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acclaim
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n 1: enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim";
"he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him
more eclat than he really deserved" [syn: acclaim,
acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat]
v 1: praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist
as a new Rubinstein" [syn: acclaim, hail, herald]
2: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate
approval [syn: applaud, clap, spat, acclaim] [ant:
boo, hiss]
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aflame
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adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram
Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze,
aflame, aroused]
2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or
afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a
night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables";
"houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p),
aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]
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aim
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n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your
planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was
created with the conscious aim of answering immediate
needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose,
intent, intention, aim, design]
2: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be
attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her
children" [syn: aim, object, objective, target]
3: the action of directing something at an object; "he took aim
and fired"
4: the direction or path along which something moves or along
which it lies [syn: bearing, heading, aim]
v 1: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as
photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your
little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar";
"Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at
one's opponent" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim,
direct]
2: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim,
purpose, purport, propose]
3: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you
driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim]
4: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a
certain public [syn: calculate, aim, direct]
5: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed
his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed
at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not
towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place, direct,
point]
6: direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim
a pun"
7: have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: draw a bead
on, aspire, aim, shoot for]
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blame
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adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a
blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold
winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or
blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such
thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a
deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted,
blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned,
deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]
n 1: an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or
misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony";
"the police laid the blame on the driver" [syn:
incrimination, inculpation, blame]
2: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for
it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: blame, rap]
v 1: put or pin the blame on [syn: blame, fault] [ant:
absolve, free, justify]
2: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your
little brother" [syn: blame, find fault, pick]
3: attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her";
"The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn: blame,
charge]
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claim
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n 1: an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his
claim asked for damages"
2: an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim
that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the
government's claims"
3: demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in
support of their claim for a shorter work day"
4: an informal right to something; "his claim on her
attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: claim, title]
5: an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to
the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to
his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: title,
claim]
6: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn:
call, claim]
v 1: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing;
"He claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: disclaim]
2: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or
title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter";
"Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a
foreign resident" [syn: claim, lay claim, arrogate]
[ant: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw
overboard, waive]
3: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for
example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
4: lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole
idea" [syn: claim, take] [ant: disclaim]
5: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of
affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work
took its toll on her" [syn: claim, take, exact]
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dame
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n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll,
wench, skirt, chick, bird]
2: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the
limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam, ma'am,
lady, gentlewoman]
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declaim
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v 1: recite in elocution [syn: declaim, recite]
2: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against
the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: declaim,
inveigh]
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defame
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v 1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my
reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]
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disclaim
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v 1: renounce a legal claim or title to [ant: claim, take]
2: make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"
[ant: claim]
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exclaim
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v 1: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'
he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother
shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn:
exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout]
2: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed";
"The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: proclaim,
exclaim, promulgate]
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fame
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n 1: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
[syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy,
opprobrium]
2: favorable public reputation [ant: infamy]
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flame
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n 1: the process of combustion of inflammable materials
producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one
of our ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flame,
flaming]
v 1: shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the
massive bombardment" [syn: flare, flame]
2: be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the
Hawaiian sunset"
3: criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium; "the
person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed"
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frame
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n 1: the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
2: a single one of a series of still transparent pictures
forming a cinema, television or video film
3: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo
studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body,
physical body, material body, soma, build, figure,
physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame,
form, flesh]
4: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each
team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]
5: a single drawing in a comic_strip
6: an application that divides the user's display into two or
more windows that can be scrolled independently
7: a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior
and give it meaning [syn: frame of reference, frame]
8: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a
frame for the body of an animal [syn: skeletal system,
skeleton, frame, systema skeletale]
9: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its
shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn: skeleton,
skeletal frame, frame, underframe]
10: a framework that supports and protects a picture or a
mirror; "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of
attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror
it held" [syn: frame, framing]
11: one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
v 1: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn:
frame, frame in, border]
2: enclose in a frame, as of a picture
3: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The
innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: ensnare,
entrap, frame, set up]
4: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
[syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch]
5: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn:
frame, compose, draw up]
6: construct by fitting or uniting parts together [syn: frame,
frame up]
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game
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adj 1: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a
game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame,
gimpy, game]
2: willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey,
gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky]
n 1: a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four
people to play this game"
2: a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted
two hours"
3: an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he
thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty
time"; "his life was all fun and games"
4: animal hunted for food or sport
5: (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
6: (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed
to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"
7: the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
8: a secret scheme to do something (especially something
underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit
the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
[syn: plot, secret plan, game]
9: the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game;
"the child received several games for his birthday"
10: your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing
game"; "she's in show biz" [syn: game, biz]
11: frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing
lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"
v 1: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm
betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage,
stake, game, punt]
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inflame
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v 1: cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her
joint"
2: catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled,
spreading the flames for miles" [syn: kindle, inflame]
3: cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with
oranges and reds" [syn: kindle, enkindle, conflagrate,
inflame]
4: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way
of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The
refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake
old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake,
ignite, heat, fire up]
5: become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed"
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lame
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adj 1: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble
excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: feeble, lame]
2: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game
leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy,
game]
n 1: someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn:
square, lame]
2: a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold
lame dress"
v 1: deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The
accident has crippled her for life" [syn: cripple,
lame]
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maim
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v 1: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration
or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"
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name
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n 1: a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his
name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for
the same thing"
2: a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"
3: family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was
no one to carry on his name" [syn: name, gens]
4: a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great
names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure
in modern music" [syn: name, figure, public figure]
5: by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the
law"
6: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase [syn: name,
epithet]
v 1: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They
named their son David"; "The new school was named after the
famous Civil Rights leader" [syn: name, call]
2: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by
name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many
senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The
almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: name,
identify]
3: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of
the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn:
name, nominate, make]
4: create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a
committee" [syn: appoint, name, nominate, constitute]
5: mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
6: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with
the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite,
name, refer]
7: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn:
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish,
describe, name]
8: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;
"List the states west of the Mississippi" [syn: list,
name]
9: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an
illness through a diagnostic analysis [syn: diagnose,
name]
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nickname
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n 1: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of
a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his
nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname
was Slim" [syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen,
sobriquet, soubriquet, byname]
2: a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for
the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"
v 1: give a nickname to [syn: dub, nickname]
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proclaim
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v 1: declare formally; declare someone to be something; of
titles; "He was proclaimed King"
2: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed";
"The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: proclaim,
exclaim, promulgate]
3: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech
predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
[syn: predicate, proclaim]
4: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's
children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud,
extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim]
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reclaim
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v 1: claim back [syn: reclaim, repossess]
2: reuse (materials from waste products) [syn: reclaim,
recover]
3: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of
life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed
me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: reform, reclaim,
regenerate, rectify]
4: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated
state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
5: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn:
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim,
tame]
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rename
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v 1: assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East
Germany were renamed in 1990"
2: name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior"
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same
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adj 1: same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never
wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we
were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
[ant: other]
2: closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity
or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls
of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes";
"animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before";
"two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next
year" [ant: different]
3: equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent
amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the
other a like number"; "the same number" [syn: like, same]
[ant: unlike]
4: unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the
same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"
n 1: a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern
Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: Lapp,
Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame]
2: the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the
Kola Peninsula [syn: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same,
Saame]
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shame
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n 1: a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy
or guilt
2: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his
family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
[syn: shame, disgrace, ignominy]
3: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
[syn: pity, shame]
v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by
committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace,
dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour,
reward]
2: compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making
amends"
3: cause to be ashamed
4: surpass or beat by a wide margin
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tame
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adj 1: flat and uninspiring
2: very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was
one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with
no will or power to act but as directed" [ant: wild]
3: brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame
animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" [syn: tame, tamed]
[ant: untamed, wild]
4: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston
Hughes [syn: meek, tame]
v 1: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: tame,
chasten, subdue]
2: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that
aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his
potentially offensive statements" [syn: tone down,
moderate, tame]
3: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate,
cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame]
4: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn:
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim,
tame]
5: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to
humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The
wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" [syn:
domesticate, tame]
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boehm
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n 1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;
influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: Boehme, Jakob
Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm,
Behmen, Jakob Behmen]
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boehme
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n 1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;
influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: Boehme, Jakob
Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm,
Behmen, Jakob Behmen]
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ballgame
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n 1: a particular situation that is radically different from the
preceding situation; "HDTV looks the same but it's really a
whole new ballgame" [syn: ballgame, new ballgame]
2: a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) [syn:
ball game, ballgame]
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became
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came
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overcame
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aime
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baim
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bame
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brame
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damme
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fayme
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flaim
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fraim
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graeme
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haim
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kaim
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mame
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mayme
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rhame
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sejm
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swaim
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postgame
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