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81 papeleta
f.1 ticket, slip (of paper) (boleto).2 slip of paper.3 ballot paper, voting paper.* * *1 (de empeño) ticket2 (de voto) ballot paper3 (de examen) results slip4 familiar (problema) tricky problem■ ¡vaya papeleta! what an awful situation!\papeleta de voto ballot paper* * *SF1) [gen] slip of paper; (=ficha) index card, file card; [de rifa] ticket; (Univ) (tb: papeleta de examen) exam results slip ; CAm [de visita] visiting card, calling card (EEUU)papeleta de examen — (Univ) exam results slip
2) (Pol) ballot paper, voting paper3) LAm (=bolsa) bag4) And * (=multa) fine* * *a) ( de votación) ballot (paper)b) ( de rifa) raffle ticketme tocó a mí la papeleta de hacer el turno de la noche — I got stuck with doing the night shift (colloq)
c) ( de calificación) grade slipd) ( de empeño) pawn ticket* * *a) ( de votación) ballot (paper)b) ( de rifa) raffle ticketme tocó a mí la papeleta de hacer el turno de la noche — I got stuck with doing the night shift (colloq)
c) ( de calificación) grade slipd) ( de empeño) pawn ticket* * *papeleta1* papeleta de pedido = request form.* papeleta de petición = request form.* papeleta de petición de búsqueda en línea = online search request form.* papeleta de petición de fotocopias = photocopy request form.* papeleta de petición de préstamo interbibliotecario = interlibrary loan request form.* papeleta de solicitud de préstamo = call slip.* papeleta para votar = ballot paper.papeleta2= a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish.Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.
Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.* * *A1 (de votación) ballot, ballot paperpapeleta en blanco blank ballot paper o ballotpapeleta nula spoiled vote2 (de una rifa) raffle ticketme tocó a mí la papeleta de hacer el turno de la noche I got stuck with doing o I ended up having to do the night shift ( colloq)3 (de calificación) grade slip4 (de empeño) pawn ticketB (cucurucho) paper cone* * *
papeleta sustantivo femenino
papeleta sustantivo femenino
1 (de un sorteo) ticket
(electoral) ballot paper
(de resultados) report
2 fam (engorro, situación complicada) tricky problem, difficult job
' papeleta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vale
English:
ballot paper
- scratch card
- voting paper
- ballot
* * *papeleta nf1. [boleto] ticket, slip (of paper)2. [de votación] ballot paperpapeleta en blanco blank ballot paper;papeleta nula void ballot paper3. Educ = slip of paper with university exam results4. [problema]le tocó la papeleta de comunicarle que estaba despedido she got lumbered with the job of telling him he was fired;tiene una buena papeleta con la mujer en el hospital y el hijo en el paro he has a lot on his plate with his wife in hospital and his son unemployed* * *f1 de rifa raffle ticket2 fig ( engorro) chore* * *papeleta nf1) : ballot2) : ticket, slip* * *papeleta n1. (boleto) raffle ticket2. (para votar) ballot paper -
82 rolar
v.to wander around, to roam around, to walk about, to ambulate.* * *1. VT2) Méx (=pasar) to pass from hand to hand2. VI1) [viento] to veer round2) Cono Sur (=ser arribista) to be a social climber* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) viento ( en sentido contrario a las manecillas del reloj) to back; ( en sentido de las manecillas del reloj) to veerb) barco to roll2) (Méx fam) ( dar vueltas) to wander around2.3.rolarla de algo — (Méx fam) to work as something
tenemos que rolarnos el libro — we have to take turns with the book o pass the book around
* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) viento ( en sentido contrario a las manecillas del reloj) to back; ( en sentido de las manecillas del reloj) to veerb) barco to roll2) (Méx fam) ( dar vueltas) to wander around2.3.rolarla de algo — (Méx fam) to work as something
tenemos que rolarnos el libro — we have to take turns with the book o pass the book around
* * *rolar [A1 ]viA1 «viento» (en sentido contrario a las manecillas del reloj) to back; (en sentido de las manecillas del reloj) to veer2 «barco» to rollsalimos a rolar por allí we went out for a wander o we went out and wandered aroundanda rolando de un pariente a otro she has been shunted from one relative to another ( colloq)que rola a fojas tres/en autos which appears on page three/in the dossier■ rolarvthay que rolarlo de sitio we'll have to move him o put him somewhere elselo rolaron en sus funciones/en el turno he was given different duties/put on a different shift■ rolarse( recípr)tenemos que rolarnos el libro we have to take turns with the book o pass the book around* * *
rolar ( conjugate rolar) verbo intransitivo (Méx fam) ( dar vueltas) to wander around
verbo transitivo (Méx fam) ‹ persona› to move
rolarse verbo pronominal ( recípr) (Méx fam) ( turnarse) to take turns;◊ tenemos que rolarnos el libro we have to take turns with the book o pass the book around
* * *rolar vi1. [embarcación] to roll2. [viento] [en sentido de las agujas de reloj] to veer;[en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj] to back3. Chile, Perú [relacionarse] to mix, to socialize* * * -
83 fijamayúsculas
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84 tecla fijamayúsculas
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85 turno nocturno
m.night shift, lobster shift, graveyard shift, lobster trick. -
86 Ciudad del Cabo
Cape Town* * *Ex. The article is entitled 'The shift from apartheid to democracy: issues and impacts on public libraries in Cape Town, South Africa'.* * *Ex: The article is entitled 'The shift from apartheid to democracy: issues and impacts on public libraries in Cape Town, South Africa'.
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87 abandono1
1 = abandonment, betrayal, desertion, surrender, shift away from, drop-off, move away from, defection, pullout, disuse.Ex. Practical considerations led to the abandonment of this idea.Ex. The author explores the major themes of the novel: self-identity; love; and betrayal.Ex. The author also covers the electronic book and the desertion of libraries by researchers in favour of other information sources = El autor también habla del libro electrónico y del abandono de las bibliotecas por parte de los investigadores en favor de otras fuentes de información.Ex. This would require central funding, an appropriate communications infrastructure and the surrender by universities of their autonomy over their local libraries.Ex. This article discusses the effects of changes in the economy on the distribution of work in libraries which indicate a shift away from its female origins.Ex. There is a subsidy mechanism that lowers rates in order to avoid drop-offs from the network.Ex. This is a radical move away from the accepted principle of using the actual item as the primary source of cataloguing data.Ex. The longer the project is likely to last, the more important it is to be sure that it is designed to cope with factors such as defection of one of the partners.Ex. NATO is 'disappointed' at Russian pullout from arms treaty.Ex. After a period of disuse at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Caslon roman was revived, and has been available ever since from Caslon's successors.----* abandono de = flight from.* índice de abandono escolar = dropout rate.* tasa de abandono escolar = dropout rate. -
88 acallar
v.1 to silence.2 to calm, to hush, to quiet, to appease.Sus palabras acallaron su miedo His words calmed her fear.3 to shut up.Ricardo acalló a los chicos Richard shut up the kids.* * *1 to silence, hush* * *verbto quiet, silence* * *VT1) (=silenciar) to silence, quieten, quiet (EEUU)2) (=calmar) [+ furia] to assuage, pacify; [+ crítica, duda] to silence* * *verbo transitivo <voces/gritos> to silence, to quiet (AmE), to quieten (BrE); <rumor/clamor> to quieten down; <críticas/protestas> to silence* * *= drown out, mute, quiet, outface, silence, quash, steamroller, hush, still, quieten.Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.Ex. The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.Ex. This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.Ex. Feaver was not about to be outfaced and she retaliated with the view that time management techniques run counter to the ideal balance of concern for production coupled with concern for people.Ex. Some children go through a process of silencing their inner voice and projecting an outward self that conforms to society's expectations.Ex. The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.Ex. When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.Ex. The paintings depict subjects such as terrorists and mothers hushing children.Ex. And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.Ex. Sadly, you can't quieten the console using methods other than turning up the volume on your TV or wearing headphones.----* acallar el debate = stifle + debate.* acallar la conciencia = stifle + Posesivo + conscience.* acallar la voz de + Posesivo + conciencia = salve + the conscience.* acallar una emoción = bruise + emotion.* dinero para acallar la conciencia = conscience money.* dinero para acallar la consciencia = conscience money.* * *verbo transitivo <voces/gritos> to silence, to quiet (AmE), to quieten (BrE); <rumor/clamor> to quieten down; <críticas/protestas> to silence* * *= drown out, mute, quiet, outface, silence, quash, steamroller, hush, still, quieten.Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
Ex: The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.Ex: This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.Ex: Feaver was not about to be outfaced and she retaliated with the view that time management techniques run counter to the ideal balance of concern for production coupled with concern for people.Ex: Some children go through a process of silencing their inner voice and projecting an outward self that conforms to society's expectations.Ex: The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.Ex: When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.Ex: The paintings depict subjects such as terrorists and mothers hushing children.Ex: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.Ex: Sadly, you can't quieten the console using methods other than turning up the volume on your TV or wearing headphones.* acallar el debate = stifle + debate.* acallar la conciencia = stifle + Posesivo + conscience.* acallar la voz de + Posesivo + conciencia = salve + the conscience.* acallar una emoción = bruise + emotion.* dinero para acallar la conciencia = conscience money.* dinero para acallar la consciencia = conscience money.* * *acallar [A1 ]vt‹voces/gritos› to silence, to quiet ( AmE), to quieten ( BrE); ‹rumor/clamor› to quieten down; ‹críticas/protestas› to silenceno lograba acallar la voz de su conciencia she couldn't silence the voice of her conscience* * *
acallar verbo transitivo to silence: el ministro no podía acallar su conciencia, the minister could not silence his conscience
' acallar' also found in these entries:
English:
quieten
- silence
- squash
- still
- hush
- move
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- salve
- scotch
- shush
* * *acallar vt[protestas, críticas, armas] to silence; [rumores] to put an end to; [miedos] to calm;una propuesta para acallar a los rebeldes en el partido a proposal designed to silence the party rebels* * *v/t tb figsilence* * *acallar vt: to quiet, to silence -
89 adinerado
adj.wealthy, rich, well-fixed, well-off.past part.past participle of spanish verb: adinerarse.* * *1→ link=adinerarse adinerarse► adjetivo1 rich, wealthy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 rich person* * *ADJ wealthy, well-off* * *- da adjetivo wealthy, moneyed* * *= affluent, monied, well-heeled, well-to-do, moneyed, solvent, wealthy [wealthier -comp., wealthiest -sup.], well-off.Ex. It is easy to predict that a majority of either large or affluent libraries in this country will employ some form of catalog under machine control in the foreseeable future.Ex. This will shift the dynamics of information flow to policymakers to favour monied special interests, which threatens the democratic process.Ex. This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.Ex. Librarians deny that only the young and well-to-do use music libraries.Ex. It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.Ex. Botswana is a stable, well-governed and solvent country but is nevertheless a good example of the deep-seated problems of regulating information transfer.Ex. Today's sophisticated media provide clear advantages to wealthy, well-established interest groups.Ex. Well-off women are more likely to survive breast cancer than less affluent sufferers, a new study shows.* * *- da adjetivo wealthy, moneyed* * *= affluent, monied, well-heeled, well-to-do, moneyed, solvent, wealthy [wealthier -comp., wealthiest -sup.], well-off.Ex: It is easy to predict that a majority of either large or affluent libraries in this country will employ some form of catalog under machine control in the foreseeable future.
Ex: This will shift the dynamics of information flow to policymakers to favour monied special interests, which threatens the democratic process.Ex: This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.Ex: Librarians deny that only the young and well-to-do use music libraries.Ex: It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.Ex: Botswana is a stable, well-governed and solvent country but is nevertheless a good example of the deep-seated problems of regulating information transfer.Ex: Today's sophisticated media provide clear advantages to wealthy, well-established interest groups.Ex: Well-off women are more likely to survive breast cancer than less affluent sufferers, a new study shows.* * *adinerado -dawealthy, moneyed* * *
adinerado◊ -da adjetivo
wealthy, moneyed
adinerado,-a
I adjetivo wealthy, rich
II sustantivo masculino y femenino rich person
' adinerado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adinerada
- desahogada
- desahogado
English:
sugar daddy
- wealthy
- well
* * *adinerado, -a adjwealthy* * *adj wealthy* * *adinerado, -da adj: moneyed, wealthy* * * -
90 adquisición de libros
(n.) = book supply, book purchasingEx. The easiest and most efficient method for book supply is to use a bookseller who provides all the books.Ex. The effect would be a shift in book purchasing away from UK to US publishers.* * *(n.) = book supply, book purchasingEx: The easiest and most efficient method for book supply is to use a bookseller who provides all the books.
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91 aguerrido
adj.1 fierce, hardened.2 inured to war, veteran.past part.past participle of spanish verb: aguerrir.* * *1→ link=aguerrir aguerrir► adjetivo1 hardened* * *ADJ hardened, veteran* * ** * *= tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], gallant, hardened, battle-hardened.Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex. There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.Ex. The Ethiopian soldiers fighting in Somalia are part of a much larger military force that is battle-hardened by major cross-border wars.* * ** * *= tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], gallant, hardened, battle-hardened.Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex: There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.Ex: The Ethiopian soldiers fighting in Somalia are part of a much larger military force that is battle-hardened by major cross-border wars.* * *aguerrido -da( lit)A (valiente) valiantlogró vencer a su aguerrido oponente he succeeded in overcoming his valiant adversarysuspiraba por su apuesto y aguerrido príncipe she longed for her handsome and valorous princeB ‹soldados/ejército› hardened, battle-hardened* * *
Del verbo aguerrir: ( conjugate aguerrir)
aguerrido es:
el participio
aguerrido,-a adjetivo hardened, veteran
' aguerrido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguerrida
English:
gallant
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92 banco de esperma
(n.) = sperm bankEx. Moral objections are the most prominent, though these are contingent on current cultural & social values, which may shift, as evidenced by the growing acceptance of surrogate mothers, sperm banks, & the sale of body parts.* * *(n.) = sperm bankEx: Moral objections are the most prominent, though these are contingent on current cultural & social values, which may shift, as evidenced by the growing acceptance of surrogate mothers, sperm banks, & the sale of body parts.
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93 bloqueo
m.1 blockade.bloqueo naval naval blockade2 blockade (economics).bloqueo económico economic blockade3 jamming.4 freeze, freezing (finance).5 block (sport).6 lock (computing).7 blockage, block, clogging, blocking.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: bloquear.* * *1 (gen) blocking2 MILITAR blockade3 (precios, cuenta) freezing\bloqueo económico trade boycott, economic boycottbloqueo mental mental blockbloqueo naval naval blockade* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Mil) blockadeburlar o forzar el bloqueo — to run the blockade
2) (Com, Econ)3)* * *2) ( de gestiones) deadlock3) ( de mecanismo) jamming; ( de las ruedas) locking4) (Com, Fin) freezing, blocking* * *= lock, blockade, siege, blockage, block.Ex. If you press the shift key again to return the keyboard to the unshifted (lowercase) condition, the lock is then released.Ex. The effects of the information blockade on Cuba was one of the topics discussed.Ex. This article shows particular examples of librarians' determination to continue the library services during the siege of Sarajevo.Ex. The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.Ex. Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.----* bloqueo comercial = trade blockade.* bloqueo mental = mental block, mental blockage.* bloqueo mental del escritor = writer's block.* tener un bloqueo mental = mind + go blank.* * *2) ( de gestiones) deadlock3) ( de mecanismo) jamming; ( de las ruedas) locking4) (Com, Fin) freezing, blocking* * *= lock, blockade, siege, blockage, block.Ex: If you press the shift key again to return the keyboard to the unshifted (lowercase) condition, the lock is then released.
Ex: The effects of the information blockade on Cuba was one of the topics discussed.Ex: This article shows particular examples of librarians' determination to continue the library services during the siege of Sarajevo.Ex: The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.Ex: Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.* bloqueo comercial = trade blockade.* bloqueo mental = mental block, mental blockage.* bloqueo mental del escritor = writer's block.* tener un bloqueo mental = mind + go blank.* * *A1 (de una ciudad) blockade, siege; (de un puerto) blockade2 ( Dep) blockCompuestos:heart blocktuve un bloqueo mental en el examen I had a complete block o my mind went blank in the examnaval blockadeB (de gestiones) deadlockC (de un mecanismo) jamming; (de las ruedas) locking* * *
Del verbo bloquear: ( conjugate bloquear)
bloqueo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
bloqueó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
bloquear
bloqueo
bloquear ( conjugate bloquear) verbo transitivo
1
b) (Mil) to blockade
2 ‹cuenta/fondos› to freeze, block
bloquearse verbo pronominal
1 [ mecanismo] to jam;
[ frenos] to jam, lock on;
[ ruedas] to lock
2 [ negociaciones] to reach deadlock
bloqueo sustantivo masculino ( de ciudad) blockade, siege;
( de puerto) blockade;
(Dep) block
bloquear verbo transitivo
1 (impedir el movimiento, el acceso) to block: ese coche bloquea el paso, that car is blocking the access
2 (impedir una gestión, paralizar) to block
3 (una cuenta) to freeze
4 (colapsar un servicio, un aparato) to jam, seize up
bloqueo sustantivo masculino blockade
Dep block
bloqueo económico, economic sanctions pl
bloqueo mental, mental block
' bloqueo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acopiar
English:
bar
- block
- blockade
- blockage
- lift
- run
* * *bloqueo nm1. [con ejército, barcos] blockadebloqueo naval naval blockade2. Econ blockade;violar el bloqueo to break the blockadebloqueo económico economic blockade3. [de comunicaciones, accesos] [por nieve, inundación]debido al bloqueo de la zona owing to the fact that the area is cut off4. [de mecanismo] jamming6. Aut locking[en baloncesto] screen* * *m1 MIL blockade2 en baloncesto screen* * *bloqueo nm1) obstrucción: blockage, obstruction2) : blockade* * *bloqueo n block -
94 cada cual por su cuenta
Ex. If more and more of us begin to see life purely as ' every man for himself,' what other unintended consequences may come with such a shift.* * *Ex: If more and more of us begin to see life purely as ' every man for himself,' what other unintended consequences may come with such a shift.
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95 cada uno que se las apañe como pueda
Ex. If more and more of us begin to see life purely as ' every man for himself,' what other unintended consequences may come with such a shift.* * *Ex: If more and more of us begin to see life purely as ' every man for himself,' what other unintended consequences may come with such a shift.
Spanish-English dictionary > cada uno que se las apañe como pueda
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96 cambiar de forma
(v.) = shape-shiftEx. In the mean time, the piles outside the library are multiplying and shapeshifting and, for every 100 books the library SWAT team rescues, 100 are added by the unending delivery trucks.* * *(v.) = shape-shiftEx: In the mean time, the piles outside the library are multiplying and shapeshifting and, for every 100 books the library SWAT team rescues, 100 are added by the unending delivery trucks.
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97 cambiar las prioridades de ... a ...
(v.) = shift + emphasis from... to...Ex. The article 'In-service training as basic diet and shot in the arm' describes how the Library School has shifted the emphasis from basic to in-service training.* * *(v.) = shift + emphasis from... to...Ex: The article 'In-service training as basic diet and shot in the arm' describes how the Library School has shifted the emphasis from basic to in-service training.
Spanish-English dictionary > cambiar las prioridades de ... a ...
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98 cambio de mirada
(n.) = gaze-shiftEx. It has been discovered that head-nods, gaze-shifts, physical posture, and most of all facial expression, do make up in fact a patterned body-language.* * *(n.) = gaze-shiftEx: It has been discovered that head-nods, gaze-shifts, physical posture, and most of all facial expression, do make up in fact a patterned body-language.
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99 cambio de orientación
(n.) = paradigm change, paradigm shiftEx. This paper argues that the scientific and technical information sector is in the midst of a paradigm change.Ex. Library schools historically have paid little attention to paradigm shifts in society.* * *(n.) = paradigm change, paradigm shiftEx: This paper argues that the scientific and technical information sector is in the midst of a paradigm change.
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100 cambio de paradigma
(n.) = paradigm change, paradigm shiftEx. This paper argues that the scientific and technical information sector is in the midst of a paradigm change.Ex. Library schools historically have paid little attention to paradigm shifts in society.* * *(n.) = paradigm change, paradigm shiftEx: This paper argues that the scientific and technical information sector is in the midst of a paradigm change.
Ex: Library schools historically have paid little attention to paradigm shifts in society.
См. также в других словарях:
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