Shadowing Practice: Aatrox | The World Ender | Eternal Darkness - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I have no goodness left.
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It was taken from me, stolen.
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I am the nemesis of life.
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The heavens, the endless skies folding into each other. Where are they now?
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I touched the stars and saw the glorious light of a thousand suns.
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Now, blinded by this elegance, how could my purpose be anything but dark?
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I march to death, though I wish it was my own.
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I am but an unholy copy of life, a mockery of its freedom,
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and born in the cruel betrayal of the noble ideals I would have served.
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I stood against the void.
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Now I would welcome it.
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Am I the abyss?
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What did I gaze into it?
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No beast so fierce but no some touch of pity.
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But I know none and therefore am no beast.
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How far I have fallen!
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Have God reduced to a prisoner!
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This cursed form, this cruel decaying flesh, I yielded!
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My suffering, I will make it bloom.
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As long as this form lives, I will punish them.
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See what beasts they have reduced us to.
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Creatures of flesh sustained only by this.
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Pils, blood and form.
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tricked into this existence, fall slave entrapped by endless life.
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I shall become a beast feeding on their destruction and making them lament my unholy birth.
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I beg, let some challenge me today so that I may tear out their hearts.
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Pray, let me watch them die, eyes knowing they served my dark purpose.
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The only peace I seek is death!
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Patience, Aatrox, patience!
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True freedom will come!
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I will render these mortal forms into my own.
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I will snuff out the light.
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I shall make darkness eternal.
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I must destroy the even hope.
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I cannot die until all life ends.
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I shall become a beast feeding on their destruction and making them lament my unholy birth.
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I will drown them in oceans of blood.
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Cleave through them, Aatrox!
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Crush their skulls!
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Shatter their ribs!
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Disembowel their very souls!
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Our vengeance is at hand!
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They shall not rob us of our nobility!
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We shall stand and spit venom at our tormentors for a dignity!
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Let me tear their flesh from them,
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and not break their soul, and murder their genital.
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Destiny awaits us!
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I am Aeshaqs!
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I am the World Ender!
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Follow me into destruction!
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Insects!
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The World Ender has come!
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I will hack and sharpen cleave and sun-dra the filth of your forms!
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Carnage!
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Hate!
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Yes!
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I am the world ender!
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Death to all!
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Challenge me mortals!
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I am here!
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Take everything from them!
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Fight!
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Or be forgotten!
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I am not your enemy!
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I am THE enemy!
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I offer you victory!
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I will sever your limbs!
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I will carve your souls!
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Join me in death!
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I am doomed!
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I am darken!
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Your gods fear me!
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Become great!
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I beg your death!
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No!
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I am its brother!
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I will have silence!
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I do not obey.
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I cannot lay down.
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I will be the ender of all things!
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I am in a cage within a prison.
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But this foul shape reminds me of my purpose.
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I am oblivion.
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I am destruction.
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I am doom.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 85 sentences and 523 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:21. The speaker talks slowly, about 82 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 67% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
beast noun/biːst/Any four-footed land mammal.
destruction noun/dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/The act of destroying.
flesh noun/flɛʃ/The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
tear verb/tɛɹ/To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
patience noun/ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/The quality of being patient.
endless adjective/ˈɛndlɪs/Having no end.
cruel adjective/ˈkɹuːəl/Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
mortal adjective/ˈmɔɹ.təl/Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
doom noun/duːm/Destiny, especially terrible.
trick noun/ˈtɹɪk/Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
silence noun/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/The absence of any sound.
suffer verb/ˈsʌfɚ/To undergo hardship.
ideal adjective/aɪˈdi(ə)l/Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
steal verb/stiːl/To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
pray verb/pɹeɪ/To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
lie down verbTo assume a horizontal position.
tear out verb/tɛɹ aʊt/To remove by tearing.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowhave fallen · have reduced · has come
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itwas taken · be forgotten

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/, flesh /flɛʃ/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/
  • Long words — get the stress right: disembowel [dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ], nobility /noʊˈbɪlɪti/, oblivion /əˈblɪviːən/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like beast, destruction, flesh.

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.

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