A Thousand Years

• By: Christina Perri

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
beat /biːt/ A1	verb - to strike repeatedly noun - a regular rhythmic sound
fast /fæst/ A1	adjective - moving or capable of moving at high speed
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a strong feeling of affection for someone. noun - an intense feeling of affection.
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A1	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety; frightened.
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to drop down unintentionally.
stand /stænd/ A1	verb - to have or maintain an upright position, supported by one's feet.
doubt /daʊt/ B1	noun - a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction. verb - to feel uncertain about
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A2	verb - staying where one is or delaying action until a particular time or until something else happens.
thousand /ˈθaʊzənd/ A1	noun - the number equivalent to the product of ten and one hundred; 1,000.
years /jɪərz/ A1	noun - the time taken by the Earth to make one revolution around the sun.
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
still /stɪl/ A2	adjective - not moving or making a sound
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ B1	noun - the quality of being pleasing, especially to look at.
brave /breɪv/ B1	adjective - ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage.
breath /breθ/ A2	noun - the air inhaled or exhaled in respiration.
find /faɪnd/ A1	verb - to discover or perceive by chance or unexpectedly.

Grammar:

• How to be brave?

  ➔ Infinitive as a Noun (Reduced Clause)

  ➔ This phrase uses the infinitive "to be" as a noun. It's a reduced form of a question like "How can I be brave?" where the auxiliary verb "can" is omitted for brevity and emphasis.

• How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?

  ➔ Modal verb "can" (ability/possibility) + conditional clause with "when" + "be afraid to" (infinitive)

  ➔ This sentence combines a modal verb to express the ability or possibility of loving with a conditional clause indicating the circumstances that make it difficult. "Be afraid to fall" uses the infinitive "to fall" after the adjective phrase.

• All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement (doubt - goes), adverb of manner ("somehow")

  ➔ The subject "doubt" (singular, uncountable) correctly agrees with the verb "goes" (singular form). "Somehow" adds an element of mystery, implying the doubt disappeared in an unexplained way.

• I have died every day waiting for you

  ➔ Present Perfect tense ("have died") + gerund phrase ("waiting for you") as adverbial modifier

  ➔ The present perfect "have died" emphasizes the continuous experience of 'dying' figuratively every day until the present. The gerund phrase explains *how* the speaker has 'died'.

• Beauty in all she is

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of verb): Implied verb "is". Prepositional phrase ("in all she is")

  ➔ The sentence is an example of ellipsis where the verb "is" is omitted. The full sentence would be "Beauty *is* in all she is". The prepositional phrase "in all she is" modifies the noun "Beauty."

• I will not let anything take away what's standing in front of me

  ➔ Future Simple tense ("will let"), complex object construction ("let anything take away"), relative clause with reduced relative pronoun ("what's standing in front of me")

  ➔ "Will let" indicates a future intention. The complex object is constructed with "let + object + bare infinitive". "What's standing in front of me" is a nominal relative clause acting as the direct object of "take away". The relative pronoun "that/which" is omitted from this clause.

• Time has brought your heart to me

  ➔ Present Perfect tense ("has brought") + dative shift (indirect object "me" moved to the end with "to")

  ➔ The Present Perfect tense "has brought" implies an action completed sometime before now, with relevance to the present. Dative shift involves changing the position of the indirect object ("me") and using "to" to indicate it.