Pratique du Shadowing: B2 English Listening Practice - Idioms in English - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Hey everybody, welcome to this B2 English listening practice video.
Salut tout le monde, bienvenue dans cette vidéo d'entraînement à la compréhension orale anglaise de niveau B2.
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You can use this video to train your listening and comprehension as I speak.
Vous pouvez utiliser cette vidéo pour vous entraîner à l'écoute et à la compréhension pendant que je parle.
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You ready?
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So today I'm going to talk about a few common idioms that we use in English.
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Idiomatic expressions play such an important role in any language, and so it's good to always be learning new ones.
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So without further ado, let's look at our first one.
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Once in a blue moon.
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I'm sure some of you have come across this expression at some point in your life, but But maybe you didn't quite understand it when it was said.
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If we say that something happens once in a blue moon, it means that this thing very rarely happens.
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So, for example, I could say, this type of event only takes place once in a blue moon.
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That just means that this type of event almost never happens.
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Alright, here's another idiom.
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To feel under the weather.
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This is an essential one that you should definitely learn.
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It simply means that you're feeling a little sick.
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You wouldn't use this expression if you were really sick or you had some really serious medical condition or something, but you can use it if you have a cold or something like that.
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So I might say, I'm going to have to skip tonight's party because I'm feeling a little under the weather.
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In fact, I'm actually feeling a little under the weather right now, because I've been having some issues with my throat and sinuses.
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Okay, the third idiom that we're going to look at is this one, stab someone in the back.
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This is another expression that you'll want to get down.
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It's universal, and I'm sure the expression is pretty similar in other languages, but it might be worded a little differently.
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So when you stab someone in the back, you betray them, more often than not in a pretty dramatic or brutal way.
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So for example, let's say I tell a really embarrassing personal secret to my good friend
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and then my good friend goes and tells a bunch of other people my secret.
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This would be considered him stabbing me in the back.
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Pretty straightforward, right?
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Alright, the next idiom is cold turkey.
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This is one of my personal favorites.
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The phrase cold turkey is used to show
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that someone quits a harmful habit immediately without any program or weaning off process to help.
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So if a man's been smoking a pack of cigarettes every day for the last 30 years and then just stops immediately, he quit cold turkey.
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Or if a drug addict suddenly throws away all his drugs and quits completely, he quit cold turkey.
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Don't ask me where this expression came from though.
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Alright, one more idiom.
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Born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Of course you can substitute his with any other possessive pronoun here.
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This idiom is often used to negatively describe someone who was born into a wealthy family.
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You wouldn't want to say this to somebody's face though.
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People usually say this when they're making disparaging remarks about somebody else.
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So you might hear someone say something like this.
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He doesn't even know what work is.
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He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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So hopefully some of these idioms were new for you, so now you've got a few more native phrases in your arsenal.
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Okay, that's all for today.
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Leave a comment and try to use one of these idioms in your own sentence.
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I'll see you next time.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « B2 English Listening Practice - Idioms in English ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : idiom, expression, cold, quit, turkey. Cette vidéo contient 46 phrases et 598 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 2:51. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 210 mots par minute : attendez-vous à des liaisons et à des sons réduits. 85 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| idiom nom | /ˈɪdiəm/ | idiome |
| spoon nom | /spuːn/ | cuiller, cuillère |
| betray verbe | /bɪˈtɹeɪ/ | trahir, livrer |
| disparage verbe | /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/ | dénigrer |
| embarrass verbe | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | embarrasser, gêner |
| idiomatic adjectif | /ˌɪd.iː.əˈmat.ɪk/ | idiomatique |
| possessive adjectif | /pəˈzɛs.ɪv/ | possessif |
| pronoun nom | /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/ | pronom |
| comprehension nom | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | compréhension, entendement |
| addict nom | /ˈæd.ɪkt/ | dépendant, dépendante |
| stab verbe | /stæb/ | poignarder, frapper d'un coup de couteau |
| straightforward adjectif | /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/ | facile, aisé |
| harmful adjectif | /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/ | dangereux, nuisible |
| cigarette nom | /ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/ | cigarette |
| brutal adjectif | /ˈbɹuːtəl/ | brutal |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| come across verbe | avoir l'air de |
| throw away verbe | rejeter, jeter |
Des phrases à répéter
Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :
- It simply means that you're feeling a little sick.
- Don't ask me where this expression came from though.
- I'll see you next time.
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continu have/has been + -ing — une action commencée avant et toujours en cours | I've been having · man's been smoking |
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | was said · might be worded · would be considered |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 18 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'm, wouldn't, didn't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, harmful /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: disparage /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/, substitute /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: betray /bɪˈtɹeɪ/, disparage /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/, embarrass /ɪmˈbæɹəs/, pronoun /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme idiom, spoon, betray.
Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?
Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.