thare
See this word as a collocate cloud
clouts whit suid be lyin | thare | but a egg as whyte |
whan he sichtit hir lyin | thare | fest asleep he taen out |
some orra kinna fish lyin | thare | geordie picked it up tae |
offstage shona himsell is in | thare | he is lyin in his |
kill yeir brither is lyin | thare | in yeir bed say nae |
fand seivin auld kists lyin | thare | it cam inti ma mynd |
thair bluidie dirks we fand | thare | lyin undichtit on thair pillaes |
the queen oor mither lyin | thare | no weill in hir bed |
wi the bluidie gullie lyin | thare | on tap the bed claes |
mean it wis juist lyin | thare | on the road ay weel |
paerls she wad finnd lyin | thare | the auldest princess taen the |
is that burd lyin owre | thare | the hen wyfe s choukie |
awa an left hir lyin | thare | ti dee or be etten |
an in ane o thaim | thare | war his twa brithers lyin |
she stertit nor whit soud | thare | be but anither chap on |
chap chap chap wha s | thare | i the deil s name |
chap chap chap wha s | thare | nou here an inglish tylar |
an waebegaen juist byde you | thare | a meinit the r sumthing |
d never wantit ti byde | thare | an alang the whyte faemin |
an whan ah hae ye | thare | byde you ootby or ye |
the chaumer they maun byde | thare | cairrie thaim back an slairge |
oniewey ye canna byde in | thare | for shuir sae we l |
keing s castel she spiered | thare | gin she micht byde the |
for whan we ir gaun | thare | oorsells gunlöd ah l byde |
ti the door an byde | thare | or a cry ye the |
faither an fix ti byde | thare | the nicht bi this tyme |
door byde in the chaumer | thare | they leave well that s |
born doun sooth she bade | thare | a whyle whan she wes |
studied in moscow an listit | thare | ah bade thare for a |
thaim the wyce man bade | thare | aw nicht whyles yabblin wurds |
bi the wattirsyde neirhaund selkirk | thare | bade a bonnie quyne cawed |
tyme in the western isles | thare | bade a walthie man bi |
o the north o scotland | thare | bade an honest an eydent |
castel syne thay aw bade | thare | blyuth an weill content an |
an listit thare ah bade | thare | for a guid lang whyle |
wattir doun in it an | thare | in the cauld wattir bade |
olga we did we bade | thare | tae vershinin at ae tyme |
stuil an ah fand it | thare | ah stuck it in ma |
the g nome fand it | thare | an kennin it wes mynes |
luikit ahint the caudron an | thare | he fand rashiecoat greitin for |
ti the ferlie knowe an | thare | he fand that awthing he |
intil anither chaumer an in | thare | she fand weimen s claes |
dovert aff an it wes | thare | that the fairies fand him |
nou they r sittin doun | thare | ablo the stair ah keep |
his mind aff things sae | thare | he wis sittin at the |
heizin muin she wes sittin | thare | hir lane thinkin on whitna |
mimics him anfisa huh sittin | thare | in his den goes out |
him man ye r sittin | thare | lyke a craw in a |
hunders o tottie caunils an | thare | sittin roun a burnist aik |
looks that solemn sittin glowerin | thare | they all laugh a pause |
wan back ti the kitchen | thare | wes the littil kittlin sittin |
s saicont dochter wes sittin | thare | wi hir shewin waitin for |
cognac ye r aye sittin | thare | yeir lane lyke a craw |
think a see hir sittin | thare | yit she points to an |
thare the war anither humf | thare | anaw the neibor o his |
thare wis men an weemin | thare | aw thrang wi fittin oot |
owre thare ye re mebbe | thare | he leaves the sounds of |
an empie stuil macbeth see | thare | luik thare what dae ye |
til hir see doun thare | thare | ma guidmither cummin she wul |
thare yeir auld hame doun | thare | pynes an cypresses growe lyke |
lyke ti dae it thare | thare | she pats him sympathetically puddok |
said til hir see doun | thare | thare ma guidmither cummin she |
wadna lyke ti dae it | thare | thare she pats him sympathetically |
wes his aim humf aye | thare | the war anither humf thare |
stuil macbeth see thare luik | thare | what dae ye say nou |
wi thair brekfasts an yince | thare | whit a braw sicht thare |
thare whit a braw sicht | thare | wis for thair een tae |
wi the guff o rubber | thare | wis men an weemin thare |
bit o a stramash owre | thare | ye re mebbe thare he |
look you doun the street | thare | yeir auld hame doun thare |
doun masha that s richt | thare | a guid lass lat s |
that they soundna sit doun | thare | but they juist cry we |
is that sumbodie sweirin doun | thare | haud on ah l cum |
til the ettin s keep | thare | he set the lad doun |
ye daein bouglin aboot doun | thare | maister rintoul rintoul ah canna |
you the samovar doun ower | thare | mimics irena expensive presents the |
slaiters an hairie oubats doun | thare | morag hou dae ye ken |
ye ye can sit doun | thare | on yeir hunkers or the |
ye ye can sit doun | thare | on yeir hunkers or the |
hairrie ir ye daein doun | thare | pompitie ah m no gaun |
the monie flouers that grew | thare | sae she ran doun ti |
finnd sum docken leafs doun | thare | tae growein roond the cundie |
down whit s up doun | thare | tam there is a cry |
it s it ful bloom | thare | the tree is doun ai |
bank o ingland notts doun | thare | ti mak quittance o wir |
ben hir harns whitwey is | thare | a cuiverfeu grant wes nou |
cummin she gaed inby an | thare | afore hir wes a mukkil |
the tap o thaim an | thare | afore his een wes a |
dure ai but wha wes | thare | afore it nane but mhairi |
it wes gey cheerie oot | thare | ah can tell ye ye |
faither wes a battery commander | thare | an ah wes an officer |
ah can see him staunin | thare | as gin he wes aye |
he lookit about here an | thare | but the wutch wes naewhaur |
wadna cum it wes stuck | thare | fest as fest sae he |
kist ah ken it wes | thare | first thing this mornin rintoul |
gunlöd is t no aye | thare | gunnar na it wes burnt |
his wark wes duin for | thare | he coud rin about as |
he wes about hauf wey | thare | he haird a stramp stramp |
wes ti be fund an | thare | he watcht an waitit an |
caermoulis s whan she wan | thare | here it wes a gey |
wes hir kizzens aince bad | thare | john wes a blak man |
man aweill the thocht wes | thare | never heed ah l tell |
malcolm grimaces and winces occasionally | thare | nou that wes better wes |
he wes free ti gang | thare | on the grund wes his |
aw juist kis ah wes | thare | pepper she didna broun ogre |
berries an whan she wes | thare | she cryit on the trout |
gowd tree wes dernit an | thare | she stappit an listent syne |
hen wyfe s houss dure | thare | she wes cryin out in |
soond lyke a thunnerclap sae | thare | she wes weill awa stourin |
did the merk wes aye | thare | syne she haird a wee |
derk whunstane an it wes | thare | that fergal maun gae an |
bodie wes ti fessen it | thare | that was be a gret |
bouet ti licht the peth | thare | wes a lectra licht at |
wes a bayin o alairms | thare | wes ane fur raisin yeirsell |
prince poued it oot an | thare | wes gowd tree as gleg |
saft brounie gray fog an | thare | wes hir wee frein eydent |
roun an about it fur | thare | wes nou about thrie dizzen |
syne the day cam whan | thare | wes princess gowd tree fair |
gaed inti beatrrix s chaumer | thare | wes the mangilt deid bairn |
the broun ogre did an | thare | wes the wutch that mends |
bowf kennin that mysie wes | thare | wheisht luath says caermoulis an |
it he wes fair dumfounert | thare | ye ir cryit out his |
fyfe whitlik wul ye finnd | thare | at ye canna finnd heir |
wi aw that rack up | thare | it wul be a whein |
in wul ye ye ootby | thare | lennox enters lennox what can |
kailyaird an ah wul sit | thare | spinnin aw day that wey |
embraced banquo gin a growe | thare | the hairst wul be yeir |
for heivin it wul win | thare | the nicht he goes curtain |
langest lobbie o thaim aw | thare | we wul sort yeir twa |
think the fowk that bydes | thare | wul gether hey an kinnlin |
the door ir the oniebodie | thare | wul sumbodie please cum up |
maist onlykelie at the fowk | thare | wul suspek ye gin ye |
offstage gie me a licht | thare | wul ye 2nd murderer that |
canna beir ti gang in | thare | wul ye lat me ken |
pot over him see nou | thare | ye wul be cool but |
here ablo this flouer pat | thare | ye wul be cuil but |
end o the houss an | thare | ye wul finnd a kist |
st mary s convent an | thare | ye wul gang for ti |
simmer is yit green an | thare | ye wul leeve bien in |
incense on the hie altar | thare | ye wul worship god an |
baerdit men guid god lat | thare | be nae mair taigilment afore |
room andrey s readin in | thare | better lat him read ye |
nestie dinna you gae ower | thare | juist yit lat thaim git |
moscow please lat s gang | thare | olia please lat s gang |
thay cam near it an | thare | afore thaim touered a mukkil |
for the wee fowk bydes | thare | an thay ir no ti |
ti dae whan thay wan | thare | he didna weill ken aither |
an she gaed intil t | thare | thay spiert at hir whit |
weill as ever thay war | thare | thay war aw juist waitin |
wattir til hir prince an | thare | thay war mairrit in saicret |
ye an as thay sat | thare | thegither bi the ingil speikin |
lave ay ye re aye | thare | an on yeir blade and |
ye can be yeir lane | thare | enter a thirlman valgerd whit |
ye ahint yeir mukkil bed | thare | hings a sword dae ye |
lang ti finnd yeir wey | thare | nou mysie wesna shuir about |
ah think aboot it nanse | thare | s been hair on yeir |
say ahint yeir mukkil bed | thare | stauns a sword dae ye |
l see whan we win | thare | the puir wumman needs yeir |
yeir ain den an girn | thare | ye can whussil for yeir |
goes to the window eilidh | thare | yeir aunsir it s yeir |
a see ye re aye | thare | yeir maik s as credible |
fou o jaggie brier busses | thare | he flang the henwyfe owre |
haar we drift here an | thare | owre the derk swaws at |
he points offstage juist owre | thare | owre the wattir an awfu |
the hicht o genteilitie owre | thare | rintoul o ay ah daursay |
yon your men staunin owre | thare | the auldest dochter whas name |
an lang for ti win | thare | ye maun gae owre hills |
keing s son saw hir | thare | an fell in luiv wi |
o hir an she sat | thare | an sweyed back an forrit |
hir inby it whit suid | thare | be but anither wee leddie |
wi aw hir hert syne | thare | cam a day whan roderic |
bake at the ingil nor | thare | cam chappin haunds at hir |
hir but she still lys | thare | chitterin the fek o the |
droll sicht but she wesna | thare | for lang no hir for |
she wan inti the kitchen | thare | on hir richt fuit she |
been in a dwam but | thare | on the grund war hir |
at hir an hir staunin | thare | quaetlyke afore him weill wyfe |
grundhouss o the local laird | thare | she an hir gruesum freins |
the wattir s edge an | thare | she cled hirsell in hir |
liltin amang the shaws sae | thare | she sat hir lane spinnin |
brecham ower hir heid an | thare | stuid a braw gray meir |
pron them thair a their | thare | adv there the day adv |
pron them thair a their | thare | adv there the day adv |
twa wee lassies war staunin | thare | in thair nicht gouns thair |
frie scotland thai concludit at | thare | liggit thair anerlie howp thai |
the twa chiels that lay | thare | mauchtless in thair drukken dwams |
gaed intil anither dungeon an | thare | war thair twa horses the |
tak thair gate suin s | thare | wesna onie mair maet ben |
awa thair cereal plates for | thare | wis juist the ae tuim |
she loued thaim aw weill | thare | cam ae forenicht whan the |
that man ye saw him | thare | the nou weill whit s |
ye no weill ye warna | thare | ti play at the kirsnin |
the warld an finn staunin | thare | watchin him kent weill frae |
aince ye ir back bydin | thare | again we r no happy |
an whuspert habetrot ir ye | thare | an in a glisk the |
door shouting ringan ir ye | thare | ringan ringan from offstage ah |
enters the drawing room oh | thare | ye ir natalia ivanovna hou |
a dae enter shona shona | thare | ye ir wumman ah want |
l gang nae mair in | thare | a m feart ti think |
content that he soud gang | thare | for he kent that it |
div ah hae ti gang | thare | for needle ye l see |
brither is aiblins drounin oot | thare | gang you an seek him |
an lang for ti win | thare | ye maun gang on fuit |
amang the flouers an sunshein | thare | ye needna gang in saicret |
hearing a noise wha s | thare | at aw the servant enters |
ye more knocking wha s | thare | in anither deil s name |
me ma sword wha s | thare | macbeth a frein banquo mercie |
thaim macbeth offstage wha s | thare | what s gaun on l |
he micht still dee oot | thare | whit can ah dae wha |
cum ben an see me | thare | a guid laddie nou rintoul |
be a guid ane malcolm | thare | a thocht nou aweill whuther |
tak aff the flouer pat | thare | nou is that no a |
lifts off the flower pot | thare | nou is that no better |
plaid over the puddok morag | thare | nou that soud be graund |
nou his new heidstane stauns | thare | proud on the brukken waw |
repone ay ye r richt | thare | a m gey thankfu ma |
if the r no onie | thare | a m no gaun a |
the day she onlie sleeps | thare | a pause andrey ye r |
ah hae been aw roond | thare | an the r nae sign |
ivories koolyghin ye r richt | thare | baron ah m verra fond |
r no sayin a word | thare | dinnae think a dinnae ken |
r gaun aw ye in | thare | fur heir get out bot |
r an auld wig in | thare | nanse telt ringan ti pit |
on the floor from downstairs | thare | they r cryin me ti |
we r gaun ti leeve | thare | ye ken irena we howp |
an luikit here an luikit | thare | but nae wey in coud |
louder mak wey mak wey | thare | for the duik o norroway |
eftir ye hae gane fur | thare | maun be a wey ti |
sic a wey ae mornin | thare | when he taen it intae |
on the tree trunk an | thare | stuid afore thaim a braw |
is slaigert bluid that wesna | thare | afore ach the re nae |
bydes ah ve never been | thare | afore but ah ken it |
yelled agane git oot o | thare | afore the shrapnel sterts drappin |
clans ah never kent war | thare | afore thrawin aff ma sash |
kis the war nae priest | thare | an gut quut o him |
shouther but the war naething | thare | an whan she luuikit back |
guid daylicht rinnin here an | thare | feshin an cairriein afore we |
hame toun we war born | thare | in staraya basmannya street both |
ma wee lassies war staunin | thare | in the door wi naething |
an mat thir things is | thare | juist lyke afore but the |
in the tyme afore this | thare | leeved in a gret an |
afore the broun ogre wins | thare | pompitie ah canna hurry verra |
him an whan he wan | thare | the war a thrang o |
the first yin o september | thare | they war baith cled in |
byuss wee glen the trees | thare | war brichter an greener nor |
shall ye gete nane [inhale] | thare | war with the said johnne |
dreich land ferr awa an | thare | whaur we war bairns we |
that age he aye kent | thare | wis a war comin he |
wi the war effort but | thare | wis millions o wee stumpit |
awfu gliff richt eneuch but | thare | ye ar they war aye |
they didna hae airm patches | thare | aither but the creenge juist |
that he hid juist been | thare | hissel he hid fair enjoyed |
mair ah feel ma wark | thare | is juist as wycelyke an |
meanin juist you look oot | thare | it s snawin whit s |
chaumer in the pailace an | thare | juist as the streinger haed |
hae anither dram soliony ay | thare | a guid idea a pause |
the tousin he haed gotten | thare | an whan jennie saw him |
inti the forbidden chaumer an | thare | she gat a gliff whan |
an whan he luikit out | thare | stuid the bonniest wumman he |
belang puddok if ah belang | thare | ah l never want for |
mukkil as he lykes in | thare | an syne we l move |
ye got yeirsell mairrit oot | thare | in poland ye l git |
ane an ye l sleep | thare | or the morn s mornin |
what it s lyke in | thare | it s mair nor ma |
an at that verra saicont | thare | cam a gret rair an |
for auld neptune himsell syne | thare | cam a mukkil swaw as |
made ready for ti sleep | thare | cam a quaet chappin at |
hou it cam ti be | thare | smaw wunner that mysie goaved |
sword dae ye see it | thare | ay said the princess yon |
waitin servant ay they re | thare | ma lord ootby the palace |
sword dae ye see it | thare | morag ay yon belanged ma |
she lowsed the snek an | thare | stuid ay the puddok bigger |
lanesum an dowie ah felt | thare | a pause but whit a |
sum aist sum wast an | thare | an end o t whit |
an whit soud she finnd | thare | but the wee fowk dargin |
yestrein tell me whit happent | thare | chebutykin whit happent naething happent |
ye say is this aw | thare | is whit hae a duin |
is that the cognac ower | thare | or whit natasha il parait |
whit can the prince hae | thare | that ah maunna see an |
coud be shuir o gaun | thare | ah m no shuir a |
ah m no gaun in | thare | sobs but immediately checks herself |
o thi modal verbs syne | thare | ar a number o english |
the lang derk througang an | thare | in the fairie haw did |
intil lang lang she stuid | thare | switherin an the langir she |
closer keek they cuid see | thare | wis a lang rid rubber |
no lang efter thon day | thare | wisnae an airn pailin or |
irena we howp ti be | thare | bi the back end it |
the dure an gaed in | thare | bi the ingil sat the |
bi the heuchie knowe an | thare | pompitie sat in his bumflie |
bi the bubblin wattir an | thare | she waitit an shuir aneuch |
edinburgh an aiblins the shops | thare | wad be shut bi then |
the stage with the pram | thare | andrey oor dear brither aw |
the door is masha in | thare | at aw is she no |
fairielaund an he haes been | thare | aw this tyme the quaisten |
daein aw that lood speakin | thare | is that you andrisusha keep |
on him aw the tyme | thare | seemed nae howp for him |
seen aw the ither chaumers | thare | she fund hirsell forenent the |
it wad gar ye bowk | thare | she tethers me aw nicht |
at aw is she no | thare | whaur can she be then |
some doots gin they thocht | thare | wis onie chance at aw |
waff o bluid is aye | thare | yit aw the parfumes o |
ross ah guid faither see | thare | the verra heivins is roosed |
they gie me ti dae | thare | ah m twantie thrie year |
fallae ah m meant for | thare | ah ve dreamed aboot him |
she disna want for room | thare | an ah hae aye haed |
ah mean the puddok wesna | thare | at the tyme prince that |
brick warks an stert wurkin | thare | fairlie suin ah ve haed |
her knee they embrace eilidh | thare | no ah m aye here |
ah m no cummin ower | thare | ti fesh it irena nanny |
ah uised ti walk frae | thare | til the krasny berricks an |
oot dae sumthing dinna staun | thare | in blek an aix an |
knee and kisses him vigorously | thare | a bonnie lad ye hae |
dinna feel ye dinna belang | thare | but here ye ken awbodie |
sum dule that s ruitit | thare | coud ye no rub oot |
year ill magic pat me | thare | div ye no ken the |
true what are ye staunin | thare | for luikin sae bumbaized to |
eat ye cum oot o | thare | he prods pompitie out from |
ye coud plant tatties in | thare | he removes the spatula ye |
ye think helpit ye oot | thare | in the storm thorfinn man |
ye see things is duin | thare | in wycelyke mainner fareweill old |
wundae they canna see us | thare | looks round natasha ye see |
ane an ye can sleep | thare | or the morn s morn |
ye aye see here an | thare | ower the tap o the |
the hole habetrot it ye | thare | the wee auld wumman suin |
big as a houss thorfinn | thare | ye tell a lee orm |
kens wipes his eyes smiling | thare | ye ve garred me greit |
desertit ye more knocking listen | thare | yon chappin again pit on |
kirk ti vissie the kervins | thare | about the wesna a sojer |
for twa haill nichts but | thare | disna seem ti be onie |
or fareweill ti him an | thare | he kervit him frae wame |
fair affront ti naitur an | thare | his murderers droukit in the |
ti the fuit he hangit | thare | i the brainchis onabil ti |
o norroway ti be mairrit | thare | the verra neist day the |
on the muir third witch | thare | ti tryst macbeth first witch |
the tea wyfe s door | thare | she is look pompitie sees |
then the door opened an | thare | wis auld andrae a wuzzent |
here an a wee bit | thare | tae improve on the original |
his wee brither wattie wis | thare | wi wee jock jinky an |
end back fae the kerb | thare | wis a wee dyke wi |
mair the chynges didnae stap | thare | an still gauns on tae |
peits on the ingil that | thare | micht be mair licht an |
haund on his thrapple wisnae | thare | onie mair an geordie cuidnae |
mair the puir weidae sat | thare | the mair wae she gat |
raip an nets in fack | thare | wis twa an a hauf |
gentrie siward s son is | thare | an a hantil ither hauflins |
his bell is jowed an | thare | an end o it malcolm |
the man wad dee an | thare | an end o t but |
walks on dew an daidils | thare | as nicht cums on or |
faces for the re naething | thare | ava but an empie stuil |
the end o it an | thare | coud be nae ither ootcum |
ma lyfe breingin here an | thare | frae ae end the kinrik |
o fyfe scotch keings bad | thare | fur monie generautiouns an hed |
like a stane an steyed | thare | geordie gawped at tam wi |
the hert o awthing an | thare | haud fest foraye fed frae |
see said the streinger an | thare | he heild up his haund |
an the trublance at bad | thare | in an the umquhyle k |
o scotland he haed gaen | thare | in saicret an he didna |
these meanins arnae concrete an | thare | is a degree o overlap |
but oan answerin public calls | thare | is an increasin tendency tae |
pikkil cauld mutton an tatties | thare | it s the verra thing |
obligation volition an possibility but | thare | remains a large degree o |
murder duin an sacrilege ben | thare | sumbodie s brukken inti the |
roun it in the sunlicht | thare | the horse poued up an |
agin the maraudin maws an | thare | wis a lot o lowpin |
happened then o a suddentie | thare | wis a muckle whoosh an |
an coontit oot the siller | thare | wis a tanner a thripenny |
kent for a while an | thare | wis monie the time when |
birlin a wuiden rattle if | thare | wis onie gas aboot an |
steyed tae aboot hauf aicht | thare | wisnae a peep an they |
an its function athin discourse | thare | wull then be a discussion |
man they belanged til isnae | thare | his speirit haes taen flicht |
leave that man soliony is | thare | tae to chebutykin you soud |
been carrit oot orr 2003 | thare | is some evidence tae suggest |
stauns oot frae the lave | thare | never been a scholar or |
d oot o common usage | thare | still remainit a need howe |
the sea grapes at grew | thare | frae thir berries she maskit |
daur aunsir me back koolyghin | thare | she gaes again enter chebutykin |
the end o the warld | thare | she gethert a spirl o |
namelie warlok haed aince bidden | thare | langsyne or sae the kintrie |
ither airts sae excep when | thare | wis a fitba match on |
takes out a newspaper masha | thare | he is look at him |
me about meg taen him | thare | the fowk frae the clachan |
the whussenday it wur frae | thare | thit they flittit tae ae |
lowpin in his chist for | thare | wis a wheen o bairns |
he hid a dacent catch | thare | wis aye the chance o |
better rifle nor a sheil | thare | wis fower ither laddies forbye |
it wis but naebodie wis | thare | wullie quo the vice again |
wi the ae brush but | thare | maun hae been a wheen |
na eilidh tak it awa | thare | been ower mukkil steir for |
s murdert oor bairn see | thare | a gullie knife cuivert in |
wantin a hird ma guidfaither | thare | he s sum sheep points |
servant to servant here you | thare | a want a wurd wi |
but briefly puddok intones gin | thare | be oniebodie here that objeks |
analysit throuch linguistic ensaumples lastly | thare | wull be a discussion o |
me jimmie he speirt is | thare | a b q in dundee |
that s fyne wi me | thare | ayont hjärleif s heidland rydes |
sticks wi this mornin moula | thare | it is ahint the chair |
it for a whyle but | thare | haes aye been sumthing aither |
gey thrang that day for | thare | hingin up in the lum |
garden fareweill trees shouts hoy | thare | a pause cheerio echo koolyghin |
tae thi english modal verbs | thare | ar a few modal verbs |
some evidence tae suggest that | thare | is also a stylistic difference |
thi forms foun in england | thare | is howe er a large |
scottish english also determinit that | thare | is not a single occurrence |
they do will come thus | thare | ar mony clear differentiations atween |
the waw the whyte esps | thare | hou they reishil reishil pines |
to eatt caikes which at | thare | entrie thei skorned appears in |
tae its standard english coonterpairt | thare | ar subtle differences in function |
aneuch 1st murderer haud on | thare | banquo pleasantly it s gey |
roots langer than english did | thare | wur also equivalents in middle |