Mowgli’s Road

• By: MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
• Album: Love + Fear

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
spoons /spuːnz/ A1	noun - utensil consisting of a small shallow bowl on a handle, used for eating or serving food
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	verb - to break free from confinement or control noun - an act of breaking free from confinement or control
king /kɪŋ/ A1	noun - a male monarch; the ruler of a kingdom
jungle /ˈdʒʌŋɡəl/ A2	noun - an area of dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics.
road /roʊd/ A1	noun - a way or course for travelling between places, especially one used by vehicles.
fork /fɔːrk/ A1	noun - an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting. noun - a division in a road or river
win /wɪn/ A2	verb - to be successful or victorious in a contest or conflict noun - an instance of winning
others /ˈʌðərz/ A1	noun - people that are different or not known
see /siː/ A1	verb - perceive with the eyes; discern visually.
cutlery /ˈkʌtləri/ B1	noun - knives, forks, and spoons used for eating food.
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
knives /naɪvz/ A1	noun - an instrument with a sharp blade used for cutting
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - of or at a low or relatively low temperature

Grammar:

• I'll escape if I try hard enough

  ➔ Conditional sentences (Type 1)

  ➔ This sentence uses a conditional structure, where "if I try hard enough" is the condition for "I'll escape".

• I have been told

  ➔ Present perfect passive voice

  ➔ This phrase indicates that the action of telling has occurred at some unspecified time in the past and is relevant to the present.

• There's a fork in the road

  ➔ There is/are structure

  ➔ This structure is used to indicate the existence of something, in this case, a fork in the road.

• Will that guarantee you a win?

  ➔ Future simple tense

  ➔ This sentence uses the future simple tense to ask about the certainty of a future event.

• To love others and to be loved

  ➔ Infinitive phrases

  ➔ This phrase uses the infinitive form of the verbs to express actions in a general sense.

• I don't know who I want to be

  ➔ Indirect questions

  ➔ This sentence contains an indirect question, where the speaker expresses uncertainty about their identity.

• We are the spoons, they're telling me

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ This sentence uses the present continuous tense to describe an ongoing action or state.