Name : Zusti Mei Gulo
Class : B
Students’ billingual essay
Syukuran
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kulemparkan ke meja di depanku.
Tanpa berpikir panjang aku
langsung mengambil keputusan,
tidak akan memenuhi undangan itu.
Ini tak dapat ditawar karena
merupakan keputusan final. Tidak
akan.
Tidak ada yang salah sebenarnya
jika untuk memasuki rumah baru
Dilan mengadakan upacara
selamatan atau syukuran. Tapi
mengaitkannya dengan
pembebasan Darmola terlalu
mengada-ada. Aku mengenal Dilan
selama dua puluh tahun. Sebagai
pegawai negeri sipil, kejujurannya
mengagumkanku. Ia menabung
bertahun-tahun untuk membayar
sebagian uang muka rumah jenis T-
70. Pembayaran cicilan juga akan
dilakukannya bertahun-tahun.
Mengapa Darmola menumpang
gratis kepada si jujur Dilan untuk
membuktikan dirinya bersih.
Tidakkah putusan pengadilan yang
menyakitkan hati itu tidak cukup
untuk membersihkan namanya?
Mengapa Dilan begitu mudah
ditumpangi Darmola? Mengapa ia
begitu naif dan tidak sadar bahwa
Darmola menumpang menang pada
nama baiknya?
Satu minggu setelah selamatan itu
atas permintaannya aku bertemu
dengan Dilan, di warung kopi di
halaman kantornya. Setelah
mengucapkan selamat karena ia
mulai menghuni rumah yang dibeli
dengan KPR itu, aku minta maaf
Non native speakers’
Thanksgiving
After I read, the invitation
was thrown to the table in
front of me. Without
thinking I immediately
made a decision, will not
accept the invitation. This is
not negotiable because it is
a final decision. Will not.
There is nothing wrong with
opening a new home. Dilan
held a salvation or thank
giving ceremony. But
relating it to Darmola's
release was far-fetched. I
have known Dilan for
twenty years. As a civil
servant, his honesty
welcomed me. He saved
over-years to pay a down
payment on a T-70 type
house. Installment payments
will also take a portion of
the year.
Why Darmola hitched free
for the honest Dilan to
prove himself clean. Isn't a
hurtful court ruling not
enough to clean it up? Why
is Dilan so easy for Darmola
to board? Why is he so
naive and unaware Darmola
hitchhike in winning the
desired name?
One week after the salvation
at his request I met with
Dilan, in a coffee shop in
his office yard. After being
approved safe because he
began to inhabit the house
bought with the KPR, I
Native speakers’
Thanksgiving
After I read, the invitation I
threw it on the table in front
of me. Without thinking I
immediately made a
decision, will not fulfill that
invitation. This is not
negotiable because it is a
final decision.
There is nothing really
wrong if you come a new
house and hold a salvation
or thank giving ceremony.
But linking it to the
liberation of the Darmola is
to far-fetched. I have known
Dilan for twenty years. As a
civil servant, his honesty.
He saved over-years to pay
a down payment on a T-70
type house. Installment
payments will also take a
portion of the year.
Why Darmola hitched free
to all Dilan to prove himself
clean. Isn't a hurtful court
ruling not enough to clean it
up? Why is Dilan so easy
for Darmola to board? Why
is he so naive and unaware
Darmola hitchhike in
winning the desired name?
One week after the salvation
at his request I met Dilan, a
coffee pot in his office yard.
After being approved safe
because he started
inhabiting the house bought
with the KPR, I apologize
karena tidak dapat menghadiri
selamatan itu.
”Tidak apa-apa. Aku memang tidak
dapat menolak.”
”Maksudmu?”
”Aku tahu mengapa kau tidak
datang.”
Aku diam. Dia masih seorang
pembaca yang baik. Tanpa harus
diberi penjelasan ia sudah dapat
menangkap isyarat yang aku
berikan.
”Dia mampu membeli 100 rumah
seperti rumahku, kalau dia mau.
Kekayaannya memang
mengejutkan semua orang. Tapi,
dia saudara sepupuku yang dulu
membayar semua biaya operasi
jantung ibuku.”
Aku membiarkan Dilan
menuturkan segalanya yang
dianggapnya perlu kuketahui agar
aku tidak serta-merta
menyalahkannya. Wajahnya yang
memohon pengertian itu
memanggil rasa ibaku.
”Bukan hanya kau. Aku juga
merasa ia memiliki semua
kekayaan itu dengan cara yang
tidak benar. Beberapa tahun ia
aman, tetapi dua tahun lalu ia tidak
dapat lari dari jerat hukum. Ia
mendekam di balik jeruji, walaupun
hanya untuk dua tahun. Hukuman
dua tahun itu membuat semua
media ribut. Tidak adil, kata
mereka. Mestinya dia dihukum 20
tahun, kalau perlu seumur hidup.”
Dari warung kopi, yang kalau tidak
salah disebut coffee shop dalam
bahasa Inggris itu, Dilan menatap
ke jalan raya yang mulai macet.
Tidak lama lagi mobil-mobil di
jalan itu akan merangkak beringsut-
apologize for not being able
to choose the salvation.
"It's okay. I really can't
refuse."
"You mean?"
"I know why you didn't
come."
I am quiet. He is still a good
reader. Without having to
give an explanation he must
be able to give the cues that
I give.
"He can buy 100 houses like
mine, if he wants. His
wealth does indeed surprise
everyone. But, he's my
cousin who paid for all my
mother's heart surgery costs.
" "
I let Dilan say everything he
thought I needed to know so
that I wouldn't necessarily
blame him. His face
begging for understanding
calls my mother's taste.
"Not just you. I also felt that
he owned all the wealth in a
way that was not right. A
few years he was safe, but
two years ago he could not
run away from the snares of
the law. He stayed behind
bars, even if only for two
years. The two-year
sentence made all the media
noisy. Not fair, they say. He
should be sentenced to 20
years, if necessary for life. "
From the coffee shop, which
if not mistakenly called the
coffee shop in English,
Dilan stared at the highway
that was starting to freeze.
Soon cars on the road would
for not being able to present
the salvation.
"It's okay. I really can't
refuse."
"You mean?"
"I know why you didn't
come."
I am quiet. He is still a good
reader. Without having to
give an explanation he must
be able to give the cues that
I give.
"He can buy 100 houses like
mine, if he wants. His
wealth does indeed surprise
everyone. But, he's my
cousin who paid for all my
mother's heart surgery costs.
I let Dilan say everything he
thought I needed to know so
that I wouldn't necessarily
blame him. His face
begging for understanding
calls my mother's taste.
"Not just you. I also felt that
he owned all the wealth in a
way that was not right. A
few years he was safe, but
two years ago he could not
run away from the snares of
the law. He stayed behind
bars, even if only for two
years. The two-year
sentence made all the media
noisy. Not fair, they say. He
should be sentenced to 20
years, if necessary for life. "
From the coffee shop, which
if not mistakenly called the
coffee shop in English,
Dilan stared at the highway
that was starting to freeze.
Soon cars on the road would
ingsut. Pemandangan yang hadir
setiap hari di depan mata. Dialogku
dengan Dilan masih berlangsung
satu arah.
”Ketika Darmola tahu aku akan
mengadakan selamatan untuk
memasuki rumah baru itu, ia
memintaku untuk mengizinkannya
menggunakan kesempatan itu
sekaligus sebagai acara syukuran
karena kembalinya ia ke dunia
bebas. Berhari-hari aku tidak dapat
menjawab. Darmola tidak bodoh. Ia
mengulangi keinginannya itu
kepada ibuku.”
Dilan menggeleng. Berkali-kali.
Kemudian dengan suara lirih ia
mengatakan: ”Memang tidak enak
jadi orang miskin. Kalau tidak
karena kemiskinan aku tidak akan
menerima bantuan Darmola ketika
ibuku menjalani operasi jantung itu.
Karena merasa berutang budi itu
pula ibuku memintaku
mengabulkan permintaan Darmola
itu.”
Dilan menarik napas. Dia seakan
baru menurunkan beban berat dari
pundaknya. Pembicaraan satu arah
ini aku sambut dengan suara lirih
pula.
”Kau tidak miskin, Dilan. Jutaan
orang lain kondisinya jauh lebih
sengsara dan parah daripada kau.”
”Mungkin kata miskin itu kurang
tepat. Yang lebih sesuai barangkali,
aku kurang mampu. Aku memang
memiliki kartu Askes, begitu juga
istriku dan kedua anakku. Tapi
kartu itu tidak berlaku untuk ibuku.
Ketika keadaan kritis karena
operasi harus dilakukan segera
crawl inching. The scene
that comes every day before
the eyes. My dialogue with
Dilan is still going in one
direction.
"When Darmola knew I
would hold a salvation to
enter the new house, he
asked me to allow him to
use the opportunity as well
as a thanksgiving event
because of his return to the
free world. For days I could
not answer. Darmola is not
stupid. He repeated his wish
to my mother. "
Dilan shook his head. Many
times. Then in a low voice
he said: "It's not good to be
poor. If it were not for
poverty I would not have
received Darmola's help
when my mother underwent
heart surgery. Feeling
indebted, my mother also
asked me to grant Darmola's
request. "
Dilan took a breath. He
seemed to have just dropped
a heavy burden from his
shoulders. I welcomed this
one-way conversation in a
low voice too.
"You're not poor, Dilan.
Millions of other people are
far more miserable and
worse than you. "
"Maybe the word poor is not
quite right. Which is more
suitable perhaps, I am less
able. I do have an Askes
card, as do my wife and my
two children. But the card
does not apply to my
mother. When the situation
crawl inching. The scene
that comes every day before
the eyes. My dialogue with
Dilan is still going in one
direction.
"When Darmola knew I
would hold a salvation to
enter the new house, he
asked me to allow him to
use the opportunity as well
as a thanksgiving event
because of his return to the
free world. For days I could
not answer. Darmola is not
stupid. He repeated his wish
to my mother. "
Dilan shook his head. Many
times. Then in a low voice
he said: "It's not good to be
poor. If it were not for
poverty I would not have
received Darmola's help
when my mother underwent
heart surgery. Feeling
indebted, my mother also
asked me to grant Darmola's
request. "
Dilan took a breath. He
seemed to have just dropped
a heavy burden from his
shoulders. I welcomed this
one-way conversation in a
low voice too.
"You're not poor, Dilan.
Millions of other people are
far more miserable and
worse than you. "
"Maybe the word poor is not
quite right. Which is more
suitable perhaps, I am less
able. I do have an Askes
card, as do my wife and my
two children. But the card
does not apply to my
mother. When the situation
datanglah uluran tangan Darmola
sebagai juru selamat. Saat itu aku
benar-benar merasa betapa
mulianya hati saudara sepupuku itu.
Ia datang ketika tidak seorang pun
dapat menolongku.”
Kami saling bertatapan.
Tampaknya ia merasa belum
berhasil meyakinkanku. Ia mungkin
merasa seperti itu karena ia tahu
bahwa aku bukanlah orang yang
mudah diyakinkan tentang apa saja.
Sebelum ia melanjutkan
penjelasannya, aku segera
mendahuluinya.
”Seandainya aku dalam posisi
seperti itu, mungkin aku juga akan
segera menerima uluran tangan itu,
bahkan mungkin memintanya
sebelum tangan itu diulurkan.”
Dilan merasa tidak seorang diri.
Ada teman yang dapat
memahaminya dan mendukung
sikapnya yang permisif. Baginya
itu sudah cukup, walaupun di lubuk
hatinya ia merasa bersalah karena–
walaupun dalam keadaan terpaksa–
ia bersyukur atas pembebasan
Darmola.
”Kata prasejahtera, sejahtera I,
sejahtera II atau sejahtera lain
untuk mengaburkan makna kata
miskin memang sangat
manipulatif,” ujarku
Kata-kata itu dipopulerkan sebuah
rezim untuk bersembunyi di balik
ketidakmampuannya memberantas
kemiskinan. Karena itu orang tidak
merasa dirinya miskin, tetapi
sejahtera. Malangnya, begitu
was critical because the
operation had to be carried
out immediately came a
helping hand Darmola as a
savior. At that time I really
felt how noble my cousin's
heart. He comes when no
one can help me. "
We looked at each other. It
seems he feels he hasn't
succeeded in convincing
me. He may feel that way
because he knows that I am
not easily convinced of
anything. Before he
continued his explanation, I
immediately preceded him.
"If I were in such a position,
maybe I would also
immediately receive a immediately
helping hand, maybe even
ask for it before the hand
was extended."
Dilan feels not alone. There
are friends who can
understand it and support
their permissive attitude.
For him it was enough,
although in his heart he felt
guilty because - even though
he was forced to - he was
grateful for Darmola's
release.
"The words pre-prosperous,
prosperous I, prosperous II
or other prosperous to
obscure the meaning of the
word poor is indeed very
manipulative," I said.
These words were
popularized by a regime to
hide behind its inability to
eradicate poverty. Therefore
people do not feel
themselves poor, but
was critical because the
operation had to be carried
out immediately came a
helping hand Darmola as a
savior. At that time I really
felt how noble my cousin's
heart. He comes when no
one can help me. "
We looked at each other. It
seems he feels he hasn't
succeeded in convincing
me. He may feel that way
because he knows that I am
not easily convinced of
anything. Before he
continued his explanation, I
immediately preceded him.
"If I were in such a position,
maybe I would also
receive a
helping hand, maybe even
ask for it before the hand
was extended."
Dilan feels not alone. There
are friends who can
understand it and support
their permissive attitude.
For him it was enough,
although in his heart he felt
guilty because - even though
he was forced to - he was
grateful for Darmola's
release.
"The words pre-prosperous,
prosperous I, prosperous II
or other prosperous to
obscure the meaning of the
word poor is indeed very
manipulative," I said.
These words were
popularized by a regime to
hide behind its inability to
eradicate poverty. Therefore
people do not feel
themselves poor, but
mereka membutuhkan bantuan,
mereka tiba-tiba merasa miskin dan
jika ada orang yang mengulurkan
tangan memberikan pertolongan,
mereka menganggap orang itu
sebagai juru selamat yang harus
dihormati bahkan dimuliakan.
Orang-orang yang diharuskan oleh
hukum untuk berdiam sementara di
bumi, paham betul akan hal itu.
Para penjahat ini sadar bahwa
orang-orang miskin yang disebut
sejahtera itu menunggu
pembebasan mereka dengan penuh
harap. Apalagi sebelum mendekam
di balik jeruji, para gangster
tersebut terkenal pemurah dan
sering memberikan sumbangan
kepada masyarakat termasuk
rumah-rumah ibadah.
Karena itu sering, bahkan sangat
sering, para pencoleng yang
nirmalu itu disambut dengan hangat
oleh masyarakat di sekitarnya
ketika mereka telah selesai
menjalani hukuman. Mereka
dianggap tidak bersalah, korban
fitnah, jauh dari perbuatan aib dan
menjadi mangsa peradilan sesat.
Tidak jarang pula mereka
diperlakukan sebagai pahlawan.
Darmola adalah salah seorang dari
gangster yang kebal dari rasa malu
itu. Tidak mengherankan jika pada
hari pertama setelah dibebaskan
dari kerangkeng, ia berteriak
dengan membusungkan dada
mengatakan dirinya menjadi
mangsa peradilan sesat. Itu pula
sebabnya berbagai doa sebagai
prosperous. Unfortunately,
when they need help, they
suddenly feel poor and if
someone reaches out to
help, they consider that
person to be a savior who
must be respected and even
glorified.
People who are required by
law to stay temporarily on
earth, fully understand that.
These criminals are aware
that the poor people who are
called prosperous are
waiting for their release
hopefully. Especially before
languishing behind bars, the
gangsters are known to be
generous and often give
donations to the community
including houses of
worship.
Because it is often, even
very often, the thief who is
always greeted warmly
welcomed by the
surrounding community
when they have finished
serving their sentences.
They are considered
innocent, victims of
defamation, far from
disgraceful acts and fall
prey to misguided justice.
Not infrequently they are
treated as heroes.
Darmola is one of the
gangsters who is immune
from that shame. Not
surprisingly, on the first day
after being released from a
cage, he shouted with a
puffed out chest saying he
fell prey to heretical justice.
That is also why various
prosperous. Unfortunately,
when they need help, they
suddenly feel poor and if
someone reaches out to
help, they consider that
person to be a savior who
must be respected and even
glorified.
People who are required by
law to stay temporarily on
earth, fully understand that.
These criminals are aware
that the poor people who are
called prosperous are
waiting for their release
hopefully. Especially before
languishing behind bars, the
gangsters are known to be
generous and often give
donations to the community
including houses of
worship.
Because it is often, even
very often, the thief who is
always greeted warmly
welcomed by the
surrounding community
when they have finished
serving their sentences.
They are considered
innocent, victims of
defamation, far from
disgraceful acts and fall
prey to misguided justice.
Not infrequently they are
treated as heroes.
Darmola is one of the
gangsters who is immune
from that shame. Not
surprisingly, on the first day
after being released from a
cage, he shouted with a
puffed out chest saying he
fell prey to heretical justice.
That is also why various
ungkapan rasa syukur dilakukan di prayers as an expression of prayers as an expression of
rumahnya dan di sejumlah rumah gratitude are done in his gratitude are done in his
keluarga besarnya. home and in a number of home and in a number of
homes of his extended homes of his extended
family. family.
Yang terakhir adalah doa yang The last is a prayer The last is a prayer
dilakukan di rumah Dilan itu. performed at Dilan's house. performed at Dilan's house.
Mengapa Dilan harus dilibatkan? Why should Dilan be Why should Dilan be
Tidakkah Darmola tahu bahwa involved? Doesn't Darmola involved? Doesn't Darmola
pegawai negeri sipil yang satu ini know that this civil servant know that this civil servant
terkenal jujur sampai ke ubun- is known to be honest to the is known to be honest to the
ubun? crown? crown?
Yang dapat menjawabnya hanyalah The only one who could The only one who could
Darmola, karena tidak mungkin ia answer it was Darmola, answer it was Darmola,
tidak tahu bahwa Dilan sangat because there was no way because there was no way
tersiksa karena melaksanakan doa he could not have known he could not have known
syukur di rumahnya untuk seorang that Dilan was very that Dilan was very
bandit yang juga sepupunya. tormented because he tormented because he
Darmola juga pasti tahu bahwa performed a thanksgiving performed a thanksgiving
Dilan pasti akan menolak prayer at his home for a prayer at his home for a
permintaannya jika ibu Dilan tidak bandit who was also his bandit who was also his
turun tangan. cousin. Darmola also surely cousin. Darmola also surely
knew that Dilan would knew that Dilan would
definitely refuse his request definitely refuse his request
if Dilan's mother did not if Dilan's mother did not
intervene. intervene.
”Darmola itu orang baik. Dia sering "Darmola is a good person. "Darmola is a good person.
bersedekah ke panti asuhan. He often gives alms to the He often gives alms to the
Beberapa orang anak orang tidak orphanage. Some children orphanage. Some children
mampu diangkatnya menjadi anak are not able to be adopted as are not able to be adopted as
asuh agar mereka dapat bersekolah, foster children so they can foster children so they can
sumbangan tetapnya untuk mesjid go to school, the permanent go to school, the permanent
tak terhitung lagi. Sekolah dasar di contribution to the mosque contribution to the mosque
Rengas sana, dapat dibangun is countless again. There is countless again. There
karena sebagian besar biayanya elementary schools in elementary schools in
ditanggung Darmola. Ibu tidak Rengas, can be built Rengas, can be built
pernah mendengar celaan orang because most of the costs because most of the costs
terhadap dirinya. Karena itu ketika are borne by Darmola. are borne by Darmola.
dia ditangkap, banyak yang Mother had never heard Mother had never heard
mengatakan ia korban fitnah dan anyone's reproach towards anyone's reproach towards
sengaja dijebak untuk her. Therefore, when he was her. Therefore, when he was
dijerumuskan.” arrested, many said he was a arrested, many said he was a
victim of defamation and victim of defamation and
was deliberately trapped to was deliberately trapped to
be trapped. " be trapped. "
Ketika ibunya berkata demikian
sebelum membujuknya untuk
mengabulkan permintaan Darmola,
Dilan mulai merasakan sesuatu
yang sangat tidak diinginkannya. Ia
tidak ingin ibunya telah dibeli oleh
Darmola dengan setumpuk uang
dan lembaran-lembaran kertas
haram itu telah membutakan mata
hati ibunya. Ia tidak ingin itu yang
telah terjadi, walaupun
kemungkinannya sangat besar
memang begitulah keadaan
sebenarnya.
Dilan menyadari bahwa mata
Darmola cukup jeli membaca
situasi. Syukuran memasuki rumah
Dilan adalah saat yang paling tepat
untuk mengembalikan pamornya
sebagai orang baik. Dilan
dipandang sebagai simbol di
kalangan orang-orang jujur yang
mengenalnya, yang jumlahnya
tidak sedikit. Sebagai pegawai
negeri sipil, Dilan memegang
jabatan cukup menentukan yang
sebenarnya dapat membuatnya
menjadi orang kaya jika ia mau.
Tetapi ia selalu menghindar dari
peluang itu.
Jika orang sejujur Dilan
mengucapkan doa syukur karena
seseorang dibebaskan setelah
menjalani hukuman, pastilah
pembebasan orang itu patut
disyukuri. Darmola telah membaca
itu sejak awal. Dia hanya
memanfaatkan peluang yang
terbuka.
Pada mulanya Dilan ingin menutup
peluang itu, tetapi ibunya membuka
peluang itu lebar-lebar hanya
karena uluran tangan di masa
When his mother said that
before persuading him to
grant Darmola's request,
Dilan began to feel
something that he really did
not want. He did not want
his mother to have been
bought by Darmola with a
pile of money and the illegal
sheets of paper had blinded
his mother's eyes. He did
not want that to happen,
even though the chances
were that this was the case.
Dilan realized that
Darmola's eyes were keen
enough to read the situation.
Thanksgiving enters Dilan's
house is the best time to
restore his prestige as a
good person. Dilan is seen
as a symbol among honest
people who know him,
whose numbers are not
small. As a civil servant,
Dilan held a decisive
position that could actually
make him a rich man if he
wanted to. But he always
avoided the opportunity.
If someone as honest as
Dilan says a prayer of
thanksgiving because
someone was released after
serving his sentence, surely
that person's release must be
grateful. Darmola had read
that from the beginning. He
only took advantage of
opportunities that were
open.
At first Dilan wanted to
close the opportunity, but
his mother opened the
opportunity wide just
When his mother said that
before persuading him to
grant Darmola's request,
Dilan began to feel
something that he really did
not want. He did not want
his mother to have been
bought by Darmola with a
pile of money and the illegal
sheets of paper had blinded
his mother's eyes. He did
not want that to happen,
even though the chances
were that this was the case.
Dilan realized that
Darmola's eyes were keen
enough to read the situation.
Thanksgiving enters Dilan's
house is the best time to
restore his prestige as a
good person. Dilan is seen
as a symbol among honest
people who know him,
whose numbers are not
small. As a civil servant,
Dilan held a decisive
position that could actually
make him a rich man if he
wanted to. But he always
avoided the opportunity.
If someone as honest as
Dilan says a prayer of
thanksgiving because
someone was released after
serving his sentence, surely
that person's release must be
grateful. Darmola had read
that from the beginning. He
only took advantage of
opportunities that were
open.
At first Dilan wanted to
close the opportunity, but
his mother opened the
opportunity wide just
lampau yang menyelamatkan because a helping hand in
dirinya. Karena itu, agak the past saved her.
mengejutkan bagiku ketika Dilan Therefore, it was rather
dengan yakin mengatakan: ”Orang surprising to me when Dilan
tidak akan semudah itu confidently said: "People
menganggapku telah menjual diri will not be that easy to think
kepada seorang perampok. I have sold myself to a
Terutama teman-teman dekatku robber. Especially my close
yang telah memberikan pinjaman friends who have given
agar aku dapat membayar seluruh loans so that I can pay all
uang panjar pembelian rumahku. the down payment of my
Termasuk kau. Hari ini aku house. Including you. Today
memintamu datang ke warung kopi I asked you to come to this
ini dalam hubungan itu. Aku tidak coffee shop in that
dapat membayar utangku dalam relationship. I cannot pay
waktu dekat. Belum tahu kapan. my debt in the near future.
Mohon pengertianmu.” Don't know when. Please
Aku tersenyum. Bangga. understand. "
I smile. Proud.
because a helping hand in
the past saved her.
Therefore, it was rather
surprising to me when Dilan
confidently said: "People
will not be that easy to think
I have sold myself to a
robber. Especially my close
friends who have given
loans so that I can pay all
the down payment of my
house. Including you. Today
I asked you to come to this
coffee shop in that
relationship. I cannot pay
my debt in the near future.
Don't know when. Please
understand. "
I smile. Proud.