Step Into Christmas

• By: Elton John
• Album: Step Into Christmas EP

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
Christmas /ˈkrɪs.məs/ A1	noun - the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - to make musical sounds with the voice
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - the organs of sight
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer verb - to fall as snow
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to drop down from a higher level to a lower level
eat /iːt/ A1	verb - put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - to swallow (liquid)
merry /ˈmeri/ B1	adjective - cheerful and lively
care /keər/ A2	noun - the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something verb - feel concern or interest; attach importance to something
smiling /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ A1	verb - having a smile; having a pleased or amused expression.
entertain /ˌentəˈteɪn/ B2	verb - provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position or area
admission /ədˈmɪʃən/ B2	noun - the process or fact of entering or being allowed to enter a place, organization, or institution

Grammar:

• I'd like to thank you for the year

  ➔ Conditional sentences type 2 ('I'd like' = 'I would like')

  ➔ Expresses a polite request or a hypothetical situation. 'I'd like' is a contraction of 'I would like', indicating a desire in a polite manner. This doesn't describe a real condition, but rather a wish. We thank someone now for the year which has been.

• To say it's nice to have you here

  ➔ It + to-infinitive (impersonal 'it')

  ➔ The structure "It's nice to..." is used to express a general feeling or opinion. 'It' acts as a placeholder subject, and the real subject is the infinitive phrase "to have you here".

• We can watch the snow fall forever and ever

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' + verb of perception ('watch') + bare infinitive ('fall')

  ➔ 'Can' indicates ability or possibility. 'Watch' is a verb of perception, and after such verbs, we often use the bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to').

• If we can help to entertain you

  ➔ Conditional clause type 1 (zero conditional or type 1 depending on the context). Modal verb 'can' + 'help to' + infinitive.

  ➔ This is a possible or likely condition. 'Help to entertain' means 'help with the purpose of entertaining'. The 'to' can sometimes be omitted (help entertain), particularly in American English.

• There's no place I'd rather be

  ➔ There is/are (Existential 'there'). Conditional sentence type 2 ('I'd rather be'). Relative clause with omitted relative pronoun ('that/which')

  ➔ 'There's' is a contraction of 'There is'. The relative clause "I'd rather be" modifies 'place'. The full sentence would be 'There is no place that/which I'd rather be.'