get him back!

• By: Olivia Rodrigo
• Album: GUTS

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A1	noun - the warmest season of the year
spring /sprɪŋ/ A1	noun - the season after winter and before summer
ego /ˈiːɡoʊ/ B2	noun - a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance
temper /ˈtempər/ B2	noun - a person's state of mind or feelings
eye /aɪ/ A1	noun - the organ of sight
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise
club /klʌb/ A2	noun - an organization or group of people joined together for a particular purpose
bar /bɑːr/ A2	noun - a place where alcoholic drinks are served
dance /dæns/ A1	noun - an act of dancing
nights /naɪts/ A1	noun - plural form of night: the period from sunset to sunrise
friend /frend/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
revenge /rɪˈvendʒ/ B2	noun - action taken in return for an injury or wrong
letters /ˈletərz/ A1	noun - written or printed communication directed to a person or organization
trash /træʃ/ B1	noun - waste material; refuse
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - A hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.

Grammar:

• I met a guy in the summer and I left him in the spring

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ Use of "met" and "left" to describe completed actions in the past.

• He said he's 6'2 and I'm, like, "dude, nice try"

  ➔ Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)

  ➔ Uses "said" to report what he said. Although colloquial, the contraction "he's" (he is) is used.

• So I miss him some nights when I'm feeling depressed

  ➔ Conditional Clause (Type 0 or General Truth)

  ➔ Expresses a feeling in a certain circumstance, "when" acts like "if" here. Suggesting that the feeling of missing is predictable "when" feeling depressed.

• I wanna get him back

  ➔ Informal Contraction (wanna) and Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ "Wanna" is a colloquial contraction of "want to." "To get him back" is the infinitive phrase expressing the purpose.

• 'Cause then again, I really miss him and it makes me real sad

  ➔ Conjunction ('cause) and Causative Verb (makes)

  ➔ 'Cause" is informal for "because". "Makes me real sad" indicates that missing him is the cause of her sadness. "Makes" is causative.

• So I write him all these letters and I throw them in the trash

  ➔ Simple Present Tense (Habitual Action)

  ➔ "Write" and "throw" are used to express a repeated action or habit.

• I picture all the faces of my disappointed friends

  ➔ Present Simple + Noun as adjective

  ➔ The word "disappointed" works as an adjective to describe the friends and the verb is in present tense

• He said I was the only girl, but that just wasn't the truth

  ➔ Past Tense + Past Tense, but

  ➔ Use of past tense, that connect with the word "but", describe the contransting situation and state of emotion

• If I had to choose, I would say right now

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ Expresses a hypothetical situation and its probable result. "If I had to choose" (past subjunctive) and "I would say" (conditional mood).