false : Idioms & Phrases

• noun criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  perjury; lying under oath.
  

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• noun wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers
  Baptisia australis.
  

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• noun a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk; found under conifers in California
  Gyromitra californica.
  

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• (Arch.), the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry.

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• noun a warning that is given about something that fails to occur
  

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• noun plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho
  Tellima grandiflora; fringe cups.
  

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• (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction.

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• noun a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
  

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• an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms.

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• noun straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers
  Menziesia ferruginea; fool's huckleberry.
  

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• noun Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
  Galium mollugo; white madder; wild madder; white bedstraw; infant's-breath.
  

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• noun fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys
  Monotropa hypopithys; pinesap.
  

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• any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing.

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• noun a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  fallacy.
  

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• noun twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
  bittersweet; climbing bittersweet; waxwork; shrubby bittersweet; staff vine; Celastrus scandens; American bittersweet.
  

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• noun a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom)
  

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• noun resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland, Australia
  Culcita dubia.
  

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• noun deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
  shittimwood; chittamwood; black haw; chittimwood; Bumelia lanuginosa.
  

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• noun tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers
  Trautvetteria carolinensis.
  

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• an imperfect or interrupted cadence.

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• noun a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
  calycle; epicalyx; calyculus.
  

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• noun any of various autumn-flowering perennials having white or pink to purple flowers that resemble asters; wild in moist soils from New Jersey to Florida and Texas
  

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• (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus.

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• (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.

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• noun agaric often confused with the death cup
  Amanita mappa.
  

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• noun evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
  Sapindus saponaria; jaboncillo; China tree; chinaberry.
  

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• noun North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers
  false dragon head; obedient plant; Physostegia virginiana.
  

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• noun North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers
  false dragon head; obedient plant; Physostegia virginiana.
  

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• noun a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume
  

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• a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction.

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• noun annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia
  Camelina; genus Camelina.
  

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• noun sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
  Gerardia virginica; Aureolaria virginica.
  
• noun multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
  Gerardia pedicularia; Aureolaria pedicularia.
  

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• noun a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
  pome.
  

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• . See Blende.

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• noun pungent Old World wild onion
  crow garlic; stag's garlic; wild garlic; Allium vineale; field garlic.
  

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• noun crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial
  Tomistoma schlegeli.
  

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• noun the opening between the false vocal folds
  rima vestibuli; rima respiratoria; glottis spuria.
  

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• noun North American astilbe with panicles of creamy white flowers
  Astilbe biternata.
  

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• noun any of several North American perennial herbs with hairy foliage and small yellowish or greenish flowers
  

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• noun a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
  hairpiece; postiche.
  

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• noun North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
  Hudsonia ericoides; golden heather.
  

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• noun perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
  hellebore.
  

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• noun (law) confinement without legal authority
  

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• (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.

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• noun any of several plants of the genus Baptisia
  wild indigo.
  
• noun dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
  Amorpha fruticosa; bastard indigo.
  
• noun an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers
  bastard indigo; Amorpha californica.
  

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• (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance.

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• a picklock.

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• noun painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency
  Braxton-Hicks contraction.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Proleg.

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• noun small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
  Maianthemum bifolium.
  
• noun small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
  Maianthemum canadense.
  

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• noun western United States bushy herb having yellow pea-like flowers
  Thermopsis macrophylla; yellow pea; golden pea.
  

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• noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits
  globe mallow.
  
• noun an American plant of the genus Malvastrum
  

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• (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane.

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• noun any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons
  downy mildew.
  

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• noun American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
  mistletoe.
  

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• noun plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana
  Tiarella unifoliata; false miterwort.
  
• noun stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
  foamflower; Tiarella cordifolia; false miterwort; coolwart.
  

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• noun plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana
  Tiarella unifoliata; false miterwort.
  
• noun stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
  foamflower; Tiarella cordifolia; false miterwort; coolwart.
  

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• noun a fungus of the family Helvellaceae
  

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• noun a name that has been assumed temporarily
  assumed name; alias.
  

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• noun any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs
  bog hemp.
  

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• noun coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
  Arrhenatherum elatius; French rye; evergreen grass; tall oat grass; tall meadow grass.
  

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• (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, ect., for the purpose of deceiving.

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• (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.

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• (Law), the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another.

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• noun weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
  chaffweed; bastard pimpernel.
  

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• noun physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant
  pseudocyesis.
  

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• noun (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation
  false pretence; false pretense.
  

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• noun (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation
  false pretence; false pretense.
  

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• noun (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation
  false pretence; false pretense.
  

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• (Law), false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another.

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• noun tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever
  burweed marsh elder; Iva xanthifolia.
  

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• (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it.

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• (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp.

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• noun an incorrect income tax return
  

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• (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.

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• (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man.

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• (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. Oxford Gloss.

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• noun slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
  Isopyrum biternatum; false rue.
  

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• noun slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
  Isopyrum biternatum; false rue.
  

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• noun North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
  

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• noun thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil
  safflower; Carthamus tinctorius.
  

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• noun southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
  Cycas circinalis; fern palm.
  

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• noun common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
  wild sarsparilla; Aralia nudicaulis; wild sarsaparilla.
  

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• noun small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
  pseudoscorpion.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion.

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• noun disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
  green smut.
  

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• (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.

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• noun Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk
  German tamarisk; Myricaria germanica.
  

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• noun a removable denture
  

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• a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes.

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• noun a yellow quartz
  topaz; common topaz.
  

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• noun any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle
  
• noun any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
  hard-skinned puffball; earthball; puffball.
  

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• noun any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects
  false vampire.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; called also vampire, and ghost vampire. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.

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• noun any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects
  false vampire.
  

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• noun a manifestly unjust verdict; not true to the evidence
  

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• noun either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization
  superior vocal cord; false vocal cord; ventricular fold; vestibular fold.
  

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• noun either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization
  superior vocal cord; false vocal cord; ventricular fold; vestibular fold.
  

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• . (Arch.) See False door, above.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under Bastard.

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• noun evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers
  Pyrola rotundifolia americana; Pyrola americana.
  

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• noun a person who deliberately gives false testimony
  perjurer.
  

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• (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.

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False"-faced` adjective

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1. Hypocritical. Shak.

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False"-heart` adjective

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1. False-hearted. Shak.

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False"-heart`ed adjective

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1. Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. -- False"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet.

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• verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
  lead by the nose; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes; bamboozle.
  
  • He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

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• noun false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum
  prairie mallow; Sphaeralcea coccinea; Malvastrum coccineum.
  

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• noun a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even
  Gyromitra infula.
  

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• noun ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricaria
  scentless mayweed; scentless camomile; scentless hayweed; Matricaria inodorum; corn mayweed; Tripleurospermum inodorum.
  

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• noun annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior
  wild chamomile; German chamomile; Matricaria recutita; Matricaria chamomilla.
  

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• adjective offering a series of statements each of which is to be judged as true or false
  
  • a true-false test

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• noun erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States
  Baptisia lactea.
  

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