PHRASAL VERB DICTIONARY

Ask after to ask for news of

Ask in allow sb to get in
Be away to be on a trip
Be back to return
Be blown down to be knocked to the ground
Be cut off be unable to leave or reach a place or communicate with sb
Be for in favour of
Be in to be in a place
Be made up of consist of
Be off 1. be disconnected
2. to be rotten
3. to leave
Be on 1. be connected
2. to be programmed: what is on?
Be on about speak with tiresome persistence of sth
Be out be outside, not in the home or at work
Be over at an end
Be sick vomit
Be up 1. happen ------ what’s up?
2. be up from bed
Be up to to be doing, usually negatively meant ------ estar tramando
Blow up (cause to) explode
Break down When a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working
collapse, stop working, start to cry
Break off If you break off a relationship or agreement, you end it.
Break out start fighting ------ estallar
Bring about To bring something about means to cause it to happen
Bring along If you bring something or someone along, you bring them when you come to a place
Bring back 1. return
2. If something brings back an event or memory from your past, it makes you think about it
3. When people bring back something that existed in the earlier time, they introduce it again (=Revive)
Bring down If people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause them to lose their power
To bring down the level of something means to reduce it
Bring in carry inside
Bring off 1. If someone brings off something difficult they do it successfully (=pull off)
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 2. Burn sth off : consume to the limit
Bring out When a person or company brings out a new product, they produce it and sell it
Bring up 1. carry upstairs, educate ------ educar// criar
2. When you bring up a child, you look after it until it is grown up and you try to give it particular beliefs
and attitudes (=Raise)
3. When you bring up a particular subject, you mention it or introduce it into a discussion or conversation.
Bring up sth mention
Burst in enter a place all of a sudden ------ entar de repente
Burst into begin suddenly to cry, to flower or to burn ------ romper a
Call back If you call someone back, you telephone them again in return for a telephone call they have made to you
Call for sb collect sb, pick up sb
Call in make a short visit
Call off If you call off an event or an arrangement that has been planned, you cancel it.
Carry around take from one place to another
Carry on If you carry on with an activity, you continue doing it.
Carry on with continue
Catch on If something catches on, it becomes popular
Catch up on When you catch up on something, you spend time doing something that you have not had time to do properly
until now.
Catch up If you catch up with someone, you reach the same standard or level as they are.
If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
Cheer up be happier
Clear sth away put sth away
Clear up (of the weather) become bright, sunny. Make tidy
Close down stop operating
Come across be understood or communicated. Find sb/sth by chance --------------- encontrarse con alguien/algo casualmente
If you come across someone or something, you find or meet them by chance, without having expected to or
without having thought about it.
Come along arrive, turn up at sb’s place ------ llegar//pasarse por un sitio
Come down If the cost, level or amount of something comes down, it becomes cheaper or less than it was before. (=Decrease,
and go up means the opposite).
travel from north to south
Come off be able to be removed. Be successful
If an event or action comes off,it is successful or effective.
Come on! hurry!, try harder!
Come round visit someone or a place
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Come up If something comes up in a conversation or meeting, it is mentioned or discussed.
Come up with If you come up with a plan, idea or solution, you think of it and suggest it.
Count on If you count on or upon someone, you rely on them to support you or help you (=Depend on)
If you count on or upon something, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.(=Rely on)
Crash into to bump against sth ------ estrellarse
Crash out fall asleep ------ quedarse dormido
Cut back on If you cut something down, you reduce it or do it less often.
Cut down on reduce the amount or quatity of sth. Consume, buy less --------------- cortar el gasto
Cut up If you cut something up, you cut into several pieces.
Deal with sth handle
Dig up to excavate ------ excavar/ descubrir algo
Do away with To do away with something means to get rid of it.(=Eliminate)
Do up If you do up an old building, you repair and decorate it and put in modern facilities.
If you do something up, you fasten it.
Do with If you say you could do with something, you mean that you need it or would like it
Do without If you do without something, you manage or survive in spite of not having it.(=Go without)
Doze off fall asleep ------ quedarse dormido
Draw up When you draw up a document, list or plan, you prepare it and write it out.(=formulate)
Drop in If you drop in on someone, you visit them without making any formal arrangement to do so
Drop off When you are driving, if you drop one of your passengers off, you take them to where they want to go and leave
them there.
Drop out If you drop out of a group, you stop belonging to it.
Ease up make things more easily or smoothly, and less pressing
End up reach or come to a certain place or state
Fall behind If you fall behind when moving with a group of people, you move more slowly than them, so they get ahead of
you.
Fall in love to get in love ------ enamorarse
Fall off to fall from a place ------ caerse
Fall out If you fall out with someone, you have an argument and are no longer friendly with them.
Fall out with sb quarrel with sb ------ dejar de hablar con alguien
Fill in add what is necessary to complete
Fill sth up become or make sth completely full ------ llenar
Find out learn by study, discover ------ encontrar
Fit in have sufficient space or room for sth in a place
Force sb (to do sth) to make sb do sth
Get across If an idea or argument gets across, or if you get it across, you succeed in making other people understand it.
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Get ahead If you get ahead, you are successful in your career (= get on )
Get along If you get along with someone, you have a friendly relationship with them.(=get on)
Get around If you get around, you go to a lot of different places part of your way of life.
Get at If you get at something, you manage to reach or obtain it.
Get at ------ atacar
Get at sb criticize
Get away ------ marcharse
Get away with If you get away with something that you should not have done, you are not criticised or punished for doing it.
Get away with ------ hacer impunemente
Get away 1. If you get away from a place or a person´s company, you succeed in leaving them.
2. If you get away, you go away to have a holiday
3. When someone or something gets away from a place, or when you get them away, they escape.(getaway-
they leave place in a great hurry, often after committing a crime).
Get back to sb return, go back
Get back If you get back to a place or position, you return there after you have been somewhere else.
If you get something back after you have lost or lent it, you have it once again.
Get by If you get by, you just manage to survive and have a fairly satisfactory life.
Get down to get to a lower position ------ bajar
Get down to When you get down to something, you star doing it seriously and with a lot of attention.
Get down If you get down what someone is saying , you write it down.(=Take down)
If something gets you down, it makes you unhappy (=Depress)
Get held up be stopped
Get hold of sb contact
Get into sth become involved, develop sth, aquire a habit
Get lost to go away
Get off If you get off a bus, train or plane, you leave it.
Get off leave, remove, escape without harm or punishment
Get off sth leave a place
Get on If you get on in your career, you are successful (=Get ahead)
If you say that someone is getting on, you mean that they are old.
If you get on with someone, you like them and have a friendly relationship with them.(=Get along)
If you ask how someone is getting on with an activity, you are asking about their progress.(=Get along)
Get on with sb have a friendly relationship with sb
Get on with sth to have success
Get out If you get out of place, you leave it
Get out ------ salir
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Get over If you get over an illness or other unpleasant experience, you recover from it
Get over recover from ------ recuperarse (de una enfermedad)
Get round ------ engatusar a
If news gets around, about or round, a lot of people hear about it and it becomes well-known
IF you get around someone, you persuade them to let you do or have something, by flattering them.
Get round/around If you get round a difficulty or restriction, you find a way of avoiding it or of escaping its effects.(=Bypass)
Get sth back return, especially after having lost it. Recover ------ recuperar algo perdido
Get sth over communicate
Get through pass an exam; =spend
Get through to communicate, to establish a connection with the other end
Get through If you get through to someone on the telephone, you succeed in contacting them.
If you get through a task, you succeed in finishing it
If you get through an examination, or if someone or something gets you through it, you pass it
Get up ------ levantarse
Get up to reach; sth naughty
Get worked up get excited or angry
Give away give sth free of charge. Distribute or present sth
Give away If you give something away, you give it to someone without taking money in return.
Give back If you give something back, you return it to the person who gave it to you or who it belongs to.
Give up If you give up an activity or belief, you stop doing it or believing in it.
Give up stop, stop doing sth
Go after If you go after someone, you follow them or chase them, sometimes in order to attack them
Go ahead When someone goes ahead with something which they planned, promised or asked permission to do, they begin
to do it(=Proceed)
Go away to leave, usually on a trip ------ salir de viaje
Go back If you go back, you return to a place where you were before
Go back on If you go back on a promise, agreement or statement, you do not do what you promised or agreed, or you deny
what you said.
Go by If someone or something goes by, they pass you without stopping.
If someone goes by a place, they go there for a short time in order to do or get something.(Drop by)
Go down go from a northern to a southern place
Go down with If you go down with an illness, you catch it or develop it.(=Contract)
Go down If the cost, level, standard or amount of something goes down, it becomes cheaper, lower or less than it was before
When something goes down in a particular way, it gets a particular kind of reaction from a person or group of
people.
Go for sth be attracted by sb
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Go off If a gun goes off, it is fired. If a bomb goes off, it explodes
If food or drink goes off, it becomes, stale, sour or rotten (Decay)
If you go off somewhere, you leave the place where you were, usually in order to do something
If something such as an alarm, bell or flashbulb goes off, it operates, making a sudden loud noise or flash
Go on continue, happen
Go on strike ------ ir a la huelga
Go on If you go on doing something or go on with an activity, you continue to do it (=Carry on)
If you say that something is going on, you mean that it is taking place at the present time. (=Happen)
Go out with sb to have a closed relation
Go out If a light goes out, it stops shining(=Come on)
If you are going out with someone, you spend time with them socially and have a romantic or sexual relationship
with them
Go over If you go over something, you examine, discuss or think about it very carefully and sistematically
Go round visit sb or a place. Pass from one person to another, spread
Go through If you go through an event or period of time, especially an unpleasent one, you experience it.
If you go through a list, story or plan you say, describe or discuss it from the begining to end(Run through)
Go up go from a smaller or a southern place to a bigger or northern place
Go up If the cost, level, standard or amount of something goes up, it becomes more expensive higher or greater than it
was before(=rise)
If you go up to a place you visit it or travel there;often used when the place is further north than you or is in a city
If something goes up, it explodes or suddenly starts to burn.
Go with be included with sth. Combine well with sth ------ ir bien/conjuntar
Grow into transform into
Grow out of become too big to wear. Become too old to do sth and stop doing it
Grow up become bigger ------ crecer
Hand back If you hand something back to someone, you return it to them after you have borrowed or taken it from them(give
back)
Hand on If you hand something on to someone, you give it or leave it to them.(=pass on)
Hang around If you hang around, about or round a place, you spend a lot of time there, often doing very little.
Hang on wait; grip sth firmly ------ esperar/agarrar fuerte
Have on If you have on a piece of clothing, you are wearing it
Have out If you have out a tooth, your appendix and so on, a dentist or doctor removes them from your body.
Hold back If you hold back information, you do not reveal it.(=Suppress)
If you hold a person or their career back, you prevent them from making progress.
Hold on If you ask someone to hold on, you want them to wait for a short time(=hang on)

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Hold on to hang on, to wait
Hold up rob ------ asaltar
Holp up If something or someone holds up an activity or arrangement, they delay it or make it late.
If someone holds you up, they point a weapon at you in order to make you give them money or valuables.
Join in If you join in an activity with other people such as meeting, you become involved in what they are doing
Join up If someone joins up, they become a member of the army, the navy or their air force(=Enlist)
Keep at If you keep at it, or keep someone at it, you continue or make them continue working at a job or a task trying hard,
even if it is very difficult or unpleasant(=Persevere, Stick at, Stick to)
Keep away from not to go near sth
Keep back If you keep some information back, you do not tell all that you know about something (=Withhold)
Keep in If a parent or a teacher keeps children in, they make them stay indoors or they make them stay late at school.
Keep off If you keep someone or something off a particular area, you prevent them from going onto it. If you keep off an
area, you do not go there yourself.
Keep on 1. continue
2. If you keep on doing something, you continue to do it and do not stop. (=Carry on)
Keep out If a sign says this, it is warning you not go onto that piece of land
Keep up If you keep it up, you continue working hard, trying hard or achieving the standar that you have in the past
If you keep someone up, you delay them going to bed.
If you keep up with someone else, you move at the same speed as them.
Kick off When football players kick off, they start the game by kicking the ball from the centre of the pitch.
Kick out If you kick come one out of place or an organisation, you force them to leave it(=throw out)
Knock down If a car or other vehicle knocks someone down, it hits them so that they fall to the ground and may be injured or
killed(=knock over)
Knock out If a person or tem is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated, so that they take no more part in the
competition(=Eliminate).
Knock sb over to run over ------ atropellar
Knock sth down cause to fall ------ hacer que algo caiga
Let down If someone or something lets you down, they fail to do something that you have been relying on them to do .
Let out If you let something out, you say something out, you say something that you should have kept secret.
Let sb down fail to help sb, disappoint sb
Lock oneself out prevent oneself from entering by locking a door
Long for sb miss sb or sth you can’t have ------ añorar/hechar de menos
Look after If you look after someone or something, you take care of them and do what is necessary for them to stay in good
condition
Look after sb/sth take care of

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Look at sth to gaze
Look back You think about something that happened in the past
Look back on think about one’s past ------ recordar
Look down on consider sb inferior to oneself ------ mirar por encima del hombro
Look down on If you look down on someone or something, you think they are inferior or unimportant(=Despise)
Look for If you´re looking for something, you are trying to find it.
Look for sth to try to find
Look forward to If you look forward to something that is going to happen, you want it to happen because you expect to enjoy it.
Look forward to to expect eagerly for sth to happen
Look into If you look into a particular problem, subject o situation, you find out an examine the facts relating to it.
(=investigate)
Look like sb be similar
Look on If you look on while something happens, you watch without taking part yourself.
If you look on or upon something in a particular way, you think of it in that way.
Look out You say or shout “ look out” to warn someone that they are in danger(=Watch out)
Look out (for) to be careful for possible dangers
Look out for If you look out for something that you want or expect, you pay attention to things around you so that you notice
it and can take action went occurs or is there.
Look over If you look something or someone over, you examine or inspect them in order to get a general idea of what they
are like.
Look sth up to look for some information ------ buscar (en el diccionario)
Look through If you look through a group of things or a place, such as a cupboard, box or room, you examine all the things
there, usually because you are trying to find something.(=go through)
Look up If you look up a piece of information in a book, or on a timetable or map, you look there to find the information.
Look up to If you look up to someone, you respect and admire them.
Make for If you make for a place, you move towards it, usually rather hurriedly. (=head for)
Make of If you ask a person that they make off someone or something you want to know what their impression,
understanding or opinion of them is.
Make off If you make off, you leave somewhere as quickly as possible, often in order to escape.
Make out If you make out that something is the case, you try to cause people to believe it.
If you can make something out you manage to see or hear it.
When you make out a form or cheque, you write on it all the necessary information.(=write out)
If you make out something that is difficult to understand, you manage to understand it.
Make sb redundant no longer needed
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Make up prepare by mixing different ingredients together. Make oneself more attractive
Make up If you make up something such as a story, you invent it, sometimes in order to deceive people.
The people or things that make up something form that thing(= composed something)
If you make up or if you make yourself up, you put substances such a lipstick, powder and eye-shadow on your
face.
If two people make up with each other or make it up, they become friends again after they have had a quarrel.
Open up to open widely ------ abrir de par en par
Own up ------ admitir responsabilidad
Pay sb back return some money
Pick sb up collect ------ recoger
Pick sth up grab, get, get hold of ------ coger, agarrar
Pick up get better
Pick up If you are driving a vehicle and you pick someone or something up, you stop the vehicle so that you can take them
somewhere.
If you pick up a skin, habit or attitude, you learn it or start having it without making any effort.
Play back Rebobinar.
Play up If a group of children are playing up or are playing you up , they are being naughty and are difficult to control.
Pour down flowing in great quantities downwards, rainig a lot
Pull down Destroy a building or structure deliberately.
Pull sb out to take sb out of a place by making an effort into one’s direction
Pull sth up to carry upwards
Put away 1. confine, put sth in a box after use. Save money to use later ------ guardar
2. If you put something away, you plays it tidily somewhere.
Put back To put back an event , appointment or task means to postpone it happening or being done until a later time.
(=Defer)
If you put something back somewhere, you plays it in the position it was in before it was moved.
Put down When you put down words or numbers, you write or type them somewhere.
Put forward If you put forward an idea or proposal, you stay it or publish it so that people can consider it and discuss it.(=set
out)
Put off postpone. Make sb feel dislike. Disturb, distract
If you put off an event or appointment , you delay or postpone it. If you put a person off, you delay saying them
or doing what they want you to do by telling them that you are too busy.
If something or someone puts you off what you are doing, they cause you to stop to concentrating by making a
sudden noise o distracting you in some other way.
To put someone off doing something or having something means to cause them to change their mind so that they
no longer want to do it or have it.
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Put on 1. When a person or group puts on a play, concert or other entertainment, they organise it or perform it
2. If someone puts on weight, they become heavier(=gain)
3. When you put on a piece of clothing, you place it over a part of your body and wear it
4. If someone is putting you on, they are teasing you by trying to make you believe something that is not
true.
Put out cause inconvenience to sb
If you put out a light, you cause it to stop shining by pressing or turning a switch(=switch off, turn off)
If you put out something that is burning you cause it to stop burning(=extinguish).
Put pressure on sb press
Put sb up to give accommodation for a brief period of time ------ dar alojamiento
Put sth down to place on a table, shelf, etc… ------ bajar//almacenar
Put sth on to wear, to get
Put sth out take sth out of one’s house and leave it there for collectin. Cause to stop burning ------ sacar algo fuera /apagar el fuego
Put sth up to put into a higher position, to pitch ------ subir
Put through If you put through a phone call or the person making the call, you connect them with the person they want to
speak to.
Put up If someone puts you up or if you put up somewhere, you stay with them or stay there for one or more nights.
tolerate
Put up with If you put up with something or someone, you tolerate or accept them even though you find it difficult or
unpleasant.(=endure)
Run away with escape with sth, or without punishment
Run into If you run into someone, you meet them unexpectedly.(=run across, come across)
Run out If you run out of something, you have no more of it left.
Run out of come to an end with one’s supplies of sth ------ quedarse sin
Run sb over to kill by knocking with a car ------ atropellar
Run up to run into a higher position
See off When you see someone off, you go with them to the station, airport or port that they are leaving from, an say
goodbye to them there.
See through If you see through a person or see through what they are doing, you realise what they intention are, even though
they are trying to hide them.
Send off If a football player is sent off, the player is made to leave the field during a game as a punishment for seriously
breaking the rules.
Send sb off dispatch, send usually on a mission or by post, a player out of the field ------ enviar
Send up If you send someone up, you imitate them in a way that makes them appear foolish. (=Take off)
Set off When you set off, you start a journey (=set out)
Set up If you set something up, you make the arrangements and preparations that are necessary for it to start.
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Settle downasentarse have a calmer, more stable life ------
Show off boast, try to impress others with one’s abilities ------ alardear
Shut down close down due to lack of business ------ cerrar el negocio
Shut up (rude) stop talking ------ callarse
be quiet
Sort out arrange things in groups, separate by classes ------ ordenar
solve ------ resolver
Speak up talk louder ------ hablar alto
Split up separate, usually a relationship ------ romper una relación
Spring up appear suddenly ------ aparecer de repente
Stand for mean
Stay in not go out, stay at home ------ quedarse en casa
Step down walk down ------ bajar paso a paso//dimitir
Sum up summarize ------ resumir
Switch sth off to extinguish, to turn off ------ apagar
Take after If you take after a member of your family, you resemble them in your appearance, behaviour or character
Take after sb look like sb (appearance, character)
Take away If you take one number or amount away from another, you subtract the first from the second
Take back (in a shop) accepting goods previously sold. Admit that what one said was wrong ------ aceptar devoluciones
If you take back something which you borrowed or bought, you return it to the place or person that you got it
from, for example because you have finished using it or because it is damaged
If you take someone back after a quarrel or separation , you agree to let them live with you or work with you
again
If you say something takes your back, you mean that it reminds you of a period in your past, and makes you think
about it again.
Take down If you take down something that is attached to a wall, post or other object, you unfasten or disconnect it, and
remove it (=put)
If you take down what someone is saying, you listen to them and write it down to record it.(=Get down)
Take in If you take in something that you see, hear or read, you pay attention to it and are able to understand it, remember
it or evaluate it.
If you take in something such as a film, a museum or a place while you are on holiday or travelling somewhere,
you go to see it or visit it.
Take off become successful
lose the contact with a surface. For a place ------ despegar
Take off (of a plane) leave the ground ------ levantar vuelo
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 If you take off your clothes or something that you are wearing, you undress or remove it.
If you take off something such as an amount of money or a mark, you substract it from a total
If you take someone off, you imitate their appearance or behaviour, usually in order to make other people laugh
(=Mimic)
If something such as a product or activity takes off, it suddenly becomes very successful and popular.
Take on If you take on a job, task or responsibility, you accept it and try to do what is required.
If someone takes you on at a place of work, they employ you.
If you take on a rival or opponent, especially one who is bigger or more powerful than you, you fight or compete
against them.
Take out If you take someone out, for example to a restaurant or film, they go there with you, and you pay for everything.
To take something out means to remove it from the place where it was, often because it is unwanted or damaged
Take over If you take over a job or responsibility, you start doing it or being responsible for it after someone else has
finished.
Take sb out to invite to go to a public place
Take sth away buy a dish at a restaurant and take it home. Cause a feeling to disappear ------ servicio a domicilio
Take sth up become interested
Take to If you take to someone or something you begin to like them
Take up (time) consume ------ consumir el tiempo
start doing an activity, usually as a hobby
If you take up an activity or job, you start doing it (=Go in for)
If you take up an activity that was interrupted, you continue doing it from the point where it had stopped (=Pick
up)
If something takes up a particular amount of time, space or effort, it uses that amount (=Occupy)
If you take up an offer, challenge or opportunity, you accept it
Tear sth out remove, separate by pulling sharply ------ arrancar
Tell sb off criticize ------ criticar
Tell sb out ------ arrancar
Throw (sth) away discard sth as useless or unwanted ------ lanzar, tirar
Throw off produce sth without effort. Manage to get rid of sth or sb
Try on If you try on a piece of clothing, you put it on to see it fits you or if it looks nice.
Try sth on put on clothes etc. to see if it fits and how it looks ------------------- probarse la ropa o zapatos
Try sth out test sth or sb by using it ------ testar o comprobar
Turn back If you turn back or are turned back when you are travelling somewhere, you stop and return to the place you
started from.
Turn down If you turn down a person, their request or their offer, you refuse their request or offer. (=Reject)
When you turn down something, such as a radio or a heater, you adjust the controls and reduce the amount of
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Turn off When you turn off a device, machine or appliance, you adjust the controls in order to stop it working (=Switch off)
Turn on When you turn on a device, machine or appliance, you adjust the controls so that it starts working(=Swicth on)
Turn out If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way (=Work out)
Turn sth down reject or refuse to consider, adjust in order to reduce the heat, noise
Turn sth on cause to start functioning
Turn up If someone turns up, they arrive somewhere (=Show up).
Turn up make one’s appearance, arrive. Cause sth to face or point upwards
Twist off cause sth to come or break off easily with a twisting movement ---- girar y abrir
Walk up take steps into an upward direction
Wind up tighten the spring of a watch, etc. to make it work. Raise sb to a pitch of excitement ------ dar cuerda/acelerarse
Wipe up remove, pick sth up with a cloth ------ limpiar con un trapo
Work sth out calculate, find the answer to sth
Wrap up cover or enclose (in soft or flexible material) ------ envolver
Zoom up go up at a very high speed

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