Shadowing Practice: Ben Battles Himself | Good Copy, Bad Copy FULL EPISODE | Ben 10: Alien Force | Cartoon Network - Learn English Speaking with Video

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A Forever

Knights Answer me. Where is he?

Why ask what you already know?

Are you testing us?

I test your will to live.

Now, for the last time. Where is Ben Tennyson?

We'll be right back.

The End Wow.

Gwen, up there.

Ben!

Hey!

Ben 10 has shown no mercy.

Well, what did you do?

Nothing.

I swear on my order.

He's ruined three of our castles in as many days.

First I've heard of it.

They say at court that the cursed

Ben 10 has even attacked a hive of...

DN aliens.

Your cousin took out a whole hive?

Come on, he doesn't have the guts.

You mean it's not like

Ben to go on a mission like that alone?

Okay.

Why is he keeping secrets from us?

You get it, Ben?

The kid weighs 25 kilograms, three meters per second, two meters from the sun in the merry -go -round.

What?

Julie, wait.

I better write this down.

Congratulations, Tennyson.

You're finally putting the omni -tricks to maximum use.

You know, clandestine butt -kicking -wise.

You were...

What are you talking about?

Nice try.

We saw you as Jet Ray flying away from a battle.

Look, I've been studying all week for a physics test tomorrow.

It's my worst subject.

Maybe you're not really studying.

Wait.

Considering the aliens and weird transformations and stuff

Ben deals with, there could be any number of explanations for what you saw.

You saying you could vouch for his whereabouts?

No. I got here a few minutes ago.

He studies, and I come over to help him review.

Not that he's actually acing the reviews.

I'm getting better.

You're making a real effort.

With Grandpa Max gone, we've got to rely on each other.

If you've got a secret, you should spill it.

Now.

I swear, I've been all about calculating the angular momentum.

If I don't pass, my mom will ground me, which means minimal hero time and zero Julie time.

You do the math.

Because apparently I can't.

I believe him.

When you lie, your left eye twitches. But who knows?

Maybe you've been blacking out and sleep fighting.

Is it possible?

Is the Omnitrix making you attack your enemies in your sleep?

If we're going to discuss this, I need more chili fries.

You said you didn't want any.

What?

They're delicious.

You disgust me.

You, this miasma you call food, its foul -smelling, oily digestive preparation, everything human reeks.

Yeah, probably the onion.

All the same, I find myself craving the entire putrid experience.

It must be in the DNA.

Chili fries.

Careful, kid.

Those double portions catch up with you.

Excuse me?

Friendly advice.

Take it or don't.

Here he comes.

I sicken myself.

What the heck?

Guys?

Guys!

Big Jim. Where is Ben Tennyson?

Attack!

Ben? Are you feeling okay?

You kind of took off without us back there.

You.. you know of Ben.

Where is Ben?

I knew you'd snap eventually.

Whew.

Chili fries.

Ugh.

I agree.

Change back, Ben.

Let's go home.

Yes, it is I, Ben Tennyson.

Transport me, Ben 10, to my domicile.

There are grave matters there of a personal nature to which I, Ben 10, must attend.

Thanks a lot, guys.

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You left me.

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And, uh, who's your good -looking friend?

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Ben Tennyson?

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A most difficult creature to find.

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But I must see you.

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I am Albedo of the Galvin.

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A gray matter?

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Kind of tall.

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I am the builder of the Omnitrix.

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I must have it back.

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Your days as Ben 10 are at an end.

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Remove your Omnitrix and return it.

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Wait, Albedo.

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I thought this was the only Omnitrix in the universe.

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And anyway, a guy named Azmuth built it.

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Azmuth is a liar.

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But the DNAliens, the Hybrid...

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I'm supposed to save the world with it.

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It is incomplete and prone to catastrophic malfunction.

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Not lately.

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You have great luck, or by now you would have ripped a hole in the fabric of the universe.

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He could be a hybrid trying to trick you out of it.

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Maybe.

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Why don't you show your face?

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It feels a little crazy talking to myself.

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If only I could.

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I am stuck in a sticky, sweaty, noisy, hungry, hairy, smelly teenage human body,

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constantly craving chili fries and scratching myself in places I suspect are inappropriate.

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Wow, he really is you.

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You see, your DNA is encoded as the default in your Omnitrix.

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Mine synchronizes across space and time with yours.

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You have become my default as well.

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Well, which is it?

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Do you want the Watch to fix it or to keep the universe from falling apart?

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Both!

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Since you built the Omnitrix, tell me how it comes off.

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Yes.

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I trust you are versed in the practical applications of 8th dimensional quantum gravity monopole equations?

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It really does twitch when I lie.

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Told ya.

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Very well.

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There are other ways to disarm you.

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Ow!

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You mongosaur!

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Hey!

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That really stings!

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You are not worthy to wear the Omnidrix.

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Find something to touch!

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Huh?

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Oh.

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It'll have to do.

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Thank you for your sacrifice.

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What a crock.

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Give up.

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I'm better at this.

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He won't get far.

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He left his mana all over the place.

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Evil twin, huh?

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Guess you really are a hero A hero with a big test in the morning

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And I'd be home studying if you'd have listened to me the first time

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Who knows what damage Albedo would be doing

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Turn here Ah!

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Too many machines, not enough living things.

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I -I can't track Albedo in here.

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We'll split up and surround him.

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How will we know which one's the real you?

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Hey!

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We'll call you Ben X.

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Guys, over here.

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I think I heard something.

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Didn't you go the other way?

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Yeah.

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Oh, man.

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I should not have erased Kevin's mark.

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Hit the deck!

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, this reeks he got us with packing foam no leverage

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Look albedo you're not getting my omni tricks.

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I have all of your powers and a superior intellect

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Surrender if you value your life

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Because that would be so much smarter

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Slap fire!

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Here's mud in your eye!

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Ow!

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Hot!

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Sorry!

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Rainstorm!

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Tremble me for my electrolocutive power, you feckless facsimile!

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I'm sorry.

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Surrender or die!

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Inducidly difficult to cogitate.

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Chatray!

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You can't keep this up!

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Your Omnitrix will lose power.

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Yield!

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Yield!

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Yield!

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Throw my stone!

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Uh -oh.

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I told you.

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Oh, I told you!

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You have drained your Omnitrix, whereas mine...

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I don't need an Omnitrix to destroy you.

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What's going on?

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Their proximity is creating a bioenergy feedback.

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No confusing those two now.

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You have damaged this form.

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You will pay.

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Tell me how to get these apart.

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Perhaps if one of us could manage to die.

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Don't tempt me.

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Great.

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Now we're all trapped.

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Come on.

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One more.

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He's here.

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Who's here?

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Azmuth.

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You bet he is.

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Azmuth of the Galvan.

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The true genius behind the Omnitrix.

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You've overloaded the thing so badly I could sense it half a galaxy away.

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Those nonstop transformations are gonna break it.

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I was just...

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Save it, I know.

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Albedo, my former assistant, built an inferior copy.

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I warned you that there could only be one Omnitrix.

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You ignored me.

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Someone's in trouble.

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I will not trust the universe's fate to an unworthy human.

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If my Omnitrix cannot function, I will have his.

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I told you the Omnitrix is beyond you.

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You could have doomed us all.

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So the universe really was at stake?

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If you'd lost the Omnitrix, yes.

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Albedo only wanted it to restore his original form.

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This human body is unbearable.

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I get that.

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And the face is even worse.

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Albedo, through your arrogant act of rebellion, you have proven yourself a lesser being.

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You shall remain as you are, in a prison of your own making.

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No, you can't.

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I have.

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I hate you!

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He won't bother you again.

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You're on your own from here.

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I still have a few questions.

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Like, what's the watch really for?

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And how many aliens can I...

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Look, kid.

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You alone have made the Omnitrix a force for good in ways I've never conceived.

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It's better, I think, to allow you to create your own way of using it.

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No question for all my concerns.

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You're the only being worthy to wear it, and I'm not the only one who thinks so Who else?

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My business.

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It's a surprise

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Now you're just teasing there are difficult trials ahead be ready

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First trial is your physics test in about three hours.

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Oh man Oh.

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C -plus!

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And you thought I wasn't really studying.

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I'm sorry.

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The suspicious circumstances made me suspicious.

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And I'm sorry I thought it was you kicking butt.

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Fair enough.

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I suppose.

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Don't know how much I like Azimuth not letting albedo turn back.

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Like, that's a punishment.

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Being me isn't so bad.

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Why bother with a cell?

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This human body is prison enough.

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Dinner.

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But someday I will be free.

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Then they will all suffer.

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Starting with Ben Tennyson.

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Until that day...

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Bring me chili fries!

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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 “Ben Battles Himself”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Ben, Omnitrix, albedo, Tennyson. This video has 276 sentences and 1521 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:13. The speaker talks slowly, about 72 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
fry verb	/fɹaɪ/	To cook (something) in hot fat.
chili noun	/ˈt͡ʃɪli/	The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
trick noun	/ˈtɹɪk/	Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
yield verb	/jiːld/	To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
bother verb	/ˈbɑðɚ/	To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
physics noun	/ˈfɪz.ɪks/	The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
default noun	/dɪˈfɔlt/	The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
worthy adjective	/ˈwɝ.ði/	Having worth, merit, or value.
butt noun	/bʌt/	Body; self.
transformation noun	/ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/	The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
hybrid noun	/ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/	Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
meter noun	/ˈmitəɹ/	A device that measures things.
surrender verb	/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/	To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
suspicious adjective	/səˈspɪʃ.əs/	Arousing suspicion.
twitch noun	/twɪt͡ʃ/	A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come off verb	To become detached.
fall apart verb	To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
give up verb	To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
go round verb	To physically swirl or rotate.
split up verb	Cease to be together, break apart from the group.
take off verb	To remove.
take out verb	To remove.
turn back verb	To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Why ask what you already know?
Your cousin took out a whole hive?
Why don't you show your face?
How will we know which one's the real you?
Didn't you go the other way?

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 studying · you've been blacking
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	If I don't pass, my mom will ground · If my Omnitrix cannot function, I will have
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has shown · I've heard · has even attacked
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is encoded · are versed

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 51 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, unworthy /ʌnˈwɝði/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/
Long words — get the stress right: transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

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 fry, chili, trick.

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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?