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I'm not afraid!
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I'm not afraid!
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I'm not afraid!
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I'm not afraid!
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I'm not afraid!
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I'm afraid!
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I'm afraid!
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I'm afraid!
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I'm afraid!
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You there!
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Ogre!
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Aye.
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By the order of Lord Farquaad, I am authorized to place you both under arrest I want you to a designated resettlement facility.
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Oh really?
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You and what army?
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Somebody want, told me the world.
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Aww yeah!
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Get ready to learn today a ton of advanced English vocabulary and pronunciation with my favorite animated movie,
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Shrek, and this hilarious scene where Donkey and Shrek meet for the first time.
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Can I say something listen you was really really something incredible are you talking to Me Well,
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yes, I was talking to you can I just tell you
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that you was really great back then and those God They thought they was all of that.
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Then you showed up and BAM!
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They was tripping over themselves like babes in the woods.
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See that?
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That really made me feel good to see that.
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Oh, that's great.
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Really?
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Man, it's good to be free.
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Now, why don't you go celebrate your freedom with your own friends?
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Hmm? But, uh...
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I don't have any friends.
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And I'm not going out there by myself.
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Hey, wait a minute.
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I got a great idea.
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I'll stick with you!
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You a mean green fighting machine.
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Together we'll scare to spit out anybody that crosses us!
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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OOOOOH!
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That was really scary!
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And if you don't mind me saying, if that don't work, your breath certainly will get the job done, cause you definitely need some Tic Tacs or something, cause your breath stinks!
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Man, you almost burned the hair out of my nose!
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Just like the time...
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And then I ate some rotten berries, man, I had some strong gases eking out of my butt that day.
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Why are you following me?
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I'll tell you why.
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Listen, you was really really something back then.
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Did you notice how informal Donkey's speech actually sounds?
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For instance, after the word you, he used was instead of were.
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You was.
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That's grammatically incorrect but you'll hear it in many parts of the United States for example.
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Donkey is voiced by the actor Eddie Murphy, who decided to bring this fun personality to the character that kinda sounds a lot like Eddie himself.
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We get to hear many more examples of his informal speech throughout the scene, like when he says the word something.
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Listen, you was really really something back then.
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At first I thought it sounded like he dropped the G at the end so that would be the informal
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something instead of something.
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Something, something.
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But then I noticed he actually pronounced the even more informal something.
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Like for example, do you want something to eat?
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Damn man, those guards, they thought they was all of that.
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Then you showed up and bam!
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They was tripping over themselves like babes in the woods.
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So Donkey here is describing in a really funny way how the guards looked when running away from Shrek.
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The phrase to trip on something means to catch your foot on something and stumble.
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That is to lose your balance and maybe even fall.
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Then you showed up and BAM!
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They were tripping over themselves like babes in the woods.
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Now babes in the woods is an idiom
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that describes people who are totally new or inexperienced in a situation
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and don't really know what's going on and how to react.
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For example, let's say a friend of yours moved to New York City
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and told you that she felt like a baby in the woods on her first day in the big city.
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And by the way, the expression, the woods, literally refers to a natural location that is full of trees like a forest.
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Like this place they're in right now, they're in the woods.
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And I'm not going out there by myself.
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Hey wait a minute, I got a great idea!
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I'll stick with you!
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You a mean green fighting machine.
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Together we're scared to spit out anybody that crosses us!
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The phrasal verb to stick with somebody, when used casually like this, means to stay with somebody, to be with them.
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It's kind of similar to another phrasal verb, to tag along.
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Check out these other two examples.
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It's also used in the context of remaining loyal even in difficult situations and over a long period of time, like when couples stick together through tough times.
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But you can also stick with your job, ideas, or plans.
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Ah, and here the informal way he says it too, I'll stick with you.
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Hey wait a minute, I got a great idea!
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I'll stick with you!
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You a mean green fighting machine!
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Together we'll scare the spit out of anybody that crosses us!
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The expression to scare the spit out of somebody is similar to the more common
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and also more vulgar to scare the shit out of somebody or to scare the crap out of somebody.
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It basically means to scare someone very badly to cause them to feel fear.
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So Donkey says that they will scare away anyone who crosses them.
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In this context, to cross means to oppose or stand in the way.
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Oh, but no, this is your quest.
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I don't want to impose.
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You fold them up.
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Really?
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But don't you cross me or your name will be Ferro Muerto.
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That actually reminds me of another expression, to double cross, which has a different meaning.
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Can you guess what it means?
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Check out this other example with the movie Puss in Boots.
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You have to trust somebody, right?
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Not me, uh-uh.
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Whenever I've let my guard down, I've been double-crossed, declawed, played, and betrayed.
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Never again.
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To double cross means to betray someone, to surprisingly do something bad to them after initially supporting them.
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Hey, just a quick question.
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What do you do to remember all the new words and expressions that you're learning?
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Like in this lesson, for example, we've already covered many phrases like to trip over yourself, to scare the spit out of somebody, or even the idiom babes in the woods.
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And we'll go through many more in the rest of the lesson.
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Now, will you be able to remember and use all of these when you need them?
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I mean, this is a quite common situation for many English learners.
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You get into a conversation, and right when you need to use a certain expression you've learned before, it doesn't come to you.
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It's like your brain just goes blank.
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Then you pause and you try to remember, but now the whole flow of your sentence has already been ruined because you got stuck.
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And I know that feels really frustrating to not be able to express yourself the way you'd like.
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I've been there myself.
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And that's exactly why we created the RealLife English app, to help you become a confident, natural English speaker by practicing with these lessons the way they were meant to be.
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And by practicing just 10 minutes a day, you'll be able to remember the words and expressions you're learning forever.
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Now this happens because of the spaced repetition technology that we developed, which lets you review words just when you're about to forget them.
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Can you imagine being able to use all this vocabulary when you speak?
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How powerful this could be to help you reach your goals in life if you remove this English barrier.
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Come on.
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Yes, I was talking to you.
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Can I just tell you that you was really great back then, man.
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Those gods, they thought they was all of that.
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Then you showed up and bam!
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Now there was a ton of instances of connected speech in the first few lines of this scene.
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Connected speech is the way natives cut, link, and morph words, and it's really important for you to learn it
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if you want to understand fast speaking natives without subtitles.
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Let's listen to this part again.
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Yes, I was talking to you.
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Can I just tell you that you was really great back then, man?
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Those gods, they thought they was all of that.
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Then you showed up and BAM!
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So first, we hear Donkey drop the G sound in the word talking and link it to a reduced form of to, which would sound like t.
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But because he links the two words, it sounds like talking to.
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Now listen and repeat.
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Yes, I was talking to you.
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Yes, I was talking to you.
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So pay attention to the stress words I, tell, and you.
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Can I just tell you that you was really great back then?
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You can hear them more clearly than the other words.
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So the word can got reduced to simply can.
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The word just loses the t sound at the end and it becomes really short as it morphs with the word tell.
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Just tell.
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And finally, in the words that you, there is a combination of the letters T and Y
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which can be pronounced with a CH sound at the end like ch-ch-ch.
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That's you.
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So the entire sentence would be, can I just tell you that you was?
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So now let's listen and repeat after donkey.
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Can I just tell you that you was really great back then?
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Can I just tell you that you was really great back then?
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And those gods, they thought they was all of that.
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Again, we see the word was instead of were and the Z sound links to the word all,
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was all, which is then followed by the word of in its reduced form, uh.
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They was all of that.
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They thought they was all of that.
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Then you showed up and bam!
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We hear the word and get reduced to a simple mm sound, linking the two words, up and bam,
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up and bam, and the D sound from showed gets linked to up, showed up.
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Then you showed up and bam!
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Then you showed up and bam!
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That was a nice meaning lesson in pronunciation, right?
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Really rich lines to explore here.
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Well now let's get back to the vocabulary.
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That was really scary and if you don't mind me saying
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if that don't work your breath certainly will get the job done cause you definitely need some tic tacs
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or something cause your breath stinks!
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When Shrek roars to try to get rid of Donkey, Donkey interprets it as Shrek demonstrating how they would scare people away.
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A roar, or the verb to roar, refers to a loud and deep noise made by animals like a lion.
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If you have watched the movie Shrek 4 called Shrek After Forever in English, you might remember the classic line, do the roar, which you just find hilarious.
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Excuse me Mr. Shrek, could you do that ogre roar of yours for my son?
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He's a big big fan.
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Do the roar.
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Now the phrase, if you don't mind me saying, is a polite way for you to introduce an opinion or a comment that might be a little bit bold or offensive.
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Here, Donkey humorously points out that if Shrek's roar doesn't scare people off, his bad breath will certainly do it, or as he says, his bad breath will get the job done.
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I did what you asked!
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What do you want from me?!
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Sir, sir!
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If you don't mind my saying, I think you asked for this.
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Donkey uses this structure to soften the potentially offensive comment about Shrek's stinky breath.
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To make his point, he jokingly suggests that Shrek might need a Tic Tac, a popular brand of breath freshener.
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Man, yo, I'm gonna burn the hair out my nose!
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Just like the time...
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And then I ate some rotten berries!
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Rotten berries are spoiled berries.
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So rotten food is food that has gone bad, that you can't eat anymore.
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So Donkey says he had strong gases leaking out of his butt, meaning that he was farting.
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Man, I had some strong gases eking out of my butt that day.
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By the way, did you notice the connected speech here again?
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The phrase out of is commonly reduced to just out of.
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So what we hear is out of my butt.
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Out of my butt.
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Anyway, so about the verb leaking, more generally speaking, it means that a liquid or gas is escaping from some container or a pipe.
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And so you have a leak.
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Just like in these examples.
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Now let's watch the rest of the scene and see what happens next.
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Of course I'm all alone, there's no one here beside me.
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My problems have all gone, there's no one to deride me.
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But you gotta have friends.
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Stop singing!
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Well, it's no wonder you don't have any friends.
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Wow.
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Only a true friend would be that truly honest.
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Listen, little donkey, take a look at me.
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What am I?
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Oh...
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Really tall?
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No!
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I'm an ogre.
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You know, grab your torch and pitchforks.
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Nope.
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Really?
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Really, really.
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Oh, man, I like you.
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What's your name?
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Uh...
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Shrek.
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Shrek?
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Well, you know what I like about you, Shrek?
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You got that kind of, I don't care what nobody thinks of me thing.
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I like that.
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I respect that, Shrek.
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You all right.
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Woo, look at that.
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Who's gonna live in a place like that?
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That would be my home.
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Oh, and it is lovely.
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Just beautiful.
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You know, you are quite a decorator.
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It's amazing what you've done with such a modest budget.
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I like that boulder.
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That is a nice boulder.
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Nice boulder.
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My problems have all gone,
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there's no one to deride me.
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The word deride is not particularly common in everyday conversation, but you can hear it in the song Donkey Singing.
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So deride is to laugh at or mock somebody, and it'd be more often used in formal writing.
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Now in everyday speech you want to use synonyms like mock, make fun of or ridicule.
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But you gotta have friends!
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Stop singing!
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Well it's no wonder you don't have any friends!
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Wow, that was mean right?
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Saying it's no wonder Donkey has no friends because of his bad singing?
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Anyway, so the phrase no wonder is an idiom used to express that something is not surprising.
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And in this case Shrek is not surprised that Donkey has no friends.
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Listen, little donkey, take a look at me, what am I?
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Really tall?
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No, I'm an ogre.
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You know, grab your torch and pitchforks.
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So Shrek here is explaining that when people encounter ogres like himself, they usually go get armed with torches and pitchforks to fight.
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These tools were commonly used in the past during protests or uprisings.
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Torches are these objects that are used for lighting the way in the dark.
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And pitchforks are farming tools like these.
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Well, no one is running at us with torches and pitchforks, so that's a plus.
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Now the collocation with torches
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and pitchforks may also be used figuratively to refer to angry people who are demanding justice or revenge, often in an overly dramatic way.
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Well, you know what I like about you, Shrek?
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You got that kind of, I don't care what nobody thinks of me, thing.
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I like that, I respect that, Shrek.
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You all right.
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Despite everything, Donkey is desperate for a friend, So he tells Shrek in a friendly way, you're alright, meaning he has earned his respect or that he thinks Shrek is a good person.
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It'd be similar to saying I like you or you're a good guy.
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That would be my home.
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Oh, and it is lovely, just beautiful.
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You know you are quite a decorator.
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It's amazing what you've done with such a modest budget.
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When referring to the amount of something, modest means limited or small.
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For example, a modest budget refers to a small or restricted amount of money.
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Now when describing a person, if you're described as modest, that means humble and not inclined to boasting or talking excessively about yourself.
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And you've got some pretty big ears, don't you?
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I guess.
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Don't be modest, they're huge!
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Well Aang, it's very nice to meet you.
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I like that boulder.
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That is a nice boulder.
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I just love this line.
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It's so random and so...dunky.
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A boulder is basically a very large rock, typically rounded and too big to be moved easily by hand.
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They was tripping over themselves like babes in the woods.
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When you trip over yourself, you...
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get really scared, run very fast, stumble and almost fall.
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See that?
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That really made me feel good to see that.
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Oh, that's great.
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Really.
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Man, it's good to be free.
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Now, why don't you go celebrate your freedom with your own friends?
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Hmm? But, uh...
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I don't have any friends.
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And I'm not going out there by myself.
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Hey, wait a minute, I got a great idea!
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I'll stick with you!
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You a mean green fighting machine.
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Together we're scared to spit out anybody that crosses us!
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If you oppose somebody and act against them, you double cross them, cross them,
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or scare the spit out of them. That was really scary.
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And if you don't mind me saying, if that don't work, your breath certainly will get the job done, cause you definitely need some Tic Tacs or something, cause your breath stinks!
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Man, you almost burned the hair out of my nose!
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Just like the time...
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And then I ate some rotten berries, man, that had some strong asses eking out of my butt that day.
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If a fruit is described as rotten, it is not ripe yet, too ripe, or spoiled.
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Why are you following me?
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I'll tell you why.
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Of course I'm all alone.
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There's no one here beside me.
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My problems have all gone.
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There's no one to deride me.
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But you gotta have three.
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Stop singing!
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Well, it's no wonder you don't have any friends!
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What does the phrase, it's no wonder, mean?
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It's unbelievable.
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It's confusing.
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It's not surprising.
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Wow!
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Only a true friend would be that truly honest.
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Listen, little donkey, take a look at me!
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What am I?
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Oh...
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Really tall?
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No!
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I'm an ogre!
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You know, grab your torch and pitchforks.
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Nope.
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Really?
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Really, really.
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Oh.
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Man, I like you.
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What's your name?
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Uh...
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Shrek.
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Shrek?
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Well, you know what I like about you, Shrek?
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That kind of, I don't care what nobody thinks of me, Vang.
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I like that, I respect that, Shrek.
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You all right.
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Woo, look at that.
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Who's gonna live in a place like that?
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That would be my home.
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Oh, and it is lovely, just beautiful.
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You know you are quite a decorator.
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It's amazing what you've done with such a modest budget.
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Which word is the opposite of modest when describing a certain amount?
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Limited, humble, excessive.
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I like that boulder.
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That is a nice boulder.
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Ah yeah!
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Amazing job guys!
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Now remember to go and practice everything that you learned today on the RealLife app.
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There's a special link down in the description below.
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Just click and it goes straight to the lesson over there.
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Progress report.
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It's an older code skipper.
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I can't make it out.
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You, Pyre Mammal.
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Hmm?
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Can you read?
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No, Phil can read, though.
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Phil?
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Ship to Kenya.
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Wildlife preserve Africa.
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Africa?
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That ain't gonna fly.
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Rico!
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Learn English with SHREK — Donkey Meets Shrek”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Shrek, word, donkey, lesson. Este vídeo tiene 389 frases y 3569 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 22:34. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 158 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| donkey sustantivo | /ˈdɑŋ.ki/ | asno, burro |
| scare verbo | /skɛɚ/ | asustar, atemorizar |
| boulder sustantivo | /ˈboʊl.dɚ/ | peña, peñasco |
| modest adjetivo | /ˈmɑdəst/ | modesto, humilde |
| pitchfork sustantivo | /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/ | horca, horquilla |
| roar verbo | /ˈɹoɹ/ | rugir |
| torch sustantivo | /ˈtɔːtʃ/ | antorcha |
| spit verbo | /spɪt/ | escupir |
| ogre sustantivo | /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/ | ogro |
| rotten adjetivo | /ˈɹɑtn̩/ | podrido, estropeado |
| deride verbo | /dəˈɹaɪd/ | burlarse de, irrisionar |
| informal adjetivo | /ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/ | informal, aformal |
| berry sustantivo | /ˈbɛɹi/ | baya |
| verb sustantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| show up verbo | comparecer, personarse |
| go out verbo | salir |
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear |
| get back to verbo | responder / contestar (en un rato), volver / tornar a contactar |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| point out verbo | señalar, apuntar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- You and what army?
- Why are you following me?
- Can you guess what it means?
- What do you want from me?!
- Doesn't that bother you?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has improved · I've let · we've already covered |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is voiced · been ruined · were meant |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people who are · anyone who crosses · cross, which has |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 97 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/, freshener /ˈfɹɛ.ʃə.nər/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, decorator /ˈdɛkəˌɹeɪtɚ/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, excessively /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scare /skɛɚ/, spit /spɪt/, stink /stɪŋk/, stumble /ˈstʌmbəl/, spoil /spɔɪl/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: verb /vɝb/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, excessively /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, excessive /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: phrasal /ˈfɹeɪzəl/, oppose /əˈpoʊz/, authorize /ˈɔθəɹaɪz/, designate /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/, confuse /kənˈfjuːz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como donkey, scare, boulder.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.