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  • Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round

  • Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears

  • Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by

  • Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes

  • Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

  • Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

  • Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of something wild

  • Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying like a child in your arms

  • Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've got to get out and cry

  • Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit terrified but then I see the look in your eyes

  • Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

  • And I need you now tonight

  • And I need you more than ever

  • And if you only hold me tight

  • We'll be holding on forever

  • And we'll only be making it right

  • Cause we'll never be wrong

  • Together we can take it to the end of the line

  • Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time

  • I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark

  • We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks

  • I really need you tonight

  • Forever's gonna start tonight

  • Once upon a time I was falling in love

  • But now I'm only falling apart

  • There's nothing I can do

  • A total eclipse of the heart

  • Once upon a time there was light in my life

  • But now there's only love in the dark

  • Nothing I can say

  • A total eclipse of the heart

  • Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

  • And I need you now tonight

  • And I need you more than ever

  • And if you'll only hold me tight

  • We'll be holding on forever

  • And we'll only be making it right

  • Cause we'll never be wrong

  • Together we can take it to the end of the line

  • Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time

  • I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark

  • We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks

  • I really need you tonight

  • Forever's gonna start tonight

  • Once upon a time I was falling in love

  • But now I'm only falling apart

  • Nothing I can do

  • A total eclipse of the heart

  • Once upon a time there was light in my life

  • But now there's only love in the dark

  • Nothing I can say

  • A total eclipse of the heart

  • Turnaround bright eyes

  • Turnaround bright eyes

  • Turnaround

Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round

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Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

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    Why Why posted on 2013/05/07
Video vocabulary

Keywords

tonight

US /təˈnaɪt/

UK /təˈnaɪt/

  • adverb
  • Night following this day
  • During the present night; this night.
  • noun
  • This evening; the night of today
  • The present night.
love

US /lʌv/

UK /lʌv/

  • noun
  • Person's name
  • A very strong feeling of affection
  • The person you care very deeply about
  • Strong, deep emotional and sexual attraction
  • verb
  • To care for and like someone very strongly, deeply
  • To like doing very much; enjoy greatly
  • To feel a strong emotional and romantic attraction
dark

US /dɑrk/

UK /dɑ:k/

  • adjective
  • Of a color tending towards black; not pale.
  • Of a color that is not light
  • Marked by unhappiness or hopelessness
  • Having little or no light; not light in color
  • With little or no light.
  • Suggesting an evil or wicked quality.
  • noun
  • The time of day when the sky is black
  • other
  • The absence of light; darkness.
time

US /taɪm/

UK /taɪm/

  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment
give

US /ɡɪv/

UK /ɡɪv/

  • other
  • To administer something, such as medicine
  • To allow someone to have something
  • To produce offspring
  • To cause someone to experience something
  • To provide instructions or guidance
  • To donate something, especially money
  • To provide as an instance
  • To hold or host
  • To perform an action
  • To present something voluntarily to someone
  • To provide something needed or wanted
  • To utter or emit something
  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • verb
  • To hand over or present something to someone
  • To cause someone to have or experience something
  • other
  • To collapse or break
  • To collapse or break under pressure
live

US /liv/

UK /lɪv/

  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town
  • adjective
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
light

US /laɪt/

UK /laɪt/

  • other
  • The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
  • adjective
  • Not burdensome or demanding; easy.
  • Pale in color; not dark.
  • Being bright making it easy to see; not dark
  • Being pale and lacking darkness of color
  • Not heavy; weighing only a little
  • noun
  • An expression in the eyes indicating a particular emotion.
  • A source of energy that makes a room or area bright
  • A person who is a source of inspiration or guidance.
  • A lamp, bulb, or similar device used to provide illumination.
  • A traffic signal.
  • Knowledge or understanding.
  • Way in which something or someone is understood
  • other
  • To ignite or set fire to something.
  • To provide with light; illuminate.
  • verb
  • To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • To provide a way to see ahead
  • adverb
  • Carrying few bags when traveling
wrong

US /rɔŋ, rɑŋ/

UK /rɒŋ/

  • noun
  • Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • adjective
  • Not morally or socially acceptable
  • Not right, incorrect; not true; bad
  • Being inappropriate or unsuitable
  • verb
  • To harm someone or treat someone unfairly
go

US /ɡo/

UK /ɡəʊ/

  • verb
  • An attempt or try.
  • To attend or be at a place
  • To do an activity
  • To function properly
  • To move or travel from one place to another.
  • To intend to do something.
  • To move or travel from one place to another.
  • To pass or elapse (of time).
  • To begin or start an activity.
  • To move or travel to another place
  • To be used up or consumed.
  • To match or harmonize with something.
  • noun
  • A turn in a game
to

US /tu,tə/

UK /tə/

  • adverb
  • Toward a point, person, place or thing
  • Into a state of consciousness or awareness
  • preposition
  • Indicating accompaniment.
  • Indicating something being added.
  • Showing that one thing is attached to another
  • (Indicates a comparison between two people/things)
  • Showing the direction
  • Indicating extent or limit.
  • Signaling who is told, shown, given something
  • Indicating someone's reaction
  • Indicating a relationship or connection.
  • Indicating the recipient of something.
  • Part of a verb base form e.g. to buy
  • Showing the limit or range of something
  • Used when speaking about a rate or quantity
  • Showing a person's emotion
  • Showing that the base verb follows
  • Showing where someone or something goes
  • Showing show a specific result, end or purpose
  • Indicating the person or thing receiving something.
  • Expressing a relationship or connection.
  • Showing the relationship between things
  • Indicating a state or condition.
  • Indicating time before a specific hour.
  • Move towards; in the direction of
  • Showing the end point of a specific period
  • In harmony with music or a musical instrument
  • other
  • Used with a verb to form the infinitive.