Shadowing Practice: 10th Kingdom Wolf & Virginia Part1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Okay.
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No, no. Sorry, what can I get you?
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Rare if lies dangerously cooked.
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When I say rare, I mean just let it look at the oven in terror and bring it out to me.
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No fries, no vegetables, just meat. Is this her?
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This can't be her.
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What do you mean?
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What do you mean?
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She's succulent!
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What a dreamy, creamy girl!
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Tasty or what?
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Grandmother?
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Grandma? In here, darling!
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Good morning.
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You want some coffee or toast or something?
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What's wrong?
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You got a cold?
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Grandma?
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Surprise!
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Oh, boy, you're fantastic!
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Your picture doesn't do you justice!
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Wow!
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Oh, no!
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How did this get here?
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No, no!
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Oh, no!
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Oh, no!
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By the way, where is the dog sleeping in final royalty?
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Oh, you smell great!
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I've had little teasers of your scent before, Virginia, but in the flesh.
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Perfumes are not for me.
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No, I respond favorably to the audacity of a woman who flaunts her own aroma.
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And you, Virginia, you smell like Sunday lunch.
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Keep away from me.
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Oh, beautiful eyes, beautiful teeth.
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All the right stuff in all the right places.
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No doubt about it, I am in love!
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Let me put your mind at rest.
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Now that I've seen you, eating you is out of the question.
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Not even on the menu!
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Now, I know this is gonna come out of the blue, but.. how about a date?
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We started badly.
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But I take all the blame for that.
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Come on, give us a chance, please.
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Oh, you are one dynamic lady.
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There's no question there.
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Well, hello.
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What is you?
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Is that hand?
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Don't come any nearer.
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Don't worry.
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I'm not who I used to be.
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I've had extensive therapy.
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I realize I have been using food as a substitute for love, and I have the books to prove it.
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Breaking the cycle.
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Heal yourself in seven days.
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Stop blaming yourself, please.
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And help for the bed-wetting child, which I picked up by mistake.
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But I've got them all!
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You come an inch closer, and I swear I'll shout my head off.
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Oh, that is what is known as an empty threat.
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I hope you don't mind me saying this,
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but I get the feeling you still don't completely trust me.
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I don't trust you at all.
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You tried to eat my grandmother.
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No. I was just being playful.
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See, Wolfies just pretend to do naughty things.
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I would have never really eaten her.
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I mean, she was a tough old bird.
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I wouldn't hurt a sausage.
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Butter would not melt in my mouth.
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Well, it would melt.
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Of course it would melt.
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But very slowly.
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Ruff puff!
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I give you my solemn wolf word.
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You are safe with me.
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You are as safe as a...
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Brick-built pig house.
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Now, wait here a moment.
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While I plan our escape, we are in a romantically reckless danger.
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Now, how are you a-climbing?
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I nearly fell off three times coming up.
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Those incredible shoes.
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They made them invisible.
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Yeah, I know.
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Yeah, but they made them invisible.
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Don't touch them.
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They'll make you want to wear them all the time.
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Balcony or corner.
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That is the question.
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I'm not gonna touch them.
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I just want to see how they work.
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They're working on you even now.
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Just leave them well alone.
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Corridor, I think.
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No!
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Balcony!
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Quick!
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There's someone coming!
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I'm going to go home.
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I'm going to find my father.
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I'm going to go home.
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All right, all right, all right.
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But not this way.
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Virginia, please listen.
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You won't survive five minutes unless you follow me.
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Now, we must avoid this road.
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Go this way.
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No way am I going in there.
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Oh, my God.
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Brave Jack.
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Jack?
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Back in the Beanstalks, the first near of Beantown.
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You know, this used to be a very prosperous area before all the Beanstalks sprouted everywhere and polluted the land.
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The trolls were given it as their kingdom.
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That's why they hate Prince Wendell so much, because he has a juicy, fertile kingdom, and they have a polluted, disgusting kingdom.
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Virginia?
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Virginia?
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Virginia.
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Virginia, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia, please tell me you didn't take the Troll King's magic shoes.
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Virginia, Virginia, Virginia.
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Virginia.
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I know you think you're safe in those shoes, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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Anything a troll has is bound to be bad and dangerous.
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Virginia, where are you?
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Oh, my God.
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Hello again.
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They're not fully recharged, you see?
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They don't stay invisible very long without a proper break.
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It's a design fault, and the shoe's one of many in here.
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You're not having them.
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Having what?
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The shoes!
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They're mine!
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Oh!
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Ah!
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If you don't get rid of them now, you won't be able to later.
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You're right.
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Oh, you're right.
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I don't want them.
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They made me feel so strange.
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They felt so powerful, you know, being invisible.
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Just amazing.
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Fantastic.
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How did you know where I was?
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Smell you.
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Follow me.
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There are about 70 beanstalks left, but not many are occupied these days.
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Giants drink so much, they rarely have time to reproduce.
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Can I ask you a question?
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Yeah, of course.
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Do you think I'm sexy?
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You're the kind of man I suppose I should be scared of.
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Oh, Virginia.
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As much as I would love to believe what you're saying to me right now, I'm afraid it's the shoes that are talking.
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You'd say anything to put them on again.
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Give them back.
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Come on, give them back.
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Oh, God.
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Oh, I'm really sorry.
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I...
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That was weird.
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I don't know what came over me.
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Oh, they bring out very strange things, these shoes.
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Whatever you're suppressing.
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I'm not suppressing anything.
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What?
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Trolls.
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They found us.
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Oh, cripes, we're in big, big trouble now.
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They have dogs.
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They're gonna sniff us out.
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Run!
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Run!
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Over here!
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Beanstalk has a potent smell.
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It puts off the dogs.
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You don't have to tell me.
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We'll stay up here for a little while until it's safe.
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So how did you get involved in all this, anyway?
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Oh...
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I...
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I found myself at a loose end.
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You were in that prison, weren't you?
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What were you in for?
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Well, nothing much.
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Just a little bit of sheep worrying, that's all.
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Putting a wolf into a prison cell with nowhere to bound, Only able to stare at the sky through bars?
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Now that's inhuman.
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So you think maybe I should, you know, put them on again?
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What?
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No, I mean, you know, the shoes are probably fully recharged.
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No!
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No!
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What is that?
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It's just my tail.
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Your tail?
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What?
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Well, it's not very big at this time of month.
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It's just a little brush.
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You've got a tail?
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Yeah, so?
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You have succulent breasts.
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I don't go on about them all the time, do I?
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Why did you touch it?
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It's perfectly normal.
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If it's normal, how come you keep it hidden all the time?
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Because if you haven't noticed, people don't like wolves.
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Come on, give it a stroke.
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It won't bite.
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What?
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What?
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With the fur, not against it.
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Oh.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 215 sentences and 1197 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:31. The speaker talks slowly, about 96 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- shoe /ˈʃu/ (noun) — A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
- invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ (adjective) — Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
- wolf /wʊlf/ (noun) — Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- tail /ˈteɪ̯l/ (noun) — The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
- melt /mɛlt/ (verb) — To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/ (noun) — A mother of someone's parent.
- grandma /ˈɡɹænmɑː/ (noun) — Grandmother.
- balcony /ˈbælkəni/ (noun) — An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
- bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ (verb) — To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- suppress /səˈpɹɛs/ (verb) — To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- badly /ˈbæd.li/ (adverb) — In a bad manner.
- rarely /ˈɹɛəɹli/ (adverb) — Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
- sexy /ˈsɛksi/ (adjective) — Having sex appeal; attractive.
- butter /ˈbʌtɚ/ (noun) — A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
- nowhere /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ (adverb) — In no place.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
- back in (verb) — To reverse a vehicle into a space.
- bring out (verb) — To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
- come over (verb) — To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
- come up (verb) — To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- fall off (verb) — To become detached or to drop from.
- go in (verb) — To become obscured by clouds.
- head off (verb) — To begin moving away.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 56 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, flesh /flɛʃ/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/, shout /ʃaʊt/
- Long words — get the stress right: invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, audacity /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like shoe, invisible, wolf.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to be |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is known · were given · has is bound |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've seen · haven't noticed |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.