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Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
Synonyms: famished, peckish, starving

My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.Category:English terms with usage examples#HUNGRY

He was so hungry he could eat two burgers.Category:English terms with usage examples#HUNGRY

I woke up very hungry and made some toast.Category:English terms with usage examples#HUNGRY
Causing hunger.
All this gardening is hungry work.Category:English terms with usage examples#HUNGRY
(figuratively) Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
young and hungryCategory:English terms with collocations#HUNGRY

the students are hungry to learnCategory:English terms with usage examples#HUNGRY
- 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
  Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
  Category:English terms with quotations#HUNGRY
- 1850, [Charles Kingsley], chapter V, in Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 5:
  They rowed her in across the rolling foam, / The cruel, crawling foam, / The cruel, hungry foam, / To her grave beside the sea:
  Category:English terms with quotations#HUNGRY
- 2022 November 23, Hadley Freeman, “Like a cinema virgin: how Madonna went stratospheric making Desperately Seeking Susan”, in The Guardian‎:
  It’s an astonishing roll call of future talent from when they were still young and hungry in Manhattan.
  Category:English terms with quotations#HUNGRY
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
a hungry soilCategory:English terms with collocations#HUNGRY
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
  […] What is this? / Your knees to me? to your corrected son? / Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach / Fillip the stars […]
  Category:English terms with quotations#HUNGRY

Translations

affected by hunger; desirous of food — see also starving,‎ famished,‎ ravenous

Category:Entries with translation boxes#HUNGRY

Abkhaz: амлага (amlaga)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#HUNGRY
Albanian: i uritur (sq)Category:Albanian links with redundant target parameters#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Albanian translations#HUNGRY
Arabic: جَائِع (jāʔiʕ)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#HUNGRY, جَوْعَان (jawʕān)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#HUNGRY
Egyptian Arabic: جعان m (gaʕān)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#HUNGRY

Gulf Arabic: جعان (yuʕān)Category:Terms with Gulf Arabic translations#HUNGRY

Hijazi Arabic: جيعان (jīʕān)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#HUNGRY, جايع (jāyiʕ)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#HUNGRY, جوعان (jūʕān)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#HUNGRY

Iraqi Arabic: جيعان (jīʕān)Category:Terms with Iraqi Arabic translations#HUNGRY

Moroccan Arabic: جيعان m (jīʕān)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#HUNGRY

South Levantine Arabic: جوعان (jūʕān)Category:Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations#HUNGRY

Yemeni Arabic: جايع (jāyaʕ)Category:Terms with Yemeni Arabic translations#HUNGRY (Sanaa)
Armenian: սոված (hy) (sovac)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#HUNGRY, քաղցել (hy) (kʻaġcʻel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#HUNGRY
Ashkun: abótCategory:Terms with Ashkun translations#HUNGRY
Asturian: afamiáuCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#HUNGRY, esfamiáuCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#HUNGRY, famiáuCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#HUNGRY, famientuCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#HUNGRY
Avar: вакъарав (waqxʼaraw)Category:Terms with Avar translations#HUNGRY
Azerbaijani: ac (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#HUNGRY
Bajau:
West Coast Bajau: lingantuCategory:Terms with West Coast Bajau translations#HUNGRY
Bashkir: ас (as)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#HUNGRY
Basque: goseberaCategory:Terms with Basque translations#HUNGRY, goseCategory:Terms with Basque translations#HUNGRY
Belarusian: гало́дны (be) (halódny)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#HUNGRY
Bengali: ক্ষুধার্ত (bn) (khudharto)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#HUNGRY
Bhojpuri: भूखा (bhūkhā)Category:Terms with Bhojpuri translations#HUNGRY
Bikol:
Central Bikol: gutom (bcl)Category:Terms with Central Bikol translations#HUNGRY
Bislama: hanggreCategory:Terms with Bislama translations#HUNGRY
Bulgarian: гла́ден (bg) (gláden)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#HUNGRY
Burmese: ဆာ (my) (hca)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#HUNGRY
Catalan: afamat (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#HUNGRY, (to be hungry): tenir famCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#HUNGRY
Chechen: меца (meca)Category:Terms with Chechen translations#HUNGRY
Chickasaw: hopobaCategory:Terms with Chickasaw translations#HUNGRY
Chinese:
Cantonese: 肚餓 / 肚饿 (tou⁵ ngo⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#HUNGRY, 餓 / 饿 (ngo⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#HUNGRY, 飢餓 / 饥饿 (gei¹ ngo⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#HUNGRY

Dungan: вә (və)Category:Terms with Dungan translations#HUNGRY

Hakka: 肚枵 (tú-yâu)Category:Terms with Hakka translations#HUNGRY, 肚飢 / 肚饥 (tú-kî)Category:Terms with Hakka translations#HUNGRY

Hokkien: 飢 / 饥 (zh-min-nan) (ki)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#HUNGRY, 枵 (zh-min-nan) (iau)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#HUNGRY

Mandarin: 飢餓 / 饥饿 (zh) (jī'è)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#HUNGRY, 餓 / 饿 (zh) (è)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#HUNGRY, 飢 / 饥 (zh) (jī)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#HUNGRY
Chinook Jargon: uluCategory:Terms with Chinook Jargon translations#HUNGRY
Chuvash: выҫӑ (vyś̬ă)Category:Terms with Chuvash translations#HUNGRY
Czech: hladový (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#HUNGRY
Danish: sulten (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#HUNGRY
Dolgan: аччыкCategory:Terms with Dolgan translations#HUNGRY
Dutch: hongerig (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#HUNGRY (see usage notes on that page), (to be hungry) honger hebbenCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#HUNGRY
Esperanto: malsataCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#HUNGRY
Estonian: näljane (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#HUNGRY
Finnish: nälkäinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#HUNGRY
French: affamé (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#HUNGRY, (to be hungry): avoir faim (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#HUNGRY
Galician: famento (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUNGRY, esfameado mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUNGRY, (to be hungry): ter fameCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUNGRY
Gallurese: famituCategory:Terms with Gallurese translations#HUNGRY
Georgian: მშიერი (mšieri)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#HUNGRY, დამშეული (damšeuli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#HUNGRY
German: hungrig (de)Category:Terms with German translations#HUNGRY; (to be hungry): Hunger habenCategory:Terms with German translations#HUNGRY
Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (grēdags)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#HUNGRY
Greek: πεινασμένος (el) (peinasménos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#HUNGRY, νηστικός (el) (nistikós)Category:Terms with Greek translations#HUNGRY
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} vare'aCategory:Terms with Paraguayan Guarani translations#HUNGRY Category:Requests for review of Paraguayan Guarani translations#HUNGRY
Hadza: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Hadza#HUNGRY
Haitian Creole: grangouCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#HUNGRY
Halkomelem: kw'à:yCategory:Terms with Halkomelem translations#HUNGRY
Hebrew: רָעֵב (he) (ra'év)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#HUNGRY
Hindi: भूखा (hi) (bhūkhā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#HUNGRY
Hmong:
White Hmong: tshaibCategory:Terms with White Hmong translations#HUNGRY
Hungarian: éhes (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#HUNGRY
Icelandic: svangur (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#HUNGRY
Ido: hungroza (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#HUNGRY
Indonesian: lapar (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#HUNGRY
Ingush: меца (meca)Category:Terms with Ingush translations#HUNGRY
Irish: ocrachCategory:Terms with Irish translations#HUNGRY; (to be hungry) ocras a bheith ortCategory:Terms with Irish translations#HUNGRY
Italian: affamato (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#HUNGRY, (to be hungry): avere fameCategory:Terms with Italian translations#HUNGRY
Japanese: 空腹な (くうふくな, kūfuku na)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#HUNGRY, 飢えた (ja) (うえた, ueta, かつえた, katsueta)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#HUNGRY, お腹が空いている (おなかがすいている, onaka ga suite iru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#HUNGRY, 腹が減っている (ja) (はらがへっている, hara ga hette iru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#HUNGRY, 饑い (hidarui)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#HUNGRY
Jarai: rơmŏnCategory:Terms with Jarai translations#HUNGRY
Javanese: luwéCategory:Terms with Javanese translations#HUNGRY
Old Javanese: lapaCategory:Terms with Old Javanese translations#HUNGRY
Jeju: 베고프다 (begopeuda)Category:Terms with Jeju translations#HUNGRY
Kamkata-vari:
Kamviri: ṓtëCategory:Terms with Kamkata-viri translations#HUNGRY

Kata-vari: avtë́Category:Terms with Kamkata-viri translations#HUNGRY
Kazakh: аш (aş)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#HUNGRY
Khakas: ас (as)Category:Terms with Khakas translations#HUNGRY
Khalaj: âçCategory:Terms with Khalaj translations#HUNGRY
Khmer: ឃ្លាន (km) (khliən)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#HUNGRY
Korean: 배고프다 (ko) (baegopeuda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#HUNGRY, 굶주리다 (ko) (gumjurida)Category:Terms with Korean translations#HUNGRY
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بِرسی (birsî)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#HUNGRY

Laki: ڤِرسێ (virsê)Category:Terms with Laki translations#HUNGRY, ڤِرِسنێ (virisnê)Category:Terms with Laki translations#HUNGRY

Northern Kurdish: birçî (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#HUNGRY, birsî (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#HUNGRY

Southern Kurdish: وِرسێ (wirsê)Category:Terms with Southern Kurdish translations#HUNGRY
Kyrgyz: ач (ky) (ac)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#HUNGRY
Ladino: ambyertoCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#HUNGRY
Lao: ຫິວ (hiu)Category:Terms with Lao translations#HUNGRY
Latin: ēsuriēnsCategory:Terms with Latin translations#HUNGRY, iēiūnusCategory:Terms with Latin translations#HUNGRY
Latvian: izsalcisCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#HUNGRY
Lithuanian: alkanas (lt) mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#HUNGRY, alkana (lt) fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#HUNGRY, išbadėjęs mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#HUNGRY, išbadėjusi fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#HUNGRY
Louisiana Creole: fimCategory:Terms with Louisiana Creole translations#HUNGRY
Lutuv: diyCategory:Terms with Lutuv translations#HUNGRY
Luxembourgish: hongeregCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#HUNGRY
Macedonian: гладен (gladen)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#HUNGRY
Malagasy: noana (mg)Category:Terms with Malagasy translations#HUNGRY
Malay: lapar (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#HUNGRY
Maltese: bil-ġuħCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#HUNGRY, jħoss ġuħCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#HUNGRY
Middle English: hungryCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#HUNGRY
Mizo: rilṭamCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#HUNGRY
Mongolian: өлөн (mn) (ölön)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#HUNGRY, өлсгөлөн (mn) (ölsgölön)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#HUNGRY
Nauruan: metur (na)Category:Terms with Nauruan translations#HUNGRY
Norman: affanméCategory:Terms with Norman translations#HUNGRY
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sulten (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#HUNGRY, hungrigCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#HUNGRY

Nynorsk: svoltenCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#HUNGRY, hungrigCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#HUNGRY
Occitan: afamat (oc)Category:Terms with Occitan translations#HUNGRY, (to be hungry): ^{(please verify)} aver famCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#HUNGRY Category:Requests for review of Occitan translations#HUNGRY
Odia: ଭୋକିଲା (bhokilā)Category:Terms with Odia translations#HUNGRY
Old English: hungriġCategory:Terms with Old English translations#HUNGRY, (to be hungry) hyngranCategory:Terms with Old English translations#HUNGRY
Old Prussian: alkīnsCategory:Terms with Old Prussian translations#HUNGRY
Old Turkic: 𐰀𐰲 (āč)Category:Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Old Turkic translations#HUNGRY
Ossetian: стонг (stong)Category:Terms with Ossetian translations#HUNGRY
Persian: گرسنه (fa) (gorosne)Category:Terms with Persian translations#HUNGRY
Polish: głodny (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#HUNGRY
Portuguese: faminto (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#HUNGRY, com fomeCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#HUNGRY, esfomeado (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#HUNGRY
Prasuni: vutáCategory:Prasuni terms in nonstandard scripts#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Prasuni translations#HUNGRY
Romani: bokhaloCategory:Terms with Romani translations#HUNGRY
Romanian: flămând (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#HUNGRY, (to be hungry): i fi foameCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#HUNGRY
Romansh: fomentàCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#HUNGRY, (to be hungry): avair fomCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#HUNGRY
Russian: голо́дный (ru) (golódnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HUNGRY
Samoan: fiaCategory:Terms with Samoan translations#HUNGRY 'aiCategory:Terms with Samoan translations#HUNGRY
Sardinian:
Campidanese: famìuCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#HUNGRY

Logudorese: famìduCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#HUNGRY, afframicosauCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#HUNGRY
Sassarese: famidduCategory:Terms with Sassarese translations#HUNGRY
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гладанCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#HUNGRY

Latin: gladan (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#HUNGRY
Sikkimese: བཀྲེས་པོ (bkres po)Category:Terms with Sikkimese translations#HUNGRY
Slovak: hladný (sk)Category:Terms with Slovak translations#HUNGRY
Slovene: lačen (sl)Category:Terms with Slovene translations#HUNGRY
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: głodnyCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#HUNGRY

Upper Sorbian: hłódnyCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#HUNGRY
Spanish: hambriento (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#HUNGRY, tener hambreCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HUNGRY (to be hungry), hambrosoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HUNGRY (Venezuela), con hambreCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HUNGRY
Swedish: hungrig (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#HUNGRY
Tajik: гурусна (tg) (gurusna)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#HUNGRY
Tamil: பசி (ta) (paci)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#HUNGRY
Tat: kisnəCategory:Terms with Tat translations#HUNGRY
Tatar: ач (aç)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#HUNGRY
Tausug: mahapdi'Category:Tausug links with redundant wikilinks#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Tausug translations#HUNGRY
Tetum: lahakCategory:Terms with Tetum translations#HUNGRY
Thai: หิว (th) (hǐu)Category:Terms with Thai translations#HUNGRY, ท้องเลว (tóng leo)Category:Terms with Thai translations#HUNGRY
Tibetan: ལྟོགས་པ (ltogs pa)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#HUNGRY
Tocharian B: keścyeCategory:Terms with Tocharian B translations#HUNGRY
Tok Pisin: hanggreCategory:Terms with Tok Pisin translations#HUNGRY, hangreCategory:Terms with Tok Pisin translations#HUNGRY
Tongan: fiekaiaCategory:Terms with Tongan translations#HUNGRY
Turkish: aç (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#HUNGRY
Ottoman Turkish: آج (ac)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#HUNGRY
Turkmen: aç (tk)Category:Terms with Turkmen translations#HUNGRY
Tuvan: аш (aş)Category:Terms with Tuvan translations#HUNGRY
Ukrainian: голо́дний (holódnyj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#HUNGRY
Unami: katupwiCategory:Terms with Unami translations#HUNGRY, kahtupwiCategory:Terms with Unami translations#HUNGRY
Urdu: بھوکا (bhūkā)Category:Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#HUNGRY Category:Terms with Urdu translations#HUNGRY
Uyghur: ئاچ (ach)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#HUNGRY
Uzbek: och (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#HUNGRY
Venetan: famadìnCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#HUNGRY
Vietnamese: đói (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#HUNGRY
Waigali: atëCategory:Terms with Waigali translations#HUNGRY
Walloon: (to be hungry) aveur fwin (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#HUNGRY
Welsh: newynog (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#HUNGRY, newynllydCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#HUNGRY
Yakut: аччык (aččïk)Category:Terms with Yakut translations#HUNGRY
Yiddish: הונגעריק (hungerik)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#HUNGRY
Yoruba: ebi paCategory:Terms with Yoruba translations#HUNGRY (followed by direct object)
Yucatec Maya: wiʼijCategory:Terms with Yucatec Maya translations#HUNGRY

eager, having a desire for something

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Bulgarian: жадуващ (bg) (žaduvašt)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#HUNGRY
Dutch: hongerend (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#HUNGRY, hongerig (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#HUNGRY, begerig (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#HUNGRY, lustend (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#HUNGRY, snakkend (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#HUNGRY
Estonian: ihkavCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#HUNGRY
Finnish: nälkäinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#HUNGRY
Galician: degoxón mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUNGRY, debecido mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUNGRY, gotroñón mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUNGRY, debuón mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUNGRY, degoirado mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUNGRY, arelante mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUNGRY
German: gierig (de)Category:Terms with German translations#HUNGRY
Greek: πεινασμένος (el) m (peinasménos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#HUNGRY
Irish: amplachCategory:Terms with Irish translations#HUNGRY, amplúilCategory:Terms with Irish translations#HUNGRY
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hungrigCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#HUNGRY

Nynorsk: hungrigCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#HUNGRY
Polish: spragniony (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#HUNGRY
Portuguese: faminto (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#HUNGRY
Russian: а́лчущий (ru) (álčuščij)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HUNGRY, жа́ждущий (ru) (žážduščij)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HUNGRY
Spanish: hambriento (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#HUNGRY
Swedish: hungrig (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#HUNGRY
Tamil: பசி (ta) (paci)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#HUNGRY, ஆர்வம் (ta) (ārvam)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#HUNGRY, ஆவல் (ta) (āval)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#HUNGRY
Thai: กระหาย (th) (gràhăai)Category:Terms with Thai translations#HUNGRY
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: آج (ac)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#HUNGRY

Not rich or fertile

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Bulgarian: изтощен (bg) (iztošten)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#HUNGRY
French: désolé (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#HUNGRY, infertile (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#HUNGRY
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: آج (ac)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#HUNGRY

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