Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
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wizard /ˈwɪzərd/ B2 |
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curious /ˈkjʊriəs/ B1 |
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destined /ˈdɛstɪnd/ B2 |
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magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ A2 |
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honour /ˈɒnər/ B2 |
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emergency /iˈmɜːrdʒənsi/ B1 |
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stranded /ˈstrændɪd/ B2 |
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eternal /ɪˈtɜːrnl/ C1 |
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glory /ˈɡlɔːri/ B2 |
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dangerous /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/ A2 |
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murder /ˈmɜːrdər/ B2 |
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intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn/ B2 |
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concealed /kənˈsiːld/ C1 |
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powerful /ˈpaʊərfʊl/ A2 |
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threatened /ˈθrɛtnd/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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It is curious that you should be destined for this wand.
➔ Subjunctive mood after emotive adjectives.
➔ The phrase "should be" is used after "curious that" to express a sense of formality or subjective judgment.
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The ones that love us never really leave us.
➔ Relative clause defining the subject.
➔ "That love us" is a restrictive relative clause modifying the noun "The ones".
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Harry! Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?
➔ Past simple interrogative.
➔ The auxiliary verb "did" is used to form a question in the past simple tense.
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A Horcrux is an object in which a person has concealed part of their soul.
➔ Preposition + relative pronoun (formal).
➔ "In which" is a formal structure used instead of "which... in" for places or concepts.
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I'm not sure what you were reading, Tom.
➔ Noun clause as object.
➔ "What you were reading" functions as the object of the verb phrase "not sure".
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The ones that love us never really leave us.
➔ Adverb placement (frequency).
➔ "Never" is placed before the main verb "leave" to emphasize the action.
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One splits one's soul and hides part of it in an object.
➔ Impersonal pronoun "one".
➔ "One" is used here as a formal, generalized subject representing any person.
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Why should that mean that it's not real?
➔ Modal verb for speculation/reasoning.
➔ "Should" is used here to question the logical connection between two ideas.
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