If she were here, I would know ("would" is not in the if-clause)īut here we're not using the auxiliary "would", but the past of the modal verb "will", and this modal verb expresses volition, similar to "want", and it may go in the if-clause: If you need me, I will help you ("will" is in the main clause, not in the if-clause) We don't use "will" or "would" in the if-clause (the sentence introduced by the conjunction IF): AS LONG AS YOU'D LOVE ME SO= If you accept to love me very much. You can also turn a verb into a noun or, likewise, change grammatical categories easily.ĪS LONG AS= If. This is not usual, but in English you can easily turn a word or a phrase into a verb. Here, the word "good-bye" is used as a verb. WE’RE STILL GOOD-BYING= We’re still saying good-bye. THE FIRE IS SLOWLY DYING= If a fire is dying, it is extinguishing, disappearing. HOLD= To hold someone is to hug them, to embrace them, to put your arms around them because you love them.ĪLL THE WAY HOME= All through the way, from the beginning to the end of my journey.
KISS GOODNIGHT= If you kiss somebody goodnight, you say goodnight with a kiss. WAY is sometimes used with the meaning of "very" (that’s way too high= that’s really really high).
Turned down LOW emphasizes the same idea. TURNED WAY DOWN LOW= If the light is turned down, it becomes less intense. So corn for popping is maize to make pop-corn. Pop-corn is a kind of maize that pops open when you heat it and turns into a shapeless soft white ball that you can eat (especially when watching a movie). I BROUGHT ME= I brought myself I brought with me.ĬORN (AmE)= Maize (BrE). MAN (AmE)= In this context this is just a colloquial exclamation with no meaning, equivalent to "boy!" or "my!" or "gee!" or "wow". LET IT SNOW!= I don’t mind if it’s snowing, it can go on snowing forever for all I care. Nevertheless, the rhythm of the song needs a contraction here. I’ve finished) but not usually contracted when it means possession as here. WE’VE NO PLACE TO GO= The verb HAVE is usually contracted (‘ve) when it is the auxiliary (e.g.
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