Under The Mistletoe

• By: Kelly Clarkson, Brett Eldredge
• Album: When Christmas Comes Around...

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
look /lʊk/ A1	verb - to turn one's eyes in a specified direction noun - an act of directing one's gaze
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to drop or descend under the force of gravity. noun - the season after summer and before winter.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection. verb - to feel deep affection for.
late /leɪt/ A1	adjective - after the expected or usual time.
say /seɪ/ A1	verb - to utter words
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - move at a regular and fairly slow pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn.
eyes /aɪz/ A2	noun - organs in the head of a human that they use to see
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in the eye
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ B1	noun - the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. adjective - beautiful or delightful in such a way as to seem removed from everyday life.
prayer /preər/ B1	noun - a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or another deity.
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
arms /ɑːrmz/ B1	noun - each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B2	verb - to break free from confinement or control. noun - an act of breaking free from confinement or control.
linger /ˈlɪŋɡər/ B2	verb - stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave.
indecision /ˌɪndɪˈsɪʒən/ C1	noun - the inability to make a decision quickly.

Grammar:

• Every time I look around this room, My eyes, they tend to fall on you

  ➔ Inversion (subject-verb inversion for emphasis)

  ➔ The phrase "My eyes, they" uses a structure where the pronoun "they" unnecessarily repeats the subject "My eyes". While not strictly grammatical, it's common in informal speech and songs for emphasis.

• Nothing but you makes sense

  ➔ Negative + but + Noun/Pronoun + Verb (emphasizing the only thing that makes sense)

  ➔ "Nothing but" means "only". The structure emphasizes that "you" is the only thing that makes sense.

• Memories fill my heart, and I can barely keep my tears from fallin'

  ➔ Gerund after Preposition ("from fallin'")

  ➔ After a preposition like "from", we use the gerund form of the verb (verb + -ing). Here, "fallin'" (falling) is a gerund.

• Is it too late, too late, To open up

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose ("To open up")

  ➔ The infinitive phrase "To open up" expresses the purpose or reason for asking if it's too late. It answers the question: Too late for what? Too late to open up.

• Wrapped up in your arms, Is where I wanna spend my nights

  ➔ Inversion for Emphasis (rearranging the sentence to place emphasis on "where I wanna spend my nights")

  ➔ Normally, the sentence would be "Where I wanna spend my nights is wrapped up in your arms". By inverting it, the speaker emphasizes the desire to spend nights wrapped in the other person's arms.

• So hard, how much I want you

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words for brevity, implies "It's so hard, how much I want you")

  ➔ The full sentence is implied to be something like "It's so hard [to express] how much I want you."

• Won't you read my mind somehow

  ➔ Tag question with inverted auxiliary verb

  ➔ Here the speaker uses "Won't you" as a way to softly ask/request the other person to read their mind.