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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 Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
acts
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
after-dinner
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde TO KATHARINE DE MATTOS.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
away
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From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
backward
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
bands
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From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
beaconed
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
bind
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From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
blowing
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From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
bonnie
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From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
broom
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From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
Case
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children
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From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
cold
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
countenance
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
countrie
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From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
DE
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decreed
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From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
discourse
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Dr
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dreary
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
dusty
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embarrassed
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
eminently
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
eye
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
face
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
Far
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From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
friendly
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
God
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From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
heather
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From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
home
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From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
human
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
Hyde
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ill
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From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
indeed
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
It's
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From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
Jekyll
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From this reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde TO KATHARINE DE MATTOS.
KATHARINE
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lawyer
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
lean
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
lighted
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
loose
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From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
loudly
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
lovable
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
man
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
MATTOS
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
meetings
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
more
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
Mr
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From this reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde TO KATHARINE DE MATTOS.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
north
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From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
O
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From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde TO KATHARINE DE MATTOS.
often
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
only
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
rugged
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
scantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
sentiment
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
silent
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
smile
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
somehow
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
spoke
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
Strange
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symbols
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
talk
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde TO KATHARINE DE MATTOS.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde TO KATHARINE DE MATTOS.
Utterson
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From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
way
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s ill to loose the bands that God decreed to bind; Still will we be the children of the heather and the wind.
wine
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From this reading At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Far away from home, O it’s still for you and me That the broom is blowing bonnie in the north countrie.
