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Adele tries to move on

In her latest single, "Someone Like You" Adele tells her ex-boyfriend that she still loves him and wishes the best for him. She's resigned to the fact that they can't be together and hopes to meet somebody like him in the future.

This week's Karaoke Korner takes a look at some idioms that use the word like.

EXERCISES

Let's look at some idioms that contain the word like. All you have to do is match each idiom with the correct definitions from the choices that follow.

SENTENCES

1. Pop often hangs out with friends at a bar, and he drinks like a fish.

2. Bat ran like the wind to try to get to the station before his train left.

3. After suffering from lung cancer for two years, Tom looked like death warmed over.

DEFINITIONS

a. to look very ill or tired

b. to drink a lot of alcohol regularly

c. very quickly

"Someone Like You"
By Adele

I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl
And you're married now

I heard that your dreams came true
Guess she gave you things
I didn't give to you

Old friend why are you so shy
Ain't like you to hold back
Or hide from the light

I hate to turn up
Out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away
I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face
And that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over

Chorus

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I'll remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise
Of our glory days

(Chorus)

Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made
Who would have known
How bitter-sweet this would taste

(Chorus)

ABOUT ADELE

Name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
Nationality: English
Style: Pop, soul
Albums: 21 (2011), 19 (2008)
Label: XL, Columbia

In brief: This 23-year-old singer-songwriter rose to fame after releasing her first album, 19, in 2008. The album reached No. 1 on the UK Albums chart and featured her chart-topping version of the Bob Dylan song, "Make You Feel May Love." Adele won the Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance awards at the 2009 Grammys. The talented singer continued to achieve massive success this year with her second album, 21, which features the No. 1 hits, "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You." The album topped music charts in 19 different countries and has so far sold more than 10 million copies.

If you like Adele, check out: Amy Winehouse, Duffy and Lily Allen.

Website: www.adele.tv/home/