Stronger

• By: Britney Spears

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
crashing /ˈkræʃɪŋ/ B2	verb - to break suddenly and violently
crowd /kraʊd/ A2	noun - a large group of people
hush /hʌʃ/ B1	verb - be quiet or silent
property /ˈprɒpərti/ B2	noun - something owned; possessions
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or produce verb - to cause or force to happen
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - without anyone else
stronger /ˈstrɒŋɡər/ B2	adjective - more powerful or resilient
yesterday /ˈjɛstərdeɪ/ A2	noun - the day before today
way /weɪ/ A2	noun - a method or manner of doing something
nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ A2	pronoun - not anything
thought /θɔːt/ B1	noun - an idea or opinion produced by thinking
care /keər/ B1	verb - to feel concern or interest

Grammar:

• There's nothing you can do or say, baby

  ➔ Existential "there is/are" + Relative Clause with omitted relative pronoun

  ➔ "There's nothing" indicates existence. "you can do or say" is a relative clause modifying "nothing", with the relative pronoun (that/which) omitted. This omission is common in defining relative clauses when the relative pronoun is the object of the verb in the clause.

• I'm not your property as from today, baby

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase indicating time: "as from"

  ➔ "As from today" means starting from today. It indicates the beginning point of a new situation.

• You might think that I won't make it on my own

  ➔ Modal Verb "might" expressing possibility + "make it" (idiomatic phrasal verb) + prepositional phrase "on my own"

  ➔ "Might" expresses a weak possibility. "Make it" means to succeed. "On my own" means alone, without help.

• But now I'm stronger than yesterday

  ➔ Comparative adjective: "stronger than"

  ➔ The comparative form of the adjective "strong" is "stronger". "Than" is used to compare two things.

• My loneliness ain't killing me no more

  ➔ Double negative (non-standard): "ain't... no more"

  ➔ "Ain't" is a colloquial contraction of "am not", "is not", or "are not". "No more" means "not anymore". Double negatives are generally considered grammatically incorrect in standard English, but are sometimes used for emphasis or in certain dialects.

• I used to go with the flow

  ➔ Used to + infinitive: expresses a past habit or state that is no longer true.

  ➔ "Used to go" indicates that in the past, the speaker followed the crowd or circumstances without resistance. This is no longer the case.

• I don't need nobody, better off alone

  ➔ Double negative (non-standard): "don't need nobody". Ellipsis: "(I am) better off alone".

  ➔ "Don't need nobody" is a double negative, typically considered non-standard English. The intended meaning is "I don't need anybody" or "I need nobody." The second part uses ellipsis, omitting "I am" for brevity. "Better off alone" means being in a superior situation when alone.