Урок Paul McCartney "The World Tonight"
Words
different (from): unlike, not the same or not of the same kind: Mary and Jane are quite different (from each other).
to sway: move backwards and forwards or from side to side: The trees were swaying in the wind.
to pray (for, to): speak to God, showing love, giving thanks, or asking for something: They went to the church to pray.
to care (for) (in negative sentences): like: I don't really care for tea.
to matter (to) (often in negatives): be important: It doesn't matter to me if I miss my train, because there's another one later.
to mind (especially in British English): be careful of; pay attention to: Mind where you put your feet.
point of view (also viewpoint): a special way of thinking about a situation/person/event: we need someone with a fresh point of view, who can suggests changes.
to hide (hid, hidden) (from): put or keep out of sight; prevent from being seen or found: The house was hidden from view by a row of tall trees.
flock (informal): a crowd = a large number of people: a flock of tourists
paparazzo: a newspaper writer or photographer who follows famous people about hoping to find out interesting or shocking stories about them.
to hopeG: wish and expect (=believe that something will happen): She hopes to go to university next year.
ground: the surface (=the outer part) of the earth: the man was lying on the ground.
to swallow: move (food or drink) down the throat (горло) from the mouth and towards the stomach (желудок): Swallow your medicine!
Language
To care (about) (not in continuous forms): be worried/anxious (=having an uncomfortable feeling in the mind); mind: The only thing he cares is money.
As if I cared whether he comes or not (=it doesn't matter to me at all)
(In polite suggestions) care = like, want: Would you care to wait here, sir, until the manager can see you?
Compare "care about", "care for", and "take care of".
Care about something = think it is important: She doesn't care about money. I don't care about what people think.
Care for = (in negatives and questions) like: I don't really care for red wine.
Take care of = look after (=be responsible for): We'll take care of you when you are old.
To mind (not in continuous forms) (often used with "would", in requests (request = asking for something politely), and in negatives): have a reason (=good sense) against something, dislike something: I wouldn't mind a cup of tea (= I would rather like one). Would you mind opening the window? (= please open it). Do you mind the window open? (= Does the window being open trouble you?)
To mind = take care of, look after: Our neighbour is minding our dog while we are on holiday.
In conversation "mind" can be used to introduce new information which has a different point of view, or even is opposite to what has just been said: He's very selfish (= he cares only for himself). Mind you, he's good to his mother (= being selfish is opposite to his good attitude to his mother). "She's very charming, isn't she?" "Yes. I wouldn't believe a word she says, mind you".
Point: a sharp end: These stones have sharp points; a place: The bus stops at five points along the road; a typical ability of a person/thing" I can't see any weak point in your plan; an exact moment/state/condition: at one point in the meeting she list her temper.
She's always saying she wants to leave, but when it comes to the point (= when the moment comes for her to take action) she never does.
Points = the figures used to score in various sports/games: The first layer to get 21 points is the winner. We won the rugby match by 12 points to 3.
Point = a single idea, fact, or a part of an argument: There were two points in your speech. Yes, I take your point (= I think that what you have just said is quite reasonable (= having good sense).
Grammar
I saw you swaying to the rhythm of the music
Caught you playing, caught you praying to the voice inside you
"Swaying/playing/praying" are ing-forms of the verbs to sway/to play/to pray.
"Ing-forms" are used to speak about some processes, about something that is not finished. "Inf-form" can be the part of the Present Continuous: I'm listening to the news now/at this moment.
In the sentence "I saw you swaying" the phrase "you" +"swaying" completes (дополняет) the sense of the verb "saw". I saw (that) you were swaying = At the moment I was looking at you, you were swaying = I was looking at you when you were in the process of swaying (you have begun swaying and you haven't finished that process).
I caught you playing/praying. The phases "you playing /you praying" make the sense of the verb "caught" more concrete = these phrase serve as Complex Object (в предложении они являются сложным дополнением. Почему дополнением? - Они дополняют, конкретизируют значение основного глагола saw/caught. Почему сложным? Они состоят из двух элементов: местоимение (как в нашем примере)/существительное + ing-форма (в данных предложениях, а вообще в качестве второго элемента могут употребляться: прилагательное, инфинитив, существительное, даже наречие или порядковое числительное). Такие конструкции используются после следующих глаголов: to catch, to feel/ to hear, to get, to keep, to leave, to like/dislike, to see, to stop, to watch, to remember, to forget:
I felt him looking at me now and again.
When he arrived he found me reading.
Just as I got to the end of the corridor, I heard my telephone ringing again.
He saw me watching him.
I remember they/their teasing me about my nose. = They teased me in the past, and I remember it (their teasing) now.
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