How To Use Water In A Sentence

But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
The mysterious jack snipe is a typical bird of the often water-logged northern taiga, birch and willow country.
We carried spare water for the rad, a hand pump just in case the Dunlop pressure dropped, and maybe even a canister of petrol.
A boa made from black water mink is worth about 50 dollars, a collarette about $100,00 and a coat reaching down to the hips would cost about $250,00. Black Beaver The Trapper

Sony Pictures Animation has a full slate of films including the mouth-watering 3D comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which opened as the #1 movie in North America on September 18, Hotel Transylvania, now in pre-production and, in association with Columbia Pictures, The Smurfs, now in production. Anton Yelchin and Fred Armisen Join The Smurfs | /Film
But for the watermark, the thickness of the paper and the missing security thread, the note, reportedly obtained from a private bank, looked like genuine currency for all practical purposes.
On land, giant reservoirs holding saline water could be built to offset the rise in sea levels caused by the melting of the polar ice-caps.
It also contains a series of waterfalls and cascades to further enhance the beauty of a hole that is certain to generate a lot of comment throughout the week.
It also provides ample cushioning with shock-absorbing HydroFlow technology in the heel and forefoot, and has a water-repellant upper.
The ether gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, being converted into acetic acid; this, by its superior affinities, reacts on the iodide present, converting it into acetate, with liberation of hydriodic acid; while this latter, under the influence of the atmospheric oxygen, is very rapidly converted into water and iodine. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
If head-to-toe leopard seems a bit too Big Cat Diary to appeal, then a waterproof rucksack or bumbag in the same print are an easy way to add a distinctive touch to a more classic outfit. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
It was then allowed to recover on the stringer in deeper water before being returned alive to grow on to even larger proportions.
The pictures show squares within squares - the water-holding depressions that in ancient times made the gardens fruitful.
Fly fishers in the salt water environment need something entirely different to their freshwater counterpart on the chalk stream, as does the angler who fishes big reservoirs.
Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
The pouring of pure water scented with jasmine oil washes away worries.
There is a fine square here called Madison, in the centre of which trees rise from fountain-watered grass, and statued figures of people who were men in their day and did things, palatial buildings, dignifying commerce, form the square. Impressions of a War Correspondent
Winky luved tu drinking frum deh water fawsitt…. she liking hur wadder fresh…it wuz a sinky-drinky fur deh winky-binky. Like the new bowl. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
His food was limited to bread and water.
Using wire transmission, with long service life, and not sticky paste, silk or nylon thread transmission can be equipped with water-hao to justice system.
The amount of water which is suitable to drink is less and less.
Woody stemmed plants, like Buddleia and plants that ooze sap, like Asclepias, should be cut and placed in hot water.
Simply inserting the word "conservation" in the pesticide label and slightly watering down the percentage of the active ingredient, brodifacoum, does not make this rodenticide safe for wildlife, nor will it make it any less persistent. Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge
Unless a guide is along for the ride, it's all too easy to overshoot the reef and find yourself in green water, 200 feet above the nearest marine life.
Wildlife Watching Supplies stock a wide range of materials, olive green or camouflage pattern, lightweight, medium and heavy weight, showerproofed polycotton and waterproof nylon.
Its route will pass mainly through soft rock and above deep-lying, brackish ground water.
Organic carbon mineralization was studied in a large humic lake in northern Sweden during a well-defined summer stratification period following high water flow during snowmelt.
The pylon is to be the centerpiece of a planned underwater museum featuring relics uncovered from the Mediterranean seabed. Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
It has full-size trees, sand banks leading down to a stony beach, and water cascading down a rock outcrop.
Actually, I was thinking of M&P on top of the CP, as a cover for the paper, but since the water in CP would make it wet to pour on top of the paper, dunno. Microsoft Soap - Set Up
Instead of leaving, the fish crowded towards the back of the Redondo Beach marina and used all the oxygen in the water, marine experts have said. Millions of sardines die in Californian marina
Phase I called for dewatering and rehabilitating the No.6 shaft, sinking the shaft to the 45th level, cutting seven level stations, and diamond drilling the conglomerate bed.
He goes hysterical when I even wash his face in the bath, and if water gets in his hair it is even worse.
Fuss' photograms have reproduced water droplets, birds in flight, moving light and even a trail of snakes moving across light-sensitive paper, dusted with talcum powder.
Rob also reckons that the south-west coast of Ireland has some of the best sailing grounds in the world - particularly around Roaring Water Bay in West Cork.
The interior of the suction device is sleeved with a nozzle unit device which can inject backwash water to a suction port and the low pressure area of the filter screen part.
They decided to pipe the water in from the Changjiang River nearby.
Twice through the following night was I wakened by the boat being hurled upon her beam-ends by the blows of the seas; but she righted easily, and took scarce any water, the canvas proving a very roof of safety. The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'
Plantations of exotic non-native trees use up large quantities of water, which can have adverse affects on natural habitats.
The Waterford publicans, who have signified their intention to defy the ban, are following in the footsteps of their colleagues in Kerry, Cork, Donegal and Wexford.
To avoid having sodium react with oxygen or water vapor in the air, it is usually stored under kerosene, naphtha, or some other organic liquid with which it does not react.
Place under cold running water for 20 minutes.
He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots. CHAPTER XV
Canaanite: but [197] _John baptized in Ænon, near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized_. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.
I hit the water and surfaced, looking back to see Scott pointing west.
John Sayles is often hailed as the king of independent cinema, so it is little wonder that his latest movie, Silver City, was able to attract such a mouth-watering cast.
Tru hung her gown away safely, then tore off her sweat-soaked uniform before she sloshed water all over her body, scrubbing away her stench with soap.
Cook the tagliatelle in boiling salted water until al dente.
A son of Israel has no gods whom he can libate," he said, playing with the water to hide his amazement, now greater than before. Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ
Critics fear the environmental impact and possible contamination of groundwater as well as the risk of earthquakes. Times, Sunday Times
At the top end of the glen darts of sunshine poked through the billowing clouds and encouraged us to go for it and, fully rigged up in waterproofs, we were soon splashing our way up into the Lairig Eilde.
A dislocated wrist, unsuccessfuily set, occasioned advice from my surgeon, to try the mineral waters of Aix, in Provence, as a corroborant. Autobiography
The water vascular system of the sea stars open up at the madreporite, a perforated opening in the central part of the animal.
I went to the fountain and saw varieties of water plants like water lilies and duckweed.
Distilled in the old Irish tradition this pure pot still single malt whiskey uses only the most natural Irish ingredients of barley and fresh spring water.
A catapult fired point-blank, and flames broke over the roiled water, but it was pointless.
Have you failed to hear a word he's said since he swept you off your perfectly pedicured feet and into the nearest watering hole?
Crank baits trolled parallel to the shore or over sand flats in the DIRTY water where wind is blowing waves into the shore or shallows is good too regardless of the depth. Whats a good bait to use for walleye? ive never caught one but we now have land at a lake that is stocked with some.
Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.
Keeping to a Japanese theme, I'm using soba noodles and tamari soya sauce - the real stuff, no additives or caramel, simply soya beans, salt and water.
Waterford Chamber of Commerce are fully aware of the difficulties that its members are experiencing in recruiting suitable employees.
What's more it was delivered to subscribers wrapped in a natty waterproof jacket.
Conventional boilers heat up a store of water using a hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard and a header tank somewhere high - usually the loft.
Estuaries (where fresh river water meets salty ocean water) are examples of brackish waters.
_ -- Soak a teaspoonful of gelatine in a dessert spoonful of water. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886.
Over 300,000 visitors a year enjoy the waterfalls, flower gardens, exotic birds, animal life and the children's playground.
Throw the water over the flames.
The water seal technology is used to solve the problem of the collection rate of the mother liquid in situ leach mining of the rare earth mineral.
By the time we had got the boat to the waist, the ship had filled with water, and was going down on her beam-ends: we shoved our boat as quickly as possible from the plank-shear ** A timber around a vessel's hull at deck line. into the water, all hands jumping in her at the same time, and launched off clear of the ship. The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
And there is plenty of food here-both the trawls and acoustic surveys have revealed an abundant supply of myctophid lanternfish, the most common prey eaten by large Humboldt squid in these waters in other years. Scientific American
Both groups had access to cuttlebone and fresh water ad libitum.
Sewers overflowed and mixed with rainwater and entered houses through drain pipes.
He said last night the move would prevent the waters from being looted and pillaged by other EU members, and introduce effective conservation of fish stocks.
If we don't save water, the last drop of water will be a tear-drop of us.
round and round, while meditatively, as a cow chewing the cud, he let his eyes rest on the flat water ahead of him
Keep the artichoke in a bowl of water with a lemon squeezed into it, (rather grandly called acidulated water), this stops the heart from blackening when it is exposed.
In her dying depositions she accused Osio of having pushed her in; and there seems little doubt that he did so; for while she was struggling in the water, he disengaged his harquebuss from his mantle and struck her several blows upon the head and hands. Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction
Engineers are very anxious to learn of its findings and to begin to correct the faults of the main water supply line from up north in New York State down to the City.
A troop of Hanuman langur a watering hole used by tigers in India's Bandhavgarh National Park.
Kirkland is a lovely city nestled on Lake Washington, with views of the water, the Seattle skyline, and of course Mount Rainier, which is by far the area's most impressive and hopefully most dormant volcano. Archive 2007-10-01
So then put the pros and cons up for the public to decide if they want fluoride in their water.
Comparison of voluntary food and water intake and digestion in Kirk's dik-dik and suni. Chapter 11
Ms Waterman says asbestos entered their flat through a hole which builders knocked in their wall.
This is particularly true of the film's climax, which somehow manages to demolish several cop cars, and find Ellen clutching a parasail and jumping through flaming hoops in water skis, yet still be completely unfunny.
After you've washed your shirt, you have to rinse it twice with clean warm water.
First he was writing, then he was hiking, then he went to Argentina to clear his head and drive along the coast (a two mile narrow strip overlooking the intercoastal waterway, hardly scenic). Sanford visiting family in Sullivan's Island
Many of these symptoms are a consequence of heavy repetitive work and neck compression caused by carrying heavy loads of water pails or wood on their head and shoulders for miles.
The Japanese fisheries agency said activists on Thursday obstructed Japanese whaling in the Antarctic by throwing bottles of what it described as butyric acid onto whaling ships, as well as flashing laser lights and using water cannon. EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
The muskrat was a very good swimmer, indeed, and as soon as she reached the water she plunged in and swam about, to show Sammie and Susie how it ought to be done. Sammie and Susie Littletail
Robert Dossie described three categories of watercolor painting — miniature, the most delicate; distemper, which is coarser, uses less expensive colors in a glue or casein binder, and is appropriate for canvas hangings, ceilings, and other interior decorative painting purposes; and fresco. reference As a technique practiced by the Romans, fresco painting was a subject of particularly interest in the antiquity-obsessed eighteenth-century. The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
We had to subsist on bread and water.
The Robin Hood pub has been saved from demolition but its future as a watering hole looks uncertain.
Other animals, such as waterbucks, kudus, warthogs, and baboons, drank from the same troughs.
Science finds that a surface tension on the water can draw the boats together, like toy boats in a bathtub.
The artist takes as his viewpoint the vista from Gun Hill, high above the gentle Suffolk vale, looking down towards the Stour valley, Dedham church and the watermill where his father worked.
We decided to only soften the water that would be heated, since there were no other quality issues with hardness in the cold tap water.
When the water begins to simmer, set the timer for 6 minutes for a "squidgy" centre and 7 minutes for a hard centre. Archive 2007-04-01
But when he stepped into it, his leg sank up to his knee, and he fell facefirst into a pool of water two feet deep. Rogue Wave
In their place you have to look at using low-joule cordials and soft drinks, plain mineral water and soda water, low fat milk and dry wines or spirits and even then limited to a maximum of two alcoholic drinks a day.
It's surrounded by mountains lush with greenery, bordered with wildflowers and dotted with water lilies.
There were checkerberry-pipe and licorice-pipe and sassafras-pipe, and -- how Wort's eyes did glisten and his mouth water as he imagined the different kinds there! The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play
Even when the fountain was working properly it was frequently full of soap suds or discoloured because someone had put something into the water.
Two atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen to form a molecule of water.
Shy bushbuck, kudu, eland, impala, and elephant all take their turn whilst buffalo and waterbuck make their way to the sandy banks of the Zambesi.
When we checked with the building department, the local inspector told us that the water heater is correctly installed and that the overflow pipe complies with the intent of the building code.
As the wetlands falls away, pipelines are exposed to the vagaries of open water.
If the condenser must be located above the turbine, then the pipe should be carried first downward and then upward in the U form, in the manner of the familiar "entrainer," which will be found effectively to prevent water getting back when the turbine is operating. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers
All phospholipids are hygroscopic and pick up water if they are not handled properly under inert gas atmosphere.
Stripping off her leather breeches and boots, and her tunic, Isabella slid into the sudsy, herbal scented water of the tub, submersing her body up to her chin.
On Saturday we finished the fencing, stapling sheep netting to the rails, and on Sunday gave the pig ark and the old chook ark a coat of water-based preservative.
He drained the tank of all water.
Police called up water cannon to combat violent left-wingers in the capital.
A watercolour by Thundersley-born artist Richard Sorrell has made the collection.
The jetty was the way it had always been—flat and solid and surrounded on three sides by water. Stones from the River
We can pack a picnic and eat on the water, and we catch fish.
Roman Lancashire was a quiet place, but not the back water that some historians have made of it.
John, yo 'oncinch thet saddle, an' then, Horatius Ezek'l, yo 'an' David Golieth, taken the hoss to the barn an 'see't he's hayed an' watered 'fore yo 'come back. The Gold Girl
North African catfish live in a variety of freshwater environments, including quiet waters like lakes, ponds, and pools.
It will also grow in slightly alkaline water provided the water in changed very regularly.
I have seen human bathers acting just like the birds, though from a different cause, bobbing down towards the water, but afraid to dip their heads, and the idea of comicality arose, as it does in most of the ludicrous actions of animals, from their resemblance to those of mankind. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
A class of boys is being led through a lesson about what water is safe to drink.
When water levels subside and water stops flowing from the Main Pool, the carp disperse.
Actually, this particular strain of e. coli is going to be more likely to have been spread by humans, manure (even the so-called organic stuff) or animals, than water. Spinach
They occur when a layer of unconsolidated sediment is fluidized and transport of fluid and suspended grains takes place through overlying sediment to the sediment-water interface.
He let down a bucket into the well to draw water.
At night, down on the water, they seem just beyond grasp, unreachably distant, like the past itself.
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 first signs of spring - centre piece of the month february pick whatever flowers you get at the supermarket to make this little basket filled with flowers. ranunculus are my favourites and available all over the place at the moment, so i chose to put them into this flowery centrepiece. the orchid is quite fancy but you just really need one to pimp this up (and it keeps for ever!). a rose or two, some ivy and green leaves from the forest and you are all set. to get started line a basket with some foil and trim on the edges. soak some floral foam in water and place in the basket, when soaked wet (can be really, really wet - it will have to work as a vase to the flowers), eventually cut and trim the floral on the edges, so that it resembles an arch. trim flowers and green leaves and stick into pot. start doing so on the bottom of foam, working upwards until you have an even flowery centrepiece. make sure foam stays moist - adding some water from time to time. Archive 2008-02-01
The cannon was placed in a large waterproof crate of fresh water to leach out the salts, which, if untreated, would have eventually corroded the metal.
Wash your face with lukewarm water.
Part of the Islamic tradition is to set strict rules for ablutions, washing hands, arms, face and feet with running water before praying.
Other new ingredients were Agretti, corky-fruited water dropwort, bilwa or Belfruit, and squash blossoms. Weekend Herb Blogging Year In Review: Weeks 21-30, and a Recipe
Also well known is hydrophobia, literally ‘fear of water ‘, as a name for rabies, which sometimes appears to cause such a sensation in sufferers because it makes the throat swell and so it becomes difficult for the victim to swallow.’
It is autumn and they are pumping water out of the swimming pool.
They hunt for camel meat by putting land mines around the region's brackish waterholes.
LAUNDRY TIP: The permanent-press cycle on your washer uses more water than the regular cycle.
The disease is communicated through dirty drinking water.
Place the thermostat into a container filled with water.
There was no water to drink or wash in and children were begging, dressed in filthy rags.
These elements - lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium and francium - all react with water to give solutions that change the color of a vegetable dye from red to blue.
If you're running for more than 20 minutes, bring a water bottle and rehydrate during your workout as well as afterward.
JIM GIBBONS, NEVADA: Nevada is the state that needs water, but we don't need it all at once. CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2008
The watertight rooms, costing from £500 a night up to £3,000 for a suite, are aimed at wealthy travellers who want a unique holiday experience.
I also readily recall those days when we had sweet water - for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
A pickup truck was circling the pond, which flushed some birds out of the reeds and into the open water.
According to the synergetics theory economy, social and ecological subsystem should coordinate with each another, in order to maintain the water resources system as an sequential system.
Where the water is shallow, no vessel will ride.
It's natural that transitions to new technology may be somewhat disruptive, and there are several methods companies use to navigate these rough waters.
And four dragger captains fined two thousand apiece for fishing redfish in closed waters. THE SHIPPING NEWS
The waste water is kept entirely separate from the rainwater.
The men, wearing ski masks and dark clothing, were seen running off down Water Lane.
The pictures showed that when the water reached a certain speed, it began to break into eddies, waves and cross-currents.
Water dilutes, dissolves and helps eliminate toxins and trash that could otherwise inhibit immune function, muscle recovery and growth.
Much of this additional nitrogen is retained or denitrified in the watershed, but a substantial amount enters groundwater and rivers and eventually is delivered to estuaries and the ocean.
Britain's water companies are planning to meter water consumption.
LADY GAGA is at the centre of a bidding war - to save tea from hot water.
The lower deck, below the water line, was for cargo.
Taking a dig at the BWSSB, a corporator noted perhaps a cess should be levied on BWSSB every time sewage is let into storm water drains maintained by the BMP.
Along with the grunion, these are the only marine fish known to fully emerge from water solely for the purpose of spawning.
they were sitting by the water's edge
If theyre taking money from ACORN, then why is Blackwater, and other thieving, lying companies funded by my tax dollars still receiving monies from the government. ACORN files lawsuit over loss of federal funding
It also saved her family the daily washing machine wear and tear, increased water use and the chore of washing and drying nappies regularly.
They're trapped, on boats, roofs, porches, surrounded by black and putrid water.
Ten of us broke the ice across the harbour with our feet and glided our boats out into the liquid waters beyond.
By night they roost in the gently flowing shallows of the Platte, shin-deep in cool water, or else on sandbars, giving them warning against any predator that might come splashing out.
Extraction of water from aquifers in India exceeds recharge by a factor of two or more.
When I resurfaced, Jordan was treading water next to me with a huge grin.
They have secured a deal to supply Waterford City Council with about 32,000 wheeled bins.
Non-governmental organizations were formed to oppose the pumping, and in 2001 the federal government launched an investigation into the company on the grounds it was violating constitutional prohibitions on demineralizing water.
Defying all laws of buoyancy, he continued walking into the water until the surface was a good five feet above him.
The method includes the mechanical dissolution of the fiber parts containing thaumatin and, since the protein is very easy to dissolve in water, the aqueous extraction.
For example, someone with a sore throat should gargle with salt water.
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness begins and concludes on the Thames, that ‘tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth’.
But he's a timid child, fearful of water, heights, spiders, darkness and the great outdoors.
If you opt for a fish dish for your main meal, diver harvested scallops wrapped in bacon with hollandaise sauce is sure to get the mouth watering.
It was accounted an immodest thing for women to dishevel and unloose their hair publicly: The priest unlooseth the hairs of the women suspected of adultery, when she was to be tried by the bitter water, which was done for greater disgrace. From the Talmud and Hebraica
Other interesting ones include figures from Pieter Breughel, the tessellations of MC Escher, and the composite portraits of Guiseppe Arcimboldo (for instance, his Vertumnus and Water).
Alcohols and ethers with higher molecular weights are not miscible in water, however, because the water molecules can not completely surround those molecules.
Following his defiance, KSM was subjected to a number of coercive interrogation techniques besides being waterboarded the 183 times: he was kept up for seven and a half days straight while diapered and shackled, and he was told that his kids, who were now being held in American custody, would be killed. The Longest War
Moving onto land may have been a survival strategy resulting from the need to abandon one shrinking body of water for another .
Bartenders will drink a shot, and then replace it with an equal amount of water.
An identifying phrase that probably Goss himself inscribed on the photograph identifies the white substance as gunite, a solution of cement and water used as a finisher.
The alligators build their nests out of grass near the water's edge.
She was a pretty vessel: schooner-rigged, very low in the water, and -- as we found out when we took her -- of very deep draught; broad in the beam, and ` flush-decked 'fore and aft, with no raised fore or after castles. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
In deeper waters, not enough light penetrates the depths, which means the reef's main food producers, algae and plankton, cannot photosynthesize.
Weather experts say it was a relatively dry winter which makes the water recovery all the more remarkable.
In this paper, the researchers describe a technique in which nanowires of potassium niobate were synthesized in a special hot water solution and separated using ultrasound. Future for Nano-sized Light Source | Impact Lab
The protons recombine with the oxygen in the air that's also flowing through the fuel cell and is then expelled as water vapor.
The pond water was strangled with poisonous weed.
The sector dam broke and its water drowned the entire valley.
The discharge of sewage water into the river severely contaminates the river with coliform bacteria.
Still breathing heavy from her brisk, morning jog, she sauntered into the kitchen for a bottle of water.
The ferries, warships, water taxis, huge container vessels, yachts and fishing tinnies ply with impunity one of the greatest anchorages and working harbours in the world.
Villagers then filtered out the sediment by pouring the water through tightly woven cloth.
Cook the inaniwa pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until cooked, then refresh in cold water and drain.
Alifabs Ambassador extruded aluminium fascia gutter and rainwater system is the design ideal for both new and existing buildings.
Small boys waved their hands to us, the water-carrier carrying his tight goat-skin from the wells set his cups a-tinkling, as though by way of a God-speed, and then M'Barak touched his horse with the spur to induce the bravery of a caracole, and led us away from Djedida. Morocco
Waxy starch gels form a paste at lower temperatures, swell with more water than regular or partially waxy starches, and don't lose water during freezing and thawing.
The problem was sparked by a burst water pipe on Monday which leaked into the gas mains.
However, there is no great bonanza of wealth awaiting Ireland in the Atlantic waters.

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