Crazy In Love

• By: Beyoncé
• Album: Dangerously In Love

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally deranged; eccentric or strange.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection. verb - to feel deep affection for someone.
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs that detect light.
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	verb - to come into contact with something. noun - the sense of feeling.
beg /beɡ/ B1	verb - to ask someone earnestly or humbly for something.
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known. verb - give a name to.
thing /θɪŋ/ A1	noun - an object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.
pride /praɪd/ B2	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements.
kiss /kɪs/ A2	noun - an act of touching with the lips as a sign of love. verb - touch or caress with the lips.
save /seɪv/ B1	verb - to rescue someone or something from danger.
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.
shoes /ʃuːz/ A1	noun - an outer covering for the foot, typically made of leather or plastic.
dress /dres/ A1	noun - a one-piece garment for women or girls that covers the body. verb - put on clothes.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system.
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky.
war /wɔːr/ B1	noun - a state of armed conflict between different nations or groups.
fool /fuːl/ B1	noun - a person who acts unwisely or imprudently.

Grammar:

• When you leave I'm begging you not to go.

  ➔ Present Continuous for emphasis/annoyance.

  ➔ The structure "I'm begging" uses the present continuous to show that the speaker is currently in the act of begging and emphasizes the intensity of their feelings, even annoyance that they have to beg. It's not just a general statement; it's happening right now with emotion.

• Such a funny thing for me to try to explain.

  ➔ Use of "such" as an intensifier before an adjective.

  ➔ "Such" emphasizes the degree to which something is the described adjective. In this case, it makes "funny" even funnier. It highlights the peculiarity of the situation.

• 'Cause I know I don't understand just how your love can do what no one else can.

  ➔ Indirect question with "just how" + modal verb "can".

  ➔ Instead of a direct question ("How can your love do...?"), this uses an indirect question embedded within a statement. "Just how" emphasizes the degree of incomprehension. The "can" shows potential or ability.

• Tennis shoes don't even need to buy a new dress.

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission) of the subject pronoun and auxiliary verb (I) before 'need'.

  ➔ The full sentence would be: "(I) don't even need to buy..." Ellipsis is used for a more casual and rhythmic feel. It's common in informal speech and song lyrics. It demonstrates confidence, where the subject is inferred.

• If you ain't there ain't nobody else to impress.

  ➔ Double negative and informal contractions ("ain't").

  ➔ "Ain't" is a contraction for "am not," "is not," "are not," "has not," and "have not". Using "ain't" and a double negative ("ain't nobody") is grammatically incorrect in formal English but common in informal speech, particularly in some dialects. Here, it emphasizes that *no one* else matters.

• It's the way that you know what I thought I knew.

  ➔ Embedded clause with "what" and past perfect tense for something known before another past action.

  ➔ The phrase "what I thought I knew" is a noun clause acting as the object of the verb "know". The past perfect "I had known" (shortened to "I knew" with the deletion of “had” informally) indicates the earlier state of thinking she possessed. She no longer knows, with certainty, what she *used to* believe she knew.

• Ever since I made the change over to platinum, the game's been a wrap one.

  ➔ "Ever since" + Past Simple (made) + Present Perfect Continuous (has been) to show duration from a past point to the present.

  ➔ "Ever since" introduces a period of time that started in the past and continues to the present. The past simple describes the initial event, and the present perfect continuous shows the ongoing result of that event. 'The game's been a wrap one' uses slang to say that the situation has been finished or dominated since that event.