Santa Tell Me

• By: Ariana Grande

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
Santa /ˈsæntə/ A1	noun - Santa Claus, a legendary figure who is said to bring gifts to children on Christmas Eve
tell /tel/ A1	verb - to communicate information to someone in spoken or written words
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to lose one's balance and collapse
year /jɪər/ A1	noun - the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun, about 365 days
cares /keərz/ A2	verb - feel concerned or interested; attach importance to something
give /ɡɪv/ A1	verb - to freely transfer the possession of something to someone
Christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/ A1	noun - the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25
mood /muːd/ B1	noun - a temporary state of mind or feeling
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - having no one else present; solitary
road /roʊd/ A1	noun - a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for travelling by vehicles
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke.
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - of or at a low or relatively low temperature
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.

Grammar:

• Santa, tell me if you're really there

  ➔ Conditional clause with "if"

  ➔ The sentence asks Santa to confirm his existence. "If" introduces a condition: *if* you are really there, *then* tell me.

• Don't make me fall in love again

  ➔ Imperative sentence with "Don't"

  ➔ "Don't make me" is a negative imperative requesting someone not to do something which could cause the speaker to fall in love.

• If he won't be here next year

  ➔ Conditional clause with "if" and future tense (will + not)

  ➔ This is a first conditional, expressing a possible future situation. The use of 'won't' (will not) refers to the future absence of the person.

• 'Cause I can't give it all away

  ➔ Use of "can't" (cannot) indicating inability

  ➔ "Can't give it all away" expresses the speaker's inability or unwillingness to fully commit themselves emotionally.

• I've been down this road before

  ➔ Present perfect tense: "have/has been + past participle"

  ➔ The present perfect ('I've been') indicates an experience that happened at an unspecified time in the past. "Down this road" is a metaphor for experiencing this particular situation before.

• But on New Year's Day, I woke up and he wasn't by my side

  ➔ Past simple tense ("woke up", "wasn't")

  ➔ Uses the past simple to describe completed actions in the past. "Woke up" and "wasn't" refer to specific events that occurred on New Year's Day.

• Now I need someone to hold

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose: "to hold"

  ➔ The infinitive "to hold" explains the purpose of needing someone: I need someone *in order to hold*.

• Or if it's true love that he thinks of

  ➔ Cleft sentence with "it is/was...that"

  ➔ This sentence emphasizes 'true love'. A more standard word order would be: "Or if he thinks of true love." The cleft sentence structure highlights the phrase 'true love'.