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a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
prearranged
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of prearrange
prearrange
1. v. To arrange in advance.
I would like to prearrange a hire car to be waiting for me at the airport when I arrive next week.
meeting
1. n. The action of the verb to meet.
2. n. A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.
We need to have a meeting about that soon.
3. n. The people at such a gathering, as a collective.
What has the meeting decided.
4. n. An encounter between people, even accidental.
They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
5. n. A place or instance of junction or intersection.
Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
6. n. (rural US, dated) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
7. n. (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
8. v. present participle of meet
meet
1. v. To make contact (with) while in proximity.
2. v. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
3. v. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock. Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?
4. v. To get acquainted with someone.
I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.
I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!
5. v. (Ireland) To French kiss someone.
6. v. Of groups: to gather or oppose.
7. v. To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.
8. v. To come together in conflict.
9. v. (sports) To play a match.
England and Holland will meet in the final.
10. v. To make physical or perceptual contact.
11. v. To converge and finally touch or intersect.
The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.
12. v. To touch or hit something while moving.
The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.
13. v. To adjoin, be physically touching.
The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room. The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast.
14. v. To satisfy; to comply with.
This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.
15. v. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
The eye met a horrid sight. He met his fate.
16. n. A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
17. n. A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
18. n. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
19. n. A meeting.
OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.
20. n. (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
21. n. (Irish) An act of French kissing someone.
22. adj. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
assignation
1. n. An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
2. n. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
3. n. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
now
1. adj. Present; current.
2. adj. (archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marria
Now wife.
3. adj. (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
I think this band's sound is very now.
4. adv. At the present time.
Now I am six.
5. adv. (sentence) Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke.
Now, we all want what is best for our children. Now, stop that Jimmy!
6. adv. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
Now I am ready. We all now want the latest toys for our children. We all want what is now best for our children.
7. adv. Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet. Now that my sister has gotten rid of their cat, we can go to her house this coming Thanksgiving.
8. adv. At the time reached within a narration.
Now, he remembered why he had come. He now asked her whether she had made pudding. The pudding was now ready to be served.
9. adv. In the context of urgency.
Now listen, we must do something about this.
10. adv. (obsolete) As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
11. conj. Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
We can play football now that the rain has stopped.
Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. = Let's start the meeting now that everyone's here.
12. interj. Indicates a signal to begin.
Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!
13. n. The present time.
Now is the right time.
There is no better time than now.
14. n. (often, with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
She is living in the now.
15. n. (chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
16. v. misspelling of know
I don't now. (intended: I don't know.)
especially
1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
Invite them all, especially Molly.
between
1. prep. In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
John stood between Amy and Mary. Let's meet between two and three.
I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars.
2. prep. Done together or reciprocally.
conversation between friends
3. prep. Shared in confidence.
Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy. Let's keep this between ourselves.
4. prep. In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
He's between jobs right now. The shuttle runs between the town and the airport.
5. prep. Combined (by effort or ownership).
Between us all, we shall succeed. We've only got £5 between us.
Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isn't much about this house to appeal to a buyer.
6. prep. One of (representing a choice).
You must choose between him and me.
Some colour-blind people can't distinguish between red and green.
7. n. A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.
lovers
1. n. plural of lover
lover
1. n. One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, or girlfriend.
2. n. A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
3. n. A person who loves something.
a lover of fine wines
a lover of his country
4. n. (West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.
All right, me lover?
5. n. obsolete form of louver
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
meet
1. v. To make contact (with) while in proximity.
2. v. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
3. v. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock. Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?
4. v. To get acquainted with someone.
I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.
I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!
5. v. (Ireland) To French kiss someone.
6. v. Of groups: to gather or oppose.
7. v. To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.
8. v. To come together in conflict.
9. v. (sports) To play a match.
England and Holland will meet in the final.
10. v. To make physical or perceptual contact.
11. v. To converge and finally touch or intersect.
The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.
12. v. To touch or hit something while moving.
The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.
13. v. To adjoin, be physically touching.
The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room. The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast.
14. v. To satisfy; to comply with.
This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.
15. v. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
The eye met a horrid sight. He met his fate.
16. n. A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
17. n. A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
18. n. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
19. n. A meeting.
OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.
20. n. (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
21. n. (Irish) An act of French kissing someone.
22. adj. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.
at
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night.
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her.
4. prep. Denotes a price.
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
men at work
6. prep. In a state of.
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
8. prep. Because of.
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
The twins were both bad at chemistry.
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
13. n. The at sign (@).
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
specific
1. adj. explicit or definite
2. adj. (sciences) Pertaining to a species.
3. adj. (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
4. adj. special, distinctive or unique
5. adj. intended for, or applying to a particular thing
6. adj. being a remedy for a particular disease
Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
7. adj. (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen
8. adj. (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
9. adj. (physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
10. adj. (physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)
11. n. A distinguishing attribute or quality.
12. n. A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
13. n. Specification
14. n. (in the plural) The details; particulars.
place
1. n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
2. n. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
3. n. A group of houses.
They live at Westminster Place.
4. n. An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
5. n. Any area of the earth: a region.
He is going back to his native place on vacation.
6. n. The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.
7. n. The area where one lives: one's home, formerly(chiefly) country estates and farms.
Do you want to come over to my place later?
8. n. An area of the skin.
9. n. (euphemism) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
10. n. (obsolete) An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.
11. n. A location or position in space.
12. n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
13. n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
14. n. (obsolete) A topic.
15. n. A frame of mind.
I'm in a strange place at the moment.
16. n. (chess) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
17. n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
18. n. A role or purpose; a station.
It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case.
19. n. The position of a contestant in a competition.
We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place.
20. n. (horse-racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
to win a bet on a horse for place
21. n. The position as a member of a sports team.
He lost his place in the national team.
22. n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
23. n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
three decimal places; the hundreds place
24. n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
That's what I said in the first place!
25. n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
26. v. To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
He placed the glass on the table.
27. v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
The Cowboys placed third in the league.
28. v. (intransitive, racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
29. v. To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.
30. v. (transitive, in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race.
31. v. To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
32. v. To arrange for or to make (a bet).
I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls.
33. v. To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.
34. v. (sports) To place-kick (a goal).
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
time
1. n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
2. n. (physics, usually) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
3. n. (physics) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
4. n. (physics, reductionistic definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.
5. n. A duration of time.
6. n. A quantity of availability of duration.
More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finish
7. n. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
a long time; Record the individual times for the processes in each batch. Only your best time is compared with the other compet
8. n. (slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time. He is not living at home because he is doing time.
9. n. An experience.
We had a wonderful time at the party.
10. n. An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs
11. n. (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
In my time, we respected our elders.
12. n. (only in singular, sports) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
13. n. An instant of time.
14. n. How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
Excuse me, have you got the time? What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock? A computer keeps time using a clock battery
15. n. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
it’s time for bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going
16. n. A numerical indication of a particular moment.
at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones
17. n. An instance or occurrence.
When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
see you another time; that’s three times he’s made the same mistake
Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
18. n. (of pubs) Closing time.
Last call: it's almost time.
19. n. The hour of childbirth.
20. n. (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
It was his time.
21. n. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
22. n. Ratio of comparison.
your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this
23. n. (grammar, dated) Tense.
the time of a verb
24. n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
25. v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
26. v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
27. v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
28. v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
29. v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
30. v. To measure, as in music or harmony.
31. interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

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