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whisperings. 21. We shall be homesick for quiet water lilies, for lush meadow-grass, for wet orchards and warm ponds. 22. One big mottled arm caught ... toad by ... fore-leg, while the
other gripped him fast by ... hind-leg. 23. ... real lady is always
known by ... neat boots, gloves, and ... handkerchief. 24. I’m not ambitious for ... splendid fortune, ... fashionable position, or ... great name for my daughters. 25. He stood there drinking in ... fl ower-scented wind.
Insert articles where necessary paying special atten-25. tion to nouns used as objects.
Harry is child of twentieth-century «Age of Technology». When he was born in 1953, everyone had electricity, and al­most everyone drove car. While he was growing up, his family wanted to keep up with latest technology, so when new appli­ance came out on market, they bought it right away. While their neighbours watched black and white TV, Harry’s family watched colour TV. In the 50th, Harry’s mother had hair dryer, electric can opener, electric mixer, and vacuum cleaner. His fa­ther installed automatic garage door opener and became owner of sit-down power mower.
In 1971, at age of eighteen, Harry left his parents’ home to go to college. He was majoring in computer science because he didn’t want to be left out while country was moving into computer age. When he graduated, he found job in major electronics company.
After eighteen years of living with all conveniences of mo­dern technology, it wasn’t surprising that Harry’s home today resembles his parents’ home in amount of automated equipment it contains. Before Harry goes to bed every night, he turns on programmed electric coffee maker. He woke up every morning to music on his clock radio and brushes his teeth with electric toothbrush. He makes dinner in seconds in microwave oven. He always changes TV channels from easy chair with remote control device, and when he wasn’t home to watch his favourite show, VCR records it for him automatically.
Last month was Harry’s third anniversary with same com­pany. Job is well paid, but these days Harry is getting bored with it. He wants more challenging position, so he is looking for new job. Technology helps Harry with his job search, too. He uses per­sonal computer a lot these days to rewrite his job resume. Be­cause he doesn’t want prospective employers to call him at work, telephone answering machine is necessity. He always checks his phone messages as soon as he gets home every night.
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Thanks to technology, Harry’s life today is easy and comfort-
able – as long as electricity doesn’t go off!
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles. Mind the use 26. of articles with appositive nouns.
1. I took myself towards ... jail, ... a box-shaped brick building
next door to ... Ford Motor Company. 2. After six hours’ traveling he came to La Candelaria, ... long tin-roofed village on the Gri-
jalva River. 3. ... driver, ... poor bastard, could freeze out there.
4. She and her two daughters, ... middle-aged pretty women, did ... cooking and ... housework. 5. «Hamlet», ... immortal tragedy of Shakespeare, was given ... new interpretation on ... Russian stage. 6. At ... end he gave me ... smile, ... youthful and innocent smile. 7. He opened another door, ... small door in ... sidewall.
8. As the invited entered ... house they were greeted by Jane, ... maid. 9. Davis, ... owner of ... bar, come over and Michael made his introductions. 10. This is Lord Henry Wotton, ... old Oxford friend of mine. 11. Hemingway, ... son of ... small town doctor was born in Illinois in 1898. 12. And she dressed like – well, like what she was, ... wife of ... assistant Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong. 13. His laboratory, ... best institution of that kind, made Cambridge world known in ... fi eld of experimental physics. 14. They nominated ... candidates for ... post of ... President and ... Vice-President. 15. At ... fi rst corner I came across ... man. It was Uncle Cesar, ... old Negro, who wore ... most remarkable coat that
I had ever seen. 16. ... school, ... gray Gothic building, was ... real
fortress of learning. 17. I was introduced to her by Charles Ed-
wards, ... most intimate friend of my London days. 18. ... cook, ...
bulky man, scarcely glanced around. 19. She was seen in ... street in conversation with ... young gentleman, ... very pretty young gentleman. 20. Who’s this slender blond near ... window? – Kate Asher, ... girl from our group.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles. Mind the use 27. of articles with appositive nouns.
1. It was not far to Longmeadow, ... pleasant green fi eld
with three wide-spreading oaks in ... middle. 2. Jo sat on ... sofa writing busily, while Scrabble, ... pet rat, promenaded over­head, accompanied by his oldest son, ... fi ne young fellow, who was evidently very proud of his whiskers. 3. «Hurrah for Miss March, ... celebrated American authoress!» cried Laurie, throw­ing up his hat. 4. They saw ... proud white face of ... Scotch aristocrat and her lover, ... Irish adventure, like old portraits in
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... dark house. 5. In ... drawing room he saw Lord Galloway, ... English Ambassador, ... choleric old man with ... russet face like ... apple. He saw Lady Galloway, ... slim and thread-like woman with ... silver hair and ... face sensitive and superior. He saw her daughter, Lady Margaret Graham, ... pale and pretty girl with ... elfi sh face and ... copper-coloured hair. He saw Dr. Si­man, ... typical French scientist, with ... glasses, ... pointed brown beard and a forehead barred with ... parallel wrinkles. He saw ... Father Brown of Cobhole, in Essex, whom he recently met in England. He saw ... Commandant O’Brien, ... tall man
in ... uniform, clean-shaven, dark-haired and blue-eyed. 6. ...
newcomer was ... airport controller, ... tall, lean man who had spent ... lifetime in ... air. 7. She knew it was happening, really happening to her, Janet Benson, ... pretty twenty-one-year-old blonde who had learned to expect ... turning glances of ... airport staff as she walked briskly along ... corridors. 8. I said that to Harrison Starr, ... movie-maker, one time, and he raised his eyebrows and inquired: «Is it an anti-war book?» 9. There was ... photographer present, ... German war correspondent with ... Leica. 10. This was ... rolling home of ... railroad guards, ... men whose business it was to be forever guarding ... freight rolling
from here to there. 11. ... mate has just been brought to him
from Earth. She was Montana Wildhack, ... motion picture star.
12. Cohen, ... heavy man with hairy chest and beefy shorts, his wife Edie and Maurie, ... nice kid though not very bright were all in the city after two weeks out. 13. They freed her from ... former lover, ... crazy jealous man and now she’s … mother of two wonderful kids. 14. The wise fool, ... earliest sharply defi ned type in our comic folklore, embodies those traits that Americans hold most dear. 15. The trickster, ... character of peculiar fascination for American storytellers, appears in many versions. 16. He was returning home late one stormy night, through some old and gloomy streets of the Marais, ... ancient part of Paris. He came to the Place de Greve, ... square where public executions are performed. 17. He had but one chamber, ... old-fashioned saloon, fantastically furnished with ... remains of ... former magnifi cence.
Translate into English. Pay attention to the use of arti-28. cles with the nouns in apposition.
1. Капитан Барлоу был настоящий морской волк, суровый обветренный человек с глубоко посаженными глазами. 2. В 1903 г. муж и жена Кюри получили Нобелевскую премию
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в области физики за совместные исследования. 3. Клайд по­лагал, что он, племянник преуспевающих Гриффитсов, дол­жен быть допущен в высшее общество. 4. Сэр Кристофер Рен, великий английский архитектор, построил не только собор Св. Павла, но и множество других замечательных зданий в Лондоне. 5. Джордж Вашингтон, первый президент Соеди­ненных Штатов Америки, был главнокомандующим амери­канской армии во время войны за независимость. 6. Немногие знают, что Вольтер – только псевдоним великого французс­кого писателя-философа, который был сыном Франсуа Аруэ, нотариуса. 7. Мой отец, шофер-дальнобойщик, редко бывает дома. 8. В конце-концов мы добрались до места назначения, небольшого озера, славящегося своей кристально-чистой во­дой. 9. Какой сюрприз! Сегодня я случайно встретил Олега Петрова, одного из моих одноклассников, о котором ничего не слышал уже много лет. 10. Владимир Набоков, русский пи­сатель и Нобелевский лауреат, провел большую часть жизни вдали от родины. 11. Волк и заяц, персонажи популярного советского мультфильма, являются достойными конкурен­тами диснеевских героев – Тома и Джерри. 12. Дети всег­да с нетерпением ожидают июня, начала летних каникул, самых долгих каникул в учебном году. 13. Какой скандал! Сюзан, единственная дочь известного политика, оказалась наркоманкой. 14. Собака, огромный черный ретривер с под­ходящим именем Мрак, сыграла в этой истории не послед­нюю роль. 15. Могу я поговорить с мистером Уаттом, старшим менеджером вашего отдела? 16. Мистер Шерлок Холмс, зна­менитый детектив, популярен в России не менее чем у себя на родине, в Англии. 17. Жанна, студентка медицинского колледжа, мечтает стать пластическим хирургом. 18. С кем ты сейчас разговаривал? – Это господин Смирнов, профессор философии и декан нашего факультета. 19. Художник Ай­вазовский известен, в основном, как создатель морских пей­зажей. 20. Я думаю, что мистер Паркер, настоящее светило в этой области медицины, сможет тебе помочь.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles paying atten-29. tion to the nouns in the function of an adverbial modi­fi er of place.
1. I was sitting on ... stage all alone, sipping my coffee. 2.
Sometimes he took me out to ... dinner or ... theatre. 3. In her se­cond year at ... university she was taken ill. 4. The man on ... TV asked: «How many species of birds are there in ... world today?»
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5. He kept his suitcases on … top of ... wardrobe. 6. Long black­boards ran ... length of both walls to ... right and ... left of ... desks.
7. She paused at ... counter with ... marble top. 8. It was ... long voyage. We were at ... sea for four weeks. 9. They lay at ... rest, like ... storm-beaten boats, safe at ... anchor in ... quiet harbour.
10. Simon walked about ... room, touching ... things. 11. ... person
at ... far end of ... room got up and looked around. 12. He stayed at ... piano from two till six. 13. They went down … hill towards ... river. 14. Peter crossed to ... telephone beside ... nearer bed.
15. He crossed ... lobby to ... unoccupied desk. 16. Antonio carried us on ... board ... ship, and when we were some leagues out at ... sea, he forced us into ... small boat. 17. Soon he came to ... end of ... glen, where two paths met: on of them wound through ... pine wood, ... other was ... rough, stony way leading to ... wide valley.
18. ... judge fi ned him $ 500 instead of sending him to ... prison.
19. ... valley was full of inhabitants, and they were all busy in ...
houses, in ... fi elds, in ... mills and in ... forges. 20. There were some people waiting outside ... school to meet their children. 21. Do you know, I’ve never been in ... boat before in all my life. 22. I shipped myself on ... board ... small trading vessel bound from Constantinople, by ... classic seas, to ... Grecian Islands and ... Levant. 23. I spent many jolly weeks in ... island, staying with my friends up ... country. What feasting we had under ... great stars set in ... velvet sky! 24. When Ann was ill, we all went to ... hospital to visit her. 25. Then he walked briskly away down ... ward, looking neither ... left nor ... right.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles. Mind the arti-30. cles with nouns used as adverbial modifi ers of place.
1. He hurried across ... square shaded by ... trees. 2. Within ... house it always seemed to Hugh to be both dark and damp. 3. ... voice that came back from ... bottom of ... stairs was sill-young and self-amusing. 4. Both women lived in ... modest, book-fi lled apartments. 5. We surveyed ... view from ... cemetery hill and descended to ... summer-burned, September-burnished fi eld. 6. He unpacked ... basket on ... grass by ... roadside. 7. They moved forward ... league by league, over ... stormy bays, through ... crowded roadsteads, across ... harbour bars, up ... winding rivers that hid their busy little towns round ... sudden turn. 8. What about that hotel in ... market place, Jimmy? 9. There was ... bag of candy on ... table in ... parlor. 10. Harry Boulton went to ... school and ... university with Tom. 11. They were on ... motoring holiday in Canada. 12. And Leo too was suddenly there, through
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... door and into ... large hall-like room. 13. She was almost to ... corner when his voice stopped her. 14. His hands were fi rmly on ... attaché-case. 15. I saw ... heap of rubbish in ... backyard of ... factory. 16. He went straight out of ... front door and never came back. 17. John went to ... church to take some pictures of ... build­ing. 18. We snatch and grab and hit each other as if we were all in ... panic on ... sinking ship. 19. She sat down in ... chair by ... fi re, where in ... old days she had nursed them. 20. It was ... cold still afternoon, when he slipped out of ... warm parlour into ... open air. 21. He was captured at ... sea by a Barbary corsair, and made to row in ... galley. 22. With no hesitation he stepped across ... threshold just as Tommy appeared at ... door. 23. They set off running across ... country as hard as they could, scrambling through ... hedges, jumping over ... ditches, pounding across ... fi elds. 24. I led ... lazy life among ... peasants on ... hillside with ... blue Mediterranean far below me. 25. If you want to get ... de­gree, you normally have to go to ... University.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles paying atten-31. tion to nouns in the function of an adverbial modifi er of time.
1. At ... quarter to nine we went down to ... basement of ...
house. 2. In ... future I shall always knock at ... door. 3. On ... ordinary occasions ... boys would have swum alongside cheer­ing, but now they were uneasy. 4. Why should I stay indoors and write a lot of rotten letters on ... jolly morning like this? 5. Who can that be at this time of ... night? 6. She fl ushed a little at ... mention of Hudson’s name. 7. At … sight of her ... stranger gave ... start. 8. I’m afraid there’s no chance to talk to her until tomorrow at ... earliest. 9. She had never seen ... lagoon by ... moonlight. 10. She lay stretched on ... bank from ... dawn to ... late sunset, and waited for her friend to return. 11. They camped in ... open, living very rough by ... day and lying very hard by ...
night. 12. ... other day ... fi re brigade were called to his house. 13.
I should remember forever ... fl ower-garden in ... summer, and ... birds that sang at ... dawn. 14. In ... spring of 1970 he was stay­ing at his old schoolmate’s in ... west of ... country. 15. I’m tired to death of Africa and we can come back in ... early autumn. 16. Whether in ... winter or ... summer, ... spring or ... autumn, it’s always got its fun and excitement. 17. In ... summer of his sopho­more year, when he got ... job on Saturdays, he was quite happy.
18. All ... day ... February rain had spattered over ... town. 19. ...
next evening, just before ... dinner he appeared in ... house. 20. In
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... cold grey dawn ... sisters lit their lamp and read their prayer with ... earnestness never felt before. 21. They will swear they saw me from before ... midnight till ... daybreak and long after it. 22. I would wake at ... night and lie still for hours on ... end listening to ... waves dashing against ... rock. 23. As long as I’m alive you shall fi nd your room as if I expected you here ... directly minute. 24. During ... dinner they helped themselves to wine and hot beef-steaks. 25. On ... stormy autumn day ... steamer sank at ... rocky shores of ... Crimea.
Insert the proper articles paying attention to nouns in 32. the function of an adverbial modifi er of manner.
1.We began to proceed at ... walking pace along Cheapside.
2. «You conceit», she exclaimed with ... frightful sarcasm, «of course I did nothing!» 3. «Wendy», he continued in ... voice that no woman has ever yet able to resist, «one girl is more use than twenty boys». 4. Then, on … impulse, he turned and ran out.
5. He started to rise in ... leisurely fashion. 6. With ... beating heart I opened the door. 7. «I don’t want ever to be a man», he said with ... passion. 8. Poor Betty did her best, by ... degrees, to explain ... things, but failed. 9. He sat in his little room, ... pen in his hand. 10. Her heart went fl utter with ... sudden thrill.
11. Then, with ... leap of ... heart, he remembered everything.
12. He looked at her in ... astonishment, staring deeply into her eyes. 13. Serge gazed at her with ... surprise. 14. «I bet you do», said Ann, looking at ... fair, handsome face of her cousin with ... admiration. 15. Like ... cattle when ... dog comes into ... fi eld, they stood ... head to ... head, ... shoulder to ... shoulder, prepared to run upon ... invader. 16. He followed in ... amaze­ment the sound of Ariel’s voice. 17. The king went on towards ... offi ce in ... melancholy mood. 18. In ... sudden fury she slaps him hard across ... face, with ... certain grand magnifi cence of ... manner. 19. When I realized what had happened I rushed out in ... dreadful panic. 20. Then suddenly Hook found himself ... face to ... face with Peter. 21. Why did you leave me in such ... thankless hurry? 22. How delicious to spoil it all by breaking ... news in ... advance! 23. Instead of feeling that he was behaving badly he danced with ... glee. 24. They stood in ... row in front of Mrs. Darling, with their hats off. 25. He set off for ... wood at ... smart pace. 26. In some thirty seconds they tumbled in between ... sheets in ... great joy and ... contentment. 27. Now, with ... rush of old memories, how clearly it stood up before him! 28. By ... fl ow of cheerful talk and anecdote he managed
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to make ... weary way seem shorter. 29. He dropped on ... coach in ... dark despair, burying his face in his duster. 30. I have communicated my projects to him without ... disguise and at length he spoke in ... broken accents: «Unhappy man!» 31. I wait but for one event and then I shall repose in ... peace. 32. I am by ... birth a Spaniard and my family is most distinguished in that country. 33. She couldn’t bear to live in ... poverty and oblivion, to live unknown and in ... wretchedness.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles paying atten-33. tion to nouns in the function of an adverbial modifi er of manner.
1. I think it would be much better if you told us in ... simple
friendly way what ... position is. 2. She answered at ... random, paying no attention to his witty sayings and sparkling remarks.
3. His ancestral home was won back by ... matchless valour, ... consummate strategy, and ... proper handling of sticks. 4. Even John could speak in ... gulps only, for they knew Hook’s repu­tation. 5. They stole by in ... single fi le, each with his hand on his dagger. 6. They remained stationary for ... moment, not ... muscle moving; as if ... foe had come by ... invitation. 7. She was ... most beautiful of ducky Dianas, coquettish, cold and amorous by ... turns. 8. They dived, splashing her with their tails, not by ... accident, but intentionally. 9. She was to be left on ... rock to perish, ... end to one of her race more terrible than death by ... fi re or ... torture. 10. In that supreme moment they clung to each other in ... terror. 11. They had lost both Peter and Wendy and were scouring ... lagoon for them, calling them by ... name. 12. He woke with ... start just in time to draw her back on ... rock. 13. He felt that she was calling him names and at ... venture he retorted hotly «So you are!» 14. «To bed, to bed», she cried in ... voice that had to be obeyed. 15. «You have conquered, my friends», he said in ... broken accents and left ... room with ... faltering footsteps. 16. He rubbed his eyes and looked about him in ... puzzled sort of ... way. 17. He stood aloof from his followers in ... spirit as in ... substance. 18. The captain trod ... deck in ... thought. Then ... wretched prisoners were dragged from ... hold and ranged in ... line in front of him.
19. None to soon, Peter, every inch of him on ... tiptoe, vanished into ... cabin. 20. He seemed to have ... charmed life as he kept them at ... bay in that circle of fi re. 21. She was pained to see her dear one showing himself in such ... unfavorable light.
22. «Yes, that was it», says Jane, with ... big breath. 23. He
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sculled gently homewards in ... dreamy mood. 24. He attempted to resume his place in his bunk, whence he was hauled by ...
force. 25. ... fi re cracked and sent up ... spurt of fl ame, and he
woke with ... start. 26. Some eight or ten little kids stood in ... semi-circle, jigging for ... warmth. 27. Animals when in company walk in ... proper and sensible manner, in ... single fi le, instead of sprawling all across ... road. 28. He listened eagerly, all ... ears, for a time; at last he could stand it no longer. 29. With ... diffi culty he turned to look for his friend, and saw him at his side trembling violently. 30. They did their best to satisfy him by keeping close together in ... apologetic sort of ... way.
Transform the following adverbs into corresponding 34. prepositional phrases. Use them in you own sentences as adverbial modifi ers of manner.
The model: gleefully – with glee.
1. seriously; 2. very solemnly; 3. smiling sadly; 4. sarcastical­ly; 5. cautiously; 6. silently; 7. moving one’s head slightly; 8. cry­ing delightfully; 9. impatiently; 10. smiling and nodding; 11. lei­surely; 12. dreadfully panic-stricken; 13. friendly; 14. breathing deeply; 15. dreamily; 16. terror-stricken; 17. apologetically; 18. one’s eyes closed; 19. slowly, but deliberately; 20. walking bare­foot; 21. so kindly and sympathetically; 22. glancing but once; 23. pacing easily; 24. talking feebly; 25. not murmuring anything;
26. shyly and self-consciously; 27. most cordially; 28. tenderly;
29. holding arms; 30. decidedly.
Translate into English. Mind the use of articles with 35. nouns in the function of an adverbial modifi er of man­ner.
1. «Почему ты так странно смотришь на меня?» – «Не обра­щай внимания», ответил он, слегка улыбнувшись. 2. «Я тоже иду с вами», сказала Нэнси, медленно натягивая перчатки.
3. Обернувшись, он оказался лицом к лицу с Роджером, ко­торый смотрел на него с подозрением. 4. Они шли рядом и говорили шепотом. 5. На следующее утро он проснулся в отчаянии и долго еще лежал, глубоко задумавшись. 6. Ког­да ребенок спит, мы все говорим тихо и ходим на цыпоч­ках. 7. Я заметила это с первого взгляда, но не стала ниче­го предпринимать второпях. 8. Вы собираетесь отправиться туда поездом? – Нет, самолетом. 9. Какое-то время он сидел молча, пока не сказал решительно: «Все равно мы останемся
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друзьями». 10. Вы пришли сюда по приглашению? – Нет, я заглянул сюда случайно. 11. У нее часто меняется настрое­ние: то она смеются, то плачет. 12. «Нет», – сказал он, глубоко вздохнув, – «силой мы ничего не добьемся». 13. Разведчики шли один за другим, чтобы не оставлять следов на мокрой траве. 14. Я так охрипла, что говорю с большим трудом. 15. Компания шла вдоль реки прогулочным шагом, лениво пе­реговариваясь о красотах окружающего пейзажа. 16. Плечом к плечу, рука в руке они были готовы встретить врага во всеоружии. 17. Пожалуйста, проходите и устраивайтесь без всяких церемоний. 18. Обвиняемый держался так уверенно, так хладнокровно отрицал свою вину, что присяжные его оправдали. 19. Я полагаю, он сделал это по ошибке? – Нет, все было спланировано заранее. 20. Все оторопело смотрели на пылающий дом, не зная, что предпринять.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles paying atten-36. tion to nouns in the function of an adverbial modifi er of comparison.
1. He was always longing to wander uncontrolled in the air,
like ... wild bird. 2. I was ... fool, Stanton was right. I had to meddle, like ... child with ... fi re. 3. She sings like ... lark. 4. Come on, my dear, and we’ll talk like ... human beings. 5. «It was then that I rushed in like ... tornado, wasn’t it?» he would say, scorning himself. 6. It wasn’t really ... happy question to ask him; it was like ... examination paper that asks grammar, when you want to be asked about Kings of England. 7. She had to go round and round them in ... circle in which they moved as in ... halo. 8. As if in ... answer to his request, ... air was rent by ... most tremendous crash he had ever heard. 9. As ... dogs this terrible man treated and addressed them, and as ... dogs they obeyed him. 10. All ... boys slept in it, lying like ... sardines in ... tin. 11. She listened like ... child and like ... child asked questions. 12. She was ... daughter of ... chief, and she must die as ... chief’s daughter. 13. His iron claw made ... circle of ... dead water round him, from which they fl ed like ... affrighted fi shes. 14. The rock was slippery as ... ball, and they
had to crawl rather than climb. 15. ... tremour ran through him,
like ... shudder passing over ... sea. 16. It made him twitch and at night it disturbed him like ... insect. 17. Now he crawled forward through ... open space like ... snake. 18. He pursued ... problem like ... sleuth-hound. 19. I have ... message to you from your mothers, and it is this: «We hope our sons will die
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