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

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement with an unusual subject placement.

  ➔ Instead of saying "My eyes tend to fall on you," the lyrics use "My eyes, they tend to fall on you." This emphasizes "my eyes" and is a stylistic choice, though grammatically correct. It's a form of apposition. The word "they" is referring to "My eyes"

• Nothing but you makes sense

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement with a compound subject.

  ➔ Here, "Nothing but you" acts as a singular subject, therefore requiring the singular verb "makes." The phrase emphasizes that only the person being addressed provides clarity or meaning.

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

  ➔ Use of gerund after preposition

  ➔ The verb "fall" is in gerund form "fallin'" after the preposition "from", I can barely keep my tears "from fallin'"

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

  ➔ Inverted sentence structure for emphasis.

  ➔ The typical structure would be: "Where I wanna spend my nights is wrapped up in your arms." Inverting it to "Wrapped up in your arms, Is where I wanna spend my nights" emphasizes the feeling of being wrapped in someone's arms.

• So hard, how much I want you

  ➔ Ellipsis for emotional emphasis.

  ➔ The sentence is incomplete. A fuller version could be something like, "It's so hard to express how much I want you." The ellipsis creates a sense of breathlessness and overwhelming feeling.

• Won't you read my mind somehow

  ➔ Use of "won't" in a request.

  ➔ While "won't" typically expresses a future negative or refusal, here it functions as a more emphatic and emotionally charged way of making a request. It implies a strong desire and a hint of desperation.

• Meet me in the middle, underneath a little bit of mistletoe

  ➔ Phrasal verb with a prepositional phrase.

  ➔ "Meet me in the middle" is a phrasal verb, and "underneath a little bit of mistletoe" is a prepositional phrase modifying the location of the meeting.