Shadowing Practice: BABYMONSTER - ‘SUPA DUPA LUV’ M/V - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Supa dupa luv No, I ain’t never felt a feeling like this Never had a feeling this big If I ever saw a sky full of shooting stars Then I’d be spending every single wish on you Nothing that I wouldn’t do How’d you go and make a monster shy? It’s true So different from the usual That every kinda beautiful My heart’s running outta room Whoa whoa whoa whoa Gotta slow down, gotta cool down from you Whoa whoa whoa whoa I’m so all in, fireballing, I cannot lie Because of you, I’m flying high Because of you, I’m waking up in the sky Hand on my heart till death do us part The sweetest dynamite Boom boom boom I’m ’bout to explode How can I feel more than this? I don’t know We got that supa dupa luv luv luv Supa dupa luv luv Boom boom boom My heart is too loud How can it get better than it is right now We got that supa dupa luv luv luv Supa dupa luv luv luv This love is so gigantic, so galactic, massive, so enormous Just like magic, I’ve been seeing stars and hearing orchestras Like that zero gravity You and me beyond infinity Got me so up in the air like RUKA!
2
Heart like a rocket, you’re taking me there Houston, yeah we got a problem cause I lost control of emotion No hands on the wheel Needing more oxygen You a phenomenon I could go on and on ’bout how I feel Can’t stop, won’t stop, I don’t need a pit stop Beating like a boombox, no one got what you got Hitting me like a bazooka Only want love if it’s supa dupa Because of you, I’m flying high Because of you, I’m waking up in the sky Hand on my heart till death do us part The sweetest dynamite Boom boom boom I’m ’bout to explode How can I feel more than this? I don’t know We got that supa dupa luv luv luv Supa dupa luv luv Boom boom boom My heart is too loud How can it get better than it is right now?
3
We got that supa dupa luv luv luv Supa dupa luv luv luv
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “BABYMONSTER - ‘SUPA DUPA LUV’ M/V”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: luv, boom, dupa, supa, bout. This video has 3 sentences and 375 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:41. The speaker talks at a steady 140 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 66% 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:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| bout noun | /ˈbaʊt/ | A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness. |
| dynamite noun | /ˈdaɪ.nəˌmaɪt/ | A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting. |
| explode verb | /ɪkˈsploʊd/ | To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off. |
| bazooka noun | /bəˈzuːkə/ | A primitive trombone having wide tubes. |
| boombox noun | /ˈbum.bɑks/ | A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound. |
| fireball noun | /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔl/ | A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon. |
| galactic adjective | /ɡəˈlæktɪk/ | Relating to a galaxy. |
| gigantic adjective | /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/ | Very large. |
| infinity noun | /ɪnˈfɪnɪti/ | Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size. |
| orchestra noun | /ˈɔː.kɪs.tɹə/ | A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments… |
| outta | /ˈaʊtə/ | Out of. |
| phenomenon noun | /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/ | A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
| gravity noun | /ˈɡɹævɪti/ | Of an activity such as a ceremony, a person's conduct, etc.: the quality of being deeply serious and solemn, especially in a dignified manner; seriousness… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slow down verb | To decelerate. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been seeing |
| Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things | better than |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | The sweetest |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | stop Beating |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gotta. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: infinity /ɪnˈfɪnɪti/, phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like whoa, bout, dynamite.
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.