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Espeland Posted 18 years ago
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off ter live
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00 What does "off ter live" mean ?. The context is the following : 02 br
01 i 00 'S-s-sorry,' sobbed Hagrid, taking out a large spotted handkerchief and burying his face in it. 'But I c-c-can't stand it - Lily an' James dead - an' poor little Harry off ter live with Muggles -' 02 i 02 br
00 (J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, p. 17) 0-
00 What does "off ter live" mean ?. The context is the following : 02 br
01 i 00 'S-s-sorry,' sobbed Hagrid, taking out a large spotted handkerchief and burying his face in it. 'But I c-c-can't stand it - Lily an' James dead - an' poor little Harry off ter live with Muggles -' 02 i 02 br
00 (J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, p. 17) 0-
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0 "Ter" is just Hagrid's way of pronouncing "to." (It might be a particular British regional pronunciation, but I don't know which one.) He is saying that Harry has gone off (gone away) to live with Muggles. 0-
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