Then vs Than Difference, Usage, Meaning, Grammar, Pronunciation with English Sentence Examples

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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

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Hello guys.
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰāĻž.
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My name is Fanny.
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āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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And in this video I'm going to talk to you about a
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāχ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇,
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϭ⧁āϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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very common writing mistake.
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Now it's not so much a speaking mistake,
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āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϭ⧁āϞ āύāϝāĻŧ,
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but it's a writing - a spelling mistake
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āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž - āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āϭ⧁āϞ
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that a lot of students make  and I want you to fix it.
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āϝāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϚāĻžāχ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
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It's the difference between 'than' t-h-a-n and 'then' t-h-e-n.
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āĻāϟāĻž 'āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ' āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝāĨ¤
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Now as you can hear the sound  is practically the same,
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āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāϤ āĻāĻ•āχ,
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but the spelling is different.
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āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāĨ¤
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so you need to know the difference.
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āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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Let's take a look at two example sentences.
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āĻāϰ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϟāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•.
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First we have, "John is taller than Sarah."
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϛ⧇, "āϜāύ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĨ¤"
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So in this case, we have 'than' t-h-a-n.
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻāχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž 'āĻĨāĻžāύ' āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϛ⧇.
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Which is a word that we use for comparisons okay.
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āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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When we want to compare two things.
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āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤
00:55
John is taller than Sarah.
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āϜāύ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĨ¤
00:57
I am more beautiful than you.
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ“ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĨ¤
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Okay?
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇?
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In this case, you will use t-h-a-n.
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āĻāχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ than āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
01:05
Now if we look at the second sentence.
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āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāĨ¤
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I went to school, then I went home.
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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Now in this case, 'then' is spelled t-h-e-n
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āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, 'āϤāĻ–āύ' āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ
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and has a very different meaning.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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We use 'then' t-h-e-n as a word to mark a sequence of actions.
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āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž 'āϤāĻ–āύ' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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Okay.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇.
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So it's a time word that we use in English.
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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"I went to school...
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"āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ...
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First action.
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻļāύāĨ¤
01:34
and then I went home."
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āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤"
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Second action.
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āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĨ¤
01:38
Okay?
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇?
01:39
So two different meanings.
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤
01:41
Different spellings.
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύāĨ¤
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And it's a very common writing mistake.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϭ⧁āϞāĨ¤
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My students keep making this mistake and it drives me crazy.
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āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž āĻāχ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ—āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤
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Okay?
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01:50
So I hope that you now know the  difference between the two words.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇?
āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύāĨ¤
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Please be good students - avoid that horrible English mistake,
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āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻšā§‹āύ - āϏ⧇āχ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧁āύ,
02:00
Thank you very much.
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āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤
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Thank you guys for watching my video.
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āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ.
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I hope you liked it.
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇.
02:09
And if you did, please show us your support.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ.
02:12
Click 'like'.
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'āϞāĻžāχāĻ•' āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
02:13
Subscribe to the channel.
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāχāĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
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Put your comments below.
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āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύ.
02:16
And share with your friends.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ.
02:17
See you.
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āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇.
āĻāχ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϏāĻžāχāϟ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇

āĻāχ āϏāĻžāχāϟāϟāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ YouTube āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻž āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŋāϤ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇⧎ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇, āĻāχ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ.

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