Let Me Help You

• By: Beres Hammond

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn noun - a journey made by foot
town /taʊn/ A1	noun - an urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government, and that is generally larger than a village and smaller than a city
sadness /ˈsædnəs/ B1	noun - the condition of being unhappy
turn /tɜːrn/ A2	verb - to move around a central point noun - an act of moving something so that it is in a different position
tears /tɪrz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in the eye in response to strong emotion
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ B1	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company
lift /lɪft/ A2	verb - raise to a higher position or level noun - an act of raising something
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features
friend /frend/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - form one's features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression noun - a pleased, kind, or amused facial expression
watching /ˈwɑːtʃɪŋ/ A1	verb - looking at something for an extended period
work /wɜːrk/ A1	verb - to do something that involves physical or mental effort, especially as part of a job noun - activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result
shopping /ˈʃɑːpɪŋ/ A1	noun - the activity of buying things from shops
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words noun - an act of talking; an instance of conveying information or expressing feelings in speech
cheer /tʃɪr/ B1	verb - to shout for joy or approval noun - a shout of encouragement or joy
heartbreak /ˈhɑːrtbreɪk/ B2	noun - overwhelming distress
suffer /ˈsʌfər/ B1	verb - experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant)
cure /kjʊr/ B1	noun - a substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition verb - relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition

Grammar:

• Will you let me walk you into town?

  ➔ Interrogative Sentence with 'Will' + 'Let' + Bare Infinitive

  ➔ This uses 'will' to form a question expressing a request or offer. 'Let me walk you' is a common structure meaning 'allow me to walk you'. 'Walk' is a bare infinitive after 'let'.

• Make the sadness turn around

  ➔ Imperative Mood with 'Make' + Object + Bare Infinitive

  ➔ This uses 'make' in an imperative sense, urging the sadness to change direction. 'Turn' is a bare infinitive because it follows 'make'. The object here is 'the sadness'.

• From the shopping bag you carry, I can tell you live alone

  ➔ Relative Clause ('you carry') and Modal Verb ('can tell')

  ➔ 'You carry' is a relative clause modifying 'shopping bag'. 'Can tell' expresses the speaker's ability to deduce information.

• And that you need someone to talk to, someone to confide in

  ➔ Reduced Relative Clauses (to talk to, to confide in)

  ➔ 'Someone to talk to' and 'someone to confide in' are shortened forms of 'someone who you can talk to' and 'someone who you can confide in'. They are infinitival phrases functioning as adjectives.

• But please cheer up, Never give up

  ➔ Imperative Mood and Negative Imperative

  ➔ 'Cheer up' is a positive imperative, encouraging a positive action. 'Never give up' is a negative imperative, forbidding a particular action.

• Something tells me you're a good woman

  ➔ Indirect Speech/Thought and 'Tell' with a clause object

  ➔ 'Something tells me' indicates an intuition or feeling. 'You're a good woman' is the clause that 'something' tells the speaker. This demonstrates the pattern *subject + tell + object + clause.*

• If it's heartbreak that you suffer, Think I can find a cure

  ➔ Inversion in 'If' clause ('If it's heartbreak that you suffer')

  ➔ The phrase "If it's heartbreak that you suffer" uses inversion for emphasis. It is equivalent to "If you suffer from heartbreak", but the inverted form puts more stress on "heartbreak". The standard word order is altered to highlight a specific element.

• I won't pretend to be the answer

  ➔ 'Won't' (Will not) + 'Pretend to be' (+noun/adjective)

  ➔ 'Won't pretend to be' expresses a future intention of not falsely presenting oneself as something. 'Won't' is a contraction of 'will not', and it indicates future negation. 'Pretend to be' shows the intention of falsely assuming a characteristic.