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Let f: [a,b] → [a,b] be a continuous function of the compact real interval such that (i) $card f^{-1}(y) ≥ 2$ for every y ∈ [a,b]; (ii) for some m ∈ {∞,2,3,...} there is a countable set L ⊂ [a,b] such that $card f^{-1}(y) ≥ m$ for every y ∈ [a,b]∖L. We show that the topological entropy of f is greater than or equal to log m. This generalizes our previous result for m = 2.