Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
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toast /toʊst/ B1 |
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surprising /səˈpraɪzɪŋ/ B1 |
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events /ɪˈvents/ A2 |
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normal /ˈnɔːrməl/ A2 |
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married /ˈmærid/ A2 |
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pressure /ˈpreʃər/ B1 |
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entertaining /ˌentərˈteɪnɪŋ/ B1 |
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drunk /drʌŋk/ A2 |
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hammered /ˈhæmərd/ B1 |
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cigarette /ˈsɪɡərɛt/ A2 |
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grown /ɡroʊn/ A2 |
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vodka /ˈvɒdkə/ B1 |
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dial /daɪəl/ A2 |
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savor /ˈseɪvər/ B2 |
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distracted /dɪˈstræktɪd/ B1 |
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recorded /rɪˈkɔːrdɪd/ B1 |
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insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B2 |
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microscopes /ˈmaɪkrəskoʊps/ C1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Are we supposed to answer?
➔ Be supposed to + verb
➔ Used to express an expectation or duty. "supposed" indicates what is generally expected.
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I've smoked a cigarette.
➔ Present Perfect Tense
➔ Used here to talk about an experience at an unspecified time in the past.
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If you get married in Vegas, you're only married in Vegas.
➔ First Conditional (Real conditional)
➔ Used to describe a probable future situation or general truth (If + present simple, present simple/will).
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I've decided that my best man is my best friend.
➔ Present Perfect for a recent decision
➔ The speaker uses "decided" to show a completed action with consequences in the present.
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We didn't have sex, did we?
➔ Question Tag
➔ Used to seek confirmation of a statement. Negative sentence takes a positive tag.
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You're supposed to be at my party.
➔ Be supposed to (Expectation)
➔ Indicates that the person had an obligation or was expected to be somewhere.
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I guess we just find a divorce lawyer.
➔ Simple Present for planned future
➔ "Find" is used here as a logical, immediate next step in a plan.
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You love divorce so much you're probably going to marry it.
➔ Result clause with 'so... that'
➔ Used to describe the consequence of an intense feeling. "that" is implied here.
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