Jump to content

Freddies English Teaching Course

FREDDIESDOUBLE

By FREDDIESDOUBLE
in General Chin Wagging

 Share

Recommended Posts

mikatuned

mikatuned

Posted
Posted (edited)
i can't find the lyrics to Madeline Bell - That's what friends are for

therefore, i've tried to type it in ... but there are some gaps (i can't recognize the words)

could you please help to fill them in and correct me if i heard smth wrong ?

Here's the link to the song:

 

Running away from life is hard to do

Especially when there’s nothing else for you

Just have a little patience coz life will never make sense

Unless you have lived and learnt all the facts for yourself

 

It’s really nice to know that you’re my friend

And that you let me call you now and then

If I had many problems I know you’ll help me solve them

And stand by my side, lend a hand, be my guide to the end

 

Oh, I’d do the same for you I’d even take the pain for you

If I could (?) I might do any good

Change your darkest night to day if only I could

Well, you know, I would

I wish I could do a whole lot more

Haven’t I told you this before

Isn’t that what a friend is for

That’s what friends are for

 

So if you ???? feel right do the ????

You know I’ll stay by you through it (?) and then

Don’t think twice I’m only

I mean it the way you’re belong with me (lonely?)

Whenever the life ain’t so bad when you know

 

You’re my friend, man, take it easy

 

can anybody help me with the lyrics, please?

or do i violate forum rules placing a link to other artist song here?

Edited by mikatuned
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 2.2k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Posts

sara09
sara09

We use this expression in Italian, don't know if there's a similar one in French. It means having a lot of success when on stage, doing a performance very well. For example, if a concert has a big res

silver
silver

We say twenty nineteen.  We might sometimes say two thousand and nineteen, but we'd never say two nineteen.   Next year will be twenty twenty

giraffeandy
giraffeandy

That's exactly how I get it!   (Even though I speak neither Italian nor French and I'm not even a native speaker of English so my opinion is probably irrelevant... )

Posted Images

silver

silver

Posted
Posted
can anybody help me with the lyrics, please?

or do i violate forum rules placing a link to other artist song here?

 

'll try to listen to it when I have time, but I'm not a great fan of jazz :bleh:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Christine

Christine

Posted
Posted
i can't find the lyrics to Madeline Bell - That's what friends are for

therefore, i've tried to type it in ... but there are some gaps (i can't recognize the words)

could you please help to fill them in and correct me if i heard smth wrong ?

Here's the link to the song:

 

Running away from life is hard to do

Especially when there’s nothing else for you

Just have a little patience 'cause life will never make sense

Unless you have lived and learnt all the facts for yourself

 

It’s really nice to know that you’re my friend

And that you let me call you now and then

If I had many problems I know you’ll help me solve them

And stand by my side, lend a hand, be my guide to the end

 

Oh, I’d do the same for you. You know I’d even take the pain for you

If I thought it might do any good

Change your darkest night to day if only I could

Well, you know, I would

I wish I could do a whole lot more

Haven’t I told you this before

Isn’t that what a friend is for

That’s what friends are for

 

So if your cup should fill right to the brim

You know I’ll stay by you through thick and thin

Don’t think twice I’m only

I'm near you for when you feel lonely?

Remember that life ain’t so bad when you know

 

You’re my friend, man, take it easy

 

I'm can't quite get the bit in red, but I think the bolded bits are correct.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mikatuned

mikatuned

Posted
Posted
'll try to listen to it when I have time, but I'm not a great fan of jazz :bleh:

 

it doesn't sound like jazz to me )))

 

I'm can't quite get the bit in red, but I think the bolded bits are correct.

 

thanks for finding time to listen :flowers2:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Christine

Christine

Posted
Posted
Hi guys!:bye:

What does bugger mean?

And kewl?

Thanx!:thumb_yello:

 

Bugger has a few meanings, some of them a bit vulgar, so best to have a look here:

 

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bugger

 

Kewl is just a corruption of "cool" and only came into use with the internet. I have no idea why since it's just as difficult to type "kewl" as "cool".

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ordinary Clown

Ordinary Clown

Posted
Posted
Bugger has a few meanings, some of them a bit vulgar, so best to have a look here:

 

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bugger

 

Kewl is just a corruption of "cool" and only came into use with the internet. I have no idea why since it's just as difficult to type "kewl" as "cool".

 

Ok,thanx!:thumb_yello:

I think that i heard in an interview somewhere that Mika was saying in a funny way''don't zoom on my buggers''??I think....:dunno:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
French Deb

French Deb

Posted
Posted

Hi guys !

I'd like to ask something to the English native speakers but I don't know if this is the right thread :teehee:

I have a text translated in English, and I'd like you to read it to check if everything is correct... because it's an important text which will be online for a french company...

 

It'd be lovely from you guys :blush-anim-cl:

 

Thanks

Link to comment
Share on other sites
agathaxxx

agathaxxx

Posted
Posted
There is a lot riding on the way this road turns out.

Everyone has a lot riding on this.

 

err it kinda hard to explain :blink: but il give it a shot! :)

 

You say 'I have a lot riding on something/someone' if you put all your expectations into that thing/person, and kinda take a risk with it/them.

 

 

So say I ask 'Mrs X' to do me a favour for something REALLY important, I would say 'I have a lot riding on Mrs X'!

 

Or if I decide I decide to quit school and start a buisness, I would say 'I have a lot riding on this buisness', as if it goes bad, then il be in a bad situation. And I took a risk (quit school) to start it. :biggrin2:

 

So 'everyone has a lot riding on this' means everyone has put all their hopes into whatever 'this' means.

 

Hope i havnt confused you even more!! :naughty:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
iadoremika

iadoremika

Posted
Posted
Fall and autumn is the same thing, right? The season after the summer?

 

And, do you actually say the summer or summer, in the sentence above?

They are the same. I believe 'fall' is more used in the States/North America, whereas 'autumn' is used in England/Europe.

 

And for that sentence, you would just say summer (with no 'the').

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mikatuned

mikatuned

Posted
Posted
err it kinda hard to explain :blink: but il give it a shot! :)

 

You say 'I have a lot riding on something/someone' if you put all your expectations into that thing/person, and kinda take a risk with it/them.

 

 

So say I ask 'Mrs X' to do me a favour for something REALLY important, I would say 'I have a lot riding on Mrs X'!

 

Or if I decide I decide to quit school and start a buisness, I would say 'I have a lot riding on this buisness', as if it goes bad, then il be in a bad situation. And I took a risk (quit school) to start it. :biggrin2:

 

So 'everyone has a lot riding on this' means everyone has put all their hopes into whatever 'this' means.

 

Hope i havnt confused you even more!! :naughty:

 

Thanks a lot for explanation :flowers2:!

no you didn't, now it's crystally clear )))

i actually felt it should have been smth like this ... and translated it very close to the meaning you specified in your post

thanks again!!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lollipop_monkey

lollipop_monkey

Posted
Posted
Hi guys !

I'd like to ask something to the English native speakers but I don't know if this is the right thread :teehee:

I have a text translated in English, and I'd like you to read it to check if everything is correct... because it's an important text which will be online for a french company...

 

It'd be lovely from you guys :blush-anim-cl:

 

Thanks

 

I can look it over if you'd like!

 

Just one thing - you might want to send it to someone by PM rather than posting it in this thread... I'm not sure if it matters, but because this thread is public the text you paste would be cached by Google and then the French company could theoretically search for the text and find it on MFC. So I guess it depends if that would be a problem or not. :thumb_yello:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
French Deb

French Deb

Posted
Posted
I'm here if you want help:biggrin2:

 

I can look it over if you'd like!

 

Just one thing - you might want to send it to someone by PM rather than posting it in this thread... I'm not sure if it matters, but because this thread is public the text you paste would be cached by Google and then the French company could theoretically search for the text and find it on MFC. So I guess it depends if that would be a problem or not. :thumb_yello:

 

Thank you sooo much girls :blush-anim-cl: I really appreciate :blush-anim-cl:

But it's a quite long text, maybe I could send by PM half of it to both of you ? :teehee:

I'm sorry to ask such a thing. And thank so much for answering me. And you're right Mana, it's better by PM, I thought about that anyway :wink2:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Tayler

Tayler

Posted
Posted
Thank you sooo much girls :blush-anim-cl: I really appreciate :blush-anim-cl:

But it's a quite long text, maybe I could send by PM half of it to both of you ? :teehee:

I'm sorry to ask such a thing. And thank so much for answering me. And you're right Mana, it's better by PM, I thought about that anyway :wink2:

 

Sure :biggrin2: I'd love to help :biggrin2:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Privacy Policy

  I accept