쉐도잉 연습: 5-Minute English Shadowing Practice | Ep 10: "Let It Slide" (B1-B2 Level) - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
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Quick question.
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Think about the last time someone was late, or rude, or slightly unfair with you.
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Did you say anything, or did you just smile and move on?
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At Coffee English, we keep hearing the same story with different details—a small moment nobody mentioned out loud,
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and a feeling that stayed anyway.
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There's an English phrase for exactly that choice.
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That phrase is let it slide.
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It means choosing not to react to something, letting a mistake, a comment, or a small unfairness pass without addressing it.
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Sometimes that's simply kindness.
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You decide it isn't worth a fight.
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But the nuance is trickier than it sounds.
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Let it slide can also describe a habit of staying quiet even when something genuinely bothers you, again and again, until it adds up.
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A common mistake is treating this phrase as always positive, like automatic forgiveness.
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In real use, native speakers often say it with a slight edge, half relief, half regret, depending on what exactly got let go.
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He was late again, but she let it slide.
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He was late again, but she let it slide.
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I noticed the mistake, but I let it slide.
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I notice the mistake, but I let it slide.
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My roommate skipped the dishes, so I let it slide.
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My roommate skipped the dishes, so I let it slide.
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Now add a paycheck to the mix.
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He forgot my birthday and I quietly let it slide.
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He forgot my birthday and I quietly let it slide.
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The waiter got our order wrong, so we let it slide.
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The waiter got our order wrong, so we let it slide.
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My boss took credit for my idea, but I let it slide.
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Do this enough times and it becomes a pattern.
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She kept letting it slide until she finally spoke up.
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She kept letting it slide until she finally spoke up.
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He always lets things slide even when it hurts him.
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He always lets things slide, even when it hurts him.
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They let the deadline slide twice and projects piled up.
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They let the deadline slide twice, and projects piled up.
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But something shifts when it goes on too long.
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She let his sarcasm slide, though it stung a little.
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She let his sarcasm slide, though it stung a little.
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I usually let it slide, but not this time.
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I usually let it slide, but not this time.
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He stopped letting it slide, and everything changed after that.
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He stopped letting it slide, and everything changed after that.
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So back to that question, the last time someone crossed a small line with you, what did you actually do.
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There's no universal right answer here.
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Sometimes letting it slide really is the kind, easy choice.
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But if the same feeling keeps coming back, that's information too.
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Today, notice just one thing you're about to let slide, and ask yourself honestly if it deserves a sentence out loud instead.
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You might be surprised what changes.
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쉐도잉(Shadowing)은 원래 전문 통역사 훈련을 위해 개발된 언어 학습 기법으로, 다언어 학자인 Dr. Alexander Arguelles에 의해 대중화된 방법입니다. 핵심 원리는 간단하지만 매우 강력합니다: 원어민의 영어를 들으면서 1~2초의 짧은 지연으로 즉시 소리 내어 따라 말하는 것——마치 '그림자(shadow)'처럼 화자를 따라가는 것입니다. 문법 공부나 수동적인 청취와 달리, 쉐도잉은 뇌와 입 근육이 동시에 실시간으로 영어를 처리하고 재현하도록 훈련합니다. 연구에 따르면 이 방법은 발음 정확도, 억양, 리듬, 연음, 청취력, 말하기 유창성을 크게 향상시킵니다. IELTS 스피킹 준비와 자연스러운 영어 소통을 원하는 분들에게 특히 효과적입니다.