Bad Blood – English Lyrics

• By: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
blood /blʌd/ B1	noun - the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and animals
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
problem /ˈprɒbləm/ A2	noun - a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome
deep /diːp/ B1	adjective - extending far down from the top or surface
cut /kʌt/ A2	noun - an injury made by cutting verb - to use a sharp tool to divide something into pieces
respect /rɪˈspɛkt/ B2	noun - a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements verb - to admire someone or something deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements
ghost /ɡoʊst/ B2	noun - the spirit of a dead person, often believed to appear to the living
mad /mæd/ B1	adjective - angry or insane
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole
erase /ɪˈreɪz/ B2	verb - to remove or eliminate something
fear /fɪr/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous verb - to be afraid of someone or something
show /ʃoʊ/ A2	verb - to cause or allow something to be seen
live /lɪv/ A1	verb - to remain alive
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - to grasp or seize something
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ A2	verb - to have in or be able to bring to one's mind an awareness of someone or something from the past
hurt /hɜrt/ B1	verb - to cause pain or injury to someone

Key Grammar Structures

• 'Cause, baby, now we've got bad blood

  ➔ Contraction of 'because' + 'cause' as a casual form

  ➔ Using the informal contraction " 'cause " instead of "because"

• You and I

  ➔ Subject pronoun + subject pronoun (coordinate phrase)

  ➔ Coordinate phrase emphasizing both subjects involved

• So take a look what you've done

  ➔ Imperative verb phrase with a causative structure "take a look"

  ➔ Using the imperative mood to command or suggest to observe "what you've done"

• You and I

  ➔ Repeated for emphasis, acting as a refrain

  ➔ Using repetition of "You and I" to emphasize the emotional focus on the two subjects

• Now we've got problems

  ➔ Present perfect tense with an emphasis on current state

  ➔ Expressing an ongoing situation or emotional state using present perfect

• Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes

  ➔ Simple present tense for general truths

  ➔ Using the simple present to state universal truths or facts