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  • WHEN WE WERE YOUNG THE FUTURE WAS SO BRIGHT

  • THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD WAS SO ALIVE

  • AND EVERY KID ON THE WHOLE DAMN STREET

  • WAS GONNA MAKE IT BIG AND NOT BE BEAT

  • NOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CRACKED AND TORN

  • THE KIDS ARE GROWN UP BUT THEIR LIVES ARE WORN

  • HOW CAN ONE LITTLE STREET

  • SWALLOW SO MANY LIVES

  • CHANCES THROWN

  • NOTHING'S FREE

  • LONGING FOR WHAT USED TO BE

  • STILL IT'S HARD

  • HARD TO SEE

  • FRAGILE LIVES, SHATTERED DREAMS

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  • JAMIE HAD A CHANCE, WELL SHE REALLY DID

  • INSTEAD SHE DROPPED OUT AND HAD A COUPLE OF KIDS

  • MARK STILL LIVES AT HOME CAUSE HE'S GOT NO JOB

  • HE JUST PLAYS GUITAR AND SMOKES A LOT OF POT

  • JAY COMMITTED SUICIDE

  • BRANDON OD'D AND DIED

  • WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON

  • THE CRUELEST DREAM, REALITY

  • CHANCES THROWN

  • NOTHING'S FREE

  • LONGING FOR WHAT USED TO BE

  • STILL IT'S HARD

  • HARD TO SEE

  • FRAGILE LIVES, SHATTERED DREAMS

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  • CHANCES THROWN

  • NOTHING'S FREE

  • LONGING FOR WHAT USED TO BE

  • STILL IT'S HARD

  • HARD TO SEE

  • FRAGILE LIVES, SHATTERED DREAMS

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B1 US shattered longing fragile thrown neighborhood street

The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright

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Video vocabulary

Keywords

fragile

US /ˈfrædʒəl, -ˌaɪl/

UK /'frædʒaɪl/

  • adjective
  • Easily affected, broken, or harmed
  • Delicate and vulnerable; easily harmed.
  • Easily broken or damaged; requiring careful handling
  • Easily upset or emotionally vulnerable.
  • Weak or delicate; easily damaged in health
  • Easily destroyed or likely to fail; not strong or stable
commit

US /kəˈmɪt/

UK /kə'mɪt/

  • verb
  • To do something bad, usually a crime
  • To promise your permanent love or loyalty (to)
  • To promise or decide to do something for a purpose
  • other
  • To entrust or give into someone's charge or keeping.
  • To send (someone) to a hospital or prison.
  • To do or perpetrate (a crime or other reprehensible act).
  • To pledge or bind (oneself) to a certain course or policy; to make an engagement.
reality

US /riˈælɪti/

UK /rɪ'ælətɪ/

  • noun
  • What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
  • A thing that is actually experienced or seen.
  • other
  • The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
  • The aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, as opposed to that which is only ideal.
  • The true situation and circumstances of life.
crack

US /kræk/

UK /kræk/

  • noun
  • Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
  • Unexpected and hard hit to the body
  • Joke or impolite comment about something
  • Sound that is short, unexpected and loud
  • Small gap between two things or parts of things
  • verb
  • To attempt to achieve a goal or objective
  • To hit someone or something hard and unexpectedly
  • To tell (a joke)
  • To solve a challenging problem or mystery
  • To make a sound that is short, unexpected and loud
  • To lose control, e.g. under pressure; break down
  • To break so lines appear, but it is not in pieces
drop

US /drɑp/

UK /drɒp/

  • noun
  • Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • Act of letting something fall (from your hand)
  • A decrease in quantity or quality; reduction
  • Tiny amount of liquid, with rounded bottom
  • verb
  • To drive someone to a place and then drive away
  • To let something fall from your hand
  • To fall or lie down quickly, as when shot
  • To lower something.
  • To decide to stop something e.g. a course)
  • To (cause to) reduce in quantity or quality
  • To stop doing or planning something.
  • To visit someone informally.
throw

US /θroʊ/

UK /θrəʊ/

  • noun
  • Arm movement to make a thing fly through the air
  • Loose cloth or blanket (usually over a chair)
  • Forcibly putting someone on the ground
  • verb
  • To use your arm to make something fly in the air
  • To move part of your body suddenly and forcefully
  • To confuse or upset someone
  • (E.g. judo) to forcibly put someone on the ground
  • To propel something through the air with force.
  • To put something somewhere suddenly and roughly
couple

US /ˈkʌpəl/

UK /'kʌpl/

  • noun
  • A small number of things or people; a few.
  • Two people in a romantic relationship
  • Two people who are married or in a romantic relationship.
  • Two of something; two people; a pair
  • verb
  • To join something to something else
  • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
  • To put two people or things together
  • other
  • To join or link together.
swallow

US /ˈswɑː.loʊ/

UK /'swɒləʊ/

  • verb
  • To believe (something that is not true)
  • To make food go from your mouth to your stomach
  • To cover or hide something
  • noun
  • Small northern bird with downward-pointing wings
  • Making food or drink go down to the stomach
beat

US /bit/

UK /bi:t/

  • noun
  • An area patrolled by a police officer or other guard.
  • Regular movement or rhythm (e.g. heart or music)
  • A main accent or rhythmic unit in music.
  • other
  • To defeat (someone) in a game or competition.
  • To mix (ingredients) rapidly using a whisk, spoon, or mixer.
  • To strike (someone or something) repeatedly and violently.
  • verb
  • To move in regular motions in order to push blood
  • To hit someone or something repeatedly.
  • To strike or hit repeatedly and with great force
  • To mix ingredients rapidly using a whisk or mixer.
  • To mix ingredients together with a fork or machine
  • To make a rhythmic sound.
  • To play a drum
  • To pulsate or throb rhythmically.
  • To win against another person or team; defeat
  • other
  • (of a heart, drum, etc.) to make a rhythmic sound.
  • adjective
  • Very tired; exhausted.
suicide

US /ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/

UK /'su:ɪsaɪd/

  • noun
  • Act of purposely killing yourself
  • Act that ruins a person's career, status etc.