Merry Christmas

• By: Ed Sheeran, Elton John
• Album: = (Christmas Edition)

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - a process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning.
tree /triː/ A1	noun - a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.
glass /ɡlɑːs/ A1	noun - a hard, brittle, typically transparent amorphous solid, made by rapidly cooling a fused mixture of sand, soda, lime, and other ingredients.
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
kiss /kɪs/ A2	verb - touch or caress with the lips as a sign of love, sexual desire, or greeting. noun - an act of kissing someone.
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps.
kitchen /ˈkɪtʃɪn/ A2	noun - a room or area where food is prepared and cooked.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection. verb - feel deep affection for (someone).
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs of vision in humans and animals.
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfl/ A2	adjective - pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically.
song /sɔːŋ/ A1	noun - a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations.
family /ˈfæməli/ A1	noun - a group of people related by blood or marriage.
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours.

Grammar:

• FILL A GLASS AND MAYBE COME AND SING WITH ME

  ➔ Imperative mood, conjunction 'and'

  ➔ "Fill" is in the imperative mood, giving a command. "And" conjoins two commands.

• SO KISS ME UNDER THE MISTLETOE

  ➔ Imperative mood, prepositional phrase 'under the mistletoe'

  ➔ "Kiss" is in the imperative mood. "Under the mistletoe" specifies where the kissing should happen.

• I KNOW THERE'S BEEN PAIN THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S TIME TO LET IT GO

  ➔ Present perfect continuous (impersonal), conjunction 'but', infinitive of purpose 'to let it go'

  ➔ "There's been pain" uses present perfect continuous in an impersonal construction. "But" contrasts the pain with the action of letting it go. "To let it go" expresses the purpose of the action.

• WE'VE BOTH KNOWN LOVE, BUT THIS LOVE THAT WE GOT IS THE BEST OF ALL

  ➔ Present perfect tense, relative clause 'that we got', superlative adjective 'best'

  ➔ "We've known love" uses present perfect. "That we got" is a relative clause modifying "this love". "Best of all" is a superlative phrase indicating the highest degree.

• I WISH YOU COULD SEE YOU THROUGH MY EYES, THEN YOU WOULD KNOW

  ➔ Second conditional (unreal present), past modal 'could', modal 'would'

  ➔ This is a second conditional sentence. "If I wish you could see..." (unreal condition). "Then you would know..." (result).

• RIGHT NOW, MERRY CHRISTMAS

  ➔ Adverb 'right now', interjection 'Merry Christmas'

  ➔ "Right now" emphasizes the current moment. "Merry Christmas" is a common interjection expressing holiday wishes.

• WHILE WE'RE HERE, CAN WE ALL SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THE ONES WHO HAVE GONE

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction 'while', present simple tense, modal verb 'can', relative clause 'who have gone'

  ➔ "While" introduces a subordinate clause of time. "Can" expresses a request or suggestion. "Who have gone" is a relative clause modifying "the ones", referring to people who have passed away.