WORKBOOK C1 KEY

Unit 1 Grammar Unit 2

A
Reading 1 has been painting Reading
A 2 freezes A
Student's own answer 3 ’ve just finished Student's own answer
4 ’s always forgetting
B 5 drives B
1C 2D 3A 4B 5C 6D 7C 8A 9B 6 Have you been waiting 1c 2a 3b 4d
10C 11D 12B 7 ‘m revising
8 ’ve never disagreed Vocabulary
Vocabulary A
A B 1 choice
1b 2a 3c 4a 5c 6b 1 He’s just left 2 contact
2 We’ve been camping 3 personal
B 3 I’ve just heard 4 views
1 discrimination 4 Susan hasn’t received 5 legitimate
2 accomplishments 5 We’re really looking forward 6 updated
3 persistence 6 How are you getting on 7 identity
4 failure 7 Jenny never hands 8 click
5 achievements 8 Anthony is always complaining
6 understanding B
7 realisation C 1 criticism
8 adaptability 1 had decided 2 defence
2 fell 3 reaction
C 3 set up 4 accessible
1 positive 4 had been 5 bothering
2 conceited 5 hadn’t been sleeping 6 provocation
3 defeated 6 was shaking 7 excitement
4 modest 7 were 8 shocking
5 impetuous 8 stampeded
6 upbeat 9 explained C
7 apprehensive 10 found 1 remark
8 headstrong 2 observed
9 triumphant D 3 offended
10 generations 1c 2b 3c 4c 5b 6a 7c 8a 4 criticism
5 avoided
D E 6 relates
1 get ahead 1c 2h 3b 4e 5g 6f 7a 8d 7 value
2 come up against 8 resist
3 fallen through Listening
4 hang on A D
5 blown away Student's own answer 1 aback
6 knuckle down 2 to
7 pull off C 3 for
8 break through 1b 2c 3a 4b 4 at
5 out
E Writing 6 in
1 light A 7 up
2 places 1F 2T 3T 4F 8 down
3 up
4 mile B E
5 hitch 1 To whom it may concern, 1c 2b 3c 4a 5c 6b 7a 8c
6 get 2 Yours faithfully,
7 do Grammar
8 plate C A
Student's own answer 1 Shall I bring
2 will be revising
3 will have finished
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4 will have been writing Writing F
5 will manage/is going to manage A 1 took my words out of
6 am going to look Tick 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 context
7 fly 2 say it to your face/tell you to
8 will enjoy B your face
1 Secondly 3 aren’t up to scratch
B 2 Thirdly 4 got a lot on my plate
1 will have peaked 3 As a result 5 get the green light
2 will become 4 However 6 was taken aback by
3 will sound 5 though 7 work around the clock
4 will continue 6 Nevertheless 8 not to get back at
5 are going to expect
6 won’t be able to follow C Unit 3
7 will be moving Student's own answer
8 will have realised Reading
Review 1 A
C
Student's own answer
1 Shall I carry Vocabulary
2 will have been married
A B
3 I’ll go
1c 2b 3a 4d 5c 6b 7a 8d 9c 10c 1D 2F 3B 4E 5C
4 we arrive
11a 12d 13b 14c 15a 16d 17a
5 we’re driving Vocabulary
18b 19b 20d
6 will have been working
A
7 I’m not going to/I won’t help
Grammar 1 mixed
you anymore!
B 2 oblivious
8 I’ll be sunbathing
1c 2a 3c 4d 5c 6d 7b 8c 9c 10b 3 muscular
D 11a 12c 13d 14a 15c 16c 17d 4 forgetful
1b 2f 3d 4a 5e 6c 18b 19c 20a 5 nutritious
6 beneficial
E Use of English 7 bony
1 will have been living C 8 treatment
2 will be late 1d 2a 3b 4d 5d 6a 7d 8a 9b
3 will still be tidying up B
10b 11a 12c
4 are meeting 1 relieved
5 soon as you’ve finished your D 2 psychological
homework 1 off 3 emotional
6 were going to meet up 2 ahead 4 anorexic
7 they were starting their journey 3 without 5 intravenous
8 he would apply to medical 4 through 6 dehydrated
school 5 against 7 physical
6 warning 8 undernourished
Listening 7 all 9 monitored
8 by 10 recovered
A
Student's own answer 9 in
C
10 did
1b 2a 3c 4b 5a 6c 7a 8b
C 11 occasion
1 paper books 12 on
D
2 sound 13 there
1 running
3 declining 14 break
2 coughing
4 outweigh 15 away
3 bodily
5 hooked 4 failing
6 French E
1 access 5 internal
7 upgrading 6 terminal
8 at the beach 2 confidence
3 guess 7 chemical
4 horse 8 splitting
5 construction
E
1c 2f 3e 4a 5d 6b

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 Grammar B B
A 1 Comfortable clothes 1 seeing
1 herself 2 A great night’s sleep 2 watching
2 Those 3 Essential stuff 3 going
3 nothing 4 Health and safety 4 to see
4 each other 5 do
5 Anyone C 6 to play
6 one another’s Student's own answer 7 being
7 these, those 8 losing
8 all Unit 4
C
B Reading 1a 2c 3b 4c 5c 6b 7a 8a
1 something A
2 herself D
Student's own answer
3 Everyone 1 in fact
4 Some 2 As a matter of fact
B
5 Others 3 evidently
1b 2c 3b 4b 5a 6d
6 yourself 4 apparently
7 Nothing 5 obviously
Vocabulary
8 someone 6 quite honestly
A 7 Anyway
1 groundbreaking
C 2 heart-rending
1 never E
3 agent 1c 2f 3b 4a 5d 6e
2 with her aunt and uncle 4 film editor
3 tomorrow 5 producer
4 in three weeks Listening
6 lines
5 to get rid of my headache A
7 usher
6 incredibly Student's own answer
8 stage
D C
B
1 absolutely 1e 2g 3a 4d 5c 6e 7h 8c 9b 10a
Student's own answer
2 wide
3 hard Writing
C
4 uncomfortably 1d 2c 3d 4a 5b 6c A
5 highly 1 people interested in the
6 Unfortunately D theatre/plays and shows
7 Strangely 1c 2b 3a 4b 5a 6b 7c 8c 2 a theatre production
8 late 3 No, they aren’t theatre.
E 4 No, you need to choose
E 1 performance something you liked and would
1 desperately 2 Animated recommend.
2 late 3 lead
3 high 4 role B
4 carefully 5 rehearsals 1b 2f 3e 4c 5a 6d
5 utterly 6 portrayal
6 highly 7 fright C
7 fast 8 ovation Student's own answer
8 lately
F Review 2
Listening 1e 2c 3g 4a 5f 6h 7b 8d
A Vocabulary
Student's own answer Grammar A
A 1c 2a 3d 4c 5b 6a 7c 8c 9d 10b
C 1 not giving 11b 12a 13c 14d 15c 16c 17b
1c 2d 3b 4d 5a 6c 2 to buy 18a 19d 20d
3 Acting
Writing 4 hurry B
A 5 to go 1b 2c 3d 4a 5b 6c 7d 8b 9a
1F 2T 3T 4F 6 watching 10d 11c 12d 13b 14a 15c 16b
7 to bring 17c 18d 19d 20b
8 to let

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Use of English C 7 correct
C 1 banquet 8 I’m sure I brought the biscuits
1c 2d 3a 4d 5d 6b 7b 8c 9a 2 helping home with me, I am.
10b 11c 12a 3 ravenous
4 mouldy Listening
D 5 scrumptious A
1 bodily 6 starved Student's own answer
2 imbalance 7 salty
3 dehydrated 8 sip C
4 thirsty 1c 2b 3b 4c 5b 6a 7b 8c
5 internal D
6 undernourished 1c 2b 3b 4a 5c 6b 7a 8b Writing
7 fright A
8 heartstrings Grammar
1 the college principal
9 disorders A 2 formal or semi-formal
10 headaches 1 dined out 3 four
2 passed out 4 one of the menus
E 3 gulp down your juice/gulp your
1 mixed juice down B
2 talk 4 has come down with (the) flu Suggested answers
3 lead 5 the sale fell through Introduction: The purpose of this
4 notice 6 will get ahead in her career proposal is to recommend a menu for
5 play 7 picked at his dinner the Leaver’s Dinner.
8 tucked in Conclusion: I can’t recommend the
F Mediterranean choice highly enough.
1 an actor by profession B Although widespread and popular,
2 putting on an act 1 fight it off it will still seem special, festive and
3 remained/was still in character 2 polish them off memorable.
4 overcame all (the) obstacles 3 keep up with her
5 had a change of heart 4 warm it up C
6 at the top of his lungs 5 came up with it Student's own answer
7 always/constantly at each 6 get away with it
other’s throats Unit 6
8 bite my head off C
1 have Reading
Unit 5 2 shall A
3 would Student's own answer
Reading 4 is
A 5 would B
Student's own answer 6 is 1B 2F 3D 4E 5A
7 did
B 8 could Vocabulary
1a 2b 3a 4b A
D 1b 2f 3d 4a 5c 6e
Vocabulary 1 she would
2 do you B
A
3 that is 1 endure extreme weather
1 appetite
4 she should conditions
2 fizzy
5 would you 2 trigger a landslide
3 culinary
6 do you 3 absorb oxygen
4 cuisine
7 they aren’t 4 emit carbon dioxide
5 famished
8 I do 5 spew ash and magma
6 pile
7 simmer 6 harness energy
E
8 shed
1 I’m going to stick to a low-carb C
diet from now on, I am. 1 must
B
2 correct 2 blistering
1E 2C 3E 4T 5T 6C 7T 8C
3 Max hasn’t got any time to cook 3 on
at the moment, he hasn’t. 4 down
4 I don’t suppose I could use your 5 surroundings
espresso machine, could I? 6 to
5 correct 7 who
6 correct 8 but
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1 unreliable 1b 2e 3c 4a 5d 1 whip
2 sufficient 2 feed
3 migration Listening 3 skim
4 surrounding A 4 spill
5 elements Student's own answer 5 chain
6 insistence
7 alternative C F
8 indifferent 1b 2a 3c 4b 1 must have been bucketing
down for
E Writing 2 might not have known
1 down A 3 mustn’t interfere with
2 up 1F 2T 3F 4T 4 a complete/total waste of time
3 up 5 could have polished off all (of)
4 up B 6 no use crying over spilt milk
5 down 1 aims 7 put up with him
6 over 2 thrive 8 must wake up and smell the
3 include
Grammar 4 disposing Unit 7
A 5 to saving
1 needn’t 6 to improve Reading
2 couldn’t A
3 would C Student's own answer
4 should Student's own answer
5 must (should) B
6 Can/Could Review 3 1E 2G 3B 4A 5D 6E 7C 8F 9G
7 mustn’t/can’t 10D
8 might/may/could Vocabulary
A Vocabulary
B A
1c 2a 3d 4b 5b 6c 7d 8a 9c 10c
1 May I leave now 1b 2c 3b 4a 5b 6c 7b 8a
11d 12b 13b 14c 15a 16d 17c
2 needn’t lock your doors
18a 19d 20b
here B
3 can’t be at home 1 automation
Grammar
4 could take the train 2 purity
5 is bound to be late B
1c 2d 3a 4d 5c 6a 7b 8c 9a 10c 3 assembly
6 don’t have to buy tickets in 4 corrosion
advance 11b 12d 13a 14b 15c 16b 17d
18a 19c 20b 5 displacement
7 should read this publication 6 computerised
8 must be somewhere in 7 replacement
Use of English
8 assumptions
C C
1 must have finished 1c 2b 3c 4d 5a 6b 7b 8d 9d
C
2 may have left/might have left 10a 11b 12a
1 material
3 needn’t have worried 2 process
4 could have given/would have D
3 substance
given 1 would
4 properties
5 can’t have tidied 2 have
5 hardness
6 shouldn’t have gone/ought not 3 up
6 artificial
to have gone 4 clear
7 gemstone
5 down
8 industry
D 6 against
1 must have become 7 on
D
2 would have thrown 8 would
1 home page
3 must have starved 9 into
2 recycle bin
4 would have spewed 10 but
3 search engines
5 could have survived 11 life
4 double click
6 might have been 12 bound/likely/able
5 hard drive
7 wouldn’t have been able 13 by
6 laser printer
8 may have spread 14 of
7 memory stick
15 it
8 control panel

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1f 2c 3e 4a 5d 6b 1 mobile phones 1 on
2 financial 2 in
Grammar 3 transparency 3 back
A 4 cheaper 4 out
1 hadn’t got 5 reality 5 out
2 won’t pass 6 reunite 6 down
3 could help 7 weather
4 would still be 8 genuine Grammar
5 would have got A
6 had never invented Writing 1d 2h 3f 4c 5a 6j 7i 8g 9b 10e
7 would be A
8 mix 1 the editor and other journalists B
working for the college science 1b 2c 3c 4a 5b 6a 7b 8a
B magazine
1 if 2 a medical researcher C
2 unless 3 No, they can be from any 1a 2f 3e 4b 5d 6c
3 as long as century.
4 provided 4 formal language D
5 won’t 1 going out
6 Supposing B 2 Having saved
7 otherwise 2, 4, 1, 3 3 Being
8 would 4 Having inherited
9 If C 5 ordered
10 could Student's own answer 6 Having survived

C Unit 8 E
1e 2a 3h 4c 5g 6b 7f 8d 1 What
Reading 2 All
D 3 thing
A
1 Hannah wasn’t always late 4 reason
Student's own answer
2 he had revised for the test 5 where
3 I were a musician/I could be a 6 when
B
musician 1c 2d 3a 4c 5d 6b
4 he were/was going on holiday Listening
with his friends A
5 you would do the washing-up
Vocabulary
Student's own answer
A
E 1 dollars C
1 Not only is this book extremely 2 cash 1a 2b 3b 4a 5c 6c 7a 8b 9a 10c
long, but it’s also very boring 3 money 11b 12c 13a 14b
2 Nowhere will you find a more 4 pounds
patient teacher. 5 bank teller Writing
3 Rarely were we allowed to do 6 forgeries
A
experiments when we were 7 counterfeit
1 college students primarily
children. 8 currency
2 semi-formal
4 Not until I was thirty was I able 3 the pros and cons of online
to afford a car. B
auctions
5 No sooner had they got to the 1 fraudulent
beach than they ran into the sea. 2 broke
B
6 Under no circumstances are 3 withdraw
 st main paragraph: what you like
1
you to lift this by yourself as it’s 4 laundering
about online auction websites
much too heavy. 5 economical
2nd main paragraph: what you dislike
6 poverty about online auction websites
Listening 7 recession 3rd main paragraph: the effect
A 8 rating of online auction websites on
Student's own answer conventional shops
C
1d 2a 3f 4e 5b 6c C
Student's own answer

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1 much worse than
Vocabulary Reading 2 a bit shorter than
A A 3 considerably fewer than
1b 2c 3d 4a 5a 6c 7b 8b 9c Student's own answer 4 a great deal less popular than
10d 11a 12d 13c 14b 15b 16a 5 a lot less interesting than
17d 18c 19d 20b B 6 far more bands than
1C 2D 3A 4D 5B 6F 7A 8E 9B
Grammar 10E 11F 12C C
1 the most important
B 2 the largest
1c 2b 3a 4d 5a 6c 7c 8a 9c 10b Vocabulary
3 (the) best known
11d 12d 13c 14a 15d 16c 17b A
4 as vibrant
18d 19c 20a 1b 2c 3a 4c 5b 6c 7c 8a
5 longer
6 bigger
Use of English B
7 more sprawling
C 1 movement
8 the most entertaining
1 for 2 controversy
9 the most visited
2 who 3 portrait
10 best loved
3 no 4 commissions
4 than 5 landscapes D
5 had 6 oil 1 serious enough
6 would/might 7 canvas 2 too tired
7 Having 8 subjects 3 quietly enough
8 on 4 talented enough
9 which C 5 too lazy
10 Being 1 reproductions
6 too late
11 then 2 exhibition
7 enough paintings
12 worth 3 culmination
8 too famous
13 when 4 performance
14 edge 5 opening E
15 out 6 backing 1 such, positive
2 such, flop
D D 3 so long
1 billionaires 1 mainstream
4 So complex
2 prosperous 2 tour
5 so easy
3 trader 3 display
6 Such, determination
4 leading 4 debut
5 economic 5 contract Listening
6 loss 6 vocalist
7 heart
A
7 downgrade Student's own answer
8 financial 8 management
9 statement C
10 savings E
1b 2c 3c 4a 5d 6b
1e 2c 3g 4a 5h 6f 7b 8d
E Writing
1 effective Grammar
A
2 wires A 1F 2F 3T 4F
3 money 1 I don’t think Lady Gaga is a
4 chip more talented singer than Katy B
5 panel Perry, do you? 1 privileged
2 correct 2 Artistically
F 3 correct 3 simplicity
1 light years ahead of 4 Mary felt she wasn’t as gifted a 4 improvement
2 it isn’t rocket science musician as her sister. 5 attention
3 who throws money around 5 Those paintings aren’t as
4 reason (that/why) he’s wealthy is impressive as you’d imagine. C
5 1883 is the year (that) 6 correct Student's own answer
6 at cost price 7 They’re not such expensive
7 push the panic button tickets as I’d thought
8 hadn’t tried to reinvent they’d be.
8 correct

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Unit 10 Grammar Listening
A A
Reading 1 are you being overlooked Student's own answer
A 2 aren’t you being promoted
Student's own answer 3 you haven’t been chosen C
4 not being noticed 1E 2H 3B 4D 5F 6D 7F 8A 9H
B 5 dealing with 10C
1c 2c 3a 4a 5d 6c 6 to be seen
7 to deliver Writing
Vocabulary 8 is recognised A
A 9 are identified 1F 2F 3T 4F 5T
1 cosmopolitan 10 wasn’t built
2 sedentary B
3 formative B Student's own answers
4 rigorous 1 was given to the most deserving
5 provincial person C
6 pricey 2 is known that there aren’t any Student's own answer
7 solitary more opportunities for growth
8 hectic this year Review 5
3 are expected to be made
B 4 I got for the meeting have been Vocabulary
1 struggling eaten
A
2 juggling 5 was decided that our groups
1b 2d 3c 4c 5a 6b 7c 8c 9b 10a
3 enduring would be merged
11c 12b 13d 14d 15c 16a 17c
4 balancing 6 schools are expected to close
18b 19d 20a
5 concerned early
6 spoiling Grammar
7 excelled C
1 appears to have lost B
8 outdone
2 seems to be getting 1b 2a 3c 4a 5d 6b 7c 8b 9d
3 appear to have left 10c 11a 12c 13b 14d 15b 16a
C
4 seems (to be) 17c 18b 19c 20d
1 metropolitan
2 Obsessive 5 appears to be improving/
appears to have improved Use of English
3 active
4 irritable 6 seems to have disappeared C
5 susceptible 1d 2a 3b 4a 5d 6b 7d 8b 9c
6 addictive D 10a 11a 12b
7 unsophisticated 1 painted
8 sociable 2 decorated D
3 stuck 1 without
D 4 dyed 2 down
1c 2e 3b 4g 5a 6h 7f 8d 5 removed 3 the
6 broken 4 bottom
E 7 cleaned 5 say
1 hit rock bottom 8 ruined 6 against
2 came up against 7 ground
3 safe and sound E 8 if/though
4 burn the candle at both ends 1 appears to have been/can be 9 back
5 ruined your chances resolved 10 as
6 wear down 2 seem to have adapted/that 11 such
7 throwing in the towel they are 12 by
8 do without 3 doesn’t seem to have listened 13 changing
to/seem as if she’s followed 14 throw
4 seem to have really meant it/ 15 above
seem as if/like you’re very keen
5 seem to have forgotten that you E
promised/your promise/to be 1 opening
reading it 2 chart
6 appears to have done/seems 3 spoilt
that every dish in the house has 4 field
been used 5 stroke

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1 would be music to my ears 1 forget to bring your trainers 1 regarding
2 aren’t enough places to sit tomorrow 2 delighted
3 need the stage curtains to be 2 ’ll train for an hour every day 3 instructor
4 long as to put people until you’re 4 Additionally
5 the more expensive the 3 I join the basketball team next 5 available
tickets will term 6 charge
6 having her paintings put on 4 we put away the equipment 7 satisfactory
7 were so few participants (that) now 8 forward
8 was so confusing a project (that) 5 ’ll meet you at the pool at eight
tonight C
Unit 11 6 bring me your Student's own answer

Reading C Unit 12
1 offered to help me put up
A
2 advised me to warm up before I Reading
Student's own answer
started A
B 3 decided not to get the green Student's own answer
1b 2c 3d 4a 5a 6c sweatshirt
4 promised to be there at 10.30 B
Vocabulary 5 complained that Stella always 1C 2F 3D 4A 5E
arrived too late
A 6 apologised for missing
1 hindrance Vocabulary
7 encouraged me to join
2 coverage A
8 warned me not to overdo the
3 dazzling 1 killing
stretches
4 Conducting 2 holds
5 holder 3 shape
D
6 dedication 4 predict
1 if/whether I had brought my
5 hunch
2 why he wasn’t playing football
B 6 pockets
3 when Rob was going on
1 cheered 7 infinite
4 Sarah how she was getting
2 applause
5 if his son’s team had won
3 relay B
6 Vincent if/whether he knew
4 lap 1 likely
where the team was staying
5 baton 2 anticipated
7 his mother where his tennis
6 obstructed 3 looming
racket was
7 disqualified 4 critical
8 Rose wanted to know why Tina
8 ban 5 intended
didn’t like
6 preserve
C Listening
1 off C
2 for A 1c 2a 3f 4d 5b 6e
3 up Student's own answer
4 back D
5 out C Student's own answer
6 up 1c 2b 3b 4a 5c 6b
7 out E
Writing 1 can only speculate
8 on
A 2 only make an educated guess
D 1 Simon Perez 3 felt like an eternity
1a 2b 3c 4a 5b 6b 7b 8c 2 tell him the principal has asked 4 a bad omen
you to reply 5 he planted an arboretum for
Grammar 3 two: one about facilities in the posterity
A college and another about
1c 2f 3a 4e 5b 6d facilities in town Grammar
4 semi-formal as Simon is a A
young student, but you don’t 1c 2e 3h 4b 5g 6a 7f 8d
know him
B
1b 2a 3c 4b 5c 6a 7b 8b

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1 worked very hard/because she C
wanted to go to law school 1 fanatics
2 is so much competition/find/ 2 burning
are finding it very difficult 3 observers
3 to budget cuts/won’t renovate/ 4 overpower
be renovating 5 maniacs
4 so many decisions to make very 6 disqualified
quickly/surprising that Camilla 7 commentator
is feeling 8 referee
5 to price rises/unlikely to be able 9 sharpen
6 that/as you handed in/you can’t 10 captivating
expect
D
D 1 holds
1 Either 2 the
2 either of 3 next
3 Neither 4 seeing
4 nor 5 as
5 either 6 in
6 Neither of 7 of
8 off
E 9 for
1d 2g 3c 4h 5f 6a 7e 8b 10 since/as/because
11 to
Listening 12 even
A 13 so
Student's own answer 14 spite
15 being
C
1 crust E
2 hot springs 1 shape
3 heat and cool 2 secret
4 transfer 3 dropped
5 melt 4 lap
6 wells 5 hold
7 the United States
8 export F
1 Neither George nor Paul
Writing 2 fell at the first hurdle
A 3 apologised for not making it to
1F 2T 3T 4F 5T 4 if he had practised that
5 congratulated Karen on her
B 6 made a killing signing with
1b 2d 3c 4a 7 Next to travelling in space,
nothing
C 8 should watch the launch the
Student's own answer following

Review 6

Vocabulary
A
1b 2a 3d 4c 5c 6a 7b 8d 9c
10b 11a 12d 13b 14c 15c 16a
17d 18b 19a 20c

Grammar
B
1d 2c 3c 4d 5b 6b 7a 8c 9a 10d
11a 12b 13c 14d 15c 16a 17b
18c 19c 20a
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