Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) [Official Music Video] – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.[Music] now and then I think of when we were like when you said you felt so you could die [Music] told myself that you were right for me but felt so lonely in your but that was love to make I still [Music] [Music] you can get to a kind of like to the end end so when we found we could not make well you said that we would still be friends but I'll admit that I was glad it was over [Music] you didn't have to cut me off make never we were I don't even need your love you treat me like a stranger and I feel so you didn't have to so long have your friends collect your and change your number guess said I don't need that now you just somebody that I used to [Music] know now you're just somebody I used know now you're just I Used to [Music] Know [Music] now and I think all the screwed me [Music] over I don't want to live that way every word you say you said that you could let it go and I wouldn't catch you home on some that you used to know didn't have to cut me off like [Music] never I Don't Need Your Love You Treat Me Like a Stranger and I feel [Music] so have your friends collect your change your number I don't need that now you're just somebody that I used to know I used know I used to know I used to [Music] know I used know I used to know that I used to know I used to know somebody [Music] yeah
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR A2)
happy
A2A happy event, thing, person, etc.
Example:
"happy you could die"
compy
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"compy but that was love to make I still"
sness
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"sness like to the"
sense
A2Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
Example:
"sense well you said that we would still"
rough
A2The unmowed part of a golf course.
Example:
"rough you didn't have to so long have"
remember
A2To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
Example:
"remember"
addicted
A2To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
Example:
"you can get addicted to a certain kind"
certain
A2(with "the") Something certain.
Example:
"you can get addicted to a certain kind"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| happy | A2 | A happy event, thing, person, etc. |
| compy | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| sness | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| sense | A2 | Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste. |
| rough | A2 | The unmowed part of a golf course. |
| remember | A2 | To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory. |
| addicted | A2 | To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. |
| certain | A2 | (with "the") Something certain. |
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