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The Dynamiter

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

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I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.
Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.
On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.
It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.
The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.
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The Dynamiter

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of The Dynamiter is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.
Line 2
Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.
Line 3
On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.
Line 4
It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.
Line 5
The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

Learner Dictionary

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Blood noun US /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading “I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.”

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.”

Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.”

Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.”

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a

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

and

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

ant-heaps

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

artificers

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

at

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

back

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

beset

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

bloodnounUS /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

blow

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

brighter

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

broadly

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

but

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

clearing

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

convolved

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

creepers

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

cypress

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

daylight

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

dense

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

distinguish

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

dull

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

edge

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

fallen

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

farther

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

fell

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

forth

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

ground

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

had

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

hastily

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

heart

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

here

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

horrible

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

I

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

in

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

it

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

know

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

lagoon

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

left

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

lighter

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

mark

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

moment

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

my

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

myself

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

not

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

now

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

of

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

On

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

or

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

parasites

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

patch

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

path

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

pity

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

place

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

plunge

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

possible

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

proportions

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

scrambled

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

side

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

smiling

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

so

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

soaring

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

solidly

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

some

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

Something

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

somewhat

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

such

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

that

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

the

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

their

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

there

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

thick

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

through

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

to

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

told

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

took

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

tree

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From this reading It was possible, here and there, to mark a patch of somewhat brighter daylight, or to distinguish, through the lighter web of parasites, the proportions of some soaring tree.

upon

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

very

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

visibly

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

was

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

waters

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

we

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

web

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

welled

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From this reading I took the blow in silence, I took it smiling; but the blood welled back upon my heart.

what

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

which

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

widened

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From this reading The cypress on the left stood very visibly forth, upon the edge of such a clearing; the path in that place widened broadly; and there was a patch of open ground, beset with horrible ant-heaps, thick with their artificers.

with

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From this reading Something, I know not what, fell at that moment with a dull plunge in the waters of the lagoon, and I told myself it was my pity that had fallen.

wood

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From this reading On the farther side, to which we now hastily scrambled, the wood was not so dense, the web of creepers not so solidly convolved.

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Library
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January
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