In My Life (Remastered 2009)

• By: The Beatles
• Album: Rubber Soul

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.
remember /rɪˈmem.bər/ A2	verb - to be able to bring back a piece of information into your mind, or to keep a piece of information in your memory
changed /tʃeɪndʒd/ A1	verb - to become different
gone /ɡɔːn/ A1	verb - past participle of 'go'; moved away or disappeared
remain /rɪˈmeɪn/ B1	verb - to stay in the same place or in the same condition
moments /ˈmoʊ.mənts/ A2	noun - a very short period of time
lovers /ˈlʌv.əz/ A2	noun - people who are in love with each other
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - a person who you know well and like, and who is not a member of your family
recall /rɪˈkɔːl/ B2	verb - to bring the memory of a past event into your mind, and often to give a description of what you remember
dead /ded/ A1	adjective - no longer alive
living /ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/ A1	adjective - alive
compares /kəmˈpeərz/ B1	verb - to examine or judge two or more things in order to discover the similarities or differences between them
memories /ˈmem.əriz/ A2	noun - something that you remember
meaning /ˈmiː.nɪŋ/ B1	noun - the message or idea that is expressed by something
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to like someone very much noun - a strong feeling of affection
affection /əˈfek.ʃən/ B2	noun - a feeling of liking for a person or place
think /θɪŋk/ A1	verb - to have an opinion or belief about something

Grammar:

• There are places I'll remember

  ➔ Relative Clause with Omission of Relative Pronoun (that/which)

  ➔ The full sentence would be 'There are places *that* I will remember.' The relative pronoun 'that' is omitted because it's the object of the verb 'remember'.

• All my life though some have changed

  ➔ Conjunction 'though' introducing a contrasting idea.

  ➔ 'Though' acts as a conjunction indicating a contrast with the previous statement. It means 'although' or 'even though'.

• Some forever, not for better

  ➔ Ellipsis: Omission of words for brevity and poetic effect.

  ➔ The implied full sentences could be 'Some changed forever' and 'Some changed, but not for better'. This adds a poetic and concise feel.

• All these places have their moments

  ➔ Possessive Pronoun 'their'

  ➔ 'Their' indicates that the moments belong to the places.

• With lovers and friends I still can recall

  ➔ Inversion (subject-verb) for emphasis.

  ➔ The normal word order would be '...I can still recall lovers and friends'. The inversion puts emphasis on 'lovers and friends'.

• But of all these friends and lovers, there is no one compares with you

  ➔ Comparative Structure ('no one compares with you')

  ➔ This implies that you are superior to all other friends and lovers. It's an implicit superlative statement.

• And these memories lose their meaning

  ➔ Present Simple tense to express a general truth.

  ➔ The present simple ('lose') is used to describe a state that is generally true when thinking about new love.

• Though I know I'll never lose affection

  ➔ Future Tense ('I'll never lose') with 'Though' showing contrast.

  ➔ 'I'll never lose' expresses a future intention. 'Though' introduces a contrasting idea - despite loving the present, the speaker won't completely forget the past.

• For people and things that went before

  ➔ Past Simple ('went') in a relative clause

  ➔ The phrase 'that went before' is a relative clause describing 'people and things'. The past simple 'went' indicates that these people and things are from the past.

• I know I'll often stop and think about them

  ➔ Adverb of Frequency 'often' placed between auxiliary and main verb.

  ➔ 'Often' indicates how frequently the action (stopping and thinking) occurs. Its position is typical for adverbs of frequency.