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The Last Two Alive!
The Last Two Alive!

Chapter I

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THE LAST TWO ALIVE!
Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!
Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.
The Supreme Council itself would demand it.
He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Last Two Alive!

Chapter I

Reading 1/120 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE LAST TWO ALIVE!
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Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!
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Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.
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The Supreme Council itself would demand it.
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He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.”

Council noun US /council/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Supreme Council itself would demand it.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “The Supreme Council itself would demand it.”

LAST noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE LAST TWO ALIVE!”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.”

Save preposition US /seɪv/

except for; apart from

From this reading “Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.”

Thought noun US /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

ALIVE

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From this reading THE LAST TWO ALIVE!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

Aram

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

Armageddon

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

bearing

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

beast-rockets

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

Civilization

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

commanded

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From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

cosmic

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

CouncilnounUS /council/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Supreme Council itself would demand it.

crimson

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

death

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From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

demand

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From this reading The Supreme Council itself would demand it.

desperately

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From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

escape

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From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

forever

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

Galactic

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

helplessly

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

hope

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From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

horror

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The Supreme Council itself would demand it.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The Supreme Council itself would demand it.

Jerrold

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

knew

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

LASTnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE LAST TWO ALIVE!

madness

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

past

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From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

rebelled

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From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

reckoning

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From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

ruins

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From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

Santane's

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

saveprepositionUS /seɪv/

except for; apart from

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

screamed

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

senselessly

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From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

smash

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

Space-war

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

success

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From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

Suns

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

Supreme

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From this reading The Supreme Council itself would demand it.

Tetrarchy

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From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE LAST TWO ALIVE!

Thirty

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

thoughtnounUS /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

tortured

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From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

TWO

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From this reading THE LAST TWO ALIVE!

utterly

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

verdict

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From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

voice

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From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

Void

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

watched

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From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

wearily

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From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading He had rebelled against the Tetrarchy--rebelled senselessly, desperately, without hope of success or escape--and the reckoning had come.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Aram Jerrold watched helplessly as Santane's beast-rockets screamed into the Void bearing madness to the Thirty Suns, and knew that this was cosmic Armageddon ... the crimson horror of Space-war would smash Galactic Civilization utterly and forever!

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Yet in his tortured mind a voice from the past commanded: "_You must save something from the ruins!_" The verdict, thought Aram Jerrold wearily, would be death.