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Tickets, please!
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Tickets, please!
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Monsieur Lestat de Leoncore.
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I was hungry.
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Stone throat.
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I'm your place of business.
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What were you thinking?
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Disrespecting me.
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How did he do that?
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He told me I did a good job.
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You are a library of confusion.
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I'm a vampire.
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I'm out there prowling for the moment.
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Oh, joy, oh boy.
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Where did he go from here?
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Not funny.
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And it's fucking Gordon Parks fella he put in front of me.
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God spends three or four days with folks before he even picks up a camera.
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Friends, I'm a vampire.
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I'm a vampire.
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I'm a vampire.
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I'm a vampire.
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I'll fix up a camera.
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Friends with him and shit.
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I can't do that.
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I'll end up eating him.
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Like this gentleman.
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And this one.
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Oh, and her.
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Which one are you gonna fuck me?
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You're not my type, but I like a fuller figure.
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Before you say it, let me tell you a little something about 18th century Armand.
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Lestat.
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Oh dear.
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I have to go see Grace and Paul.
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Oh dear.
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Don't mind the shaking I've snapped his spine it's merely his nerves spasming
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I keep your secret What?
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Where's the secret?
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Oh, I'm the secret Do you notice how hot the room gets when you two talk about the secret?
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What's happening?
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Your body is confused, your lungs feel like water,
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your heart fire, you feel as if you're dying.
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Because you are.
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And then there's the red suit.
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No, you don't bite the blood.
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You suck it.
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And you have to drain her,
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President Louis Did you say something?
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What is vampire life but poor decisions stacked next to better ones?
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Speaking of poor decision.
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She's in there cuz of you That's enough!
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Sound like...
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It's what it feel like sometimes.
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And the carousel comes around again.
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Fuck you!
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Don't let me get mad!
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I don't like sleeping angry.
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For the record, if disrespect was done to you,
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I would have killed him myself.
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Well, what can I do to make it up to you?
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Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh,
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no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh,
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no. Oh, no. Aren't I enough?
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Oh, no. Claudia.
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Claudia!
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Maybe I'll let you into my head on purpose.
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Oh, that's nice, Mochelle.
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Lovely.
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You left without saying goodbye.
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Again.
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Why didn't you say?
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It was me who saved you, not him.
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I don't like to point out my virtues.
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Tell me one thing wrong about this photo.
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Well, for one thing, I'm not in it.
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Please.
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Let's take a holiday.
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What about Rome?
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Rome, Rome, Italy?
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Would you prefer Rome, Wisconsin?
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...are a people reduced to despair by World War defeat.
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They may be nasty little beasts,
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but they do have excellent tailoring.
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I love you.
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You promised you wouldn't talk.
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I love you.
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What light threw you on the window breaks?
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It is the north, northwest,
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and we is the sun.
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Romeo!
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It's barely about these arms.
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You don't appear in...
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Rumors, envy.
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But the fact in and of itself makes your immediate desire an impossibility.
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I'd have to be ruined.
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And I'm not in the moon.
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Do I can fuck whoever I want?
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Of course.
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Of course.
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Of course.
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As long as you come home to me.
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Of course.
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He did me some face and I drove him home.
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I hate your heart standing!
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I can see where this is going.
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How do you do that?
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You'll do it too, in time, my little milkweed.
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You're not here, I'm just fucked in the head.
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Quite fucked.
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For our next cup, I'm thinking Persian.
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Arabesque, maybe.
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I put you both in a bad spot.
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I wasn't right in my head.
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I am now.
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Apology not accepted.
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How is college?
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Magna cum, summa cum, phi beta kappa.
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I've read a lot of books.
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Started with Persia and Babylon,
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the old gods who longed for blood.
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A lot of those popcorn,
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but a few old tomes.
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A Romanian triton.
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Am I speaking with the owners of this townhouse?
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You are, and can you explain your presence in it?
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It's just not a companionship.
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Oh, God, how do you manage it?
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I broke the second law.
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When you sentence them for their crimes, you sentence me too.
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Ha!
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Queer.
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Half queer, mostly queer, what is it?
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Non-discriminating.
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From time to time, I like a little variety.
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There.
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I said it.
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How are you?
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I'm okay.
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Yeah.
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I'm sorry.
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Y'all get tired, but I do.
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Why did she talk to the book?
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The song comes.
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Just need about 50 more years of practice.
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Siri, pause.
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I am the way I do.
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That's quite good.
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You think?
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I thought we could have an orgy.
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You can fuck them.
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I can eat them.
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What about the coffin rule?
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That required curiosity and intelligence.
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All these murderous slobs want is more wine and a German on the bayonet.
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Kill the Hans!
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Kill the Hans!
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I brought them back after they cut the electricity at the Azalea.
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What?
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Miss Bricktop wanted you to have this.
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I think she's on to us.
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Another opera.
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Not another opera.
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Donizetti's comic masterpiece, Don Pasquale.
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I was an acquaintance of his and I saw the premier at the Salvanta du 73 years You may me,
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and you may Louis, who may you When I'm tired,
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I'm not so kind I killed him,
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and he fucking had it come Man, that's debatable I've...
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And here he was Huh?
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Madame!
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Prancing and preening in front of 500 mortals a night Like some patronized,
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tarted-up dervish Was it don't do f...
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And all I could think was...
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First and only witness!
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You are oublié, tell Jeunesse!
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Put down the mail!
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Benouille!
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Where lies their disgust now?
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Continue.
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They were all in love with him.
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He had that effect on everyone.
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He was a natural?
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Entirely unnatural.
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Let's start

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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “lestat de lioncourt is ICONIC”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: vampire, Rome, secret. Deze video bevat 184 zinnen en 979 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:29. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 103 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. Slechts 78% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 32 van de 184 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:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
bayonet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/bajonet
carousel zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌkæɹəˈsɛl/carrousel, draaimolen
debatable bijvoeglijk naamwoord[dɪˈbeɪtəbəɫ]discutabel, betwistbaar
dervish zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdɜːvɪʃ/derwisj
impossibility zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪmˌpɑsɪˈbɪliti/onmogelijkheid
murderous bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈmɝdəɹəs/moordzuchtig
patronize werkwoord/ˈpætɹəˌnaɪz/betuttelen, denigreren
prance werkwoord/ˈpɹɑːns/paraderen
triton zelfstandig naamwoordtriton, tritiumkern
acquaintance zelfstandig naamwoord/ʌˈkweɪn.təns/bekendheid
madam zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmædəm/mevrouw
tailor zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈteɪlɚ/kleermaker, kleermaakster
disgust zelfstandig naamwoord/dɪsˈɡʌst/afschuw
rumor zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹumɚ/gerucht
popcorn zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/gepofte maïs, pof-maïs

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
come around werkwoord/kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/bijkomen
end up werkwoordbelanden, terechtkomen
pick up werkwoordoppakken, optillen
point out werkwoordaanwijzen, aanduiden

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • I'm your place of business.
  • Why didn't you say?
  • What light threw you on the window breaks?
  • How do you do that?
  • Am I speaking with the owners of this townhouse?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 40 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, I'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: companionship /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/, dervish /ˈdɜːvɪʃ/, confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: companionship /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/, debatable [dɪˈbeɪtəbəɫ], impossibility /ɪmˌpɑsɪˈbɪliti/, discriminate /dɪˈskɹɪm.əˌneɪt/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: patronize /ˈpætɹəˌnaɪz/, pause /pɔːz/, nerve /nɝv/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: arabesque /ˌæɹ.əˈbɛsk/, carousel /ˌkæɹəˈsɛl/, companionship /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/, magnum /ˈmæɡnəm/, patronize /ˈpætɹəˌnaɪz/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: magnum /ˈmæɡnəm/, disgust /dɪsˈɡʌst/

Zo oefen je met deze video

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

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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