It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

• By: Michael Buble
• Album: Christmas (Deluxe Special Edition)

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
Christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/ A1	noun - the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25
look /lʊk/ A1	verb - to direct one's gaze towards someone or something or in a specified direction.
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move from one place to another
candy /ˈkændi/ A1	noun - a sweet food made from sugar or syrup, often flavored with fruit, chocolate, etc.
silver /ˈsɪlvər/ A2	noun - a precious shiny grayish-white metal. adjective - of a colour resembling silver; greyish-white.
toys /tɔɪz/ A1	noun - an object for a child to play with.
store /stɔːr/ A1	noun - a place where goods are kept for future use or sale.
sight /saɪt/ B1	noun - the ability to see.
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A2	adjective - attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful
holly /ˈhɒli/ B1	noun - an evergreen shrub with prickly dark green leaves and red berries, much used for decoration at Christmas.
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle, or in the framework of a cupboard.
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	noun - a desire or hope for something to happen verb - feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable; want something that is unlikely to happen.
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. verb - want something to happen or be the case.
wait /weɪt/ A2	verb - stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event.
grand /ɡrænd/ B1	adjective - magnificent and imposing in appearance, size, or style.
hotel /hoʊˈtel/ A1	noun - an establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travellers and tourists.
park /pɑːrk/ A1	noun - a large public garden or area of land used for recreation.
sturdy /ˈstɜːrdi/ B2	adjective - strongly and solidly built.
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
bells /bɛlz/ A1	noun - a hollow metal object, typically cup-shaped, that resonates when struck.
ring /rɪŋ/ A2	verb - to make a clear resonant sound
carol /ˈkærəl/ B1	noun - a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly associated with Christmas. verb - sing carols
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be one, two, three, or four chambers (such as atria and ventricles).

Grammar:

• It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

  ➔ Present Continuous for a changing situation

  ➔ The phrase "It's beginning to look" uses the present continuous tense to describe a gradual change happening around the speaker. The situation is evolving *towards* looking like Christmas.

• Everywhere you go

  ➔ Adverb of place

  ➔ "Everywhere" functions as an adverb, specifying the places where the transformation is happening. It highlights the pervasiveness of the Christmas atmosphere. It means *any* place you go.

• But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be On your own front door

  ➔ Relative Clause with Future Tense

  ➔ "that will be on your own front door" is a relative clause modifying "holly." The use of "will be" indicates a future action or state. This sentence highlights what will be a very beautiful sight.

• Dolls that'll talk and will go for a walk

  ➔ Relative clause with reduced relative pronoun + Future simple.

  ➔ "that'll talk and will go for a walk" is a reduced relative clause. "that'll" is a contraction of "that will". The omitted relative pronoun is *that*. It describes the dolls future potential.

• And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' + adverb of degree 'hardly' + infinitive

  ➔ "can hardly wait" expresses a lack of ability to restrain themselves. "Hardly" modifies "wait," meaning they can *barely* wait. It implies they are very eager for school to start again.