Nouns
Bob Seger, The Ring
Level: Elementary – American English
This is a song about a woman who got married too young and was not able to realise her dreams. Life becomes monotonous and her wedding ring is a reminder of where it all went wrong.
In this exercise there are some useful common nouns.
Glossary
“see him through” : get him to where he wants to be
“in their teens” : to be aged thirTEEN, fourTEEN, fifTEEN, sixTEEN, sevenTEEN, eighTEEN or nineTEEN
“moved into” : went to live in a new house
“rolled on by” : passed
“slept through it” : slept while something else happened
“‘neath” : beneath (under)
“stood out” : was different than the others
“go off” : leave town
“work her way through” : to pay for college by working
“all packed” : bags packed and ready to go
“look back” : think about the past
“moved on” : don’t live there anymore
“turn in” : go to bed
“come to an end” : finish
“in the wee hours” : very early in the morning
“die down” : gradually stop
“bird on the wing” : a flying bird