See be4 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "When your spire is morphing construct an evolution chamber as this also allow spore colonies to counter enemy fliers, and then immediatly go for ling attack upgrade 1, and as soon as spire is finished, go for mutalisk armor upgrade 1. Reason why is long and technical, and I have replied to this be4, so by looking up some older posts you may very well find the answer to why.",
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"ref": "2001 May 20, Shell, “Morning Peeps”, in alt.fan.scarecrow (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-14:",
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