The Christmas Sweater
Paroles:
[English]
You poured the brandy, baby, dressed the tree
I got the table looking Christmassy
Wrapped up presents, lit all the lights up, it's true
What can be wrong with all this right?
Somebody's light is not so bright
One thing here could use some cheer, and that's you
Ah, because everyone you know and everyone you don't
Are wearing Christmas sweaters, so it's crazy that you won't
Ah, put your Christmas sweater on, it's got to be done
The uglier, the better, hun, don't be the only one
You'll light up everybody's faces
And babe, you know the time has come
(Come on, come on, come on)
Play along, play along and get your Christmas sweater on
...
It doesn't matter if you don't look cool
Everybody's following the Christmas rule
Remember December, forget everything that you know
Oh, well, you gotta try to put your pride on pause
Show a little reindeer or some Santa Claus
Ain't no hiding, time has come to go
To get your sweater, baby, 'cause I just can't wait
So come and join the party now before it gets too late, yeah
Ah, put your Christmas sweater on, it's got to be done
Oh, the uglier, the better, hun, don't be the only one
You'll light up everybody's faces
And babe, you know the time has come
(Come on, come on, come on)
Play along, play along and get your Christmas sweater on
...
Oh, let's go!
...
Yeah, babe!
Ah, put your Christmas sweater on, it's got to be done (put it on, put it on)
Oh, the uglier, the better, hun, don't be the only one
You'll light up everybody's faces
And babe, you know the time has come
(Come on, come on, come on)
Play along, play along and get a Christmas sweater on
...
Vocabulaire dans cette chanson:
Vocabulaire | Significations |
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brandy /ˈbrændi/ B1 |
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tree /triː/ A1 |
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presents /ˈprezənts/ A2 |
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lights /laɪts/ A1 |
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bright /braɪt/ B2 |
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cheer /tʃɪr/ B1 |
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sweaters /ˈswɛtər/ A2 |
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crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1 |
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ugly /ˈʌɡli/ A2 |
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faces /feɪsɪz/ A1 |
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matter /ˈmætər/ A2 |
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cool /kuːl/ A2 |
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rule /ruːl/ A2 |
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pride /praɪd/ B1 |
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reindeer /ˈreɪndɪr/ A2 |
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party /ˈpɑːrti/ A1 |
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late /leɪt/ A1 |
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Grammaire:
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What *can* be wrong with all this right?
➔ Inversion pour l'emphase
➔ Normalement, la phrase serait "What *can* be wrong...". L'inversion met l'accent sur la surprise ou le défi de l'orateur.
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Somebody's light *is not so bright*
➔ Intensifieur adjectival négatif: "not so"
➔ "*Not so bright*" est une façon plus douce de dire "not very bright" ou "dim". C'est moins direct que de dire "dark."
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The uglier, the better, hun, don't be the only one
➔ Corrélation comparative ("The..., the...")
➔ Cette structure indique que lorsqu'une qualité augmente, l'autre augmente également. Dans ce cas, plus le pull devient moche, mieux c'est.
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It doesn't matter if you *don't look cool*
➔ Mode subjonctif (proposition conditionnelle)
➔ Bien qu'elle n'utilise pas explicitement "if", la phrase implique une déclaration conditionnelle : "Même si tu n'as pas l'air cool, ce n'est pas grave."
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Everybody's *following the Christmas rule*
➔ Présent continu pour une tendance temporaire.
➔ Le présent continu (*following*) souligne que ce comportement se produit à l'époque de Noël, mais pas nécessairement toute l'année.
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Oh, well, you *gotta try* to put your pride on pause
➔ Contraction informelle "gotta" (= got to)
➔ "*Gotta*" est une façon familière de dire "got to" ou "have got to", indiquant une nécessité ou une obligation. C'est courant dans l'anglais parlé et dans l'écriture informelle.
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Ain't no hiding, time has come to go
➔ Double négation et expression idiomatique "Time has come"
➔ "*Ain't no hiding*" est une double négation, couramment utilisée dans l'anglais informel (en particulier dans la musique). Bien que grammaticalement incorrecte dans les contextes formels, elle est utilisée pour souligner. "Time has come" est une expression idiomatique qui signifie 'le moment approprié ou destiné est arrivé'.