- I've paid my dues - заплатити за свої помилки
- time after time - знову і знову
- to do one's sentence - відбувати своє покарання (у в'язниці)
- to commit a crime - скоїти злочин
- to have one's share of sand kicked into one's face- отримати свою ложку дьогтю, частку страждань, покарання
- to come through - прорватися, подолати перешкоди
- till the end - до самого кінця
- I've taken my bows - я вже відстояв своє на сцені=прожив своє життя
- to bring smb fame and fortune - приносити комусь славу та достаток
- it's been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise - це було непросто, це був не мед ложкою, це було несолодко
LISTENING TO THE SONG
I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
And we mean to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the World
I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
The whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose
And we mean to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the World
We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions