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    <title>Resources: Notes on Life and Language in the United States</title>
    <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog</link>
    <description>Free resources- English tutor, improve fluency, pronunciation, business English, vocabulary, idioms, listening, American culture, daily life in the US</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:18:50 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2015-06-09T20:18:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Three Secrets to a 7 on the IELTS Speaking Test</title>
      <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/ielts-speaking-test-7-three-secrets</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/ielts-speaking-test-7-three-secrets" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hubfs/IELTS_Speaking_test_secrets_to_7.jpg" alt="Three Secrets to a 7 on the IELTS Speaking Test" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Are you preparing to take the IELTS Speaking test?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/ielts-speaking-test-7-three-secrets" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hubfs/IELTS_Speaking_test_secrets_to_7.jpg" alt="Three Secrets to a 7 on the IELTS Speaking Test" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Are you preparing to take the IELTS Speaking test?&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=98462&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishandculture.com%2Fblog%2Fielts-speaking-test-7-three-secrets&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.englishandculture.com%252Fblog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>IELTS Exam</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:18:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/ielts-speaking-test-7-three-secrets</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-06-09T20:18:57Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay McMahon</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Use Amazon Kindle to Boost your English Vocabulary</title>
      <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-use-amazon-kindle-to-boost-your-english-vocabulary</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-use-amazon-kindle-to-boost-your-english-vocabulary" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hubfs/English_vocabulary_Amazon_Kindle.jpg" alt="How to Use Amazon Kindle to Boost your English Vocabulary" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do you struggle to learn new English vocabulary words? Today we have a guest post from Chris Ternosky from &lt;a href="http://learnenglishwithchris.com/"&gt;Learn English with Chris&lt;/a&gt;.Chris will show you how to use Amazon Kindle to improve your vocabulary quickly and easily.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-use-amazon-kindle-to-boost-your-english-vocabulary" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hubfs/English_vocabulary_Amazon_Kindle.jpg" alt="How to Use Amazon Kindle to Boost your English Vocabulary" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do you struggle to learn new English vocabulary words? Today we have a guest post from Chris Ternosky from &lt;a href="http://learnenglishwithchris.com/"&gt;Learn English with Chris&lt;/a&gt;.Chris will show you how to use Amazon Kindle to improve your vocabulary quickly and easily.&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=98462&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishandculture.com%2Fblog%2Fhow-to-use-amazon-kindle-to-boost-your-english-vocabulary&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.englishandculture.com%252Fblog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>Business English Vocabulary</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 19:02:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-use-amazon-kindle-to-boost-your-english-vocabulary</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-05-26T19:02:20Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay McMahon</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Double Your English Conversation Confidence in the Next 30 Days</title>
      <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-double-your-english-conversation-confidence-in-the-next-30-days</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-double-your-english-conversation-confidence-in-the-next-30-days" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2640187221.jpg" alt="How to Double Your English Conversation Confidence in the Next 30 Days" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;You want to feel confident when you get into &lt;a href="http://www.speakative.com"&gt;English conversations&lt;/a&gt;, right?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-double-your-english-conversation-confidence-in-the-next-30-days" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2640187221.jpg" alt="How to Double Your English Conversation Confidence in the Next 30 Days" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;You want to feel confident when you get into &lt;a href="http://www.speakative.com"&gt;English conversations&lt;/a&gt;, right?&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=98462&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishandculture.com%2Fblog%2Fhow-to-double-your-english-conversation-confidence-in-the-next-30-days&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.englishandculture.com%252Fblog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>English Conversation</category>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:28:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-double-your-english-conversation-confidence-in-the-next-30-days</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-03-25T17:28:39Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay McMahon</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Ask for Clarification in English without Saying "What?!"</title>
      <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-ask-for-clarification-in-english-without-saying-what</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-ask-for-clarification-in-english-without-saying-what" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2437796417.jpg" alt="How to Ask for Clarification in English without Saying &amp;quot;What?!&amp;quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do you ever misunderstand what is said to you in English?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-ask-for-clarification-in-english-without-saying-what" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2437796417.jpg" alt="How to Ask for Clarification in English without Saying &amp;quot;What?!&amp;quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do you ever misunderstand what is said to you in English?&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=98462&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishandculture.com%2Fblog%2Fhow-to-ask-for-clarification-in-english-without-saying-what&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.englishandculture.com%252Fblog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>English Conversation</category>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/how-to-ask-for-clarification-in-english-without-saying-what</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-02-04T13:00:00Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay McMahon</dc:creator>
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      <title>3 Ways to Casually Invite Someone Out for Coffee in English</title>
      <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/3-ways-to-casually-invite-someone-out-for-coffee-in-english</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/3-ways-to-casually-invite-someone-out-for-coffee-in-english" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2424418619.jpg" alt="3 Ways to Casually Invite Someone Out for Coffee in English" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do you want to invite someone out for coffee in English? Maybe this person is a friend, a colleague or even a romantic interest?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/3-ways-to-casually-invite-someone-out-for-coffee-in-english" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2424418619.jpg" alt="3 Ways to Casually Invite Someone Out for Coffee in English" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do you want to invite someone out for coffee in English? Maybe this person is a friend, a colleague or even a romantic interest?&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=98462&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishandculture.com%2Fblog%2F3-ways-to-casually-invite-someone-out-for-coffee-in-english&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.englishandculture.com%252Fblog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>English Conversation</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:35:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/3-ways-to-casually-invite-someone-out-for-coffee-in-english</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-01-30T14:35:18Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay McMahon</dc:creator>
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      <title>4 Reasons You Can't Articulate Your Thoughts in English and 4 Solutions</title>
      <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/4-reasons-you-cant-articulate-your-thoughts-in-english-and-4-solutions</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/4-reasons-you-cant-articulate-your-thoughts-in-english-and-4-solutions" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2340905090.jpg" alt="4 Reasons You Can't Articulate Your Thoughts in English and 4 Solutions" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Do you ever feel like you can't express exactly what you want to say in English?&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do your colleagues tell you that you "ramble on" too much?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/4-reasons-you-cant-articulate-your-thoughts-in-english-and-4-solutions" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2340905090.jpg" alt="4 Reasons You Can't Articulate Your Thoughts in English and 4 Solutions" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do you ever feel like you can't express exactly what you want to say in English?&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do your colleagues tell you that you "ramble on" too much?&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=98462&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishandculture.com%2Fblog%2F4-reasons-you-cant-articulate-your-thoughts-in-english-and-4-solutions&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.englishandculture.com%252Fblog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>Business English Presentations</category>
      <category>Business English Vocabulary</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:15:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/4-reasons-you-cant-articulate-your-thoughts-in-english-and-4-solutions</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-01-13T21:15:27Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay McMahon</dc:creator>
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      <title>A Special Bonus for Your English in the New Year</title>
      <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/a-special-bonus-for-your-english-in-the-new-year</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/a-special-bonus-for-your-english-in-the-new-year" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2302539736.jpg" alt="A Special Bonus for Your English in the New Year" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Are you ready to make 2015 the year that you FINALLY start feeling confident when it comes to speaking English at work?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/a-special-bonus-for-your-english-in-the-new-year" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2302539736.jpg" alt="A Special Bonus for Your English in the New Year" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Are you ready to make 2015 the year that you FINALLY start feeling confident when it comes to speaking English at work?&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=98462&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishandculture.com%2Fblog%2Fa-special-bonus-for-your-english-in-the-new-year&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.englishandculture.com%252Fblog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 20:30:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/a-special-bonus-for-your-english-in-the-new-year</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-01-05T20:30:40Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay McMahon</dc:creator>
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      <title>Why Your Business English Emails Aren't Working</title>
      <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/why-your-business-english-emails-arent-working</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/why-your-business-english-emails-arent-working" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2184288604.jpg" alt="Why Your Business English Emails Aren't Working" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;You communicate with colleagues, potential customers, your boss, and everyone else every day by email in English.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/why-your-business-english-emails-arent-working" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2184288604.jpg" alt="Why Your Business English Emails Aren't Working" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;You communicate with colleagues, potential customers, your boss, and everyone else every day by email in English.&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=98462&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishandculture.com%2Fblog%2Fwhy-your-business-english-emails-arent-working&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.englishandculture.com%252Fblog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>business English emails</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:25:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/why-your-business-english-emails-arent-working</guid>
      <dc:date>2014-12-05T23:25:41Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay McMahon</dc:creator>
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      <title>Video Lesson! How to Politely Say "No" to an Invitation in English</title>
      <link>https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/video-lesson-how-to-politely-say-no-to-an-invitation-in-english</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.englishandculture.com/blog/video-lesson-how-to-politely-say-no-to-an-invitation-in-english" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.englishandculture.com/hs-fs/hub/98462/file-2106841692.jpg" alt="Video Lesson! How to Politely Say &amp;quot;No&amp;quot; to an Invitation in English" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Do you struggle when you don't know the right English vocabulary words to use in certain situations?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
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