Shadowing Practice: All Seth Briars cutscenes in 4k | RDR 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I'll let you go.
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Excuse me, are you Seth?
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Who are you?
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I'm a friend of Mr. West Dickens.
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My name is Marston, John Marston.
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Goodbye, John Marston.
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It's been a great pleasure.
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I need your help, Seth.
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We need your help, me and Mr. West Dickens.
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Let me be frank for one second, partner.
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I hate people.
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It was people who got me in this mess in the first place.
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What mess?
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Look at me.
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Look, scramming around, looking for maps half insane.
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I ain't washed in six months.
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My hair falling out.
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My mind's going.
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What happened?
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What happened?
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My partner.
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He stole half my map.
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I never would have done that to him.
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Never.
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Look at me.
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Who did this to you?
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My partner.
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My boy, my man.
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Moses Forth.
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I don't have the facility to tell you what I would have done for
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that man and what I would do to him now.
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Why?
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Because he stole half my goddamn map.
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And what map's that, then?
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The map, partner.
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The map that tells me where it is.
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We're what is, friend?
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I ain't telling you that.
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I ain't.
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Don't make me tell, partner.
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He's mine!
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He's mine!
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All mine!
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Sure.
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And where's this Moses now?
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He's at Benedict Point.
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The law got him for exhuming.
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Some people, they feel differently.
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Not Moses.
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Him and me are the same.
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The selfsame.
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Well, come on, Seth.
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Let's go see Moses, get you your map back.
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Then maybe you'll help me.
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All right, partner.
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Let's go.
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All right, this is it.
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Let's stop here a moment and come up with a plan.
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As far as I know, Moses is being held in that shack.
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There's a couple of deputies keeping guard outside.
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Can you distract him so I can sneak in for a quick parlay with that son of a bitch?
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I'm sure I can think of something.
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Good job getting rid of them clowns.
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Now keep an eye out in case they come back.
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Moses?
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Oh, Moses!
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You got a visitor!
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Oh my god, Seth.
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They arrested me.
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It weren't my fault.
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Get the hell away from me!
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Get that slippery bastard!
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I need him alive, though!
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Moses.
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Moses, you son of a bitch!
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Where's my damn map?
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Damn yourself!
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Damn yourself!
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You've always been a twisty little freak!
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I ain't telling you shit!
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Then I'm gonna cut you off piece by piece.
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Till you find your tongue.
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Friend, this man has gone crazy in the sun.
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I suggest you take my advice and start talking.
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Shut up, Marston!
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I want to cut into a bonafide man's flesh.
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Ain't never cut into a live one before.
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Odd-odd fellow's rest.
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It's an odd fellow's rest.
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Get away from me once and for all.
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Well, ain't that a damn shame.
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I was starting to enjoy myself.
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I was starting to enjoy myself.
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I think you gone pissed yourself, Moses.
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Those deputies went and put a bounty on your head.
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Best we clear it now.
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Don't need the law on our backs.
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I don't have no money, but I got me a pardon letter.
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Here, take it.
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You earned it for helping me with the Moses.
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Come on, we can pay it off in the telegraph office.
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So, mister, thanks for your help.
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Don't worry yourself with thanks, Seth.
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Just help me when I come asking.
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No problem, mister.
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Seth.
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Hey, John.
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Hey, partner.
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Get what you need?
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Ready to help me?
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Not quite.
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Not quite ready.
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You see, I wasted a bunch of time looking for that last bit of map.
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And I got to thinking, Moses was a liar.
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And I imagined myself doing all kinds of unpleasant things to his corpse.
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And then I realized...
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You realize you were sick in the head?
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Think you needed to move on with your own limited time on Earth?
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No, partner.
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I realized Moses were no liar.
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The issue was Aidan O'Leary, who said he had the body.
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Aidan died in that flu epidemic, and the bodies weren't even buried yet.
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You got the body sitting in the back of that wagon behind you?
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Yes, sir.
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You're not even gonna wait until they're buried before you...
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Well, they don't care, do you boys?
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Honest folk, off to a better place.
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Apart from that Aiden O'Larry fella, I never liked him.
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They say he lay with his sister.
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I don't like women, partner.
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I don't.
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Not since Mama died.
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Seth, what are you gonna do with those bodies?
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I'm gonna take him back to a nice quiet spot and look for the map.
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I needs the map, partner.
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I needs it.
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Thanks, mister.
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I reckon I'll sit here a while trying to figure this out.
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I'm gonna be rich.
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When you're done with that, get over to Fort Mercer.
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I need you inside that place.
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After I find my treasure mister.
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Oh It's like that is it huh not talking to Seth today.
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Oh the old silent treatment.
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Oh Hey Seth Seth come back here.
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Oh, hey partner.
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I was just looking for you looking for me what over there.
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How you doing?
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I'm good Well, uh, see you later, partner.
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Where you going, partner?
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Nowhere.
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Okay.
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Nowhere wouldn't happen to be where that thing you're looking for is kept, would it?
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No, sir.
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No, sir.
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Come on, partner.
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Okay, I was just fooling.
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Partner, you know, the thought of that treasure does funny things to me.
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Yee-hoo!
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Ha-ha-ha!
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Finally, I see the light at the end of this very long, long tunnel.
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Seth's gonna be rich after all these years.
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It's silk sheets and Parisian hoars from now on, mister!
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Ah!
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What the goddamn hell is this?
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A glass eye!
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I'm sure whoever that belonged to treasured it very much.
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You stupid liars!
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Those stupid chicken shit maps!
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Make it a damn fool of me.
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A glass eye!
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It's glass high!
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Stop with the tears and help me with Williamson's gang.
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And you can come up with another excuse to go exhume one of your old friends.
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Hunting dead man's treasure ain't done me no favors.
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Sure.
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Sure.
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I'm ready for the living.
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I'll see you and Mr. West Dickens over at Fort Mercer when you gentlemen is ready.
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John?
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Marshal?
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Gentlemen!
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It's time.
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We must go.
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Why?
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What's happening?
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Seth has managed to get himself inside.
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But we can't leave it too long, or they will soon realize how very curious he is and remove him from the premises.
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Or slit his throat and watch him bleed to death.
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But for a minute, he will delight and amuse them.
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That's when he'll get us inside.
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Okay.
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Marshals of the law, when the shooting starts, take that as your cue to start awarding each other medals.
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Hmm?
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I mean, take that as a cue to get inside and clean up the mess.
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Oh.
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All I care about is Williamson.
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It is vital we stop him.
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Agreed.
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That man is a stone-cold killer.
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Williamson's a proud fool.
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The question is which will win out between his pride and his instinct for survival.
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Hey, hey there!
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Come on in!
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Come on in!
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Welcome to my humble abode!
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Ha ha ha!
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Come on!
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Ha ha ha ha!
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Yee-haw!
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Greetings, my good men!
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Heh heh.
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What would you say if I said, Immortality was at hand?
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What would you say if I told you I could teach you to fly?
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Heh heh.
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What would you say if I told you I could turn a man into a beautiful woman?
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Heh heh.
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Impossible?
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Yes.
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Once, but no more!
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Gentlemen, I bring you wisdom from the East.
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I have here in this wagon some of the finest goods, the best medicines, and the newest inventions available for you and your families.
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Exotic trinkets from the far reaches of the earth, elixirs that give vigor and strength.
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And for you men of physical skill and athletic physique,
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this miraculous elixir can keep the muscles supple and relax the cords.
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It loosens the joints and gives a feeling of vigor and freshness to the whole system.
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Why, some men have reported to me that after drinking it for one month, they can chew through steel.
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What the hell?
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It's a trap!
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That's the last of them.
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We still can't find Williamson anywhere.
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Hey!
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It's the Snakewall guy!
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General Atten let me in, for goodness sake!
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That fool must be hiding.
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Men, it is time to start tearing this place apart and find out where he's cowering!
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You've got sense of urgency here, please?
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Open the gate!
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It's the Snakewall guy!
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Get the goddamn gate open and lock it behind him!
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Oh, we've got company, gentlemen.
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These scoundrels have got reinforcements riding this way.
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Oh, my good lord above them.
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There must be a hundred of them.
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Bill ain't here.
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We looked everywhere.
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Oh, darn.
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Oh, darn eggnack.
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Marston.
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Mr. Marston, we got a live one.
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He says, Bill's already run off to Mexico yesterday morning.
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You'll never get him.
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Javier Escuela.
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He's gone to see Javier Escuela.
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That should make things interesting.
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Where in Mexico?
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How should I know?
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Where in Mexico, you little shit?
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Some place near Chuporosa, I think he said.
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Ha ha ha ha ha!
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That's bandy country.
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Chupa feckin' rosa!
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Oh, I'll take you there, John.
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I'm real popular down there.
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You just meet me at the ferry.
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I've got lots of friends down south.
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I'll see you at the ferry, Irish.
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And just get me things.
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I'm sorry about this, John.
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I guess you'll be heading to Mexico? So it would seem.
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How is it down there?
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Wonderful.
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A sweet, peace-loving people with a love of social justice.
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May you always find coin in your pocket.
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It's been a pleasure spending time with you, boy.
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You too, Mr. West Dickens.
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Marshall?
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All right, boys.
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That's enough.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “All Seth Briars cutscenes in 4k”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: partner, Moses, Seth, map. This video has 279 sentences and 1659 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:06. The speaker talks at a steady 118 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
mister noun/ˈmɪstəɹ/Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
gentleman noun/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
treasure noun/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
liar noun/ˈlaɪ.ɚ/Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
elixir noun/ɪˈlɪksə(ɹ)/A liquid which converts lead to gold.
exhume verb/ɛkˈs(j)um/To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
vigour noun/ˈvɪɡɚ/Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
darn verb/dɑɹn/To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
marshal noun/ˈmɑɹʃəl/A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United…
bury verb/ˈbɛɹi/To outlive.
wagon noun/ˈwæɡən/A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
ferry noun/ˈfɛɹi/A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
chuppah noun/ˈxʊpə/The canopy over a Jewish couple during their marriage ceremony.
freshness noun/ˈfɹɛʃnəs/The state or quality of being fresh.
loosen verb/ˈluːsən/To make loose.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
come back verbTo return to a place.
come on in verbSynonym of come in (“to enter”).
come up with verbTo manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
clean up verbTo make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
fall out verbTo come out of something by falling.
find out verbTo discover, as by asking or investigating.
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)…

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Who did this to you?
  • We're what is, friend?
  • You realize you were sick in the head?
  • Seth, what are you gonna do with those bodies?
  • You've got sense of urgency here, please?

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 nowIt's been · You've always been · has gone
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itbeing held · weren't even buried · is kept

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 55 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, ain't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: athletic /æθˈlɛt.ɪk/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/
  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, marshal /ˈmɑɹʃəl/, freshness /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/, invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/, flesh /flɛʃ/
  • Long words — get the stress right: miraculous /mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/, reinforcement /ˌɹiːɪnˈfɔːsmənt/, epidemic /ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/

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 mister, gentleman, treasure.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

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