Shadowing Practice: After Her Husband Died A Sudden Death She Is Faced With Accusation From His Family. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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They have killed my son, oh!
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People of the world come and see the wife my son's mind has finally killed him, oh!
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Mama, calm down.
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Mama, calm down.
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Which of your son?
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Obina, oh!
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God, you would have carried Chike and left Obie for me, oh!
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Who would take care of me?
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This smell alone can make a dead man cancer cancer.
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Welcome home.
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So that is the first thing you will say.
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Not my wife, how are you?
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Not my queen, I missed you.
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I missed you inside the smell.
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Nonsense, man.
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Can you wait?
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Must you always behave like a hungry boarding school boy?
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Boarding school boys are disciplined.
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Me, I am fighting for survival.
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Obina.
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Too late.
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Evidence has vanished.
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One day, I will poison one plantain and keep it for you.
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Jesus, see the woman I married.
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A whole me, a peaceful man.
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Look at the threats I face in this house.
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Peaceful man?
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You that will enter kitchen like I'm rubber every evening?
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Because the government has failed me. Which government?
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This kitchen government.
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How was your day?
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Fine.
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Nepa took light twice.
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The tailor disappointed me.
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Your mother called.
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My mother called?
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Yes. And?
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And she asked why I have not come to greet her this week.
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Then she reminded me that in her time, wives used to wake up before the cock crowed and sweep the whole village.
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My mother can exaggerate, eh?
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Your mother does not exaggerate.
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Your mother performs. That one is true.
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Did she insult you?
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No, not direct insult.
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That special style she uses.
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The kind that sounds like advice but learns like a slap.
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Sorry.
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It is okay.
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I am getting used to decoding Mama Ogo language.
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Don't get used to it too much.
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If anybody stresses you, tell me Anybody?
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Anybody Even your mother Especially my mother Liar I am serious So if I say your mother is troubling me,
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what will you do?
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I will call family meeting, I will bring microphone, I will speak English so everybody will fear Please stop,
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you and your fake serious face You are stressed Just walk You have been saying just walk for three weeks now
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It is nothing Obina You need to slow down Madam Doctor I am serious And I said I am fine Obina,
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at least eat first before your I am fine collapses on my clean floor That one is wisdom Slow down,
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food is not running You don't understand This stew has healing power For stress?
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For everything, stress, death, bad roads, wicked relatives Wicked relatives?
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I did not mention any names Obina,
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you meant some names I said I did not mention names But you meant some I did not Your brother,
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pick now before he says I am the one stopping family unity.
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Let him say it.
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Chike, what is it?
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Brother, good evening.
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I have been calling since.
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Why are you forming Busy Man?
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Because I am busy.
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Busy eating your wife's food, Abby.
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Enjoy.
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Some of us are suffering.
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Sorry, oh.
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Should I send your own in flask?
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Sister Aifi, you people are mocking poor people now.
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Talk what you want.
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Nothing serious.
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Mama said you should remember the land matter.
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And I need small help too.
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Just small money to balance something.
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Chike, every week cannot be emergency.
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Uh-uh, so I cannot call my own brother again.
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You can call, but every call should not wear the face of money.
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Okayo, since wife has entered, brothers should now be booking appointment.
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Don't start that nonsense.
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I was joking now.
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Anyway, greet Aifi for me.
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I heard you the first time.
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Fuck's up.
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Good night.
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You see, that one was not greeting.
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That was a warning shot.
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Ignore him.
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I do.
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But your family has this habit of talking as if I came to drag you away from them.
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Because they think love is competition.
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And is it?
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Not in this house.
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Listen to me.
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No matter what happens, this is your home.
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You hear me?
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Why are you talking like old man writing final speech
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because i am a deep man no
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because you like drama maybe small you better not go anywhere
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and leave me to face all these your people alone never what is it nothing obina
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just small pain it will pass you see this is what
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i am talking about it's stress then tomorrow we are going
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to hospital tomorrow tomorrow no not your usual tomorrow actual tomorrow
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yes ma you are lying i am not lying i am negotiating eat who is that by this time
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uh uh ada yes oh it's me shift let me pass
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you people are romancing shift first emergency has landed other can
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normal people not knock like human beings normal people don't have
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your friends problem what happened again i caught my boyfriend cheating
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so i bought suya to heal
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that is your emergency do not disrespect pain wait first jollof rice turkey fried plantain
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so in this house
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while i'm healing some are feasting this is just like old times isn't it it really is the food is amazing
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just wait until you try the pastries i'm so full
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but i can't resist that's the spirit
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so tell me what did your boyfriend do this time i caught him with another lady
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and the idiot said she is his brother's cousin brother's cousin
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is wild oh i am telling both of you now love is a scam with packaging only people
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that choose badly say that excuse me i do not choose badly bad people choose me
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that is even worse thank you support your friend what did
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this latest one do this useless man told me he was at choir practice only for me to pass lounge
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and see choir wearing blue jeans and holding beer maybe they were practicing praise
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and worship of another kind exactly a special ministration to daughters of jezebel ada you will not kill me no
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but men will kill themselves with confidence imagine lying with full
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chests obina are you okay yeah i'm fine no he is not fine
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that face is the face men make before they say it's nothing
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and faint with style thank you dr ada you're welcome consultation fees one full piece of meat take
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and leave me alive
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that is it no argument you are going to rest it is just stress everything is always stress with you obina
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just give me one minute this one is not normal joke again
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obina look at me should i get water yes please hurry
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ada call somebody call doctor call anybody who am i calling ambulance hospital neighbor everybody Oh
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Obina open your eyes don't play with me Obina, please open your eyes Somebody help me please Obina, please Ify...
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I'm here.
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I'm here.
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My file Forget file stay with me the draw No, don't talk.
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Please don't talk.
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Why is no one picking these people will let somebody die before saying hello Obina No, no, no, no, no Obina stop it.
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This is not funny.
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What happened?
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I heard shouting Bring the car key.
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Quick!
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Here!
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Careful!
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Careful!
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Open it wider! Which hospital?
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Any hospital!
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Just drive!
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Obina, we're going.
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Do you hear me?
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We're going now.
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You are fine.
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You are fine.
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Help us!
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Please help us.
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Get him stabilized.
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Start.
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Madam, wait outside.
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That is my husband.
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Madam, let them work.
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Sit down.
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Sit down first.
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No. No, I can't sit.
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I can't.
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It was just dinner.
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We were just talking.
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Ada, we were just talking.
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I know.
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No. We did everything we could.
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I'm very sorry.
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He was brought in too late.
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Madam.
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No!
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No, you are lying!
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I'm sorry.
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Stop!
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Obina!
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No, Ify!
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Obina, no. Hi, beautiful ladies.
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Hi, good evening.
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My name is Obina.
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Do you mind me knowing your names?
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I'm Ify.
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I'm Ada.
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I think the angels got a query the day you were born.
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And why is that?
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For sending a colleague into the world, I guess they were jealous of you.
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Dance with me, please. May I?
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Yes, you may.
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This bobo is well-mannered.
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I never knew you'd dance so well.
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Don't play with me.
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I could bench in a competition.
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Hmm.
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Can I ask you to dinner?
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It depends. On what?
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Who is the chef?
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Iceman right here can get any chef in the country.
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You look absolutely beautiful tonight.
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I almost thought you were on the menu.
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I can be the appetizer.
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Oh, Rio. Of course.
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This sunset is magical.
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With you, every moment is this.
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I could walk like this forever.
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This is perfect.
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I know your name And nothing here is quite the same If the world goes cold outside
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You're so beautiful when you smile Oh stop it you charmer
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My love you are my everything Will you marry me?
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I love you so much.
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I'm so happy I'm doing life with you, babe.
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And I promise it's till death do us part.
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Nobody's dying.
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If he Talk to me He was eating Just now he was eating I know He was laughing
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I know So how can somebody be laughing and then just die?
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We need to call his people His people Yes I can call them.
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But no, not yet.
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Madam, whether now or later, they will know.
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His mother will blame me.
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Don't say that.
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She will.
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This is not your fault.
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You know that.
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I know that.
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But that woman, she will enter this place with mourning cloth and accusation.
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Still, somebody has to make the call.
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Hello.
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Mama, good evening.
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Eh-eh.
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Chiki, why are you calling me by this time of the night?
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Mama, there is problem, oh.
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Which other problem could be more than that witch of a wife your brother married eh chiki?
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Ah, mama this problem is more oh.
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Oh ya na tell me I don't even say you need money, me koogu no kill you oh.
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Mama Obina is dead.
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What do you mean Obina is dead?
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What type of joke is that?
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I spoke to him this morning.
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Wait, did that witch tell you my son is dead?
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So because of small 5 million I asked him for, they are now forming dead, Abi?
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Mama, I'm serious.
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Brother Obina is dead.
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I saw him myself.
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Chike, where are you?
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Mama, I'm in the hospital with Sister Ify.
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Good, collect the key to the house and all his cars.
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Make sure nobody gets access.
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They have killed my son, oh!
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People of the world, come and see the wife.
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My son-minded has finally killed him, oh!
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Mama, calm down.
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Mama, calm down. Which of your son?
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Obina, oh!
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God, you would have carried Chike and left Obi for me, oh Who would take care of me?
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Chike, oh Chike, oh Mama, I thought you said it's Obina that is dead Yes,
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Obina, my son Eh, sister Ify, where are the keys to my brother's houses and cars?
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Give them to me Wait, you smoke I mean, they sell audacity to give you Because it's obvious you are very mad Ada, I'm not talking to you,
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oh Mind your business I will not mind my business Have you even seen your brother's corpse?
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You are looking for a house key.
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I'm with it.
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Come get it.
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Mama, where are you going this night?
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I'm going to Lagos, oh.
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Before that, we scatters everything for me, yo.
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Mama, night bus?
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I'm already in Lagos.
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Not even kidnappers can stop me.
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Mama, you didn't go Lagos this night.
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Mama, you sure say you fit wrong, so.
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Now let the edges go Lagos, apropos conductor.
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Toh, Mama, I know why I didn't ask you, oh.
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Put my bag for a mortal job, Mumu.
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Imagine Mama Ugo wishing Chike died instead of Obina.
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Yes now, you don't know that woman.
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It's money that controls Haro.
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Amaka, are you sure Mama Ugo knows you are dating Chike at all?
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Amaka will soon become the next witch.
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God forbid, oh!
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Madam, he is now in the mortuary.
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Let me take you home.
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Thank you, sir.
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Let's go.
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God, please, this shouldn't be happening to my friend.
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Who will she run to?
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She is just an orphan.
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I have to be strong for her.
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I have to.
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Ada, please.
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We need to call the caterer to arrange things and bring in the morning because visitors will start arriving.
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Don't worry.
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I already took care of it.
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Have some water.
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And make flight arrangement for Mama so she can come tomorrow.
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Okay, please rest a little so you don't fall sick.
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My people, you see all these girls that talks through their nose and call themselves Gen Z.
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Avoid them, oh.
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My son did not listen.
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Now they have killed him, oh.
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Mama, sit down.
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Mama, sit down.
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I will not sit down, you disrespectful, Mumu.
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Jesus, spirit of me, save your mother, oh.
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Help, oh.
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Help me, oh.
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Spirit of my son, Obi, help your...
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Mama, got short, oh.
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Hey, oh.
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Did not get respect, oh.
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Oh, yeah, mama.
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Call your son.
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Tell him your money is 5 million.
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Ah.
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Mama, my son just died.
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The other one is very useless.
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Mama, you think I'm going to be this?
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Don't take me play.
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Okay, okay, I'll call.
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Hamo, if you forget all this, your crocodile tears, you think I don't know you killed my brother for his money?
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Oh!
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Chiki, I swear I will call the DPO to lock you up for no reason.
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And by the time you are out, everyone will blow for you.
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Hello?
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Who is this?
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Chiki, it's Mama Hugo.
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Your mother didn't kidnap me.
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If you want to see your mother again, her money is 5 million.
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5 million?
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I hope you will see you next time.
Why Practice Speaking with This Video?
This video encapsulates a rich emotional context that can greatly aid English learners in enhancing their speaking skills. By engaging with the dialogue, viewers get an opportunity to practice real-life conversation in a scenario filled with tension and familial dynamics. Speaking along with the characters allows you to immerse yourself in the language, helping you gain confidence in using various expressions and vocabulary. With each phrase you mimic, you are not only improving your verbal skills but also your understanding of emotional nuances and cultural references.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
The dialogue in the video provides valuable insights into conversational English through the use of different expressions and structures:
- Emotive appeals: Phrases like "They have killed my son" demonstrate the use of strong emotional language. This structure can help learners understand how to express feelings emphatically.
- Direct address: The exchange “Mama, calm down” showcases how speakers use direct address to convey tone and engage others in conversation, which is common in everyday dialogues.
- Nested questions: “Which of your sons?” illustrates the strategy of asking questions to clarify context. This is a crucial conversational tool that can enhance your communication skills.
- Idiomatic expressions: The phrase “My mother can exaggerate, eh?” gives learners a glimpse into colloquialisms that enrich the language and provide insight into cultural nuances.
Common Pronunciation Traps
As you practice speaking with this video, pay attention to a few tricky words and accents that could pose challenges:
- "How are you?" - Notice how native speakers often shorten this, making it sound like "Howya?" It’s essential for learners to practice this natural flow to improve English pronunciation.
- "Nonsense, man." - The casual tone here can lead to mispronunciation if learners stress the wrong syllables. Focus on fluidity rather than breaking words apart.
- "Evidence has vanished." - Pay attention to the way ‘vanished’ is pronounced. The emphasis on the second syllable is often overlooked; practicing this will enhance overall speech clarity.
By taking the time to shadow speak and learn English with YouTube, you can significantly improve your English speaking practice and pronunciation skills. Engaging with this emotional dialogue not only elevates your spoken English but also immerses you in the everyday life context where these expressions flourish.
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.