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He's been throwing accusations around with no proof and I've had about enough of that lately.
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Well proof or no proof anybody can see that Selyse is juicing.
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That's not what those tests say.
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People can find ways to pass tests, trust me.
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Michael!
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- Yeah.
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Grammy?
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Rachel, oh no. Harvey, is this your famous grandmother?
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Oh, you were right, he is sharp.
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What are you doing here?
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Mr. Spector, pleasure to meet you.
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Your grandson says nice things about you.
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Oh, he tells me you're quite the hard ass.
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Can be a hard ass.
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Hard -ass isn't really the word he uses.
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Yeah, Grammy.
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I see Lip runs in the family.
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It's nice meeting you.
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Huh?
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- Yeah.
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Um, what are you doing here?
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And why are you in Rachel's office?
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Oh, we bumped into each other downstairs in the lobby.
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I thought we could eat.
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Might as well have brought it to me in a Star Wars lunchbox.
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Don't give me lip, Michael.
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It's been two months.
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I thought maybe you'd want to see I'm Still Alive.
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She's got a point.
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Michael.
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Plus, I wanted to meet the people you work with.
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like Rachel.
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She's even more lovely than you said.
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Lovely.
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Okay, we're done here.
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Bye, dear.
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I hope to see you again soon.
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Me too.
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It was lovely to meet you.
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Okay, did you really have to tell Rachel that I said she was hot?
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Fine, just let me meet that Harold clown and I'll go.
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Oh, and remember Michael.
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You have to finish your homework before you can watch TV.
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Oh, right, because my grandmother brought me lunch, that makes me...
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A little boy.
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And this is really fun for you.
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I'm really kind of is.
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- The first time we have been in the Are you thinking about moving?
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Uh, no. Actually, I was looking into getting a place in Manhattan for my lunch lady.
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You'd really do that for her?
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I am doing it.
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That doesn't even come close.
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Paying her back for everything she's done for me.
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That's-- That's really amazing, Mike.
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You want to know what's amazing?
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What?
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this place.
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Right here.
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Check it out.
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It's pretty sweet, right?
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Off 10th Avenue.
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Does it come with a bulletproof vest?
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Okay.
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- Thank you.
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There, how about this one?
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A six -floor walk -up.
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Great views.
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Move over.
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Ah.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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- The first time I was in the hospital, I was in the hospital.
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Wait a minute.
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Yeah.
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You set all this up so I'd help, didn't you?
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Oh, I may be a little boy, but I'm not a stupid little boy.
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You're a sneaky little boy.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Holy shit.
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I know.
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It's perfect, right?
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All you need are some new curtains right here.
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Now the first thing I would do is put down a nice rug.
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You want to cover the hardwood?
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Not all of it.
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- So you mean an area rug?
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- No. I mean, cover an area of the hardwood With a rug?
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I can move with that.
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Like an 8x10 sisal.
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A whatsel?
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The beige scratchy kind.
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A scratchy rug defeats its own purpose.
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Wasn't my idea in the first place.
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Fair enough.
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But the bed, the bed goes here.
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Oh my god, you're such a guy.
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If the bed doesn't go here, then what's the point of even having the window?
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But your curtains cover up the light anyway.
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No, that would be shades, which this room will never, ever have.
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Look, just come right here.
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See what I mean?
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Beautiful.
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- Thank you.
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- I should go meet Harvey.
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- It's really hot in here.
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- Surprise!
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Rachel.
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Hey, what are you doing here?
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Come in.
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- I'm sorry.
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Thank you.
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Mike?
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Someone kept calling the office for you.
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It was the nursing home and I guess that's the emergency number they had.
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Um...
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What?
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Thank you.
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- Okay.
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It's your grandma.
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She passed away.
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No. No, she's...
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I'm so sorry.
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- Thank you.
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I'm She didn't even get this. to see I know.
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I...
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I'm...
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I'm so sorry.
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- Thank you.
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What are you doing here?
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Rachel, meet the file room.
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It's where we store information on the cases that we're working on.
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No. I just mean I don't believe that Harvey would make you come and work the day after You can say it.
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Okay, I'll say it.
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The day after my grandmother died, And Harvey doesn't know.
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What?
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Why?
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Because there's a vote going on and he's got bigger things on his mind.
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Mike, he'd want to know.
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Oh really?
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You know that?
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You-- You and Harvey are best friends now?
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Okay, then tell Donna, just tell somebody...
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I don't want people to know.
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If you tell people, They will understand.
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And then you can go home and you can really deal with-- Deal with what, Rachel?
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The fact that I missed my last ever chance to see my grandmother because I was too busy at work.
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Oh, come on.
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That's not fair.
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You were an amazing grandson.
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You were buying her an apartment.
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I bought her an apartment because I felt guilty for not having seen her for two months.
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No, you were buying her an apartment because you-- This is not a debate, Rachel!
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Right?
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I came to work because I want to work.
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I'm not telling people because I don't want to talk about it.
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And now I'm gonna go out and get some fresh air and when I get back, I really hope you will be done bothering me.
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you Thank you.
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You look overwhelmed.
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Let me help.
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Forget that, you're gonna do this instead.
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Louis said I'm not allowed to prioritize your work anymore.
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You think I'm taking orders from Louis now?
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- Consider things status quo.
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- Yeah, well, they aren't.
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They are, as far as you and I are concerned.
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I give you work and you're gonna do it.
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Right, I forgot.
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That's how it works with us.
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Don't pout.
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You're gonna love this case.
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Very detail -oriented.
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And what are you doing?
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Operation write the shit.
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Maybe it's time that you just accept that it's over.
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- You lost.
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Deal with it.
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Excuse me?
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- Thank you.
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You seem to live in this deluded world where you think that you can always win But sometimes you can.
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Bad things happen.
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You gotta face the fact that life is gonna be this case, or this case, or this case.
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Jessica lost, you lost, and there isn't anything that any of us, including the great and powerful Harvey Specter, can do about it.
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Go home.
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Now.
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- - - - Yeah.
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God.
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Ow.
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All right.
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- Okay.
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Ha!
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- Yeah.
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- Okay, you're clearly not ready to go.
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Come on, the funeral doesn't start for another...
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- Oh, shit.
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- It's okay.
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It's okay.
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- Uh, can I wear this?
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- Drink this.
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- Okay.
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- You're gonna get in the shower, and I'm gonna find you something to wear, okay?
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Okay.
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Wow.
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Mike?
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Yeah.
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Is this a great idea?
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It's one night, okay?
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Please, take it easy on me.
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It looks like more than one night.
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Thank you.
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You're right.
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Thank you.
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- Thank you.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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Thanks, Rachel.
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I'll be out in five, OK?
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OK.
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- Okay.
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- I'm sorry.
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- I'm sorry.
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- I'm sorry.
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- I'm sorry.
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- I'm sorry.
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I, uh...
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Remember things.
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I remember the night that my parents were taken away from me.
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I remember my grandmother.
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Taking me in, she came to check on me. was, uh...
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middle of the night and Thank you.
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I had wet the bed.
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She cleaned the sheets and she cleaned me all up and she put me in her bed and Thank you.
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You know, you started to cry you really hard and you Thank you.
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And she said, It's okay, Michael.
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It's okay.
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you I've been crying too.
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you But don't you wet this bed because I have to sleep here too. And, uh...
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And we laughed, you know?
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In spite of everything, we laughed and And we kept laughing.
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- laughing until I fell asleep.
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When I woke up the next morning, she wasn't just my grandmother anymore.
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She was...
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She was my whole family.
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you Well, I'm not 11 years old anymore.
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Not gonna wet the bed tonight.
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- Yeah.
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But I will remember That night. and everything.
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she's ever done for me.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Mike Loses His Grandma”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Rachel, bed, grandmother, Harvey, meet. Este vídeo tiene 249 frases y 1380 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:24. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 133 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 43 de sus 249 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
grandmother sustantivo/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/abuela
hardwood sustantivo/ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/madera dura
grandson sustantivo/ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn/nieto
curtain sustantivo/ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/cortina
bulletproof adjetivo/ˈbʊlɪtpɹuf/antibalas, a prueba de balas
delude verbo/dɪˈluːd/deludir, engañar
lunchbox sustantivo/ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/fiambrera, tartera
orient verbo/ˈɔɹ.iˌɛnt/orientar
overwhelm verbo/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/apabullar, arrollar
prioritize verbo/pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/priorizar
sneaky adjetivo/ˈsniːki/escurridizo
accusation sustantivo/ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/acusación
downstairs adverbio/daʊnˈstɛɹz/abajo
vest sustantivo/vɛst/chaleco
clown sustantivo/ˈklaʊ̯n/payaso, payasa

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
cover up verboencubrir, cohonestar
get back verboregresar
go out verbosalir
pass away verbofallecer, dejarnos
put down verbomenospreciar
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Harvey, is this your famous grandmother?
  • What are you doing here?
  • You'd really do that for her?
  • You want to know what's amazing?
  • You set all this up so I'd help, didn't you?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúaHe's been throwing · I've been crying
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've had · have brought · It's been
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis put · will be done · were taken

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 65 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, shade /ʃeɪd/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scratchy /ˈskɹæt͡ʃi/, sneaky /ˈsniːki/, spite /spaɪt/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/, vest /vɛst/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como grandmother, hardwood, grandson.

¿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.

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