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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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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Mike Loses His Grandma”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Rachel, bed, grandmother, Harvey, meet. Questo video contiene 249 frasi e 1380 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 10:24. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 133 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 86% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 43 delle sue 249 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
grandmother sostantivo/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/nonna
hardwood sostantivo/ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/legno di latifoglia
grandson sostantivo/ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn/nipote
curtain sostantivo/ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/tenda, cortina
bulletproof aggettivo/ˈbʊlɪtpɹuf/antiproiettile
delude verbo/dɪˈluːd/illudere, ingannare
lunchbox sostantivo/ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/pacco
orient verbo/ˈɔɹ.iˌɛnt/orientare
overwhelm verbo/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/sommergere
sneaky aggettivo/ˈsniːki/furtivo, sfuggevole
accusation sostantivo/ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/accusa
downstairs avverbio/daʊnˈstɛɹz/giù, di sotto
vest sostantivo/vɛst/panciotto, gilè
clown sostantivo/ˈklaʊ̯n/pagliaccio, pagliaccia
bump sostantivo/bʌmp/colpetto, botta

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
cover up verboinsabbiare, occultare
go out verbouscire, andare fuori
pass away verboscomparire, mancare
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/svegliarsi

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • 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?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corsoHe's been throwing · I've been crying
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoI've had · have brought · It's been
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fais put · will be done · were taken

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 65 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, you're, gonna. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, shade /ʃeɪd/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hardwood /ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: hardwood /ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/, bulletproof /ˈbʊlɪtpɹuf/, delude /dɪˈluːd/, lunchbox /ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/, orient /ˈɔɹ.iˌɛnt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, scratchy /ˈskɹæt͡ʃi/, grandson /ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, grandma /ˈɡɹænmɑː/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come grandmother, hardwood, grandson.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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