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Brothers in Arms

Dire Straits · 1985

Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits (1985) — 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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  • These mist covered mountains
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

These mistmountains

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Someday,return to

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

To bein arms

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

As theraged higher

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You did notme

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

But it'sin the starlight

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Someday, you'll return to

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've witnessed your suffering

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You did not desert me

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But we live in different ones

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're fools to make war

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

These ? covered mountains

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Your ? and your farms

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I've ? your suffering

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You did not ? me

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Now the ? gone to hell

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 "brothers" in the whole song?

"brothers"

Exercise 23

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

"arms"

Exercise 24

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

  • And we have just one world
  • Baptisms of fire
  • These mist covered mountains

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Are a home now for me
  • The moon's riding high
  • You did not desert me

Exercise 26

If you could ask Dire Straits one question about "Brothers in Arms", what would it be and why?

brothersarmsdifferentthese

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Brothers in Arms" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

brothersarmsdifferentthese

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Brothers in Arms" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

brothersarmsdifferentthese

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

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

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Brothers in Arms" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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