Mitski

The act of lying close together with both people facing the same direction, so that their bodies fit together like stacked spoons. It is an affectionate or cozy position, often used for cuddling or sleeping with a partner.

Note: Big spoon — the person on the outside, who wraps their arms around the other from behind. Little spoon — the person on the inside.

For all time in the future, forever and always. It's a more formal, poetic, or old-fashioned way of saying "forever".

Note: "forevermore" sounds more literary or dramatic than "forever." You'll see it a lot in stories, songs, poetry, or solemn phrases. In everyday speech, people just say forever.

In front, further forward in space or time; making progress or in a leading position.

Note: "ahead" works for space and time. It often pairs with of → ahead of (in front of / before)

To care for and bring up a child until they grow up; to nurture and educate them.

Note: Raise me is about upbringing. Raise have many others meanings depending of the object.

(verb) To feel sad or sorry about something you did or didn't do. (noun) The feeling of being sorry about something.

Note: "regret" is about wishing the past had been different.

To be unable to stop yourself from doing something, even if you try; the action happens without your control. In other words, you do something automatically or instinctively, and you cannot prevent it.

Note: Can't / Couldn't help + ing

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Note: A widely used idiom in English. You might hear it in motivational contexts.

To leave or disappear quietly, or to let time/opportunities pass without noticing.

Note: "Slip away" is also used for someone who dies peacefully: "he slipped away in his sleep."