The Way You Look Tonight
Frank Sinatra · 1964
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- And the way you look tonight
- Yes, you're lovely, with your smile so warm
- And your cheeks so soft
- There is nothing for me but to love you
Echo the hook
- Keep that breathless charm
- Won't you please arrange it? 'Cause I love you
- Just the way you look tonight
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Some day, when I'm awfully low
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Yes, you're lovely, with your smile so warm
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Lovely, don't you ever change
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When the world is cold
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
With each word your tenderness grows
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Some day, when I'm ? low
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Yes, ? lovely, with your smile so warm
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
With ? word your tenderness grows
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Lovely, ? never change
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
And that laugh that ? your nose
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "tonight" in the whole song?
"tonight"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "lovely" in the whole song?
"lovely"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Just the way you look tonight
- Some day, when I'm awfully low
- With each word your tenderness grows
Exercise 25
Imagine you are making a short film with "The Way You Look Tonight" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 26
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 27
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'm→you're→won't→don't→
Exercise 29
Rewrite the chorus of "The Way You Look Tonight" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 30
Who in your life would you dedicate "The Way You Look Tonight" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?