Why Do We Go Away? | Contiki x The Buried Life – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.[Music] why do you go away it's so you can come back so that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors and the people there see you too after all coming back to where you is not the same thing as never we won't always know where we are going only that we should go and no matter where we end up we will land there with Open Eyes for life for love and for colors [Music]
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR A2)
started
A2To begin, commence, initiate.
Example:
"started is not the same thing as never"
leaving
A2To have a consequence or remnant.
Example:
"leaving we won't always know where we"
forever
A2An extremely long time.
Example:
"Eyes Forever"
looking
A2The act of one who looks; a glance.
Example:
"looking for life for love and for colors"
differently
B1(manner) In a different way.
Example:
"differently"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| started | A2 | To begin, commence, initiate. |
| leaving | A2 | To have a consequence or remnant. |
| forever | A2 | An extremely long time. |
| looking | A2 | The act of one who looks; a glance. |
| differently | B1 | (manner) In a different way. |
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