Shadowing Practice: Maroon 5 - Animals (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Hunt you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, balls Maybe you think that you can hide I can smell your sinful minds Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, balls Baby, I'm playing So what you trying to do today It's like we can't stop,
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we're enemies But we get low when I'm inside you You're like a joke that's killing me I cut you out entirely
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But I get so high that I'm inside of you Yeah, you can start over,
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you can run free You can find another fish in the sea You can pretend it's meant to be
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But you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound Taking me down,
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holding underground You can pretend that it was me But no,
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oh Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Touch you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals Like animals, oh Baby,
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you think that you can hide I can smell yourself in my eyes Just like animals,
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animals Like animals, oh Baby, I'm So if I run, it's not enough You're still in my head,
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forever stuck So you can do what you wanna do, yeah I love your lies,
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I'll hit them up But don't deny the animal That comes a lie when I'm inside you Yeah, you can start over, you can run free
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You can find out that what you must say You can pretend it's meant to be
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But you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound Taking me down,
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rolling underground You can pretend that it was me,
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but no Oh, baby, I'm playing on you tonight Hunt you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals Whoa, baby,
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you think that you can hide I can smell yourself in my eyes Just like animals,
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animals, like animals Whoa, baby, I'm free Don't tell no lie, lie, lie, lie You can't deny,
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na-na-na That beast inside, side-side-side Yeah, yeah, yeah No, you're gonna lie No, you're gonna lie You can't deny,
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na-na-na That beast inside, side-side-side Yeah,
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yeah, yeah Yo, oh Whoa,
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oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh Just like animals,
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animals Like animals, no Just like animals,
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animals Like animals, no Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Punch you down,
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eat you alive Just like animals, animals, like animals, no Baby,
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you think that you can hide I can smell your surprise Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, no Baby, you don't feel no lie, lie, lie, lie You can't deny,
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na-na-na That peace inside, side, side, side Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah No, girl, don't lie,
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lie, lie You can't deny, na-na-na That peace inside, side,
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side, side Yeah, yeah, yeah Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Hunt you down,
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eat you alive Just like animals, animals, like animals, moles Maybe you think that you can hide,
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I can smell your sinful minds Just like animals, animals, like animals, moles Baby,
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I'm pregnant So what you try to do to me, it's like we can't stop,
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we're enemies But we get low when I'm inside you You're like a drug that's killing me I cut you out entirely
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But I get so high when I'm inside you Yeah, if you start over,
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you can run free You can find another fish in the sea You can pretend it's meant to be
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But you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound Taking me down,
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holding my nerve round You can pretend that it was me,
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but no Oh, baby, I'm playing on you tonight Cut you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, moles Baby, you think that you can hide,
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I can smell yourself from my eyes Just like animals, animals, like animals, moles Baby, I'm so if I run,
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it's not enough You're still in my head, forever stuck So you can do what you wanna do,
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yeah I love your lies,
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I'll hit them up But don't deny the animal That comes alive when I'm inside of you Yeah, you can start over,
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you can run free You can find other fish in the sea You can pretend it's meant to be
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But you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound Taking me down,
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rolling underground You can pretend that it was me,
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but no Oh, baby, I'm playing on you tonight Cut you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals Baby, you think that you can hide But you smell yourself in my eyes Just like animals,
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animals, like animals Baby, I'm free Don't tell no lie, lie, lie, lie You can't deny,
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na, na, na That feast inside, side, side, side Yeah, yeah, yeah No world gonna lie, no, no, no, no, no You can't deny,
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no, no, no That beast inside, side, side, side Yeah, yeah,
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yeah Yo, oh, oh, oh,
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oh Just like animals, animals, like animals, no Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, no Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Punch you down,
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eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals Baby, you think that you can hide I can smell your surprise Just like animals,
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animals, like animals Baby, you don't feel no lie,
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la-la-la You can't deny, na-na-na That beast inside, side, side, side No, girl,
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don't lie, lie, lie You can't deny, no, no, no That beast inside, side, side, side Yeah, yeah,
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yeah Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Hunt you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, moles Maybe you think that you can hide I can smell your symptoms just like animals,
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animals, like animals, balls Baby, I'm back So what you try to do to me?
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It's like we can't stop,
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we're enemies But we get low when I'm inside you You're like a drug that's killing me I cut you out entirely
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But I get so high when I'm inside you Yeah, you can start over, you can run free
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You can find other fish in the sea You can pretend it's meant to be
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But you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound Taking me down,
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rolling my nerve round You can pretend that it was me,
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but no Oh, baby, I'm playing on you tonight Punch you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, oh Baby,
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you think that you can hide I can smell yourself in my eyes Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, oh Baby, I'm So if I run, it's not enough You're still in my head,
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forever stuck So you can do what you wanna do, yeah I love your lies,
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I'll eat them up But don't deny the animal That comes alive when I'm inside you Yeah,
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you can start over, you can run free You can find out
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that visionless state You can pretend it's meant to be
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But you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound Taking me down,
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rolling underground You can pretend that it was me,
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but no Oh, baby, I'm playing on you tonight Cut you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, whoa Baby,
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you think that you can hide I can smell yourself in my nose Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, oh Baby, I'm Don't feel no lie, lie, lie, lie You can't deny,
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na-na-na That peace inside, sad, sad, sad Yeah, yeah, yeah Don't feel no lie, lie, lie, lie You can't deny,
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na-na-na That peace inside, sad,
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sad, sad Yeah, yeah, yeah Yo,
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whoa, whoa Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, no Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, no Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Cut you down,
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eat your line Just like animals, animals, like animals, no Baby,
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you think that you can hide I can smell your sepharos Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, oh Baby, you don't feel no lie,
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la-la-la You can't deny, na-na-na That peace inside,
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si-si-si Yeah, yeah, yeah Don't feel no lie,
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la-la-la You can't deny, na-na-na That peace inside,
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si-si-si Yeah, yeah, yeah Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Hunt you down,
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eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, moles Maybe you think that you can hide I can smell your sinful minds Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, moles Baby, I'm playing So what you trying to do to me It's like we can't stop,
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we're enemies I'm gonna get low when I'm inside you You're like a drug that's killing me I cut you out entirely
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But I get so high when I'm inside you Yeah, you can start over,
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you can run free You can find another push in the sea You can pretend it's meant to be
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But you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound Taking me down,
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holding underground You can pretend that it was me,
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but no Oh, baby, I'm playing on you tonight Punch you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, balls Baby,
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you think that you can hide I can smell yourself in my eyes Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, balls Baby, I'm So if I run, it's not enough You're still in my head,
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forever stuck So you can do what you wanna do, yeah I love your lies,
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I'll hit them up But don't deny the animal That comes alive when I'm inside you Yeah,
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you can start over, you can run free You can find out
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that you should never see You can pretend it's meant to be
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But you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound Taking me down,
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rolling underground You can pretend that it was me,
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but no Oh Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Hunt you down, eat your life Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, whoa Baby,
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you think that you can hide But you smell yourself in my nose Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, whoa Baby, I'm Don't tell no lie, lie, lie, lie You can't deny,
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na, na, na That peace inside, side, side, side Yeah, yeah, yeah No, you're gonna lie,
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you can't deny That beast inside,
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yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, no Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, no Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Punch you down,
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eat you alive Just like animals, animals, like animals, oh Baby,
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you think that you can hide I can smell your scent from my eyes Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, oh Baby, you don't feel no lie, lie, lie, lie You can't deny,
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nah, nah, nah That peace inside, side, side, side Yeah, yeah, yeah No, no, no, no,
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no, no, no You can't deny, no, no, no That peace inside, side, side, side Yeah, yeah,
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yeah Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Hunt you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, balls Maybe you think that you can hide I can smell your sinful minds Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, balls Baby, I'm So what you try to do to me It's like we can't stop,
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we're enemies Girl, we get low when I'm inside you
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Yeah You're like a drug that's killing me I cut you out entirely Girl,
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you're so high when I'm inside you Yeah, you can start over You can run free,
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I can find another fish in the sea I can pretend it's meant to be,
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but you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound,
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taking me down, holding underground I can pretend that it was me,
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but no Oh, baby I'm playing on you tonight,
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cut you down, eat you alive Thank you.
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I'm sorry.
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Baby, I'm playing on you tonight Hunt you down, eat you alive Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, moles Maybe you think that you can hide I can smell yourself a month Just like animals,
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animals, like animals, boys Baby, I'm back So what you trying to do to me It's like we can't stop, we're animals

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Maroon 5 - Animals”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: animal, baby, lie, inside, deny. Deze video bevat 146 zinnen en 2078 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 18:00. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 115 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 13 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
deny werkwoord/dəˈnaɪ/ontkennen
pretend werkwoord/pɹəˈtɛnd/voorgeven
underground bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/ondergronds
beast zelfstandig naamwoord/biːst/beest, wild dier
nerve zelfstandig naamwoord/nɝv/zenuw, neuronenbundel
feast zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfiːst/feest
scent zelfstandig naamwoord/sɛnt/parfum, geur
symptom zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsɪm(p)təm/symptoom
sinful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈsɪnfl̩/zondig
smell werkwoord/smɛl/ruiken, geuren
nose zelfstandig naamwoord[nəʊ̯z]neus
joke zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/mop, grap
pregnant bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/zwanger, in verwachting

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
find out werkwoordontdekken, onderzoeken

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtI'm playing
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomengonna lie · gonna get
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingI'll hit · I'll eat

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 128 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, can't, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/, underground /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/, nerve /nɝv/, nose [nəʊ̯z]
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: underground /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/, pregnant /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/

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 deny, pretend, underground.

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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