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One Way or Another

Blondie · 1978

One Way or Another by Blondie (1978) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • I'm gonna give you the slip
  • A slip of the hip or another, I'm gonna lose ya
  • I'm gonna trick ya, I'll trick ya
  • One way, or another, I'm gonna lose ya

Sing the opening verse

  • One way, or another, I'm gonna find ya
  • I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya
  • One way, or another, I'm gonna win ya
  • I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya
i'llanothermeet

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

One way, orI'm gonna find ya

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

One way, or another, I'mwin ya

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I willpast your house

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'llyour bus downtown

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

See who'sout

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Lead you to thecheckout

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

One way, or another, I'm gonna find ya

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

One way, or another, I'm gonna see ya

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll see who's around

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll follow your bus downtown

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm gonna give you the slip

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

One way, or ? I'm gonna find ya

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I will ? past your house

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

One way, or another, I'm gonna ? ya

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I'll ? your bus downtown

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm gonna ? you the slip

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 "i'll" in the whole song?

"i'll"

Exercise 23

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

"another"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'll meet ya, ah
  • I'm gonna give you the slip
  • One way, or another, I'm gonna find ya

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "One Way or Another" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

i'llanothermeetfind

Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "One Way or Another" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

i'llanothermeetfind

Exercise 27

Compare "One Way or Another" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

i'llanothermeetfind

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • i'll→
  • who's→
  • wanna→

Exercise 29

Imagine you are making a short film with "One Way or Another" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

i'llanothermeetfind

Exercise 30

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

i'llanothermeetfind