How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

• By: Diana Krall
• Album: Quiet Nights

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
mend /mɛnd/ B1	verb - to repair something that is broken or damaged
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body
rain /reɪn/ A2	noun - water falling from the sky in drops
sun /sʌn/ A2	noun - the star that provides light and heat to the Earth
world /wɜːrld/ A2	noun - the earth and all its countries and people
life /laɪf/ A2	noun - the existence of living beings
days /deɪz/ A2	noun - plural of day; periods of 24 hours
hope /hoʊp/ B1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
forgot /fərˈɡɒt/ B2	verb - to fail to remember
stop /stɑːp/ A2	verb - to cease an action or movement
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ B1	verb - to descend freely by the force of gravity
memories /ˈmɛməriz/ B2	noun - recollections of past experiences
help /hɛlp/ A2	verb - to assist or aid

Grammar:

• I can think of younger days when living for my life Was everything a girl could want to do

  ➔ Relative clause with "when"; Past Tense; Modal verb "could"

  ➔ "when" introduces a relative clause describing the time period. "could want" indicates a past ability or possibility. The whole sentence is in the past, referring to earlier times.

• I was never told about the sorrow

  ➔ Passive voice in the past simple tense.

  ➔ The subject "I" receives the action, rather than performs it. The structure is "was/were + past participle".

• How can you mend a broken heart?

  ➔ Modal verb "can" for ability; Interrogative sentence structure.

  ➔ "can" expresses the ability or possibility of mending a broken heart. The question is formed by inverting the subject and auxiliary verb.

• How can you stop the rain from falling down?

  ➔ Modal verb "can" for possibility; Preposition "from" indicating prevention.

  ➔ "can" questions the possibility. "from falling down" shows that stopping prevents the rain from falling.

• What makes the world go 'round?

  ➔ Causative verb "make"; Simple present tense for general truths.

  ➔ "make" is used in a causative sense, asking what forces the world to revolve. The use of the present simple indicates a universal and constant action.

• And how can you mend this broken man?

  ➔ Modal verb "can" for ability; demonstrative adjective "this"; adjective "broken"

  ➔ "can" expresses the possibility of mending the man. "this" specify which man we are talking about. "broken" describes the state of the man.

• How can a loser ever win?

  ➔ Modal verb "can" for possibility; Adverb "ever" for emphasis.

  ➔ "can" again expresses possibility. "ever" emphasizes the doubt or difficulty of a loser winning.

• Please help me mend my broken heart

  ➔ Imperative sentence (request/command); Possessive adjective "my"; adjective "broken"

  ➔ The sentence is a plea or request. "my" specifies whose heart, and "broken" is the state of the heart.