Shadowing Practice: BABYMONSTER - 'LIKE THAT' EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I see that look upon your face Something my mind cannot erase If we keep staring Then I might have to Might have to start to walk your way
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I wanna hear what you would say You got high standards And I do too Cause all those girls (They don’t) Know what you need
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(They don’t) But I know I know The way the way To make to make sure you never leave
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If I come close baby would you like that If I give some would you give it right back If I show you that I know where it’s at Baby would you like that Baby would you like that Say you want love boy I know what that means
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Make you feel way better than in your dreams If I show you that I know where it’s at Baby would you like that Yo it’s like that like that How you run it right back know you on the right track
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Queen ace blackjack I be thinking way too much I need to let it go You be running through my mind And I’mma let it show Cause ain’t nobody stepping up to me And saying nothing when I calling you Be running eye to eye we never fronting yeah
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We zoning bet we stunting on and on and on and On and on and on and on To the top baby boy we be rolling Cause all those girls (They don’t) Know what you need (They don’t) But I know I know
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The way the way To make to make sure you never leave
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If I come close baby would you like that If I give some would you give it right back If I show you that I know where it’s at Baby would you like that Say you want love boy I know what that means
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Make you feel way better than in your dreams If I show you that I know where it’s at Baby would you like that I want you In my arms
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My arms That’s where you need to be In my arms My arms
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That’s where you need to be Ah ah ah ah But I know I know The way the way To make to make sure you never leave
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If I come close baby would you like that If I give some would you give it right back If I show you that I know where it’s at Baby would you like that Say you want love boy I know what that means
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Make you feel way better than in your dreams If I show you that I know where it’s at Baby would you like that If I come close baby would you like that If I give some would you give it right back
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If I show you that I know where it’s at Baby would you like that Say you want love boy I know what that means Make you feel way better than in your dreams If I show you that I know where it’s at
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Baby would you like that

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 16 sentences and 518 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:40. The speaker talks fast, about 195 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
stare verb/stɛɚ/To look fixedly (at something).
stunt noun/stʌnt/A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
erase verb/ɪˈɹeɪs/To remove (markings or information).
blackjack noun/ˈblækd͡ʒæk/A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
dream verb/ˈdɹim/To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
arm noun/ɑɹm/The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
nobody noun/ˈnoʊ.bə.di/A person dismissed as unimportant.
queen noun/kwiːn/The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
standards noun/ˈstændɚdz/Principles of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and honor.
roll verb/ɹəʊl/To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
zone noun/zoʊn/Any given region or area of the world.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
run through verbTo summarise briefly.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, ain't, wanna. 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. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like stare, stunt, erase.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its resultIf I come close baby would you
Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two thingsbetter than
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certainmight have
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing formkeep staring

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