelihood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **livelong** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Livelong means whole or entire, used with a time: the livelong day is the whole day.[↗](../../livelong/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He worked the livelong day.[↗](../../livelong/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She sat by the fire the livelong night.[↗](../../livelong/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy walked the livelong day.[↗](../../livelong/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lively means full of energy, fun and activity.[↗](../../lively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lively place, party or discussion is busy, exciting and noisy.[↗](../../lively/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Lively colours are bright and strong.[↗](../../lively/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puppy was lively and jumped all around.[↗](../../lively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a lively debate about school uniforms.[↗](../../lively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The market is lively on Saturdays.[↗](../../lively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The band played lively music.[↗](../../lively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Look lively — the bus is leaving\![↗](../../lively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her lively painting was full of reds and yellows.[↗](../../lively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They were young and lively, but poor.[↗](../../lively/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.'[↗](../../lively/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lively/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **liver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The liver is a large organ in your body, under your ribs on the right, that cleans the blood, stores energy and helps digest food.[↗](../../liver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Liver is the liver of an animal eaten as food.[↗](../../liver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A liver (rare) is a person who lives in a certain way: «a clean liver».[↗](../../liver/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The liver is under your right ribs.[↗](../../liver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your liver cleans your blood.[↗](../../liver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The liver makes bile to help digest fat.[↗](../../liver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa likes liver and onions for dinner.[↗](../../liver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The liver is the biggest organ inside the body.[↗](../../liver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much alcohol can damage the liver.[↗](../../liver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We dissected a sheep's liver in science.[↗](../../liver/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The liver stores energy from food.[↗](../../liver/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But the fat, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver of the sin-offering, he made smoke upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.[↗](../../liver/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liver/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and the fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver.[↗](../../liver/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liver/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys.[↗](../../liver/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.3.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liver/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteneth to the snare — and knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.[↗](../../liver/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liver/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.[↗](../../liver/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.21.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liver/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Mine eyes do fail with tears, mine inwards burn, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the breach of the daughter of my people; because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the broad places of the city.[↗](../../liver/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.2.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liver/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **livery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A special uniform worn by servants of a great house or by members of a company or guild in the past.[↗](../../livery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The colours and design of a company's vehicles: «the airline's livery».[↗](../../livery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (livery stable / livery yard) A place where horses are kept and fed for their owners, or hired out, for payment.[↗](../../livery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The footman wore a smart livery with gold buttons.[↗](../../livery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Two footmen in livery stood at the door.[↗](../../livery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The trains have a new red and white livery.[↗](../../livery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fish-Footman was in livery, though he looked like a fish.[↗](../../livery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad keeps his horse at a livery yard.[↗](../../livery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The servants' livery showed which family they worked for.[↗](../../livery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was dressed in court livery.[↗](../../livery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **livestock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Animals kept on a farm for food, milk, wool or work, such as cows, sheep, pigs, goats and chickens.[↗](../../livestock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer raises livestock and grows wheat.[↗](../../livestock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Livestock need water every day in hot weather.[↗](../../livestock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cows, sheep and pigs are livestock.[↗](../../livestock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The livestock were moved to higher ground before the flood.[↗](../../livestock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw prize livestock at the country show.[↗](../../livestock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A farm has 12 sheep and 8 cows, so it has 20 head of livestock.[↗](../../livestock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.\][↗](../../livestock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") Like what did He make them?[↗](../../livestock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (A city) \[strife\].[↗](../../livestock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../livestock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **liveth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «liveth» means «lives», a form of «live».[↗](../../liveth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To live is to be alive.[↗](../../liveth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.[↗](../../liveth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.3, JPS 1917) · Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.[↗](../../liveth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.15, JPS 1917) · Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you; or else, as Pharaoh liveth, surely ye are spies.'[↗](../../liveth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.16, JPS 1917) **livid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very, very angry, so angry you can hardly keep calm.[↗](../../livid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of skin) Dark blue-grey or purple, like the colour of a bad bruise.[↗](../../livid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, old) Pale or ashen in the face, from shock or anger.[↗](../../livid/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum was livid when she saw mud all over the new carpet.[↗](../../livid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach was absolutely livid about the late kick-off.[↗](../../livid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad went livid when he heard someone had scratched the car.[↗](../../livid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was livid with her brother for reading her diary.[↗](../../livid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A livid bruise spread across his knee after the fall.[↗](../../livid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher looked livid, so the whole class went silent.[↗](../../livid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I was livid at myself for forgetting my lunch again.[↗](../../livid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The old story says his face turned livid with fear.[↗](../../livid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When the King, who was still at table and laughing at the good trick he had played his creditor, heard him again reclaiming his money, he became livid with rage.[↗](../../livid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **lizard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lizard is a reptile with scaly skin, four short legs and a long tail, such as a gecko or iguana.[↗](../../lizard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A lizard was sunbathing on the warm rock.[↗](../../lizard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The gecko is a lizard that can climb walls.[↗](../../lizard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lizard dropped its tail and ran away.[↗](../../lizard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lizards are reptiles with scaly skin.[↗](../../lizard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin has a pet bearded dragon, which is a kind of lizard.[↗](../../lizard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after holding a lizard.[↗](../../lizard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He looked like a giant lizard with legs and arms.[↗](../../lizard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.[↗](../../lizard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lizard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds, (Torah LEV.11.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lizard/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **llama** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A llama is a South American animal like a small camel without a hump, with a long neck and thick woolly coat, kept for carrying loads and for its wool.[↗](../../llama/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Buddhism) A different word, lama (one l), means a Buddhist teacher, like the Dalai Lama.[↗](../../llama/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Llamas carried our bags up the mountain path in Peru.[↗](../../llama/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A llama spat at the farmer when he got too close.[↗](../../llama/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Llamas are related to camels.[↗](../../llama/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Incas used llamas as pack animals.[↗](../../llama/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some farms in Britain keep llamas to protect sheep from foxes.[↗](../../llama/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An alpaca is smaller and fluffier than a llama.[↗](../../llama/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We went llama trekking on our holiday.[↗](../../llama/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · An enormous cobra which had crept up the stem of a tall palm tree threw itself on to a little llama that was grazing at the foot.[↗](../../llama/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/24/) **25** 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