Shadowing Practice: ARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH? | Five Nights at Freddy's 4 - Part 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “ARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH?”. This video has 313 sentences and 2330 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:48. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| chica noun | A Latin-American girl; a Latina. | |
| booby noun | /ˈbuːbi/ | A stupid person. |
| flashlight noun | /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/ | A battery-powered hand-held light source. |
| boop noun | /buːp/ | A low-pitched beeping sound. |
| gibber verb | /ˈd͡ʒɪbə(ɹ)/ | To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently. |
| jabber verb | /ˈd͡ʒæbə(ɹ)/ | To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense. |
| demo noun | /ˈdɛm.oʊ/ | A demonstration or visual explanation. |
| instruction noun | /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ | The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. |
| trailer noun | /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/ | Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing. |
| oooh | Elongated form of ooh. | |
| proactive adjective | /pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/ | Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty. |
| apprehension noun | /æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/ | The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. |
| deathbed noun | /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/ | The bed on which someone dies. |
| dresser noun | /ˈdɹɛsə/ | An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. | |
| play through verb | To overtake a slower group of players ahead of one's own group, rather than waiting for them to finish the hole before proceeding. | |
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Don't be scared, I am here with you.
- What did I do?
- I don't know how to close a door.
- Let's just get through tonight, shall we?
- Why am I so bad at this?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 87 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, deathbed /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/, thrust /θɹʌst/, marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: flashlight /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, apprehension /æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/, uninitiated /ʌnɪnˈɪʃi.eɪtɪd/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: apprehension /æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/, necessitate /nəˈsɛsəˌteɪt/, uninitiated /ʌnɪnˈɪʃi.eɪtɪd/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like breathe, chica, booby.
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.














