"tenere a freno la lingua" meaning in Italian

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Verb

IPA: /teˈne.re a ˈfre.no la ˈlin.ɡwa/, /teˈne.re a ˈfrɛ.no la ˈlin.ɡwa/
Etymology: Literally, “to hold/keep the tongue at brake”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to hold/keep the tongue at brake}} “to hold/keep the tongue at brake”, {{lit|to hold/keep the tongue at brake}} Literally, “to hold/keep the tongue at brake” Head templates: {{it-verb|a/@}} tenére a freno la lingua (first-person singular present tèngo a freno la lingua, first-person singular past historic ténni a freno la lingua or tènni a freno la lingua, past participle tenùto a freno la lingua, first-person singular future terrò a freno la lingua, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/@}} Forms: tenére a freno la lingua [canonical], tèngo a freno la lingua [first-person, present, singular], ténni a freno la lingua [first-person, historic, past, singular], tènni a freno la lingua [first-person, historic, past, singular], tenùto a freno la lingua [participle, past], terrò a freno la lingua [first-person, future, singular], avére [auxiliary], irregular [table-tags], tenére a freno la lingua [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], tenèndo a freno la lingua [gerund], tenènte a freno la lingua [participle, present], tenùto a freno la lingua [participle, past], tèngo a freno la lingua [first-person, indicative, present, singular], tièni a freno la lingua [indicative, present, second-person, singular], tiéni a freno la lingua [indicative, present, second-person, singular], tiène a freno la lingua [indicative, present, singular, third-person], tiéne a freno la lingua [indicative, present, singular, third-person], teniàmo a freno la lingua [first-person, indicative, plural, present], tenéte a freno la lingua [indicative, plural, present, second-person], tèngono a freno la lingua [indicative, plural, present, third-person], tenévo a freno la lingua [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], tenévi a freno la lingua [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], tenéva a freno la lingua [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], tenevàmo a freno la lingua [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], tenevàte a freno la lingua [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], tenévano a freno la lingua [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], ténni a freno la lingua [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], tènni a freno la lingua [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], tenésti a freno la lingua [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], ténne a freno la lingua [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], tènne a freno la lingua [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], tenémmo a freno la lingua [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], tenéste a freno la lingua [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], ténnero a freno la lingua [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], tènnero a freno la lingua [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], terrò a freno la lingua [first-person, future, indicative, singular], terrài a freno la lingua [future, indicative, second-person, singular], terrà a freno la lingua [future, indicative, singular, third-person], terrémo a freno la lingua [first-person, future, indicative, plural], terréte a freno la lingua [future, indicative, plural, second-person], terrànno a freno la lingua [future, indicative, plural, third-person], terrèi a freno la lingua [conditional, first-person, present, singular], terrésti a freno la lingua [conditional, present, second-person, singular], terrèbbe a freno la lingua [conditional, present, singular, third-person], terrébbe a freno la lingua [conditional, present, singular, third-person], terrémmo a freno la lingua [conditional, first-person, plural, present], terréste a freno la lingua [conditional, plural, present, second-person], terrèbbero a freno la lingua [conditional, plural, present, third-person], terrébbero a freno la lingua [conditional, plural, present, third-person], tènga a freno la lingua [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], tènga a freno la lingua [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], tènga a freno la lingua [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], teniàmo a freno la lingua [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], teniàte a freno la lingua [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], tèngano a freno la lingua [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], tenéssi a freno la lingua [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], tenéssi a freno la lingua [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], tenésse a freno la lingua [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], tenéssimo a freno la lingua [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], tenéste a freno la lingua [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], tenéssero a freno la lingua [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], tièni a freno la lingua [imperative, second-person, singular], tiéni a freno la lingua [imperative, second-person, singular], tènga a freno la lingua [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], teniàmo a freno la lingua [first-person, imperative, plural], tenéte a freno la lingua [imperative, plural, second-person], tèngano a freno la lingua [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], tenére a freno la lingua [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], tènga a freno la lingua [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], teniàmo a freno la lingua [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], tenéte a freno la lingua [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], tèngano a freno la lingua [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (idiomatic) to hold one's tongue Tags: idiomatic Related terms: tenere a freno
    Sense id: en-tenere_a_freno_la_lingua-it-verb-GlfjRB~G Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks

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    {
      "form": "terrèi a freno la lingua",
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      "form": "terrésti a freno la lingua",
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    {
      "form": "terrèbbe a freno la lingua",
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      "form": "tènga a freno la lingua",
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    {
      "form": "tèngano a freno la lingua",
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      "form": "tenéssi a freno la lingua",
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    {
      "form": "tenésse a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "tenéssimo a freno la lingua",
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    {
      "form": "tenéste a freno la lingua",
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    {
      "form": "tenéssero a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "tièni a freno la lingua",
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          "english": "Meanwhile Kamala cashes in: because of strategy more than shyness, because the advisors recommended that she hold her tongue.",
          "ref": "2020 October 8, Anna Lombardi, “Kamala Harris contro Mike Pence: il dibattito. Scontro su Covid e tasse. Harris ribatte tre volte a Pence che la interrompe: \"Ora sto parlando io\" [Kamala Harris against Mike Pence: the debate. Clash on Covid and taxes. Harris retorts three times to Pence when he interrupts her: \"I am speaking now\"]”, in la Repubblica",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to hold one's tongue"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "tenere a freno"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/teˈne.re a ˈfre.no la ˈlin.ɡwa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/teˈne.re a ˈfrɛ.no la ˈlin.ɡwa/"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "tenùto a freno la lingua",
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      "form": "terrò a freno la lingua",
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        "future",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "tenére a freno la lingua",
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    {
      "form": "tenèndo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "tenènte a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tenùto a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tèngo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tièni a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiéni a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiène a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiéne a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teniàmo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéte a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tèngono a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenévo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenévi a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéva a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenevàmo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenevàte a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenévano a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ténni a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tènni a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenésti a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ténne a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tènne a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenémmo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéste a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ténnero a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tènnero a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrò a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrài a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrà a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrémo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terréte a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrànno a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrèi a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrésti a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrèbbe a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrébbe a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrémmo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terréste a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrèbbero a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terrébbero a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tènga a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tènga a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tènga a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teniàmo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teniàte a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tèngano a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéssi a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéssi a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenésse a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéssimo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéste a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéssero a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tièni a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiéni a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tènga a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teniàmo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéte a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tèngano a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
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        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenére a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tènga a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teniàmo a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenéte a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tèngano a freno la lingua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "a/@"
      },
      "expansion": "tenére a freno la lingua (first-person singular present tèngo a freno la lingua, first-person singular past historic ténni a freno la lingua or tènni a freno la lingua, past participle tenùto a freno la lingua, first-person singular future terrò a freno la lingua, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "te‧né‧re‧a‧fré‧no‧la‧lìn‧gua"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/@"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tenere a freno"
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian idioms",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Italian multiword terms",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with quotations",
        "Italian verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Meanwhile Kamala cashes in: because of strategy more than shyness, because the advisors recommended that she hold her tongue.",
          "ref": "2020 October 8, Anna Lombardi, “Kamala Harris contro Mike Pence: il dibattito. Scontro su Covid e tasse. Harris ribatte tre volte a Pence che la interrompe: \"Ora sto parlando io\" [Kamala Harris against Mike Pence: the debate. Clash on Covid and taxes. Harris retorts three times to Pence when he interrupts her: \"I am speaking now\"]”, in la Repubblica",
          "text": "Mentre Kamala incassa: per strategia più che timidezza, giacché i consiglieri le hanno raccomandato di tenere a freno la lingua.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold one's tongue"
      ],
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        [
          "hold one's tongue",
          "hold one's tongue"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to hold one's tongue"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/teˈne.re a ˈfre.no la ˈlin.ɡwa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/teˈne.re a ˈfrɛ.no la ˈlin.ɡwa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenere a freno la lingua"
}

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