Sweet Child O' Mine

• By: Guns N' Roses
• Album: Appetite For Destruction

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - an expression of happiness or amusement verb - to have or show a smile
childhood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ B1	noun - the state or period of being a child
memories /ˈmeməriz/ B1	noun - something remembered from the past
bright /braɪt/ B2	adjective - giving out or reflecting a lot of light
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth.
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - the front part of the head
special /ˈspeʃəl/ A2	adjective - different from what is usual
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position or area
child /tʃaɪld/ A1	noun - a young human being below the age of puberty or full physical development
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs that detect light
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere. verb - to fall as rain
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury
hair /heər/ A1	noun - any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and other animals.
warm /wɔːrm/ A1	adjective - having or producing a comfortably high temperature
thunder /ˈθʌndər/ B1	noun - a loud crash of sound caused by atmospheric electricity
hide /haɪd/ A2	verb - to put (something) where it cannot be easily seen

Grammar:

• She's got a smile that it seems to me

  ➔ Relative Clause with Omission of Relative Pronoun

  ➔ The relative pronoun "that" is omitted. The full sentence would be "She's got a smile that *that* it seems to me..." The initial "that" is part of the "that it seems to me" phrase. This is common when the relative pronoun functions as the object of the relative clause.

• Reminds me of childhood memories

  ➔ Phrasal Verb 'Reminds of'

  ➔ "Reminds of" is a phrasal verb meaning to cause someone to remember something. The structure is "remind someone of something".

• Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ Uses "as...as" to compare the freshness of everything to the freshness of the bright blue sky.

• Now and then, when I see her face

  ➔ Adverbial Phrase of Time

  ➔ "Now and then" is an adverbial phrase indicating frequency, meaning "occasionally" or "sometimes".

• She takes me away to that special place

  ➔ Phrasal Verb 'Takes Away'

  ➔ "Takes away" means to remove someone or something, often in an emotional or figurative sense. In this case, it means she transports him emotionally to a special place.

• And if I stared too long, I'd probably break down and cry

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ This sentence uses the second conditional (If + Past Simple, would + base verb) to describe a hypothetical situation and its likely result.

• She's got eyes of the bluest skies

  ➔ Superlative Adjective

  ➔ "Bluest" is the superlative form of "blue", indicating the most blue skies possible. The structure is *the* + adjective + *est*.

• As if they thought of rain

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Past)

  ➔ The phrase "as if" introduces a subjunctive mood. The use of "thought" suggests a hypothetical or unreal situation; the eyes don't literally think of rain.