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"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/juːz/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jəz/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-yous.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/En-au-yous.ogg/En-au-yous.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/En-au-yous.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːz"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"pronoun"
],
"word": "youse"
},
{
"word": "youz"
},
{
"word": "youze"
}
],
"word": "yous"
}
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