Shadowing Practice: My Awkward Love Confession - Learn English Speaking with Video

Today, I'm going to be talking about confessions.

More specifically, how I confessed my love to my girlfriend, Hono.

And like most things in life, it did not go smoothly.

But before I plastered all over the internet how pitiful and awkward my confession went, we got to rewind all the way back to the beginning

of how I even started talking to her in the first place.

So back in February of 2021, I got an email from Hono asking to collaborate on the video she was working on.

At the time, she was a humble aspiring content creator who made story time videos just like me.

When I first saw the email, I thought to myself, aw, she's so sweet.

And also, I really loved her videos.

She had an amazing art style, super funny humor, and just all around had so much potential.

It was a no -brainer.

I was more than delighted to voice lines for her.

Except, I forgot to reply back.

I know, I know, I'm horrible, I feel horrible, I swear I genuinely had all intentions to do the voice lines,

but I kinda just put it off for later, and unfortunately, that later never came.

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and now back to the story so anyways i forgot to reply back to her

and that was the end of

that now skip to the month of june i was casually scrolling through the bird app

and there i stumbled upon a fan art

that was retweeted by a popular up -and -coming storytime youtuber

who was celebrating her 100k milestone considering how she was a part of the same storytime community, I thought it'd be nice to congratulate her.

And so I hover my mouse over to her profile name to make my way over to her DMs and...

Hono Bread?

Hono...

Yep!

It was the exact same Hono Bread who sent me that collaboration email five months ago.

I ghosted her for five months.

The level of guilt I felt in that very moment was unbearable.

So to make things right, I decided to go out of my way to apologize to her.

But because I thought it'd be a bit disingenuous to do it over DMs, I asked her if she could get on call.

Hey, you wanted to talk to me about something?

Yeah, um, first of all, massive congrats on the 100k milestone.

Been really loving your videos.

Aw, thank you.

That's really sweet.

I love your videos too.

Oh, thanks.

Anyways, about that collab email you sent like five months ago, I just wanted to genuinely apologize for...

Even though she was super embarrassed about it, she calmly explained it was okay, and that she was actually hoping I'd forgotten about it and it wasn't that big of a deal.

I still apologized profusely and after that, we kind of chatted for a little bit and ended the call there.

And with that, my guilty conscience was satiated and everything between us was cool.

In fact, we actually got on a lot more calls over time and the more we talked, the more we discovered how much we had in common.

Sharing a conversation with her felt so effortless.

So much so that our calls would sometimes go on for like 12 hours straight

and we wouldn't even notice the time go by.

At some point, these calls quickly became the thing I looked forward to the most throughout my day,

and shortly after, I knew that I was starting to catch feelings for her.

Realizing this, I naturally made more of an effort to spend more quality time with her.

We did some anime watch parties, played some comfy games, and shared more in -depth conversations concerning our values and personal upbringings.

We even started drawing little doodles or comics of our characters, and use that to invite each other to call sometimes.

And the more we bonded, the more certain I became about how I felt about her.

And then one day, it hit me.

I knew I had to do it.

I was gonna confess my feelings to her.

Fortunately, my birthday was coming up, and I knew this was the perfect chance for me to tell her how I feel.

So I called her up on Discord, asked her if she was free to hang out on my birthday, to which she replied, Yes?

Let's fucking go!

and nervously prepared myself for the biggest moment of my life

on the day of the plan it started out flawlessly we

chatted for a bit played some games with some adult juice

and celebrated my birthday with some cute pictures of cake it

was genuinely one of the most fun i had in a while

and of course at the end of it once the mood

was set i knew the time had finally come uh hono I...

I have something important to tell you.

Oh, what is it?

So, you see, I...

Um, well, I...

Uh...

You know, so I...

Wanted to say, um...

Uh...

I...

Uh...

I choked.

I Freaking.

CHOKED!

And you might be thinking, why was it so hard to just tell her how I feel?

Well, you see, out of nowhere, I was getting hit by thoughts like, what if her liking me back was all in my head?

What if she wasn't actually into me?

What if she only wanted to be friends, and I'm overstepping boundaries?

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And I kid you not, I was stuttering and struggling to tell her how I felt for almost 10 insufferable minutes.

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Like, I swear, she must have thought I was having a massive stroke or something.

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And just when I thought things couldn't get worse, I completely pulled the brakes when she said this.

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So you see, I...

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I...

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You know, if it's too hard to share with me, maybe you don't have to force yourself.

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now look here when she said

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that i didn't have to force myself to me it almost

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sounded like she didn't want me to confess to her

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which then led me to think i might have completely missed a mark on how she felt about me

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so in a moment of panic i said oh yeah yeah

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you're right uh i'm gonna go get some water at this point i was fully convinced

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that she had zero interest in me

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And telling her how I felt now would only end up in me getting painfully rejected.

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So to save myself from further embarrassment, I decided not to confess.

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When I returned, I apologized for acting all weird

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and thanked her for taking the time to spend time with me on my birthday.

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And then we just kind of awkwardly ended the call.

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It was over.

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That night, I remember just sitting in front of the computer trying to process what just happened.

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And all I could think of was whether I should call her back right then and there, and just tell her how I feel anyway, or just put things to rest and move on.

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I'm not even joking.

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I literally sat in the exact same position, contemplating this for hours, until eventually, the sun came up.

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Then, I realized.

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She kind of already rejected me once.

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What do I have to lose now?

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I'll just tell her how I feel, and that'll be the end of that.

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And whatever happens, happens.

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And as soon as I made up my mind, I clicked the call button at 6am in the morning, with crusty eyebags and all, and gave it one last go.

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Hello?

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Isn't it pretty early there?

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Uh, yeah, it is.

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Oh no, are you okay?

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You sounded like you didn't get any sleep.

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I'm okay, I'm okay.

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Uh, Hono, if you had a guy you had strong feelings for,

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but somehow failed to tell him how you feel, would you try again?

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Well, if it's someone I really like, I think so.

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Why?

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I - I have feelings for you.

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Romantic feelings.

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I - I can't stop talking to you.

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I can't stop wanting to call you every chance I get.

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I enjoy being around you so much that it's - it's becoming more

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and more difficult to get off call sometimes and even

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if you don't feel the same way it's okay cuz oh I have feelings for you too huh you do yeah

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okay how do I explain this

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so apparently for some reason she thought instead of a love

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confession she was afraid i was trying to tell her

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that we should hang out less

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because i didn't want to seem like i was leading her on

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and stuff hence why she was okay with not hearing what

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i had to say i guess i'm happy to know i

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wasn't the only one overthinking things anyways after clarifying we both had a good laugh about it

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and from then on we just kind of look back on

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this memory fondly sometimes things are not always gonna go your way

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but even if that's the case i think it's better to be brave

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and take a chance than to regret in the future of wondering what it could have been.

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And for me, I'm glad I took that chance.

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Amen.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “My Awkward Love Confession”. Deze video bevat 159 zinnen en 1859 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 12:15. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 152 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
opera zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/	opera
apologize werkwoord	/əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/	zich verontschuldigen, verantwoorden
confess werkwoord	/kənˈfɛs/	bekennen
confession zelfstandig naamwoord	/kənˈfɛʃən/	bekentenis
horrible bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/	verschrikkelijk
sponsor zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈspɒn.səː/	sponsor
choke werkwoord	/t͡ʃoʊk/	verstikken, stikken
milestone zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/	mijlpaal, mijlsteen
naturally bijwoord	/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/	natuurlijk
superior bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/	superieur
mood zelfstandig naamwoord	/muːd/	humeur, stemming
helpful bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/	behulpzaam
comic zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkɑmɪk/	komiek, humorist
ghost zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɡoʊst/	geest, spook
inspiration zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/	inademing, inademen

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
get off werkwoord	van ... afgaan
look forward to werkwoord	uitkijken naar, zich verheugen op

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

Is this a segue to us?
Hey, you wanted to talk to me about something?
What if she wasn't actually into me?
What if she only wanted to be friends, and I'm overstepping boundaries?
What do I have to lose now?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 34 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, didn't, gonna. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/, soothe /suːð/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: confession /kənˈfɛʃən/, shortly /ˈʃɔɹtli/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/, tab /tæb/, mood /muːd/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: tab /tæb/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, romantic /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, expand /ɪkˈspænd/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: ghost /ɡoʊst/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, regret /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/, goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/, drag /dɹæɡ/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als opera, apologize, confess.

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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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