Shadowing Practice: NF - The Search (lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Hey, Nate.

How's life?

I don't know.

It's alright.

I've been dealing with some things like every human being and really didn't sleep much last night.

I'm sorry.

That's fine.

I just think I need a little me time.

I just think I need a little free time.

Little break from the shows and the bus rides.

Last year I had a breakdown.

Thoughts telling me I'm lost, getting too loud.

Had to see a therapist and I found out something funny's going on up in my house.

Yeah, I started thinking maybe I should move out.

You know, pack my car, take a new route Clean up my yard, get the noose out Hang up my heart, let it air out, air out I've been searching, what does that mean, Nate?

I've been learning, grabbing my keepsakes Leaving my burdens, well, I brought a few with me I'm not perfect, looking at the view like This concerns me, picking up the cues, right?

I'm quite nervous, hating when I lose sight Life gets blurry

and things might hurt me It's probably gonna be a long journey, but It's worth it, though, cold world out there Kids, grab your coat, it's been a minute I know,

now I'm back to Rome Looking for the antidote to crack the coal Pretty vivid, I admit it, I'm in classic mode Don't need pity given to me, but I can't condone Fucking down to me,

I'ma have to crack your nose for cracking jokes I'm looking for the map, the hope, you see that?

Been making a whole lot of changes Wrote a song about that, you should play it I get scared

when I walk on these stages I look at the crowd and see so many faces Yeah, that's when I start to get anxious That's

when my thoughts can be dangerous That's when I put on my makeup and drown in self-hatred Forget what I'm saying and...

Where the beat go?

Oh, ain't that something?

Drums came in, you ain't see that coming Hands on my head, can't tell me nothing Got a taste of the fame, it'll bump my stomach Throw it back up like I don't want it Wipe my face,

clean off my vomit OCD tryna push my buttons I said don't touch it, now y'all done it I can be critical, never typical Intrigued with every syllable, I'm a criminal Intrigued but never political,

pretty visceral Even if you hate it, I make you feel like you're in it though You call me what you wanna

but never call me forgettable Liquid even thought I can never swim in the kiddie pool Weighted, I've been thinking the cinematic is beautiful Man, I don't know if I'm making movies or music videos, videos, videos Yeah, the sales can rise,

doesn't mean much though when your health declines See, we've all got something that we trapped inside that we try to suffocate You know, hoping it dies, try to hold it underwater but it always survives

And it comes up out of nowhere like an evil surprise

And it hovers over you to tell you millions of lies You don't relate to that?

Must not be as crazy as I am The point of thinking is the mind is a powerful place

And what you feed it can affect you in a powerful way It's pretty cool, right?

Yeah, but it's not always safe Just hang with me, this'll only take a moment, okay?

Just think about it for a second, if you look at your face Every day when you get up and think you'll never be great, you'll never be great Not because you're not, but the hate Will always find a way to cut you up and murder your faith I've been developing,

taking a look at the benefits Nothing to matter with, I can never be delicate My irrelevant, that depends how you measure it Take a measurement to back it up and give me the evidence Pretty evident, dependable can never be tentative I'm a gentleman,

depending on if I think you're genuine Pretty elegant but not afraid to tell you to get it We're proper etiquette, I keep it to myself when I celebrate It's that time again,

better grab your balloons and invite your friends Seatbelts back on, yeah strap them in Look at me, everybody, I'm smiling big On a roll right now

that I can't predict Tell me tone that down but I can't resist Y'all know that sound, better raise your fist The search begins,

I'm back so enjoy the trip Thank you.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “NF - The Search”. Deze video bevat 41 zinnen en 776 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:02. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 256 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. Slechts 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 9 van de 41 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
depend werkwoord	/dɪˈpɛnd/	afhangen
antidote zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/	tegengif
blurry bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈblɜːɹi/	wazig
condone werkwoord	/kənˈdoʊn/	vergeven, gedogen
dependable bijvoeglijk naamwoord	[dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ]	betrouwbaar
etiquette zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɛt.ɪˌkɛt/	etiquette
forgettable bijvoeglijk naamwoord		vergetelijk
keepsake zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkiːp.seɪk/	herinnering, aandenken
syllable zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/	lettergreep, syllabe
visceral bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈvɪsəɹəl/	visceraal
vomit werkwoord	/ˈvɑmɪt/	overgeven
drown werkwoord	/dɹaʊn/	verdrinken, verzuipen
vivid bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈvɪvɪd/	helder, gedetailleerd
cue zelfstandig naamwoord	/kju/	teken
strap zelfstandig naamwoord	/stɹæp/	riem

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
back up werkwoord	teruggaan
clean up werkwoord	schoonmaken
find out werkwoord	ontdekken, onderzoeken
get up werkwoord	opstaan
pick up werkwoord	oppakken, optillen

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 43 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: measurement /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: dependable [dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ], kinematic /kɪn.əˈmæt.ɪk/, underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/, irrelevant /ɪˈɹɛləvənt/

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 depend, antidote, blurry.

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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