ENGLISH VOCABULARY | Taylor Swift as you ENGLISH TEACHER! (FREE PDF)

Welcome back to JForrest English.

I'm Jennifer.

And today, Taylor Swift is.

Going to be your English teacher, you are going.

To learn advanced vocabulary,  advanced grammar rules,  

and correct pronunciation  directly from Taylor Swift.

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Let's get started.

First, we're going to read.

A news.

Article together and this news  article is about Taylor Swift.

And her upcoming concerts and.

How the ticket prices are outrageous.

You will learn a lot of advanced  vocabulary from this article.

So let's review that together.

Now, first I'll read the headline People  are selling Taylor Swift Toronto tickets  

for Outrageous prices Days before official sale.

So we're talking about the Taylor Swift.

Swift concert taking place.

In Toronto, The city of Toronto in  Canada, which is Canada's largest city.

And the prices are outrageous.

So what does this?

Adjective to tell you about the prices.

If I say the prices are outrageous.

Well, it means the prices are.

Very high.

Extremely.

High and it also implies too high.

Now the adjective outrageous means shocking.

Shocking in this case because they're too high.

It can also mean morally unacceptable.

So you might be looking at  one of Taylor Swift's outfits.

What she's wearing and say, that's outrageous.

If you think it's morally unacceptable  

now, let's take a look at too high,  because I could say the prices are very.

High or I could say the  prices are too high if I say.

Something that is too high, too plus adjective.

It means that you think they should be less.

Because that's what the this word.

Too means, whereas if I just  say oh, the prices are very.

It doesn't necessarily mean  I think they should be less.

Perhaps what you're purchasing deserves the high.

Price and you're just stating a fact.

The prices are very high, but it's worth it.

But the prices are too high.

You think they should be less?

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Now let's continue and find out  about these outrageous prices.

So.

How much do you think it will  be for one Taylor Swift ticket?

Let's see if.

You're if you're right, Okay on Thursday.

Mega Pop * Taylor Swift.

Finally confirmed that she would be bringing  her sold out eras to her to Toronto.

So sold out.

This is an adjective to describe her tour.

In this case, it's an adjective  because it comes before the noun.

The noun is tour.

You could say her tickets.

Sold out in 20 minutes for example.

So in this case, the verb is  sold out her tickets sold out.

In 20 minutes.

But in this case it's an  adjective now when something.

Sells out.

It means all the supply of it is.

So 100% of the tickets are sold.

That's sold out.

100% of tickets are sold.

Now this is a very good thing if you're.

Running any sort of event conference,  anything that people buy tickets to.

You want those tickets to be sold out?

This could even be a ticket on an airline.

Oh, all the all the tickets are sold out, so I.

Can't get on that flight, for example.

So in that case you can say to be sold out.

So your verb is to be.

And then sold out is an adjective.

All the tickets are sold out,  are sold out to be sold out.

Let's continue so she would.

Be bringing her sold out.

Heiress tour to Toronto for a record-breaking  six nights at the Rogers Center.

The Rogers Center is the location where she'll be.

Performing in Toronto  

following months of desperate pleas,  so a plea is please, please, please.

That's a plea and desperate  is when you have a very.

Strong emotion of necessity in that please,  please, please, please, please a desperate please  

from Canadian Swifties.

So I didn't quite know what this was at first.

But her name is Taylor Swift,  so I guess the people who are.

Fans of Taylor Swift are called Swifties.

I like Taylor Swift music, but  I've never heard this expression.

I guess I probably wouldn't  consider myself a swifty.

I don't know.

What about?

You Would you consider yourself a Swifty?

Are you a die hard Taylor?

Swift fan.

I think this expression is  probably reserved for the.

Die hard fans.

The die hard fans.

This might sound negative because it has the.

Word die in it, but it it's  not, I guess another way.

Of a more positive way I guess would be a the.

Super fans, the mega fans, so the die hard.

Fans are her best.

Fans, I hope you're a die hard.

Fan of my channel, are you?

Put that in the comments if you are.

So you can say Jennifer, I'm a die hard fan.

Or if you want to use a different.

Adjective.

You could also say.

Huge fan in addition to super or mega so.

Put that in the comments and of  course I want you to be super mega.

Fans, OK.

Let's continue.

Although the official Ticketmaster Verified  sale is still days away, resellers have already.

Begun to list tickets for outrageous prices?

So now you know that this this.

Outrageous.

When I hear this all it's outrageous.

I have a sense of.

I'm a little bit angry about it because it's.

Too much.

It's too much compared to what you get in return.

So when you say it, you do have.

Like a negative reaction towards it.

That's outrageous.

Now you could use this.

For someone's decision, maybe your boss asked you  to come in on Saturday, even though it's your.

Son's birthday.

And he knows it's your son's birthday to do  some work that isn't even that important.

And you can say that's outrageous.

So you are.

Expressing your extreme  dissatisfaction towards his request.

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Let's continue.

So I put this dialogue here for you.

And that's outrageous.

This is.

How native speakers reply to  someone's news or an event,  

if we think it is very shocking and remember it  has that negativity in it, that's outrageous.

So have.

Begun to list tickets if they list tickets.

It simply means they make them available for  purchase so to list tickets for outrageous prices.

Some of which even exceed  people's rent for one month.

OK, so if it exceeds?

It means it's more than.

So how much do you think  people pay for rent in Toronto?

And if it exceeds.

That How much do you think  that Taylor Swift ticket is?

Any idea now how much these outrageous prices are?

Put it in the comments.

If you have a guest.

OK, a reseller here.

But it's a person who sells something  again, so you could be a reseller if you.

This is a.

Buy a product on Amazon, let's say or Aliexpress.

And then you sell it on a different site.

That's what a lot of.

People do to make money.

They're resellers.

They buy.

Something from one place.

And they instantly sell it in another  place, hopefully to make money in return.

So obviously they want to buy it for.

Less than they sell it for.

So that's a.

Reseller, and that's someone's job or hobby.

They've begun.

So the present perfect,  because it's in progress now.

It started in the past,  continues until the present.

All right, Exceed.

Remember, this means more than more than  more than people's rent for one month.

More than it comes as no surprise  that the majority of these.

Speculative listings now Don't  worry about what's a speculative.

Listing.

Well, we'll find out because they provide a.

Definition of it below these speculative.

Listings come with a  staggering 4 figure price tag.

OK, so if something comes with a price.

That's just another way of  saying what the price of it is.

Oh, I went on this amazing vacation,  but it came with a steep price tag.

I just said a steep price tag.

That is another way of  saying a high price tag, so.

It came with a steep price tag.

Now if you don't want to use price tag and you.

Just want to use price.

You actually have to change the preposition.

You can say it came at a steep  price or cost, so here notice it.

Came at I'm changing the preposition from with to  at and this is when you just use price or cost.

If you want to use tag then it's come with.

It came with a steep price.

Tag An outrageous price tag.

A staggering price tag.

A staggering 4 figure price tag.

So now.

You know how much the price is, right?

Because it's a four figure price tag.

So notice it's for.

Figure price tag.

It's not for figures with an  S on figures because this.

Is functioning as an adjective.

So you could say there are four figures,  but here it's a four figure price tag.

Now what is a four figure price tag?

Well.

You can think of a figure as a  number, so right here if her ticket.

Sold for $1.00.

That would be a one figure price  tag because there's literally.

11 Figure 1 number if it were.

$10 that's a 2 figure price tag 3 figure  price tag, 4 figure praise tag OK.

And then this would be a 5 figure praise tag.

Thankfully, it's hard to.

Read without the comma I find so  thankfully it's not 10,000 dollars,  

but because it is 4 figures,  a four figure praise tag.

We know that the price.

Is about $1000, which is what some people are  paying for one month in Toronto for the rent.

All right, so that's four  figure, a four figure price tag.

Staggering.

This is similar to outrageous.

It means shocking.

A staggering 4 figure price tag.

Shocking or surprising?

So are you shocked by this  price for one ticket, 1 ticket?

So if you want to take your girlfriend, boyfriend,  husband, wife, friend, me, you can take me to.

Taylor Swift, That will be at least $2000 for you.

Come with a staggering 4 figure price tag.

Just to sit up in the nosebleeds in an arena,  

the Nosebleed section is the highest  section, so they're the worst seats.

And we refer.

To that section commonly as the nosebleeds.

That's.

Not the official name of it.

That isn't the name that Ticketmaster,  the website selling the tickets.

They wouldn't use that because it.

Doesn't sound good, but that's  just the common name for it, so.

Someone might ask you, oh, where are you sitting?

And you say, oh, I'm in the nosebleeds  and that's not a good place to sit.

It's the worst seats.

They're the.

Highest up.

And if they're the highest up, it means  you're the farthest away from the stage.

Okay.

So I'll write that for you.

Let's continue the US leg of the tour leg.

Of the tour.

In this case, leg simply  means section or part, so.

When the tour was in the US, that's  one leg of the tour, so she has her.

Entire tour where she's going  to many different locations,  

so when she's in Europe  that would be 1 leg of the.

Tour one part of the.

Tour and then if she goes to.

Africa.

That would be another leg  of the tour, so it would.

Be the African leg the.

European leg.

The American leg, for example, the US leg.

Of the tour was met with unprecedented demand.

If something is unprecedented, it means  it hasn't been experienced before.

Excuse me.

So it suggests that there.

Has been more demand than experienced before so.

Obviously an extremely high level of  demand and even crashed Ticketmasters  

website immediately after  the first batch of tickets.

Went live in November 2022 Okay.

I'm sure you know the verb.

Crash to crash a website because we've all.

Experienced this.

When a website crashes, it means it  stops functioning because of a problem.

If your computer crashes, your  computer stops functioning,  

and that's a sign that there's  some sort of a problem.

So a website could crash but  your device such as your.

Computer, Laptop, iPad, Phone could also crash.

So an example you could say my  computer crashed and now I have to.

Start the report from.

When you start something from  scratch, you start it from the.

Very.

Beginning because if your computer crashes,  everything freezes or your computer restarts.

And then it won't save the document you  were working on most of the time all.

Right, according to Ticketmaster,  a speculative listing.

Now we know this definition of speculative listing  is when unofficial sellers list tickets for sale.

Even though they do not  actually have those tickets.

So remember I taught you what a reseller.

Well, in this case, they're selling the.

Product before they've even purchased the product.

So they don't actually have the product yet.

That they're selling to someone else.

So could you imagine paying for figures for?

A ticket that doesn't  technically exist because the.

Person selling it doesn't  actually have the ticket yet.

Ooh, that's a little risky, I would say.

They are betting or speculating.

They This is the resellers.

The resellers who are.

Selling the tickets that they don't  actually have yet, so they the resellers.

Are betting or speculating,  so this is where the word.

Comes from.

The speculative listing is because they're.

Betting that they will be able to get the tickets.

They're speculating and then resell them to fans.

So resell.

Sell again.

Remember sell again to fans,  Ticketmasters website reads.

I did not know this was a.

I don't buy a lot of concert tickets.

What about you?

Have you?

Heard about this?

Where someone does this speculative.

Listing where they sell a.

Ticket that they don't actually own yet?

Seems a little risky to me.

What about you?

All right.

Tickets on StubHub are currently  priced at a minimum of.

$1800 so here you can read this as.

1800 or 1800?

So a.

Minimum of 1800.

So that's almost 2000 obviously.

But remember before it just said four  figure, so a four figure goes up to.

9009 nine nine because once you get to the  next, it's now a 5 figure because you'll add.

One digit, right?

10,000 is five figures but one  thousand 29999 is 4 figures.

So the tickets aren't actually 1000 dollars.

There are.

18 hundred 1008.

$100 each for seats in the 500 section.

This is the Nosebleed section, so you're  paying 1800 dollars for the worst.

Seat in the arena.

Would you pay that?

Now can you see why this is?

Outrageous.

And remember, there's a little bit of anger in it.

That's outrageous.

Would you agree?

With that, if you agree with that.

Then put that's.

Outrageous in the comments below.

And remember, if you include an emoji which is  useful to show emotion, the emoji has to be some.

Sort of angry or type of emoji,  so you can include that with.

That's outrageous if you want as well.

Who knows, maybe you think.

This is totally worth it to see  Taylor Swift because you're a Swifty.

You're a die hard Taylor Swift fan.

You're a super fan and you would gladly  pay this money to see Taylor Swift.

That is entirely possible for some people.

And in that case, it wouldn't  be outrageous to them for.

Each seats for each for seats.

In the 500 section.

Remember, this is the nosebleeds on  the first night of the tour in Toronto,  

the majority of 100 section tickets,  So the lower the number, the closer.

You are to the stage, so the 100  section would be perhaps the.

Closest to the stage.

Certainly a lot closer than the 500 section.

The majority of 100 section tickets.

Are priced between Whoa.

Whoa, here we go.

This is even more outrageous.

Perhaps $2700 or $2700 to a mind boggling 12,000.

Dollars.

Wow.

What do you think?

That's outrageous.

Or I'm a Swifty so I'm going to.

Pay 12 $1000 to see Taylor Swift.

You're probably wondering about mind boggling.

Mind boggling?

This is an adjective.

It means extremely surprising or  difficult to understand or imagine.

So if I say like that's mind boggling,  it means I'm having a hard time Even  

understanding how 1 ticket could  cost $12,000 is mind boggling.

So it's similar to outrageous.

But it also implies that you just you're having  a difficult time even understanding how this.

Could be.

So what do you think?

That's.

Or you could also say in the comments section.

That's mind boggling.

That's mind boggling.

What do you think?

Or you can say I'd pay that.

I'd pay that because I'm a Swifty.

How did they spell it?

Swifty.

I'd pay that because I'm a  Swifty, so those are your options.

I'd pay that because I'm a Swifty.

That's mind boggling.

That's.

Outrageous.

Put your choice in the comments.

The most expensive tickets currently available  on StubHub are running for $13,214.00 each.

It just keeps getting more and more  expensive now, so 13,214 dollars.

Because you see the dollar sign after each.

All right, who's taking me to Taylor Swift?

And I want the 100 section tickets.

I don't want the Nosebleed tickets.

Please.

In general, ticket prices seem to  decline as the tour in Toronto goes on.

When something goes on, it means progresses.

As the tour progresses, as  it goes on, so I'll write.

That there for you as the  tour in Toronto goes on, but.

So far there doesn't even seem.

To be any seats available?

For less than $1000.

Now you know why some.

People, some people are saying that's outrageous.

Other people, perhaps?

Not because.

They're Swifties.

So now what I'll do?

That's the end of the.

Article So what I'll do now?

I'll read the article from start to.

Finish and this time you can  focus on my pronunciation.

People are selling Taylor Swift, Toronto.

Tickets for outrageous prices days  before official sale on Thursday.

Mega Pop * Taylor Swift finally confirmed that she  

would be bringing her sold  out Heiress tour to Toronto.

For a record-breaking six nights at  the Rogers Center following months of  

desperate pleas from Canadian swifties,  although the official Ticketmaster.

Verified sale is still days away.

Resellers have already begun to list.

Tickets for outrageous prices, some of which  even exceed people's rent for one month.

It comes as no surprise that the majority of  these speculative listings come with a staggering.

4 figure price tag just to  sit up in the nosebleeds.

The US leg of the tour was met with unprecedented  demand and even crashed Ticketmaster's website  

immediately after the first batch of  tickets went live in October 2022.

According to Ticketmaster, a  speculative listing is when unofficial.

Sellers list tickets for sale.

Even though they do not.

Actually have those tickets  they are betting or speculating.

That they will be able to get  tickets and then resell them to fans.

Ticketmasters.

Website reads Tickets on StubHub  are currently priced at a minimum  

of $1800 each for scenes in the 500 section.

On the first night of the tour in Toronto,  

the majority of 100 section tickets are priced  between $2700 to a mind boggling $12,000.

The most expensive tickets currently available  on StubHub are running for $13,214.00 each.

In general, ticket prices seem to  decline as the tour in Toronto goes on,  

but so far there doesn't even seem to be any.

Seats available for less than $1000.

Amazing job with that section.

Now let's say.

You do get a ticket to see Taylor Swift.

One of her most popular songs is Antihero.

And now?

We're going to review the lyrics to the  song and antihero, and you're going to  

learn a lot of advanced expressions, advanced  grammatical structures, and correct pronunciation.

Let's do that now.

Let's start by.

Reviewing the name of the song  which is Antihero Antihero.

An antihero is someone who does  not have traditional heroic.

So notice here heroic, this is an adjective.

To describe the.

You can also describe a person as heroic.

So you could say firefighters people who?

Fight fires.

Firefighters are very heroic, so we're.

Using it as an adjective, so antihero is someone  who does not have these traditional heroic.

Qualities like courage, but.

Even though they don't have.

Those qualities?

They're.

Still admired.

Now you probably hear about antiheroes more in.

Movies, plays books.

In this case song lyrics.

Thinking of movies, the first movie that  came to my mind is the movie Deadpool.

If you.

Haven't seen the movie Deadpool.

Is a classic example of an antihero.

I highly recommend it because it's hilarious.

And this?

So now let's continue on  with the rest of the lyrics.

Now remember, this is a song, so it's not  going to sound the same just reading it.

But I am not going to sing this.

For you.

But I have selected some of the most common.

Expressions and idioms that I think you  might not know and will be useful for  

you to have in your vocabulary, so  we're just going to focus on these.

Specific expressions that I've highlighted.

And after I explain everything, I've  included the link to where you can.

Listen to the song but.

With the lyrics as well.

So you can follow along with the  lyrics so you can click this link.

After you've watched the.

Lesson OK, so this line is when my depression.

Works the graveyard shift.

So here what I have highlighted  to work the graveyard shift.

The graveyard shift.

This is actually a time period and it's a time.

At work.

That begins late at night, so usually around  midnight, and ends early in the morning.

M and there are many people  who would have to work.

So you might work from 12:00 midnight to.

The graveyard.

Shift such as doctors, nurses.

And firefighters, my earlier example,  and of course many others as well.

What about you?

Have you ever worked the graveyard?

Shift share in the comments  below as an example sentence.

You could say.

I'm exhausted from working the graveyard.

All.

Week.

So that's what it means.

Now she's saying my depression.

So she's saying her depression starts.

Affecting her around midnight and  it lasts all night into the morning,  

so that's a very negative thing.

Obviously, you're not going to sleep very well if  

your depression works the  grave night shift, right?

So let's go to our next sentence.

She says All of the people.

I've ghosted stand there in the room.

Now I just want to point out, as we're  going through this song, just remember.

Is a song Taylor Swift.

Wrote it.

And the song is kind.

Of like a.

Dream she had The lyrics don't  really make a lot of sense.

In terms of telling a.

It's like if you try to tell.

Someone about your dream, and it  probably wouldn't make a lot of sense.

So just.

Keep that in mind as we're reviewing the lyrics.

All of the people I've ghosted.

Have you heard this expression to ghost someone?

I've been ghosted.

I ghosted him.

I ghosted her.

This is a new expression.

That has only been used.

Probably for the last five.

To 10 years.

When you go someone, you suddenly  disappear from that person's life,  

but you don't tell the person that  you're ending the relationship.

And the relationship could  be a romantic relationship,  

but it could also be a friendship as well.

So let's say you started.

A new friendship with someone and you hung out  three or four times you went to the movies.

You got coffee, you?

Went out for dinner together and then all of a  sudden in that person doesn't talk to you anymore.

You send them another message.

You send them a message.

Hey, do you want to get together this weekend?

No.

Hey.

Did you get my last message?

No reply.

That person just ghosted you.

So I.

Wrote the definition here for you, and  let me give you another example sentence.

We went out on three dates,  but then she ghosted me.

She just stopped.

Replying to my messages, Stop sending  me messages and she didn't tell me or  

explain why the next sentence is  I should not be left to my own.

Devices.

This is an idiom to leave  someone to their own devices.

Notice the plural.

It's devices, plural devices.

And this is.

To allow someone to make  their own decisions about.

What to do?

So by saying I should not be left to my own.

Devices Taylor.

Swift is saying that she should not be allowed  to make her own decisions about what to.

Here's another example sentence.

My boss never leaves me to my own.

Devices, So my boss doesn't allow me to make  my own decisions, of course, in this context.

It's about a workplace.

Decisions, right?

So it's a very.

Common expression more so  used in a business context,  

but as you can see with Taylor Swift  you can use it in a general context.

As well.

Let's continue on with our lyrics.

They come with prices and.

Vices.

Well, that rhymes prices, vices.

What does vice?

Mean Well, a vice is a noun,  and it simply means a bad habit.

So remember her line?

Before is that she?

Shouldn't be left to her own devices.

She shouldn't be able to make her own decisions.

If she does well, then she has a lot of bad  habits that will influence her decision,  

so that could be a reason  why she shouldn't be left.

To her own devices.

Now we use this quite a lot.

With bad habits.

That aren't that bad of habits like chocolate.

A lot of people will say chocolate is  my main vice in life, which is saying.

You know you shouldn't eat so much.

But you do.

Anyway, it's a bad habit.

Of yours?

So you can use this with more.

Serious vices.

Like drugs and alcohol, but.

We also use it with.

Light vices.

Like chocolate or McDonald's or things like that.

Maybe listening to too much.

Taylor Swift is your vice, because you should be.

Working and not listening to Taylor.

OK, let's continue on.

So remember.

We're skipping quite a lot because  we're just focusing on specific words.

That I don't think you'll  understand because you got.

Tired of my scheming now?

What does it mean to scheme?

When you scheme, it's when you make plans.

But those plans are secret.

And the purpose of those plans?

Is to deceive, others deceive.

Simply means you want them to.

Believe or do.

Something that isn't true or isn't good for them.

So it's a negative thing to Scheme.

Hmm.

To Scheme.

How can we trick someone?

How can we do something that  will benefit us but not?

Them Here's an example for you.

My kids have been scheming to avoid chores.

So imagine your kids are like, how can we tell  mom that we don't need to clean the bathroom?

Or how can we get dad to do the dishes for us?

That's scheming.

And then they talk back and forth to each other.

We can tell them we have homework to do,  but then they don't actually have homework.

It's just this scheme, right?

So of.

Course this is more of a light hearted  example, but it can be used in a more negative.

Way as well.

You can scheme.

To try to cheat or.

Steal for example.

So because you.

Got tired of my scheming, so  someone, whoever the you is.

Was tired of Taylor Swift always.

Creating these plans to deceive that person.

Scheming, and it makes  sense that the person would.

Get tired.

Of it not want her to do that?

The chorus is pretty.

OK then the?

There's just one word that I'll point out.

I'll stare directly.

At the sun, but never in the mirror.

So to stare.

This is the same as look.

It's.

So right now I'm looking here.

But notice when I look, you know sometimes my  eyes will move a little bit or I'll blink my eyes.

But when you.

Really intense.

And I.

Look directly at you.

And I don't blink.

I'm just staring.

So it can.

Be very intimidating when you.

At someone and it's considered  rude or impolite in North American.

Culture, at least to stare.

But in this example.

Staring directly at the sun, which is?

Actually something you  should not do because it can.

Hurt your eyes.

You shouldn't stare at the sun.

So let me leave that as your example sentence.

You shouldn't stare at the sun.

Because you could hurt your eyes.

So don't.

Take that advice from Taylor.

But she never stares in  the mirror, so she doesn't.

Look at herself for a long period  of time, intensely in the mirror.

So I left the definition of.

Stare for you as.

Well, now let's continue on.

It must be exhausting always  rooting for the antihero.

You know what antihero is,  So let's talk about the.

Verb to root.

And notice you root for someone or  you can root for something as well.

Here's the definition.

When you root for someone,  you want that person or team.

To win or to achieve something  specific in the sense.

Of a.

Promotion or a job.

They win that promotion, they win that job.

So you can think of it really as winning.

We do use.

This a lot in sports.

So let's say it was the world.

Cup and we had France and  Argentina in the playoffs, right?

So you would ask someone, Who are you rooting for?

Who are you rooting for?

Which team are you rooting for?

You're asking them who do you want to win?

Are you rooting for France or  are you rooting for Argentina?

Why are you?

Rooting for France.

And then you can explain why.

Now seeing, let's say there's.

Two people.

Up for a job promotion?

Fred and Nancy, are you rooting for  Fred or are you rooting for Nancy?

Or it could be in a political  context, you have two candidates.

Are you rooting for candidate X or candidate Y?

So let me just leave that example sentence.

With sports, because that is probably.

The most common time you'll use it?

Are you rooting for France or Argentina?

And then whoever you're rooting.

For is the.

Person or team You want to win?

Okay.

It must be exhausting.

Always rooting for the antihero.

So you want the antihero to win.

Remember, I highly recommend  you listen to the song with.

The lyrics.

And then you can see all this new.

Vocabulary and you can.

Listen to the song.

Did you know that?

This is the most.

Popular song according to the charts  right now at the time of this recording.

That's why I chose it.

OK.

And remember.

I said it seems like the lyrics  don't really make a lot of sense.

They don't tell.

A.

It's more like she's talking about  her dream sometimes I feel like.

Everybody is a sexy baby.

Like that's something you might  have dreamt about last night, right?

So that's why I'm not going through it  word for word and I'm focusing on specific.

Words.

Did you hear my covert narcissism?

I disguise as altruism.

Covert.

I'll explain some other words here  because you might be wondering about.

Simply means secret, secret, or hidden.

This is used a lot.

In a military context, they're on a  covert mission, so it's a mission that.

Secret The general public.

Has no knowledge of it.

They're on a covert mission.

They're working on a covert project, for  example, so is used more in military.

But it could also be used at work.

You could be working on a covert  project within your company.

Now let's talk about.

Narcissism and altruism.

Narcissism is having too much self-interest.

Interest in your own.

Appearance.

Or it could also.

Be your abilities as well.

And covert narcissism is.

I'm trying to hide it.

I'm trying to keep this interest in  myself secret or hidden from others.

Altruism, on the other hand, is.

More of the opposite.

Of narcissism, because altruistic people are  more concerned about others, not themselves,  

and it's that willingness to do things for others.

Even if it means sacrificing your own needs.

That's altruism.

Now let's talk about disguise.

When you disguise something,  you trying to hide it.

And in this case, it's a feeling or an emotion.

But we also try.

You can try to disguise yourself.

I could try to disguise myself by wearing oh.

A.

Black wig so I.

Could have black hair instead of my normal.

Hair I could wear.

Glasses and I.

Could wear different.

Clothing so I don't look like myself.

Nobody would recognize me.

If they saw me on the street for example.

You so you can disguise yourself.

But in this case, she's talking  about disguising an emotion,  

so trying to hide that  emotion with another emotion.

So she's trying to hide her narcissism,  which is interest in herself, her secret  

narcissism as altruism, interest in other people.

So that's a very interesting lyric to be honest.

It's.

Very well.

Written Let's continue on.

OK, our chorus.

Again, so remember we saw.

And rooting.

And we already discussed that.

Now let's take a look at.

Daughterinlaw again, this is what caused me to  say this is more like her talking about her dream.

Because when I.

First saw this, I was really.

Confused because.

Taylor Swift cannot have a daughterinlaw.

She's too young to have a daughterinlaw because  a daughterinlaw is the woman who is married.

To your.

Son or daughter?

So if Taylor Swift.

Had a daughterinlaw.

Taylor.

Swift would have to have a  child, a son, or a daughter.

But that.

Child would have to be.

Old enough to be married.

And then the person her child marries.

Is either her?

Daughterinlaw for a woman or soninlaw for a man.

Now obviously that's not possible,  but if you're in your mid.

To late 40s or.

50s sixties.

Then you could definitely have a daughterinlaw.

But.

You.

Possibly have a motherinlaw.

A motherinlaw is the mother.

Of.

Your husband or wife.

So in the song she says I have.

This dream my daughterinlaw  kills me for the money.

She thinks I left them in the will.

OK, that sounds like a common  dream that one could have.

Now the will a will is a legal  document and it outlines how your.

Now your assets could be your money, your.

House your car.

Or any other possessions will be distributed,  which means given to other people after you die.

Now I wonder.

This is in in your native language.

Do you?

Use the terminology will just translated  in your native language, I wonder.

Let me know in the comments, I'm curious.

About that.

OK, she.

Thinks she, the daughterinlaw.

Thinks I left them in the will.

That's funny.

All right, so it's the chorus  again and oh, that's it.

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