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Something tells me I've been dreaming of someone who was never

real It seems I've changed a thousand ways I wish I looked the way I feel RACING My life gets complicated Boyfriend,

don't wanna talk about it.

Teenage, I'll work it out in the end.

Brave face, my life gets complicated.

Boyfriend, don't wanna talk about it.

Teenage!

I will get out in the end!

Great face!

Hi, Alden.

Oh...

Oh, hi, Alden.

The casual yet dignified greeting is an art.

And like any art, it must be studied, rehearsed, honed.

Alden, uh, how's it hanging?

Ugh, definitely trying too hard.

Whoa!

Ugh.

Warning, dignity and braces don't mix.

Hmm.

Adam?

That's our new neighbor, Hannah.

She's to Adam what Alden is to me.

A doomed and unrequited crush.

Huh?

Uh, allow me.

What happened over there?

Oh, Adam, that last growth spurt turned him into a total spaz. So?

What's, uh, happening this Saturday?

Uh, two-for-one smoothies at Life Cycles?

I'm kidding.

One, it's the Boardfest skateboard finals.

Two, my best friend Maria's riding in it.

And three, I'll be there, I'll be there, I'll be there!

That's what I want to hear.

Uh, l-l-let me help.

My gran says heartbreak runs in our family like a curse.

In other words, the Spitz kids are fated to be losers in love.

I know you like Hannah.

How do you know that?

That drooling thing you do when you look at her was my first clue.

Oh, you're right.

I'm crazy about her.

But it's hopeless.

She'll never like a guy like me.

That's not true, Adam.

I'm sure she could like you if you just worked on a few small things.

Like what?

Well, number one, you have no idea how strong you are.

A simple hug from you could mean asphyxiation.

Oh, okay.

And number two, there's your table manners, which frankly suck.

Great, thanks for the tips.

And number three...

And number 87, there's the issue of hygiene.

Sharon, you lost me back at number four.

Oh.

You really know about this girl stuff, don't you?

Well, I am a girl, in case you hadn't noticed.

I, uh, hadn't noticed.

So, like, do you think you can maybe help me figure out how to do this stuff?

You know that old expression, those who can't teach?

It dawned on me that just

because I was doomed to a life without love didn't mean Adam had to share the same fate.

I'll give it my best shot.

Ow!

This is gonna work.

I need your undivided attention.

No lip.

No backtalk.

You must obey my every command.

Sir.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Let's roll.

Two questions, sir.

Stop calling me sir.

What's she doing here?

Maria's my best friend.

Where I go, she goes.

Besides, I'm a girl, too.

Exactly.

You're getting two experts for the price of one.

Okay.

Second question.

What's he doing here?

Josh is here to help you learn your own strength.

You may begin.

Whoa!

Needs work.

All right!

Next stop, table manners.

Now, what you want to try is this rolling motion.

Then, smoothly into the mouth, like this.

Mmm.

Ew.

Maya, take over.

Oh, and one more thing, Adam?

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No...

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Uh...

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Uh...

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Belching.

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What's wrong with what I'm wearing?

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Nothing, if you think the pro wrestler look works for all occasions.

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Cool.

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Oops.

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Ugh.

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Hehehehe.

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Hehehehe.

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Adam, you're a new man!

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You really think so?

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Absolutely!

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Amazing what your happening sister can do.

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Come on, let's get a smoothie to celebrate.

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Oh no!

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Come to think of it, I don't even like smoothies.

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Nice try, Adam.

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We're going in.

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We're going in.

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Hey!

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Whoa!

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Uh...

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Mind if we join you?

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No offense, but I just had my toe-cast removed.

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I won't break anything this time.

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Promise.

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Okay.

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Sit.

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Free banana smoothies, please.

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You know how you can feel so good one moment?

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And so lousy the next?

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Why, oh why, did I have to have a crush on the cutest guy in town?

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Okay, aside from Caleb Polowski, a guy so gorgeous, he's off the radar.

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Hey Spitz, how you doing?

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Polowski, pull up a chair. And you are?

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Uh, Sharon, my kid sister.

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Gee, Spitz.

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Good looks running your family.

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Oh, Hannah.

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No, really, I'd love to learn yoga.

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I don't even remember what he said.

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Something about the difficulty of finding hair products that give his hair that healthy shine.

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All I could focus on were those gorgeous green eyes.

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Hey, see you guys tomorrow.

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See you guys tomorrow?

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See you GUYS tomorrow?

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As in plural?

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As in me, too?

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Do you, Sharon Spitz, take Caleb Palowski to be your lawful wedded husband?

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You bet!

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Do you, Sharon Spitz, take Caleb Palowski to be your lawful wedded husband?

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You bet.

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Earth to Sharon.

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Earth to Sharon.

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I've got to thank you.

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Hannah seems totally interested.

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She asked me to meet her at Life Cycles again tomorrow.

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Uh...

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I'd better come with you.

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Just to be on the safe side.

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Nah, it's okay.

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You got better things to do than hang out with my friends.

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No, I don't.

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I had to think fast.

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Not hanging around Adam meant not hanging around my future life partner.

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And I simply could not let that happen.

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What I mean to say is, Hannah may be starting to like you, but if you want her to really like you, like you, then my work has only just begun.

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Huh?

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It's time for the complete, total, 100% makeover.

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I'm not, like, having my colors done, and no way am I getting a perm.

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Not that kind of makeover.

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What other kind is there?

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A BoardFest poster.

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Gives you the times and dates of all the skateboarding events, plus it's a lovely souvenir.

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What do we know about Hannah so far?

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Um, she wears comfortable shoes.

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She does yoga and likes wing chimes.

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And she reeks of patchouli.

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Girls love guys who love the same stuff they do.

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Well, not always.

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I know what to do.

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What other kind of makeover is there, you ask?

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The internal kind.

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Are you sure about this?

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Positive.

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Just say exactly what I say.

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Tough exam on ancient Egypt today, huh?

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How did that make you feel?

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Uh, how did that make you feel?

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I don't know.

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That I wished I'd studied more?

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Perhaps you had a negative experience in a previous life.

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Perhaps you had a negative experience in a previous life.

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As an Egyptian queen.

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And that undermined...

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As Jimmy Dean's concubine.

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Are you okay?

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I'm great.

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Very zen.

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I find there are no cons to meditation.

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I'm great.

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Uh, ten.

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I find I've got constipation.

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Hey, Sharon.

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I have the cassette you lent me.

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That seat's taken.

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That seat's taken. By who? By me. By me.

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Fine.

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So I'll grab another one.

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Um, actually, this is really a two-person table.

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And you know how Bill gets if we move the chairs around.

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Oh.

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Oh.

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Sure.

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I'll just go sit by myself.

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Solo.

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Alone and lonely.

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Hey, Sherry.

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Sharon.

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Forgot my wallet.

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Buy me a smoothie.

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What flavor?

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Mango.

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Oh, and while you're at it, get me a veggie burger and fries.

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Mmm.

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Hey, Sharon.

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Hey, um, about what happened at Life Cycles?

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Well, forget it, really.

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So listen, this is gonna sound dumb, but you don't actually like that Caleb guy, do you?

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Caleb?

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Pfft, me?

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Of course not.

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Oh, good, cause he's so not your type.

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Why not?

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I don't know, he's just too good for me?

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Is that what you think?

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No, I think you're too good for him.

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He's so full of himself, and it was pretty obvious he was just using you to feed his snack habit.

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I never expected my best friend to be jealous of me.

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I'm not.

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Please, talk about things being obvious.

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Caleb does like me, and he'd never use me.

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Not in a million years. That was $14.99.

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Put it on my tab.

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Yeah.

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Do you need to play that here?

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Uh...

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It helps me find my inner child.

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Poor baby.

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Do you guys have plans for Saturday?

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Actually, I was hoping Adam would help me build a yoga gazebo.

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I'd love to, but I can't.

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The thought of hammering that nail into that wood, Wood.

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When that wood was once a living, breathing tree.

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Then I guess we have no plans.

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What about you, Sharon?

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Want to hang out this Saturday?

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This Saturday?

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No, the third Saturday in November.

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Of course this Saturday.

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Well?

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You have plans or don't you?

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Nope.

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No plans.

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I'd love to hang out.

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Okay, so you're thinking I'm pawn scum.

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But honestly, truly no self-righteous faking allowed.

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What would you do?

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Hello?

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Maria?

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It's me.

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What do you want?

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Uh, my great aunt Bea died.

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On my dad's side?

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You've probably heard me talk about her.

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Nope.

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Can't say I have.

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Well, her funeral's this Saturday, and, you know, as her favorite grandniece, I'm I'm expected to attend, so I can't make it to the skateboard competition.

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I'm really sorry.

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What are you looking at?

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I don't like this, Sharon.

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You look great, really.

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Whoa.

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Where's the costume party?

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We're going to a costume party?

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No, we're going to the park.

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The board fest's about to start.

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Oh no. Whoa!

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Uh, wouldn't you guys rather go somewhere else?

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Hey Charlene?

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Sharon.

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Go get me a pizza slice, will ya?

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Okay.

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Uh, better make that too.

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And grab me a drink and some fries while you're at it.

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Huh?

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Maybe you could get me a small drink.

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Sure.

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I'm not a happy camper, Sharon.

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What are you talking about?

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I feel like a dork in these clothes.

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I hate the way I'm acting, and I think I'm pushing Hannah away.

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I don't want to do this anymore.

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You can't stop now.

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We're just starting to make progress.

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I can't stand the way Adam's acting.

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He's not who I thought he was, and what's with the wind instruments?

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I like the old Adam.

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The strong, simple guy.

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I'm sick of all the spitzes.

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Like, what's with Braceface hanging out with us all the time?

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At first I felt sorry for her, but what kind of a loser has no friends of her own?

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Adam, I didn't...

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No, it's my own fault.

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For listening to my stupid little sister in the first place.

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Adam!

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Ah!

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What are you doing here?

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Would you believe my great aunt Bee rose from the dead?

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Mm-hmm.

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Sharon Spitz!

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Word of Tina!

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Por esta miseria imbecile!

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I knew things were bad.

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Whenever Maria started mixing the languages of her ancestral heritage, it always meant the same thing.

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You were in her bad books.

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Big time.

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Adam, I am so sorry.

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What's that buzzing sound?

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Like a mosquito.

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If only I could squash it.

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I wanted Hannah to like you, I really did.

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But then I wanted Caleb to like me more.

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Wait a second.

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You like Caleb Pawlowski?

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Yeah?

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Guy's a doofus and a leech.

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You know what he does whenever we go somewhere to eat?

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Pretends he's forgotten his wallet so someone else has to pay.

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How did you...?

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Oh, call it a wild guess.

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I'm truly sorry, Adam.

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I've ruined your chances with Hannah, and I've made my best friend hate my guts.

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All in one day.

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That must be some kind of record.

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So do something about it.

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Excuse me?

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It's what I'm gonna do.

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We're not home.

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Then how come I can hear you?

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This is not a real person.

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This is a voice-automated alarm system.

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You now have 10 seconds to leave the premises before the electronic missiles attack.

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Hmm.

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I'm so, so sorry.

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I broke the cardinal rule.

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I let a guy get in the way of our friendship.

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And even worse, I let the wrong guy get in the way.

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You were absolutely right.

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He was using me.

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I'm an idiot.

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A spectacularly huge extra large off the map idiot.

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I couldn't have put it better myself.

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Hi.

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And so eventually we got over that bump and moved on.

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Do one of those toe grab thingies.

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Woohoo!

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Yeah, Maria!

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You rock!

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Fuck!

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When Adam went back to being himself, minus the toe-breaking and the belches, Hannah liked him all over again.

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As for what's-his-name, I'm so over him.

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For one thing, this week he has startling blue eyes.

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Like color contacts?

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Talk about so last century.

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You'd think the guy would just try to be himself.

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Watch this!

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Ahhhh!

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Adam, Sharon, Hannah, Caleb. Deze video bevat 379 zinnen en 2105 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 21:17. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 99 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 81 van de 379 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
smoothie zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈsmuːði/	smoothie
skateboard zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈskeɪt.bɔɹd/	skateboard
yoga zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/	yoga
belch werkwoord	/ˈbɛltʃ/	boeren, een boer laten
lawful bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈlɔfl̩/	wettig, rechtmatig
fry werkwoord	/fɹaɪ/	bakken, braden
loser zelfstandig naamwoord	/luzɚ/	verliezer
wallet zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈwɑl.ət/	portemonnee, portefeuille
aunt zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɑːnt/	tante
crush werkwoord	/kɹʌʃ/	verpletteren, pletten
costume zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/	kostuum, klederdracht
nope	/noʊp/	neu
asphyxiation zelfstandig naamwoord	/æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən/	verstikking
automate werkwoord	/ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/	automatiseren
backtalk zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈbæk.tɔk/	tegenspraak

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
hang around werkwoord	rondhangen
figure out werkwoord	uitvogelen, er achter komen
take over werkwoord	overnemen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

You really know about this girl stuff, don't you?
You know that old expression, those who can't teach?
What's wrong with what I'm wearing?
That I wished I'd studied more?
I don't know, he's just too good for me?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	I've changed · has only just begun · You've probably heard
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	must be studied · are fated · was doomed
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	someone who was · those who can · guys who love
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was	was just using · was hoping · was using

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 88 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, I'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: smoothie /ˈsmuːði/, thingy /ˈθɪŋi/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/, breathe /bɹiːð/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: crush /kɹʌʃ/, asphyxiation /æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən/, constipation /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/, squash /skwɔʃ/, meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: ancestral /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/, asphyxiation /æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən/, constipation /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/, undivided /ˌʌndɪˈvaɪdɪd/, unrequited /ˌʌn.ɹɪˈkwaɪ.tɪd/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: skateboard /ˈskeɪt.bɔɹd/, wed /ˈwɛd/, teenage /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/, dignified /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd/, undivided /ˌʌndɪˈvaɪdɪd/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: ancestral /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/, asphyxiation /æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən/, backtalk /ˈbæk.tɔk/, mango /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/, snack /snæk/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: yoga /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/, dignified /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd/, mango /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/, greet /ɡɹiːt/, guts /ɡʌts/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als smoothie, skateboard, yoga.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Grammatica in deze video

Uitspraak om op te letten

Zo oefen je met deze video

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?