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    Playing Cards Vocabulary: Sting The Shape of My Heart'

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    The document contains the lyrics to the song "Shape of My Heart" by Sting. It discusses playing cards and their suits (spades, diamonds, clubs, hearts). It instructs the reader to put the verbs in the lyrics into the appropriate form. It also contains vocabulary related to playing cards like deal, shuffle, discard, jack, queen, and king. The song is about a man who deals cards as a meditation and plays cards not for money or respect, but to find answers. It contrasts the meanings traditionally associated with the suits to the shape of the singer's heart.

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    Playing Cards Vocabulary: Sting The Shape of My Heart'

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    The document contains the lyrics to the song "Shape of My Heart" by Sting. It discusses playing cards and their suits (spades, diamonds, clubs, hearts). It instructs the reader to put the verbs in the lyrics into the appropriate form. It also contains vocabulary related to playing cards like deal, shuffle, discard, jack, queen, and king. The song is about a man who deals cards as a meditation and plays cards not for money or respect, but to find answers. It contrasts the meanings traditionally associated with the suits to the shape of the singer's heart.

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    The document contains the lyrics to the song "Shape of My Heart" by Sting. It discusses playing cards and their suits (spades, diamonds, clubs, hearts). It instructs the reader to put the verbs in the lyrics into the appropriate form. It also contains vocabulary related to playing cards like deal, shuffle, discard, jack, queen, and king. The song is about a man who deals cards as a meditation and plays cards not for money or respect, but to find answers. It contrasts the meanings traditionally associated with the suits to the shape of the singer's heart.

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    Playing Cards Vocabulary: Sting The Shape of My Heart'

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    The document contains the lyrics to the song "Shape of My Heart" by Sting. It discusses playing cards and their suits (spades, diamonds, clubs, hearts). It instructs the reader to put the verbs in the lyrics into the appropriate form. It also contains vocabulary related to playing cards like deal, shuffle, discard, jack, queen, and king. The song is about a man who deals cards as a meditation and plays cards not for money or respect, but to find answers. It contrasts the meanings traditionally associated with the suits to the shape of the singer's heart.

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    Now listen to the song and put the verbs

    PLAYING CARDS into the appropriate form. Find any


    playing cards vocabulary.
    VOCABULARY
    Discuss the following words with your Sting ‘The
    teacher and class; write their translation
    in case you need it.
    Shape of My
    Heart’
    He______(to deal) the cards as a
    spades
    meditation
    And those he ______(to play) never suspect
    diamonds He _______not/to play) for the money he _____(to
    win)
    He ______(not/to play) for respect

    clubs He ______(to deal) the card to find the answer


    The sacred geometry of chance
    The hidden law of a probable outcome
    The numbers______(to lead) a dance
    hearts
    I know that the spades_______(to be) the swords of
    a deck- a soldier
    I know that the clubs _______(to be) weapons of
    war
    a suit- I know that diamonds mean money for this art
    But that's not the shape of my heart
    to deal cards –
    He may play the jack of diamonds
    to shuffle – He may lay the queen of spades
    He may conceal a king in his hand
    While the memory of it fades
    to discard -
    I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
    Jack - I know that the clubs are weapons of war
    I know that diamonds mean money for this art
    Queen - But that's not the shape of my heart
    That's not the shape, the shape of my heart
    King – And if I told you that I loved you
    You'd maybe think there's something wrong
    Ace - I'm not a man of too many faces
    The mask I wear is one

    Well, those who speak know nothin'


    And find out to their cost
    Like those who curse their luck in too many places
    And those who fear are lost

    I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier


    I know that the club are weapons of war
    I know that diamonds mean money for this art
    But that's not the shape of my heart
    That's not the shape, the shape of my heart
    That's not the shape, the shape of my heart

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