![]() ![]() INSIDE OF ME= in BrE we would say "inside me", without OF. Todays crossword puzzle clue is a quick one. "I want you to leave" (= if you leave, I’m happy because that’s what I want).ĭEEP DOWN= this is a common expression that emphasises the meaning of "down", it is "down and down" (we can’t say "very down" because that means "very depressed"). Millennium Top 40 single by Backstreet Boys with the lyrics Tell me why / Aint nothin but a heartache. The situation that I want is "you know", if you know, I’m happy. I WANT YOU TO KNOW= notice this construction. USED TO refers to a habit or situation that was true in the past but not now any more: "I used to be a soldier" (but now I’m not). TO FALL APART= to crumble, to be destroyed. WANNA= want to (again, in AmE T is often lost after N). Notice the pronunciation of the ending –ACHE (as in "ake"). A "heartache" is when your heart hurts (not physically, but emotionally, because of love). HEARTACHE= "a headache" is when your head hurts, feels painful. That’s incorrect in standard English but it happens in colloquial speech and dialects. ![]() "Ain’t nothing but a heartache"= it isn’t anything but a heartache= it’s only a heartache.ĪIN’T NOTHING= "it isn’t nothing". REACH TO a place= get there, be able to go thereĪIN’T= isn’t (coll.). WE ARE (TWO) WORLDS APART= there’s a lot of distance between us (not physical distance) Em C G Your one desire Em C G Yes I know it's too late Em D G But I want it that way C Tell me why D Em Ain't nothin' but a heartache C Tell me why D Em Ain't nothin' but a mistake C Tell me why D G I never wanna hear you say Em D G I want it that way Em C G Now I can see that we've fallen apart Em C G From the way that it used to be, Yeah Em C. Notice the common American rule: N+T=N, so he says /w ɒn ɪ t/instead of /w ɒn tɪ t/ I WANT IT THAT WAY= I want it like that (not differently). THE ONE DESIRE= my only desire, the only thing I desire or I want. ![]()
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