A to Z Quick Tok 74 | Famous Song Lyrics

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack break down some song lyrics by famous artists. Transcript: 00:00:00 Jack You're listening to the A-Z English podcast. 00:00:15 Jack Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is. 00:00:17 Jack Jack and I. 00:00:18 Jack Am here with my co-host social and today we have a song lyrics episode for you where we will read a small section of a songs lyrics. 00:00:31 Jack And then we'll explain what the idiom in the lyric means. So. 00:00:36 Jack So our first song is break free by Ariana Grande. 00:00:43 Jack And the idiom is to break free to break free from something, and the lyrics go like this. 00:00:52 Jack This is the part when I say I don't want you. I'm stronger than I've been before. This is the part when I break free cause I can't resist it no more. 00:01:06 Jack And social. What? What do you think? Break for what does? 00:01:08 Jack Break free mean in. 00:01:10 Jack This scenario, this situation. 00:01:14 Xochitl I guess she's saying she's breaking free like she's. 00:01:21 Xochitl Liberating yourself or. 00:01:25 Xochitl Gaining her independence from a relationship? Maybe. 00:01:31 Xochitl I would say what do you think, Jack? I haven't heard this song before, actually for our listeners. 00:01:36 Xochitl I'm I'm not an Ariana fan, so. 00:01:37 Jack Yeah, I don't recognize this lyric, but I my my understanding of what she's saying is that she's she's been in a relationship with this guy, and this is the part. Now she's going to kind of like being handcuffed or shackled to somebody. 00:01:55 Xochitl Right. 00:01:57 Jack And when you break free, it's like you break those handcuffs or break the shackles and you and you're no longer. 00:02:08 Xochitl Covered tethered with tide. 00:02:09 Jack You tether you, you know? Yeah, you. 00:02:12 Jack Right. You're no longer tied to this other person. You're no longer in. You're no longer a prisoner in this relationship. You are free. And so it's like it's like a bird escaping from a cage. You know, it's kind of breaking free. A bird breaks through the cage and gets to fly. 00:02:19 Xochitl Right. 00:02:32 Jack Free into the sky. So yeah, that that's what break free means. It's just break free means you're you're. 00:02:40 Jack You're imprisoned, and then you're free. You get out, you escape. That's that's all it means. I think. To break free is to escape. I think that's the best. Maybe word. Yeah. 00:02:53 Xochitl I agree. I agree. What's the other song working at First, Jack? 00:02:56 Jack All right, our second song is by Pat Benatar. This one I. 00:03:01 Jack Know because I'm old. 00:03:03 Jack Hit me with your best shot by Pat Benatar. You everybody? Yeah. You know the song. 00:03:06 Xochitl Oh, I do know the song though. 00:03:09 Xochitl Because my PE teacher used to play this, I think when I was like a like 6 years old or something. 00:03:19 Jack Yeah, the lyric is hit me. 00:03:22 Jack With your best shot, fire away. 00:03:26 Jack And the idiom is hit me with your best shot. And what does it mean? 00:03:35 Xochitl I think. 00:03:37 Xochitl In the US, when we talk about hitting someone with our best shot. 00:03:43 Xochitl Or or getting hit you know. 00:03:46 Xochitl By someone's it's like in a way you're talking about being. I'm gonna put this, like, shot down. 00:03:56 Jack Do your best. 00:03:58 Xochitl Yeah, well, I thought also, yeah, do your best to, like, shoot me down. Kind of right is. 00:04:05 Xochitl To stop me or like. 00:04:05 Jack Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In this case, I think what it means, I think you're right. 00:04:09 Jack I think it's she's she's saying. 00:04:11 Jack You know like. 00:04:12 Jack It's like in a fight when two people are fighting, one goes. 00:04:15 Jack Punch, punch me. Hit. Give me hit. 00:04:18 Xochitl Right. 00:04:18 Jack Me with your. 00:04:18 Jack Best shot because it's not enough to take me down like I'm stronger than you. Yeah, so. 00:04:20 Xochitl Right. 00:04:22 Xochitl Right