Call Me Maybe

• By: Carly Rae Jepsen
• Album: E•MO•TION

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	noun - a desire or hope for something to happen. verb - to want something to happen or be true.
tell /tel/ A1	verb - to communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.
trade /treɪd/ B1	verb - to exchange something for something else. noun - the activity of buying and selling.
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.
kiss /kɪs/ A1	noun - an act of touching with the lips as a sign of love or affection. verb - to touch with the lips as a sign of love or affection.
stare /steər/ B1	noun - a fixed look with eyes open wide. verb - look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open.
jeans /dʒiːnz/ A1	noun - hard-wearing trousers made of denim or other cotton fabric.
skin /skɪn/ A1	noun - the outer protective layer of the body.
hot /hɒt/ A1	adjective - having a high degree of heat or a high temperature.
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction. verb - to move or cause to move in a twisting or spiral pattern.
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged; mad.
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to give someone a phone call. noun - a phone call.
boys /bɔɪz/ A1	noun - plural of boy; a male child or young man.
chase /tʃeɪs/ B1	verb - to pursue someone or something in order to catch them. noun - an act of pursuing someone or something.
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
sight /saɪt/ B1	noun - the ability to see.
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - be aware of (a person or object) through touching.
miss /mɪs/ A2	verb - feel regret about the absence or loss of.
bad /bæd/ A1	adjective - of poor quality or a low standard.

Grammar:

• I threw a wish in the well

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ The verb "threw" is the past tense of "throw", indicating a completed action in the past.

• Don't ask me, I'll never tell

  ➔ Future Simple (with "will") and Imperative

  ➔ "I'll" is a contraction of "I will", indicating a future action. "Don't ask" is an imperative sentence, giving a command or instruction.

• And now you're in my way

  ➔ Present Simple Tense (Stative verb)

  ➔ "You're" is a contraction of "you are", using the present simple to describe a current state or condition. 'In my way' indicates being an obstacle.

• Ripped jeans, skin was showin'

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense (shortened)

  ➔ "Skin was showin'" is a colloquial shortening of "Skin was showing", which is past continuous. It describes an action in progress in the past.

• Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense and Present Simple

  ➔ "I just met you" uses the present perfect to describe an action that happened recently. "This is crazy" uses the present simple to describe a current state.

• But here's my number, so call me, maybe

  ➔ Imperative Mood and Adverb of possibility

  ➔ "Call me" is an imperative, a command. "Maybe" is an adverb that expresses possibility.

• Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad

  ➔ Past Simple Tense and Past Simple Tense

  ➔ "Came" and "missed" are both verbs in the past simple, indicating completed actions in the past. The structure uses "before" to show the sequence of events.

• I missed you so, so bad

  ➔ Simple Past Tense and Adverb Intensifier

  ➔ "Missed" is the past simple of "miss", indicating a past action. "So, so bad" uses "so" as an intensifier to emphasize the degree of missing someone.