Stormy Weather

EL SITIO WEB MUSICAL DE INGLES PREFERIDO POR LOS HISPANOPARLANTES

Frank Sinatra, the man who entertained America for five decades helped establish an enthusiastic climate for popular singers. In the 1940s he started a solo career and became the idol of teenage girls who loved his soft-voiced singing.

Stormy Weather (1943)

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Glossary & Grammar

CONTRACTION "AIN'T"

"Ain’t" was originally formed from a colloquial contraction of "am not" and is still commonly used in that sense. Even though it has been universally condemned as the classic “mistake” in English, everyone uses it occasionally, for instance, as part of a joking phrase.

But if you always use it -instead of the more "proper" contractions- you are sure to be considered as low class or uneducated. So, be careful and check below its different meanings:

I ain't misbehaving.  ►  am not
(No me estoy portando mal)

The new lesson ain't that difficult.  ►  is not
(La nueva lección no es tan complicada)

Times ain't like they used to be, my friend.  ►  are not
(Los tiempos no son como solían serlo, amigo mío)

They ain't studied enough to pass the test.  ►  have not
(No han estudiado lo suficiente para aprobar el examen)

Sheila ain't a god reason to do that.  ►  has not
(Sheila no tiene un buen  motivo para hacer eso)

keeps raining: goes on raining, continues raining (sigue lloviendo)

ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING HOW YOU FEEL ON BAD WEATHER

BARE: desolate, crushed by grief (desoladora, vacía)
GLOOMY: depressive, causing sorrow (depresivo)
MISERABLE: very unhappy (desdichado)
WEARY: physically and mentally fatigued (agotado física y mentalmente)
 

just can't get (used without the personal pronoun for metrical reasons): I just can't get (no puedo recobrar)
to go away / went away / gone away / going away: to leave (irse, partir)
walked in: entered (ingresaron, entraron)
to stay away / stayed away / stayed away / staying away: to keep far away (continuar alejada)
that old rocking chair's gonna get me: expressing that if depression gets on him, he might be sitting on a rocking chair all the time (me va a atrapar esa vieja mecedora)
rocking chair: a chair mounted on rockers (sillón o silla mecedora)
can't go on (used without the personal pronoun for metrical reasons): I can't go on (no puedo continuar)

STRUCTURES "ALL I DO IS...  /  ALL I DO WAS..."  ► BARE INFINITIVE

Notice how these structures are usually used:

PRESENT ►  All you do is talk and talk. You never solve anything!!
                     (Todo lo que haces es hablar y hablar. ¡¡Nunca solucionas nada!!).

                     WRONG  ►   All you do is to talk 

PAST       ►  All she did was buy another brand new computer. She may be rich,
                     (Todo lo que hizo fue comprar otra flamante computadora. Debe ser adinerada).

                     WRONG  ►   Fortune smiled to my sister   or   Fortune smiled my sister  

can't go on (used without the personal pronoun for metrical reasons): I can't go on (no puedo continuar)

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