Shadowing Practice: Arguments in Relationships | EP 148 | What's The Juice? Podcast - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Let me just tell you guys, our apartment right now smells amazing.
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And guess whose fault it is?
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I mean, I wouldn't say it's a fault because usually if it's a fault, it's a negative thing.
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Speaking of arguments.
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Speaking of arguments, what are you talking about?
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Well, they'll see the title of the episode.
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It's like, aren't you?
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Oh, yeah, it's going to be an interesting one.
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But it's not a fault because it's not a negative.
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So the reason why it smells really good in our apartment right now is because the beauty of podcasting,
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one of, is the fact that we get to do it from our home.
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Which is an annoying thing sometimes because we have to literally change up our whole living room just to set up.
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There's a good side of it
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and then there's a bad side of it yeah i mean the bad side is just the fact
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that we don't have like a studio where like things are set up
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if we had a studio we wouldn't even move the mics
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we wouldn't move any of the cameras any of the lights everything would just be stationary
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and then whenever it's time to record
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we just pull up and sit down
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and record that's goals right there that's goals um we have not yet
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if you stick around for long enough you will be there whenever we do make it up there yeah yeah
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but the good thing about one of the great things about podcasting
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that we are doing it from our home is
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that currently we're working and we're doing what we love while also cooking dinner
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I just put a whole chicken in the oven a whole chicken a whole chicken spatchcocked
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if you know what that is it is when you take the chicken
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back the back of the chicken you take the spine you cut it out you turn it
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and then you crack its chest
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and then it just goes like this i think
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we talked about this yeah yeah we did we did yeah um
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because i've been talking about the spatchcock chicken for a minute but
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guys it's the game changer
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that way it's like you make a whole chicken
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you got two thighs you got two drumsticks you got two breasts
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you got two wings perfect you got a hell of leftovers a lot of protein right there yeah
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so i'm thinking like tomorrow on the plane we're gonna
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we're gonna take the chicken to go
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i can never remember like can you do you want to pack the chicken on the plane from home yeah
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you can no what are you gonna eat cold chicken on
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the plane yeah like make like a little chicken salad
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or something nah it's gonna be like soggy but damn so
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that means we gotta eat this chicken before we leave yeah that's fine we can do
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that yeah we can do
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that we can eat like right before
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we leave like we're about to eat right
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now half of it won't be done right
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now yeah um anyways guys welcome back to the what's the juice podcast uh if you're new here
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My name is Alia Zaita.
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I'm one of your hosts for the evening.
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And I'm here with my lovely.
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And my name is Yoni Kodo.
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I'm the guy with the deep voice on the podcast.
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You got some fancy glasses.
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You want to tell us about these glasses?
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I didn't.
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Why you got to put me on the spot like that?
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I feel like you got to point it out.
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We can't just pretend like you're not there.
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Why you got to put me on the spot like that?
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I was trying to keep it low -key and just do my thing.
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Yeah, just not make it a thing that you're wearing glasses that you never had before.
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Yeah, okay.
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So anyway, so I spent a lot of time on the computer.
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Yeah.
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I spend a lot of time on my phone, whether it's work or just scrolling for no reason.
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Or just pleasure.
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Yeah.
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But mostly working, especially looking at the computer, editing photos, podcasts for hours, right?
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And you need to protect your eyes.
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Honestly, like we don't even think about that.
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Even you listening to this right now, you probably need some blue light glasses.
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And these are blue light glasses.
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And I kind of didn't want to take them off
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because.. they look really good they're such a nice accessory i feel like
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because it's a clear frame yeah it's not as like um as intense as
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if it was like a black frame it is clear
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but it's also kind of like off -white clear
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it's not like white i mean yeah clear is not gonna be like no they have some they make some
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but there's some clear that looks blue i don't like
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that one like i'd rather have it more like this where it's kind of a white off -white yeah yeah
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so anyways that's why i'm wearing glasses right now
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and i kind of i never wear glasses like this no
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because it's hard for you to find a pair
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that like really yeah
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and i feel like these like will you work with me yeah
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i like it a lot thanks i like the look
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i appreciate it giving it's giving dad vibes
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it's giving dad vibes the best way in the best way okay yeah like it's very it's very attractive
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oh i should wear this outside a little bit no no i'm just playing you better leave that shit at home.
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Anyways, guys, so we asked you guys a while ago on Instagram, like, what do you guys want us to talk about on the pod?
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We just needed to hear from you guys.
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You know, sometimes we run out of inspiration.
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And some of you wanted us to talk about our arguing style.
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People love some juicy shit, which I guess this is the right podcast for it because it's called was the juice.
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What's up with these random voices?
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I don't know.
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I feel like I feel like it's late at night.
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It's 9 .30 p .m.
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Okay.
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This is when we're recording because we just had things to do.
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They're like, damn, 9 .30?
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What am I about to eat this chicken?
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What's eat this chicken at 11?
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You know, shit happens.
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But, yeah, we don't really...
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Okay.
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Would you say that we argue?
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Like, if somebody said, like, do you guys argue?
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I would respond with no. We do argue.
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but not like it's not we have we never well how can i say i wouldn't say we argue
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because i feel like if you ask a couple do you guys argue that means like you argue on the regular
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really yeah so you have to argue on the regular to say
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that like you argue okay i would say
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we very rarely have like an argument like where we both get like really whatever like mad
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or or we have like a big disagreement where like you think i did something i think you did something
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that happens maybe like once if not twice a quarter
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but i mean honestly honestly yeah even when
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that does happen yeah i don't even think it's an argument we just talk about whatever the thing was.
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But let's say it's like a moment where oh my god this chicken smells so good.
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I keep getting distracted.
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Are we going to mention this chicken all episode long?
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No, no, no. Sorry.
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I just like got Alright.
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So just know you might hear this again.
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What's the problem?
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No, no. It's fine.
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We should put a photo of the chicken here.
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Pre -cooked?
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No. Like after it comes out of the oven.
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Oh, okay.
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I didn't even take a photo of it before
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it went in anyways what we're talking about you were talking about this chicken cannot distract sorry
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i'm sorry i'm sorry um
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you're saying about how we don't argue oh okay let's say let's say we're in a situation where like i
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because i we already know this i'm usually the one that like might overreact
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not my you will over okay so like i will overreact
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if like something is really like frustrating or like something happened
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that kind of impacts both of us
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and then we've even talked about this on the podcast before it's like the the way
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that you you're you're your way of reacting to things in life in general is very different than mine okay
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and we can we can break it down again for people who might have missed the episode
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or just for the new people okay okay so before we continue
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so let's just break that how does that look like right just
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so everyone everyone knows what the dynamics of this relationship is like let's say you know when we were in paris
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okay we almost missed a train
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and we were in paris we weren't supposed to be in paris
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this was last summer where like we we told this story already but like basically we had to take another
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plane to go to Paris instead of going to Belgium.
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And it was very annoying and it was already frustrating.
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And then we were trying to figure out like what train to take
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so we could go from Paris to Brussels and we like almost missed one.
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And then we ended up missing it and trying to figure it out.
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You're in a new place, et cetera.
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Right.
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And in moments like that, I just don't do very well.
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And I get very frazzled.
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I can't, I'm hard to communicate with.
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And I own up to that i know okay
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so my energy was a big fault of
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if you could call it it wasn't even an argument it was just like a bad vibe
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and a bad situation 100 agree with
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that i react to those type of situations in not a great way
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and something i have to work on you on the other hand are way more laid back way more
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you know chill or whatever and it could also be
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that i just tend to take the lead in figuring out a solution for the problem
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and you kind of just like let me do that
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but then sometimes i get frustrated because i'm like why are you not doing anything
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and then it's like well because you're doing it so
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so i feel like oftentimes that's the reason why we argue
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it's like those types of situations okay i i agree with
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that what did i did i lay it out right you laid it out right I will say though,
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like in any situation, even if it's that example or anything else,
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I would say that the reason why I remain so calm is because I know for one,
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whatever is happening, it's not the end of the world.
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It's not.
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Like that's my default.
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Like I think about that, right?
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did you know it's like we're gonna solve whatever problem
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that is we can solve it really fast
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or we can solve it really slow whatever like that
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but i'm just saying everything is fine it's okay it's a train worst case scenario in my head
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if we're gonna miss the train guess what if we're in paris
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and we gotta wait two hours to take the next train i don't have a problem with
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that hold I know exactly what you're about to say.
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If we miss the train to go to Belgium from Paris, we miss the train and they say, hey, the next one is in two hours.
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You know what I'm thinking?
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It's right in the city.
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Let's go outside.
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Let's grab a bite.
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Let's go to a coffee shop.
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Time will fly by like this.
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It's just that it was like after like a long ass flight.
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No, I get it.
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I'm not looking cute.
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I'm not trying to go into no place to get a croissant.
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Like I don't feel comfortable.
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I was like, you want to go out just for like 10 minutes?
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Just for 10 minutes, just to like grab some food.
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Alia was like, absolutely not.
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Well, because I was trying to figure it out.
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Because I was trying to get to where we were supposed to go.
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I guess I was trying to do that before we even figured out anything.
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Yeah.
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You're like, damn, since we're here already, should we?
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And I'm like, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Okay, so.
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But what about a scenario where there's no solution?
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A scenario where let's say like we lost a thousand dollars like on something stupid.
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We didn't need it.
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I don't know.
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You know, there's random money situations that sometimes like you get charged for something that like you didn't even want.
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Or it kind of just is like money that just left your pocket.
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Yeah.
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And let's say that happens, right?
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There's no fixing it.
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There's no calling someone for a refund.
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That shit is gone.
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Nothing and it's so frustrating because you're like this is a thousand dollars
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that i could have had that's just not here anymore
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and you know that exact feeling oh it's not a good feeling
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and i'm sorry but in
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that moment it's like i need some time to just be angry a little bit
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and then it's true sometimes i get like to a level at
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which you consider it's overreacting what do you think
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it is i think it's exactly what i just need to do
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but i never i mean okay
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so whenever you're in a situation where you feel like you
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need to like like you need to let it out right yeah do you ever think
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that this do you ever think to yourself like damn
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i think i kind of overreacted here do you ever like
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in the moment probably not right not in the moment
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because in the moment you don't care about overreacting you're just mad about the thing yeah
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but afterwards how long does it take you to
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if you do the next day maybe the next day i mean it depends what it is you know
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But at the end of the day, too, it's like it's okay to get angry.
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It's healthy, if anything.
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Like sometimes I can't just be unbothered and unaffected.
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I'm not saying that it's not okay to get angry.
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But there is something to say about overreacting.
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And this is something that we can all work on.
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Overreacting.
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I feel like there's some things that, I mean, if I overreact about something, it really has to be like something serious.
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There's been times where you're like, you react how I would react,
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where it's like you have a good amount of time where you're like maybe swearing, maybe like just being like, this is unbelievable.
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I can't believe this happened.
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It's these types of things where there's no solution, where shit just kind of happened and you can't do anything about it.
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Right.
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And it's messed up.
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In those situations, there's been moments in like scenarios in which you also like got angry
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and frustrated i'm trying to think of an example do you remember what happened
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i feel like it was there was like a time like i don't remember what the reasoning was
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but i remember i remember it happening
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and i remember like damn this is what it's like for yoni to like get angry
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but i let you i just let you do it because i would have done the same thing
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oh i know but i'm just saying honestly i'm just saying
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that for i guess it for some reason
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it just takes a lot more for me to get
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there yeah that's true um most things i'm like all right that's fine you know what happened
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or like what can especially if i can't do anything about it like i'll be mad but then
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if it already happened whether it's like it just takes me
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a minute to like i need to it takes me a minute to know
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and i get it
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and everybody deals with things differently it could be something like i i tripped
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and fell and i rolled my ankle and now it's injured
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and i can't run my half marathon like i'm gonna be frustrated for like a minute yeah
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so it's normal with injuries like that playing basketball and getting injured
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and now you miss x amount of games that sucks you know
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and you're just like this could have not happened yeah it's things that i'm
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Like, this could have not happened.
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Like, there was a subscription, right, that just.. got renewed
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that i completely forgot about that was like 400 we don't even need it
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and i'm just like yeah it's
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and i mean you know that's not a big deal
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and i didn't react that i didn't react to
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that i was just like this is crazy like i'm
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so mad i'm gonna try to get a refund right
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i think we're gonna figure it out yeah we'll see um
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but okay but
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when it comes to arguments i feel like most of our arguments
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i kind of built off of this right here like the way
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that i react versus the way
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that you react in certain situations you know it's funny no
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you're right whenever we do have like a like one of our our higher level arguments yeah it's
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because of low -key it's because of how i'm now reacting to the thing
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that was happening i'm just like ah can you like be mad with me exactly
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so just think about that that is our biggest arguments yeah it's about
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that it's not even about like something you did i would say
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there's in relationships there are like arguments like this
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and there are also what i would say are still kind
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of like part of this discussion more intense level conversations
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that can be about work that can be about finances
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that can be about future that can be about annoying adulting things like like bills
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and insurance or but those are not like future like savings
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or different things like that and
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if you're like you know maybe like one of us is
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like spending too much money on like certain things maybe yeah
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you're like oh you chill out a little bit you know it's like different things like that
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that i feel like in a relationship specifically you get to certain
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you know it can be like it can be about maybe something that I said
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in a certain moment that make you feel right or like yeah
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or in a group setting those conversations always happen
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when you get home like okay so babe you know
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when you said that in front of everybody yeah
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and I mean why did you say
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that most of the time like that's not that deep you know
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but there are conversations that are obviously like more serious
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that maybe you feel like you need to talk to your partner like
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on a more serious level kind of like not business but
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but it's it's sort of about like your partnership cohabiting together sharing your life together
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and getting down to like the business if there's something
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that you feel like maybe your partner is not doing
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or maybe your partner comes to you says
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that like you feel like they're not prioritizing you
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or like i don't know stuff like
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that okay you know those conversations are not fun to have
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and i would say those are the types of conversations that like you know you're it's disgusting, it's uncomfortable, it's inevitable.
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Like even if you're as open as we are at communicating
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and we really laid out on the table all the time and we're not scared and we often talk about our feelings,
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they're still like, they don't feel good.
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They're not fun conversations to have.
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You know?
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So I feel like those are just as important to talk about in the sense of like, how do we deal with those conversations?
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I would say we often like, talk we talk a lot
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so we talk to each other we lay down on the table
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we communicate we say what each of us thinks what each of us feels um
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and i'm not gonna lie like most of the time after those conversations like for me
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i need a little bit of time kind of like on my own
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to sort of get out of that funky space
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you know i mean no i get that because i know
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when it's happening yeah but those conversations are just like important life conversation like
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if you live with a partner or if you're married you those are like conversation if you're not having these conversations
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some something is about to go bad yeah like these are
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important conversations to have about just like your future what do
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you think like okay about kids right like we have kids
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when are we gonna be ready where do you want to be by the time
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we do this where do i want to be blah blah
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blah okay how much money do you want to save like all these types of things
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and sometimes it's about like one person being like oh i need to like do more of this
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or like this is something i really need to work on
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or stuff like that you know it's like those are not fun conversations all the time
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yeah but you know what they said it's like the the conversations
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that are the least fun are are the most important ones.
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And that is very true.
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Like if there's someone out there you need to call
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and you haven't called them in a long time and you're scared to call them, it's probably a really good thing for you to do.
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Okay, but it's like a little off topic though.
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No, I'm just, it's still just about things that are not fun.
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You can always do the fun things.
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Oh, I want to call my friend about the game instead of calling your grandma
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that you haven't called in two days or two weeks or two months.
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I just meant more also like specifically in a relationship
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I just feel like don't get it twisted thinking a good relationship is like always a good time always
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and it's like it is always a good time
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and those types of like harder conversations are not necessarily taking
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away the good time those are necessary those are important those are healthy those
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you gotta have those you gotta have those as if you're in
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if you're in an adult relationship you got to have those
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because if you don't then you're at some point those things will come up
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and then oh you we never talked about
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that you never told me you you'd never wanted kids imagine
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that imagine you with someone for two years
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and then like you guys never talked about wanting kids i'm sure
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that happened to people after they spent time
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and then they one day they just have that conversation
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and then one of the people is just like no actually i don't i don't i don't want kids
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or yeah or and and that's fine too i'm not even saying that's
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but those are just things you need to cover yeah yeah yeah of course of course you know
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so um but i don't know like i would say i i'm basically trying to say
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that after we have one of those types of conversations it's not an argument
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but it's also not like oh i love you
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so much life is great you know it's not the type of conversation
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i often feel like i can't just be like back to
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the everything's great life is beautiful like i'm still kind of in this yeah a little bit
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i know i can't and so are you don't say
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that i'm like that just like
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that i think you you stay in a little bit longer
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which because after that we kind of just do our own thing you know
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because i'm thinking about what we talked about yeah and
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so am i thinking about you know and and that's fine
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but then guess what like when we get to bed we never go a full day
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or like we never go to bed mad at each other
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or we never have a i think
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that happened like once before it was way back
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it was way back you know it was like year one of dating
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so it doesn't even it's like you go to bed
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and then he's just like you're not talking to me your back is turned
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and just good night whatever you know like i'll see you tomorrow never happened except
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that one time year one so that sucked remember
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that you cried i was crying yeah so dramatic oh why were you crying
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because it felt so shitty but it's crazy
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because like we were we hadn't even lived together yet we haven't gone through like anything
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i think we lived together when
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that happened oh was it in the first apartment yes where else did you cry oh
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i was thinking it was like in your in your apartment before
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we moved in together no anyways wait did you cry there too no yeah it was in the first apartment
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and we went we went to bed and i was
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so mad about something and i was just yeah i was like i'm not talking to you
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and then yeah we were playing the silent silent game
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which we never do yeah and then alia was like i'm not talking to you either
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and then she went to bed
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and then she i heard i heard you crying oh that's so cringe
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and i was like oh i see why she's crying
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i felt bad too damn you didn't say anything nah i was over i was
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but i was like yeah feel that shit that's crazy um
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but it's so funny how after those conversations i feel like i i
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so deeply feel like i can't snap out of it like we're good we talked about it
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but like i i so want to
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because i hate the feeling i hate the feeling where it's kind of like you know especially between us
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because we're always like so good so open
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but to be honest to be no that is very true what you're saying
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and i do feel like i do a good job snapping out of it yes depending
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you be staying in your in your head well
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if it's well depending what the conversation was
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if the conversation was more leaning towards me i'm just like oh man i stay in a little bit long
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because i'm just thinking i gotta get my shit together yeah depending on depending
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if it falls more on you or whatever then it's like the other way around
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because you just think about it like you're just thinking about okay let's let's go you know let's do this
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but we're always a team yeah yeah yeah you know
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so that's that's the good thing about it i wonder how
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other people do it in their relationships like how comfortable do
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people feel bringing certain things up to their partner even with us
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i would say there's there are there are certain things
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that i not that i like keep away from you
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but like there's a time and place and there's a moment at
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which like you might want to bring something up
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if there is something to bring up yeah you know like we have certain subjects
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that we bring up like
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that we revisit every like three months yeah like a nice like check -in
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and it's good
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and things yeah i mean it's it's it's life you know
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you get you you're choosing to like live together share your life financial things like everything
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so you have to talk about these things
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that are not you can't avoid it
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if you're out there avoiding important conversations with your partner
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you gotta have it's gonna bite you in the air it will don't
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If you don't deal with it.
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It will too.
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And it's very easy to find yourself in a relationship where you want to say something
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or you want to talk about something.
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And your partner also wants to talk about something.
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But nobody brings it up.
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And time goes by.
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You guys go out to dinner.
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Having a great time.
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But there is just that elephant.
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That elephant in the room.
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It might be early in the relationship.
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I can't imagine being like two, three years in and there's like shit that you just never talked about.
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I think it's very possible.
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I mean, I just, I can't not talk about everything.
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No, no, no. i get it you're a very like inquisitive person like you will ask the questions yeah
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and i'm like let's talk about this yeah like what's going on
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and this is good it's good but i get it
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that you know sometimes certain people you know it's not easy to have these conversations
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so but you just have to do that especially
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if you plan to live your life with this person like why wouldn't
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you why would why would not not tell alia something yeah yeah i do i do want to say
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that i think it's it is true
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that majority of the time whether it's a little argument
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or maybe it's a discussion
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or a little bickery dickery oh i don't know what i said
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that just bickery like we bicker or something you know okay um it's usually yoni
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that breaks the ice and what do i do
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and it's always so funny because like i'm over it
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but like i'm not ready to like show you i'm over it
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so funny and i know when you're over and i know
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when and i know you know i'm over oh yeah
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but i i it's the ego the ego gets me where
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i just like i don't know why it can't like just let
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but it makes you feel
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so uncomfortable i don't know what to do like i don't
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know how to get back into the into the cute nook you know into like the cute ally
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and yoni once
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if you're overweight already what's the problem
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i don't know how to like act normal again until you
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break the ice until you are like what do you say
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i said babe i don't know what i said
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i say babe are we friends again oh yeah yeah yeah
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like are we friends again can we finally be friends again yeah
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and then you're like it's the way you respond it's
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so funny what do i say well i don't i don't know exactly what you said
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but you're just like yeah
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or like usually you smile well i mean yeah it depends i i
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but i know i have to do that be like happy we're friends yeah
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but it's so funny it's always the same it's so funny
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and i know that you know that i'm over it
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and you know that i'm gonna come at some point yeah
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because it's bad that i like count on it it's something
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that i need to figure out my way of like getting out of
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that you've never done it yet you haven't done
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that yet saying never is really strong
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you've never broken the ice after uh maybe no
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i've come at you with the are we friends again okay sometimes
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and you learned that from me yeah i did you know
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and that's gross every time you do it i'm like okay
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you know sometimes i purposely after an argument quote unquote
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and i don't break the ice every time
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because i just i just want to see how long you will
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and it's funny because i usually know
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if it goes past a certain point i know yoni's doing
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that shit on purpose so
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that i break the ice see this is how you know
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you're married we know each other way too well it's crazy um
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but anyways guys that's that's the episode let us know how
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you guys do it okay do you guys struggle with some
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of these things in your relationship like i really want to hear from you
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and and like what do other people do
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because you these are the type of things you don't really know about other people yeah it's
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so funny and it's so weird to see other couples arguing from you
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because i'm just like i don't know what to do you ever been in a car with another couple
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and they're arguing using the backseat oh shit
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i just want to get out damn i want to put on some headphones
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i'm not here yeah anyways um thank you guys for listening we'll see
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on sunday or next week yes currently we're in seattle so yeah see you on patreon bye
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bye comment below please let us know what do you do and how's your relationship okay bye
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Arguments in Relationships”. This video has 515 sentences and 5631 words to shadow. The speech runs for 29:15. The speaker talks fast, about 193 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| argue verb | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. |
| react verb | /ɹiːˈækt/ | To act in response. |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| anyways adverb | /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ | Anyway, anyhow, in any case. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| scenario noun | /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ | An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events. |
| solve verb | /sɒlv/ | To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out. |
| communicate verb | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. |
| babe noun | /beɪb/ | A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. |
| vibe noun | /vaɪb/ | An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. |
| silent adjective | /ˈsaɪ̯lənt/ | Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. |
| suck verb | /sʌk/ | To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). |
| intense adjective | /ɪnˈtɛns/ | Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| bite verb | /baɪt/ | To cut into something by clamping the teeth. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| bring up verb | To mention. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| get down to verb | To start focusing on doing something serious | |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Speaking of arguments, what are you talking about?
- It's like, aren't you?
- You want to tell us about these glasses?
- What am I about to eat this chicken?
- You know what I'm thinking?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if we had a studio we wouldn't even |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've even talked · There's been · haven't called |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are set · won't be done · be unbothered |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 219 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/, thigh /θaɪ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: partnership /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/, stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/
- Long words — get the stress right: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/
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 argue, react, podcast.
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.