dragfooted
feet moving without taking off the floor
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push-broom
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peered
looked in a focused way
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relative
any kind of family (like cousin, brother, uncle)
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trouble
problems
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viciously
violently, aggressively, to hurt
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morosely
in a bad mood, feel bad
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flapper
mouth
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slips
mistakes
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got his eye on us
he will be watching us
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hopelessly
no hope
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leave me do the talkin’
let me talk
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Damn near
almost
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shut
closed
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flapper
mouth
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wasn’t
was not
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gonna
going to
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turned on
changed to attack him
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died away
disappeared slowly
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footsteps
sound of the foot on the ground
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abruptly
suddenly, fast
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awright
alright (okay)
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pay
money
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stake
interest
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sellin’ him out
taking his money
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ain’t
is not
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bright
smart
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threshing machine
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wise guys
guys who try to cheat or steal or lie
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get away with
be successful in a trick, a lie
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put nothing over,
fool me, trick me, lie to me
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cesspool
hole in the ground for the bad stuff from the bathroom
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promptly
very fast
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got my eye on you
I will be watching you carefully
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put nothing over
fool me, trick me, lie to me
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nearly
almost
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squinted
make eyes skinny, like you can't see, don't believe, or don't understand. like this:
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hooked
put his fingers like the shape of a hook
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deliberately
trying hard, on purpose, making obvious
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bale
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God damn
very strong
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bright
smart
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broke in
interrupted
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put over
make a trick, tell a lie
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turned on
changed to be aggressive, to attack
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jerkline skinner.
the leader of all the people who have the jobs to drive the horses
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jerkline skinner
the leader of all the people who have the jobs to drive the horses
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jerkline
the leader of all the teams of horses
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skinner
person who has the job to drive the horses
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skinner
person who has the job to drive the horses
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rassel
wrestle -- move the heavy things
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skinner
person who has the job to drive the horses
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In a panic
feeling nervous and stressed in a very fast way
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in shame
feeling embarassed
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dropped
moved down
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bull
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bull
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a hell of a
really
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ain’t
is not
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playful
to play or make a joke
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noon
12pm time
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twentieth
number 20
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entered
put into
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nodded
moved his head up and down a little, to say yes
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meaningfully
to show a lot of meaning, to show an idea
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leaves
papers
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till
until
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buckers
the person who has the job of moving the heavy grain bags
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short
did not have enough
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grain
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hadda
had to
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a bum steer
bad information
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slip
paper
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fault
responsibility
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produced
showed
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slips
papers
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slips
papers
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quick
fast
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shuffled
walked without taking feet off the ground, dragging feet
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shuffled
walked without taking feet off the ground, dragging feet
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knuckles
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swamper
person who has the job of cleaning and organizing small things at the farm
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laboring
working
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spurs
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wore
wear (in past)
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soiled
dirty
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buckle
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steel
type of metal
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belt
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stuck
put into
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unbuttoned vest
the thing on top of the shirt is the vest. it is open, not closed, so it is unbuttoned:
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flannel shirt
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trousers
pants
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stocky
not skinny, but not fat --
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raised
went up
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wooden latch
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making his bed
organizing the sheets and blankets on the bed to look nice
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raised hell
acted crazy
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I ain’t got the poop
I don't have the energy
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in relish
really enjoying
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paused
waited short time
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crooked back
his back is not straight, like this:
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on account of
because
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woulda
would have
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coulda
could have
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took after
got into a fight, attacked
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skinner
person who has the job to drive the horses
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nigger
bad word for black people (but it was more normal in 1937 when this book was written)
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gallon
large amount of liquid
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gallon
large amount of liquid
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The hell he did
I don't believe he did
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but once
only one time
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Drink hearty
drink a lot
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whisky
type of alcohol
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Brang
brought (bring in past)
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pretty
some
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pretty
some
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fella
fellow (guy)
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stable buck
person who has the job of feeding the horses and taking care of them:
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stable buck
person who has the job of feeding the horses and taking care of them:
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don’t give a damn
does not care
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gives him hell
shows him he is very angry
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back
back (part of the body) looks like this:
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crooked
not straight
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fella
guy
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nigger
bad word for black people (but it was normal in 1937 when this book was written)
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stable buck’
person who has the job of feeding the horses and taking care of them:
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Sure
Yes
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hell
"gave him hell" = showed him that he was really angry
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hell
"gave him hell" = showed him that he was really angry
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wrinkle
not straight
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patted
touch again and again in a quick nice way
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burned
angry
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sure
definitely
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boss’ll
boss will
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neatly
organized well
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liniment and leather wristband
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bottle of pills
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bar of soap
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razor
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bindle
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unrolled
opened
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sacking
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inspected
looked at details
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leaned
moved the top of his body down
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underneath
under
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tick
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gimme
give me
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rubbed
pushed with his hand, again and again
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pocket
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skeptically
like he does not believe
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necktie
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kinda
kind of, type of
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scrape
push with a knife
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splotch
dark area of color like this:
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spot
dark area of color, sometimes like this:
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ever
every
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potatoes
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boil
cooked in hot water
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peel
take off the outside skin
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meals
lunch, dinner, breakfast
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bugs
insects
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blacksmith
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neighboring
one next to it
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graybacks
lice, fleas, small animals that live on your body:
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Used to
Something he did many times in the past
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fella
fellow (guy)
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blacksmith
job to make things with metal:
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label
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broom
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shifted
moved from one place to the other
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swamper
person who has the job of cleaning and organizing small things at the farm
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pants rabbits
very small animals that live on your body
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scourges
bad things
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roaches
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lice
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positively
definitely, absolutely
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mattress
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straw
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burlap sack
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stove
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bunks
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stick-like
like a stick (stick is a piece of a tree)
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sleeve
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as hell
very (a lot)
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sore
angry
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stoop-shouldered
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raised
went up
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wooden latch
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stars
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rushing
going fast
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shot
went fast
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beam
shape of light like this:
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bar
shape like rectangle or square
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dust-laden
the air was full of dust (like very small dirt in the air), like this:
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bright
so much light
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threw
throw (in past)
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playing cards
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littered
covered with so many things (almost like garbage)
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ceiling
top of the room
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