My Little Love

• By: Adele
• Album: 30

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs that detect light
emotions /ɪˈmoʊʃənz/ B1	noun - strong feelings
fault /fɔːlt/ B1	noun - responsibility for something wrong
coldness /ˈkoʊldnəs/ B2	noun - lack of affection or warmth
lies /laɪz/ B1	noun - untrue statements verb - to not tell the truth
guilty /ˈɡɪlti/ B2	adjective - responsible for a wrong
save /seɪv/ A2	verb - to rescue from danger
learn /lɜːrn/ A2	verb - to gain knowledge
heavy /ˈhevi/ A2	adjective - of great weight
feelings /ˈfiːlɪŋz/ A2	noun - emotions
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ B1	adjective - unable to think clearly
past /pæst/ A2	noun - time that has gone by
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - organ that pumps blood
breaks /breɪks/ A1	verb - to separate into pieces
sad /sæd/ A1	adjective - unhappy
anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ B2	adjective - feeling worried or nervous
paranoid /ˈpærənɔɪd/ C1	adjective - excessively distrustful
stressed /strest/ B1	adjective - feeling worried or tense
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ A2	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company

Grammar:

• I see your eyes widen like an ocean

  ➔ Simile (comparison using "like" or "as")

  ➔ Comparing the size of the child's eyes to a vast ocean using the word "like".

• I'm finding it hard to be here, sincerely

  ➔ "It" as a dummy subject

  ➔ The sentence uses "it" as a dummy subject, where "it" doesn't refer to anything specific. The real subject is the infinitive phrase "to be here". This structure is often used when expressing feelings or difficulty.

• I don't recognise myself in the coldness of the daylight

  ➔ Use of "in" to describe a state or condition.

  ➔ Here, "in" indicates the environment or context in which the speaker does not recognise herself. It shows a state of being within the "coldness of the daylight."

• I'm so far gone, and you're the only one who can save me

  ➔ Relative Clause (who can save me)

  ➔ "Who can save me" is a relative clause modifying "the only one". It provides additional information about the noun it modifies.

• Mama's got a lot to learn (it's heavy)

  ➔ Informal contraction: "Mama's" for "Mama has"

  ➔ "Mama's" is a contraction combining "Mama" and "has." This contraction is common in informal speech or songwriting to make the phrase more conversational and familiar.

• Tell me, do you feel the way my past aches?

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis in a question (auxiliary verb "do" before the subject "you")

  ➔ Using "do" before "you" in a question provides emphasis and creates a slightly more formal or poetic tone. Without it, the question could be "Do you feel the way my past aches?".

• I wanted you to have everything I never had

  ➔ Past Perfect (I never had): indicates an action completed before another action in the past.

  ➔ The speaker wanted her child to experience things she didn't get to experience in her own life. The use of the past perfect emphasizes that the lack of these experiences occurred prior to the desire for her child to have them.

• I feel like today is the first day since I left him that I feel lonely

  ➔ Noun clause as a subject complement (that I feel lonely)

  ➔ The "that" clause explains what "today" is. It acts as the complement that defines or describes the subject. "Today" is the first day that she feels lonely.