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The discussion of indirect objects makes no sense. An indirect object is a noun, and "beat faster" is not a noun. In the sentence "He gave me a banana," banana is the direct object (what was given) and me is the indirect object (who it was given to). In the sentence "Joe told Sue a secret," secret is the direct object (what was told) and Sue is the indirect object (who it was told to). Indirect objects can always be recast as prepositional phrases using to: "He gave the banana to me" and "Joe told a secret to Sue" (boldface added for emphasis). In inflected languages like Latin, the direct object is in the accusative case and the indirect object is in the dative case. 

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