Shadowing Practice: AVENGERS: ENDGAME Clip - "Hawkeye's Family" (2019) Marvel - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Okay, hold on.
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Don't shoot.
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You see where you're going?
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Mm -hmm.
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Okay.
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Now let's worry about how you get there.
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Let's go to the foot here.
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Point it there this way.
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Here.
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Okay. Can you see?
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Yeah.
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You sure?
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Mm -hmm.
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How about now?
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Easy now?
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No. How about now?
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All right.
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Ready?
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Three fingers.
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Nice.
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Nice throw, kiddo.
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You go.
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Hey, you guys want mayo or mustard or both?
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What's mayo in a hot dog?
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Probably your brother's.
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Two mustard, please.
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Thanks, Mama.
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Got it.
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Nate, mayo or mustard?
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How about ketchup? Or ketchup.
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I got ketchup, too.
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Mind your elbow.
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Good job, Hawkeye.
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Go get your arrow.
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Hey guys, enough practice, soup's done.
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Alright, we're coming, we're hungry.
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Lyla, let's go.
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Lyla?
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Honey?
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Hey babe?
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Babe?
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Babe?
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Boys!
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Boys!
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God, it seems like a thousand years ago.
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I fought my way out of that cave.
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Became Iron Man.
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Realized I loved you.
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I know I said no more surprises, but I was really hoping to pull off one last one.
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The world has changed.
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None of us can go back.
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All we can do is our best.
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And sometimes the best that we can do is to start over.
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I saw all these people die.
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I keep telling everybody they should move on.
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Some do.
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The manos.
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Even if there's a small chance, we owe this to everyone who's not in this room to try.
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We will.
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Whatever it takes.
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Whatever it takes.
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Whatever it takes Whatever it takes
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I like this one.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “AVENGERS: ENDGAME Clip - "Hawkeye's Family" (2019) Marvel”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Whatever, takes, ketchup, mustard, mayo. This video has 64 sentences and 258 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:28. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 16 of its 64 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
babe noun/beɪb/A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
mustard noun/ˈmʌstəɹd/A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear…
finger noun/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
hungry adjective/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
honey noun/ˈhʌni/A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
cave noun/keɪv/A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
arrow noun/ˈæɹəʊ/A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
elbow noun/ˈɛlboʊ̯/The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
ketchup verb/ˈkɛt͡ʃ.əp/To cover with ketchup.
kiddo noun/ˈkɪdoʊ/A close friend; especially used as a form of address.
mano noun/ˈmɑːnəʊ/A stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate.
none/noʊn/Not any of a given number or group.
foot noun/fʊt/A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
everybody/ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/All people.
worry verb/ˈwʌ.ɹi/To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go back verbTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
pull off verbTo remove by pulling.
start over verbto begin again; to return to the beginning

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • You see where you're going?
  • Let's go to the foot here.
  • Hey, you guys want mayo or mustard or both?
  • What's mayo in a hot dog?
  • Alright, we're coming, we're hungry.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 babe, mustard, finger.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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