Apologize
Lyrics by One Republic
'Too', Phrasal verbs and Expressions...
Looking for the apologize lyrics? Here they are.
I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearin' what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait...
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...
That it's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
I'd take another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
It's nothin' new - yeah yeah
I loved you with a fire red-
Now it's turning blue, and you say...
"Sorry" like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
Whoaa whooa
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
It's too late to apologize, yeah
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-
I'm holdin' on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground...
If you don't understand everything on this page, translate the page into your native language, with the "google translator" below.
Too
'Too' can be used as an adjective (meaning also and as well as) but that is not how it is used in the apologize lyrics. Do you know how it is used?
What does the expression "too late" mean?
Too- means 'more than enough' or 'more than was wanted' and late means after a specific time. (Like if you arrive late for work.
Notice what follows the "too late" structure?
It's too late to apologize. A verb in the infinitive.
So you can say anything like,
It's too late to eat dinner.
It's too late to go see a movie.
It's too late to apologize to me.
Phrasal verbs
holding on- This phrasal verb can be used in a couple ways. In the song it means that the man is holding something. In the song he is holding on the rope.
If you say to some one "hold on a minute", it means to wait. "hold on a minute" means "wait a minute".
cut down- In the song they put the subject in the middle "cut me down" and this can have two meanings. Physically, to cut them free from something. Imagine that you are in a tree tied to it with a rope. A swords man comes along and cuts the rope and you fall to the ground. They just cut you down.
A different interpretation is when you verbally belittle or make someone feel small or stupid. If your partner cuts you down it means they are insulting you but in a sharp and cruel way.
turn around- is a physical action. Imagine that the man in the song has his back to the woman who is talking to him. He then changes his position so that he is facing her. When he moves and turns his body, he turns around to face her.
Take something
The verb to take can sometimes be tricky (difficult). It is used in many expressions like to take medicine, take a nap or take something somewhere. Take is used three times in this song, and they are three great expressions.
1) take a chance - When you take a chance, you don't know what will happen but you do something anyways. You gamble or trust someone. You take a chance when you ask someone out for a drink and you take another chance when you tried something once and you want to try again.
2) take a fall- This comes from the expression to take the fall for someone. If your friend does something wrong but you say that you did it, you take the fall for them. In the song, the man takes a fall (just once).
3) take a shot- is very similar to take a chance, just another expression. Take a shot is a bit more direct. Think about taking a shot with a gun. BANG!
Where is the 'g' at the end?
Throughout the apologize lyrics, and in general with native speakers, the g in the 'ing' at the end of verbs in the present continuous is not pronounced. So instead of hearing, I was hearin' the words but I didn't understand. Instead of nothing, there was nothin' I could do.
Listen to the difference between 'holding' and 'holdin' at the beginning and at the end of the song.
Just something to sound a little more natural.
Sunday 14 August 2011
Learn English With Music (1)
Kamu bosan dengan grammar, kosa kata, dan sebagainya. Lupakan sejenak kita akan belajar dengan cara yang menyenangkan.
Menurut BPS Penelitian Digest, pada edisi Mei 2008 Majalah PSYCHOLOGIES, jawaban untuk pertanyaan usang mengenai belajar bahasa, "mungkin terletak pada sebuah lagu ... Para peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa menemukan lebih mudah untuk mengingat kata-kata jika mereka mendengarkan musik, sebagian disamping hal itu lebih menarik secara emosional, tetapi juga karena kata-kata yang terstruktur dengan cara yang membuat lebih mudah bagi mengingatnya karena sesuai dengan kebutuhan mereka.
Let get ready...
"If I had a Million Dollars" by The Barenaked Ladies
Practice the second conditional with this fun song from a Canadian band 'The Barenaked Ladies'. What would you do if you had a million dollars?
The Second Conditional
If I had a Million Dollars...
If I had a Million Dollars
By The Barenaked Ladies
'Second Conditional'
if + past..............would + infinitive
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well I'd buy you a house
I would buy you a house
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
I'd (silent) buy you furniture for your house
Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman
And if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a K-Car
A nice Reliant automobile
and If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love
If I had a million dollars
I'd build a tree fort in our yard
If I had million dollars
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had million dollars
Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere
You know, we could just go up there and hang out
Like open the fridge and stuff
There would already be laid out foods for us
Like little pre-wrapped sausages and things
mmm, They have pre-wrapped sausages but
they don't have pre-wrapped bacon
Well, can you blame 'em
Uh, yeah
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a fur coat
But not a real fur coat that's cruelAnd if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you an exotic pet
Yep, like a llama or an emu
And if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you John Merrick's remains
Ooh, all them crazy elephant bones
And If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to walk to the store
and If I had a million dollars
Now, we'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner
Of course we would, we’d just eat more
And buy really expensive ketchups with it
That’s right, all the fanciest ke... dijon ketchups!
Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a green dress
But not a real green dress, that's cruel
And if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you some art
A Picasso or a Garfunkel
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a monkey
Haven't you always wanted a monkey
If I had a million dollars
I’d buy your love
If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
I'd be rich
When working with the second conditional just think about doing something hypothetically in the time period around now. For example
if I went to the gym then I would get stronger. It is a little confusing because you use 'if' with the PAST to express something hypothetical and in the present.
Basically it is like saying something you could do now and what would happen. Another example of the second conditional. If I saved 100 Euros a month I would be able to buy a house. But enough with the theory, listen to the song and read along. :)
Menurut BPS Penelitian Digest, pada edisi Mei 2008 Majalah PSYCHOLOGIES, jawaban untuk pertanyaan usang mengenai belajar bahasa, "mungkin terletak pada sebuah lagu ... Para peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa menemukan lebih mudah untuk mengingat kata-kata jika mereka mendengarkan musik, sebagian disamping hal itu lebih menarik secara emosional, tetapi juga karena kata-kata yang terstruktur dengan cara yang membuat lebih mudah bagi mengingatnya karena sesuai dengan kebutuhan mereka.
Let get ready...
"If I had a Million Dollars" by The Barenaked Ladies
Practice the second conditional with this fun song from a Canadian band 'The Barenaked Ladies'. What would you do if you had a million dollars?
The Second Conditional
If I had a Million Dollars...
If I had a Million Dollars
By The Barenaked Ladies
'Second Conditional'
if + past..............would + infinitive
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well I'd buy you a house
I would buy you a house
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
I'd (silent) buy you furniture for your house
Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman
And if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a K-Car
A nice Reliant automobile
and If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love
If I had a million dollars
I'd build a tree fort in our yard
If I had million dollars
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had million dollars
Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere
You know, we could just go up there and hang out
Like open the fridge and stuff
There would already be laid out foods for us
Like little pre-wrapped sausages and things
mmm, They have pre-wrapped sausages but
they don't have pre-wrapped bacon
Well, can you blame 'em
Uh, yeah
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a fur coat
But not a real fur coat that's cruelAnd if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you an exotic pet
Yep, like a llama or an emu
And if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you John Merrick's remains
Ooh, all them crazy elephant bones
And If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to walk to the store
and If I had a million dollars
Now, we'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner
Of course we would, we’d just eat more
And buy really expensive ketchups with it
That’s right, all the fanciest ke... dijon ketchups!
Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a green dress
But not a real green dress, that's cruel
And if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you some art
A Picasso or a Garfunkel
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a monkey
Haven't you always wanted a monkey
If I had a million dollars
I’d buy your love
If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
I'd be rich
When working with the second conditional just think about doing something hypothetically in the time period around now. For example
if I went to the gym then I would get stronger. It is a little confusing because you use 'if' with the PAST to express something hypothetical and in the present.
Basically it is like saying something you could do now and what would happen. Another example of the second conditional. If I saved 100 Euros a month I would be able to buy a house. But enough with the theory, listen to the song and read along. :)
How can improve your English ability
Banyak metode/cara untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbahasa Inggris kita. Namun tentu saja tergantung tujuan kita untuk apa kita meningkatkan bahasa Inggris kita. . Bagi teman-teman yang mungkin akan melanjutkan studi ke abroad dengan fasilitas beasiswa tidak hanya sekedar cukup bercakap-cakap. Lebih spesifik lagi mereka dituntut untuk meraih skor minimal yang dipersyaratkan misalnya TOEFL, IELT dan semacamnya. Rekan-rekan yang banyak berkecimpung di dunia reportase lebih banyak dituntut kemampuan menulis dan berbicara dengan menarik dan mudah dipahami. Lain lagi kawan-kawan kita yang bergerak di dunia pariwisata dituntut berbahasa yang menarik, luwes dan of course have a sell value.
Many ways to Rome... begitu pepatah mengatakan. Untuk menguasai bahasa Inggris ada banyak cara, misal dengan learn by doing, learn by experience ato learn by course. Tinggal pilih salah satu, dua, tiga-tiganya juga boleh asal bisa mengaturnya. Penulis sendiri lebih banyak learn by doing. Misal ndengerin lagu dari penyanyi favorit (Peter Cetera, Chicago ato yang lain)...praktekan dengan listening, writing and transaleting. Hasilnya meski masih kadang-kadang rada ngaco setidaknya bisa melatih pendengaran kita dan kemampuan menulis dalam berbahasa Inggris.
Mudah bukan, namun kalo tidak diniati juga tidak maksimal hasilnya. Kudu ada kemauan untuk terus berlatih.
Keeps practice fellas, 'cause practice make perfect!
Many ways to Rome... begitu pepatah mengatakan. Untuk menguasai bahasa Inggris ada banyak cara, misal dengan learn by doing, learn by experience ato learn by course. Tinggal pilih salah satu, dua, tiga-tiganya juga boleh asal bisa mengaturnya. Penulis sendiri lebih banyak learn by doing. Misal ndengerin lagu dari penyanyi favorit (Peter Cetera, Chicago ato yang lain)...praktekan dengan listening, writing and transaleting. Hasilnya meski masih kadang-kadang rada ngaco setidaknya bisa melatih pendengaran kita dan kemampuan menulis dalam berbahasa Inggris.
Mudah bukan, namun kalo tidak diniati juga tidak maksimal hasilnya. Kudu ada kemauan untuk terus berlatih.
Keeps practice fellas, 'cause practice make perfect!
Saturday 13 August 2011
Seberapa Inggriskah Kamu...
Kemampuan berbahasa asing khususnya bahasa Inggris disamping sangat menunjang kapasitas diri juga sangat membantu kita untuk lebih pede.
Pede bercas-cis-cus dengan orang lain, apalagi kalo ada turis nyasar lagi bingung cari alamat tempat ato bingung karena hal lainnya. Tapi sayang sekali, kemampuan berbahasa Inggris tidak semua dari kita menguasai dengan baik. Ada yang sekedarnya just to say I love you-lah.. ato thank you... ato goodbye. Masih mending ada yang masih diucapin. Kalo cuma senyum-senyum kecut ato mesem-mesem aja pas ditanya oleh guru bahasa Inggris yach... LOLA dong alias Loading-nya Lama!
Penulis meski tidak bagus-bagus amat dalam berbahasa Inggris tapi sungguh sangat merasakan manfaat bisa berbahasa Inggris. Dapat beasiswa S2 juga karena bahasa Inggris, dapat side job, panggilan interview dari perusahaan asing, bisa ngoprek software komputer karena bahasa Inggris, dan yang lebih menyenangkan dapat membantu teman-teman saat dibutuhkan.
Blog ini penulis hanya ingin mengajak ber-Inggris ria tanpa harus merasa terbebani. Semuanya enjoy aja...Kita belajar bersama dengan cara yang menyenangkan misal dari puisi (poems), lagu (song), film ato music. Nikmati aja dan kita raih manfaatnya! Let's get start friends!
Pede bercas-cis-cus dengan orang lain, apalagi kalo ada turis nyasar lagi bingung cari alamat tempat ato bingung karena hal lainnya. Tapi sayang sekali, kemampuan berbahasa Inggris tidak semua dari kita menguasai dengan baik. Ada yang sekedarnya just to say I love you-lah.. ato thank you... ato goodbye. Masih mending ada yang masih diucapin. Kalo cuma senyum-senyum kecut ato mesem-mesem aja pas ditanya oleh guru bahasa Inggris yach... LOLA dong alias Loading-nya Lama!
Penulis meski tidak bagus-bagus amat dalam berbahasa Inggris tapi sungguh sangat merasakan manfaat bisa berbahasa Inggris. Dapat beasiswa S2 juga karena bahasa Inggris, dapat side job, panggilan interview dari perusahaan asing, bisa ngoprek software komputer karena bahasa Inggris, dan yang lebih menyenangkan dapat membantu teman-teman saat dibutuhkan.
Blog ini penulis hanya ingin mengajak ber-Inggris ria tanpa harus merasa terbebani. Semuanya enjoy aja...Kita belajar bersama dengan cara yang menyenangkan misal dari puisi (poems), lagu (song), film ato music. Nikmati aja dan kita raih manfaatnya! Let's get start friends!
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