--- title: R — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 description: The 1025 words of the English dictionary under R, 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/R/page/8/) [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/) / R # R — The English dictionary · page 8 [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 very large black bird of the crow family, with a deep croaking call and a thick beak.[↗](../../raven/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective (of hair) Shiny black: raven hair.[↗](../../raven/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A raven croaked from the top of the castle.[↗](../../raven/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ravens are among the cleverest birds.[↗](../../raven/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Legend says six ravens must stay at the Tower of London.[↗](../../raven/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, ravens brought Elijah bread and meat.[↗](../../raven/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess had long raven hair.[↗](../../raven/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Noah sent out a raven to look for dry land.[↗](../../raven/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the raven shook his head.[↗](../../raven/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and every raven after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raven/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.[↗](../../raven/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raven/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion.[↗](../../raven/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.22.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raven/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.[↗](../../raven/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.147.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raven/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.[↗](../../raven/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raven/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **ravenous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very, very hungry, so hungry that you could eat a great deal.[↗](../../ravenous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the long walk we were ravenous.[↗](../../ravenous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was ravenous and ate two bowls of soup.[↗](../../ravenous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wolf was ravenous and looked for food.[↗](../../ravenous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.[↗](../../ravenous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.18.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ravenous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.[↗](../../ravenous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.28.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ravenous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon, they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there; (Prophets ISA.35.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ravenous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ravine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, usually cut by a stream or river over a long time.[↗](../../ravine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A rope bridge crossed the deep ravine.[↗](../../ravine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The stream has cut a ravine through the rock over thousands of years.[↗](../../ravine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The goat climbed down the side of the ravine.[↗](../../ravine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay on the path; the ravine edge is dangerous.[↗](../../ravine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the dragon lived at the bottom of a ravine.[↗](../../ravine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ferns grew in the damp shade of the ravine.[↗](../../ravine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was soon upon the edge of the ravine.[↗](../../ravine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ravish** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To seize a woman by force and violate her.[↗](../../ravish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (Old English also meant to carry off or enchant.).[↗](../../ravish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.[↗](../../ravish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ravish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?[↗](../../ravish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.5.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ravish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.[↗](../../ravish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.13.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ravish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **raw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Raw food is not cooked.[↗](../../raw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Raw materials are things in their natural state before they are made into something, like raw cotton or crude oil.[↗](../../raw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Raw skin is red and sore, as if rubbed.[↗](../../raw/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Raw feelings are strong and painful.[↗](../../raw/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Raw weather is cold and damp.[↗](../../raw/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never eat raw chicken.[↗](../../raw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrots can be eaten raw or cooked.[↗](../../raw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after touching raw meat.[↗](../../raw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wood is a raw material for paper.[↗](../../raw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My heel was rubbed raw by my new shoes.[↗](../../raw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a raw, windy day at the beach.[↗](../../raw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists collected raw data and then made a graph.[↗](../../raw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They gave him a little piece of raw meat.[↗](../../raw/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But whensoever raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.[↗](../../raw/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raw/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But if the raw flesh again be turned into white, then he shall come unto the priest; (Torah LEV.13.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raw/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.[↗](../../raw/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raw/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.[↗](../../raw/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.58.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raw/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, before the fat was made to smoke, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed: 'Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.'[↗](../../raw/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../raw/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **rawhide** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Animal skin that has been dried but not tanned, used to make ropes, whips and chews.[↗](../../rawhide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cowboy tied the horse with a rawhide rope.[↗](../../rawhide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog chewed a rawhide bone.[↗](../../rawhide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He drank from the brook after he untied the rawhide.[↗](../../rawhide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ray** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ray is a thin line or beam of light or heat coming from something bright, like the Sun.[↗](../../ray/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A ray is a flat sea fish with wide fins like wings and a long thin tail, such as a stingray or manta ray.[↗](../../ray/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In maths, a ray is part of a line that starts at one point and goes on forever in one direction.[↗](../../ray/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A ray of hope is a small sign that things may get better.[↗](../../ray/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The first rays of sunlight came through the curtains.[↗](../../ray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · UV rays can burn your skin even on a cloudy day.[↗](../../ray/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor took an X-ray of my broken wrist.[↗](../../ray/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a huge ray gliding under the boat.[↗](../../ray/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a ray starting at point A and passing through point B.[↗](../../ray/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two rays with the same endpoint make an angle.[↗](../../ray/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her smile was a ray of hope in a bad week.[↗](../../ray/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never touch the tail of a stingray.[↗](../../ray/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sun's rays grew warmer and warmer.[↗](../../ray/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And a brightness appeareth as the light; rays hath He at His side; and there is the hiding of His power.[↗](../../ray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.3.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **razed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To raze a building is to pull it down or knock it flat, so that it is levelled with the ground.[↗](../../razed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fire razed the barn to the ground.[↗](../../razed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hut was razed to the ground.[↗](../../razed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers razed the old walls.[↗](../../razed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **razor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A razor is a tool with a very sharp blade used to shave hair off the face, legs or head.[↗](../../razor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An electric razor is a small machine that shaves hair with moving blades.[↗](../../razor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Razor-sharp» describes something extremely sharp, or a very quick, clever mind.[↗](../../razor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad shaves his chin with a razor every morning.[↗](../../razor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the razor in the high cupboard away from the baby.[↗](../../razor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum bought a new electric razor.[↗](../../razor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shark had razor-sharp teeth.[↗](../../razor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The razor blade is thin and very sharp.[↗](../../razor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never play with a razor; it can cut you badly.[↗](../../razor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a razor-sharp memory for facts.[↗](../../razor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The barber used a razor to tidy the back of his neck.[↗](../../razor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · At last he jumped up, and caught the razor out of the barber’s hand, exclaiming:[↗](../../razor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.[↗](../../razor/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.8.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../razor/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.[↗](../../razor/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.52.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../razor/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **re** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Re means «about» or «on the subject of», used at the top of letters and emails.[↗](../../re/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The prefix re- means «again» or «back», as in redo, rewrite, return.[↗](../../re/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Re is the second note of the musical scale do, re, mi.[↗](../../re/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The email subject said «Re: football practice».[↗](../../re/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Re your question, the trip is on Friday.[↗](../../re/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.[↗](../../re/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rewrite means write again.[↗](../../re/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If you reheat soup, you heat it again.[↗](../../re/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please reread the instructions carefully.[↗](../../re/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Replay the video to see the goal again.[↗](../../re/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · iiifle, figuring the double letters re: -;.r and the "i or the )' as lourteen letters.[↗](../../re/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../re/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As such a view is entirely re- pugnant to the modern critical raind, some writers regard this closing Mishnah as a later interpolation.[↗](../../re/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../re/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **reabsorb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To take something back in again after it has come out or been given off, like a sponge soaking up water again.[↗](../../reabsorb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) For the body to take a substance back into the blood, as the kidneys reabsorb water and sugar.[↗](../../reabsorb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To bring people or things back into a group or system they left.[↗](../../reabsorb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The kidneys reabsorb most of the water back into the blood.[↗](../../reabsorb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sponge dried out, but it reabsorbed the water when I dunked it again.[↗](../../reabsorb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A bruise fades as the body reabsorbs the blood under the skin.[↗](../../reabsorb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the flood, the soil slowly reabsorbed the water.[↗](../../reabsorb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The workers were reabsorbed into the main factory.[↗](../../reabsorb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some of the heat is reabsorbed by the ground.[↗](../../reabsorb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **reach** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city.[↗](../../reach/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To reach is to stretch your arm to touch or take something.[↗](../../reach/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* If you reach a goal or an amount, you get there: reach 100 points.[↗](../../reach/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To reach someone is to contact them, like by phone.[↗](../../reach/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Your reach is how far you can stretch; «out of reach» means too far to touch.[↗](../../reach/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She needs 20 more points to reach 100.[↗](../../reach/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The train reached the city after 3 hours.[↗](../../reach/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more steps to reach the top?[↗](../../reach/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He saved until he reached $50.[↗](../../reach/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't reach the top shelf.[↗](../../reach/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep medicines out of reach of children.[↗](../../reach/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth.[↗](../../reach/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I tried to reach Grandma by phone.[↗](../../reach/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Reach for the stars\![↗](../../reach/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · At last he reached the place.[↗](../../reach/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.[↗](../../reach/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reach/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.[↗](../../reach/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reach/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach.[↗](../../reach/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.28.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reach/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts.[↗](../../reach/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.20.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reach/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath.[↗](../../reach/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.19.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reach/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; (Writings JOB.20.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reach/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **reachable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Reachable means able to be reached: close enough to get to or touch.[↗](../../reachable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A reachable person is someone you can contact, for example by phone.[↗](../../reachable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A reachable goal is one you can achieve.[↗](../../reachable/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cookie jar is not reachable from the floor.[↗](../../reachable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the phone reachable in case of emergency.[↗](../../reachable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The island is reachable only by boat.[↗](../../reachable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Set yourself a reachable goal for this week.[↗](../../reachable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the top shelf reachable with a step stool?[↗](../../reachable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep sharp knives out of reachable places for toddlers.[↗](../../reachable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **reachest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «reachest» means «you reach», a form of «reach»: To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city.[↗](../../reachest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* ‘“Take that path,” said he, “that leads to the head of this grassy glade, and go up the wood till thou reachest the top.[↗](../../reachest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (The Lilac Fairy Book) · But to-night thou must sleep in the this castle, and in the morning see that thou rise early and follow the road upwards through the valley, until thou reachest a wood.[↗](../../reachest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Lilac Fairy Book) **reacheth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «reacheth» means «reaches», a form of «reach»: To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city.[↗](../../reacheth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have shot at them — Heshbon is perished — even unto Dibon, and we have laid waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.[↗](../../reacheth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.21.30, JPS 1917) **react** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To act, speak or feel in a certain way because of something that has happened (How did she react to the news?).[↗](../../react/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) To change when mixed with another substance, making something new (chemical reaction).[↗](../../react/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (health) To become ill or get a rash after eating, touching or breathing something (an allergic reaction).[↗](../../react/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* React against: to do the opposite of what you are told or what others do.[↗](../../react/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How did your mum react when you told her?[↗](../../react/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Vinegar reacts with baking soda and fizzes.[↗](../../react/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He reacted quickly and caught the falling glass.[↗](../../react/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people react to peanuts and need medicine fast.[↗](../../react/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't react angrily — count to ten first.[↗](../../react/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Iron reacts with water and air to make rust.[↗](../../react/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat reacted to the noise by hiding under the bed.[↗](../../react/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **reaction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* What someone says, does or feels because of something that has happened: her reaction to the news was a big smile.[↗](../../reaction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, a chemical reaction is when substances change into new substances, like vinegar and bicarbonate of soda fizzing.[↗](../../reaction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An allergic reaction is when the body responds badly to something, such as nuts or a bee sting.[↗](../../reaction/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* How quickly you respond: fast reactions.[↗](../../reaction/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In forces, a reaction is the push back in the opposite direction.[↗](../../reaction/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A reaction can also be a movement that turns back against a change or an earlier way of doing things.[↗](../../reaction/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What was your reaction when you saw the surprise?[↗](../../reaction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mixing vinegar and baking soda causes a fizzy reaction.[↗](../../reaction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She had an allergic reaction to the peanuts.[↗](../../reaction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rusting is a slow chemical reaction.[↗](../../reaction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Goalkeepers need fast reactions.[↗](../../reaction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His reaction was to burst out laughing.[↗](../../reaction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured our reaction times with a falling ruler.[↗](../../reaction/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The fizzing told us a reaction was happening.[↗](../../reaction/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When the Hindu reaction against Buddhism came, the Brahmins adapted these, with the omission of Buddha as the central figure.[↗](../../reaction/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) … [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/7/) **8** 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