Bohemian Rhapsody

• By: Queen
• Album: A Night At The Opera

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ B2	noun - the faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable.
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	verb - to get away from a place (such as a prison) where you are being held noun - an act of escaping
reality /riˈæləti/ B2	noun - the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they are imagined or might be.
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - the organ of sight
skies /skaɪz/ A2	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth.
poor /pʊər/ A2	adjective - lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.
sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθi/ B2	noun - feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
killed /kɪld/ A2	verb - cause the death of (a person, animal, or plant).
gun /ɡʌn/ A2	noun - a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are fired by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud noise.
head /hed/ A1	noun - the part of the body above the neck where the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and brain are.
trigger /ˈtrɪɡər/ B2	noun - a small device that releases a spring or catch and so sets off a mechanism, especially in a gun. verb - cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist.
dead /ded/ A2	adjective - no longer alive.
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow. noun - an act of crying
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
body /ˈbɒdi/ A1	noun - the physical structure of a person or an animal, including the bones, flesh, and organs.
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - the quality or state of being true.

Grammar:

• Is this the real life?

  ➔ Question formation with auxiliary verb "is" and subject-verb inversion.

  ➔ The sentence is a question formed by inverting the subject "this" and the auxiliary verb "is". In standard declarative sentences, it would be 'This is the real life'.

• Caught in a landslide

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective (reduced relative clause).

  ➔ The phrase "Caught in a landslide" is a shortened version of "(Someone is) caught in a landslide." The past participle "caught" functions as an adjective describing the implied subject.

• I need no sympathy

  ➔ Use of "no" as a determiner to negate a noun. Similar to, but subtly different from "I don't need any sympathy."

  ➔ "I need no sympathy" directly negates the need for sympathy. "I don't need any sympathy" uses the auxiliary verb 'don't' and the quantifier 'any' to achieve a similar meaning, but emphasizes the lack of need. The original sentence sounds more assertive and poetic.

• Mama, just killed a man

  ➔ Simple past tense. Expresses a completed action in the past.

  ➔ The verb "killed" is in the simple past tense, indicating that the action of killing the man is finished and happened at a specific point in the past.

• If I'm not back again this time tomorrow

  ➔ First conditional sentence. Expresses a possible condition and its probable result. Use of present simple "I'm" in the if-clause referring to the future.

  ➔ This is a first conditional sentence. The 'if' clause specifies a condition (not being back by this time tomorrow), and the main clause, which follows later in the song, will express the likely result of that condition.

• I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

  ➔ Past perfect subjunctive ("I'd never been born"). Expresses a wish about a past event that cannot be changed.

  ➔ The speaker is expressing a strong regret about the past; they wish they had never been born. The use of "I'd" (I had) and the past perfect "been born" shows this is an unreal past condition.

• Spare him his life from this monstrosity

  ➔ Imperative mood with object pronouns and prepositional phrase.

  ➔ "Spare" is used as an imperative verb (a command). The direct object is "him" (referring to the protagonist), and "his life" further specifies what should be spared. The phrase "from this monstrosity" explains what his life should be spared from.

• So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye

  ➔ Use of "can" to express ability or permission with a rhetorical question implying disbelief and defiance.

  ➔ The question isn't asking if they *actually* have the ability or permission to stone and spit. It's a rhetorical challenge, suggesting the speaker doesn't believe they have the right or justification to do so.