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Against All Odds

Phil Collins · 1984

Against All Odds by Phil Collins (1984) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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  • Just let you leave without a trace
there'semptyspace

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Just let youwithout a trace

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

When all I can do isyou leave

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Andnothin' left here to remind me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Just theof your face

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Andwhat I've got to face

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

It's theI've gotta take

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

How can I just let you walk away?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just let you leave without a trace

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And that's what I've got to face

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And there's nothin' left here to remind me

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Turn around and see me cry

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

How can I just let you ? away?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Just let you ? without a trace

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And ? nothin' left here to remind me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Just the ? of your face

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I ? I could just make you turn around

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "there's" in the whole song?

"there's"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "empty" in the whole song?

"empty"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • And there's nothin' left here to remind me
  • How can I just let you walk away?
  • Turn around and see me cry

Exercise 25

"Against All Odds" was released in 1984. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

there'semptyspaceface

Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Against All Odds" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

there'semptyspaceface

Exercise 27

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

there'semptyspaceface

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • we've→
  • there's→
  • that's→
  • i've→
  • i'll→

Exercise 29

If you could ask Phil Collins one question about "Against All Odds", what would it be and why?

there'semptyspaceface

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Against All Odds" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

there'semptyspaceface