Shadowing Practice: Billie Eilish performs for NYLON - Learn English Speaking with Video
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My name is Billie Eilish and I sing and write songs.
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Me and my brother write together so we've been writing a ton lately.
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Playing with my brother, it's really intimate
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and we've always had a connection with each other where we have
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that trust with each other where it's like I can be honest
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because he's my brother and I feel comfortable telling him anything
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because we get along really well and we always have so it's really fun.
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You're about to see me sing two songs called Six Feet Under and Ocean Eyes, which are already out, and we're doing a new song called Belly Eight.
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But you don't come back, it won't end well
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But I wish you'd tell me to Our love is six feet under I can't help
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but wonder If our grave was watered by the rain Could roses bloom,
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could roses bloom,
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but couldn't retrace my lips,
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erase your touch It's all too
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much for me Blow away like smoke in air How can you die carelessly?
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Our love is six feet under I can't help but wonder If our grave was weathered by the rain Oh,
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would roses bloom? Could roses bloom?
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They're playing us out, laying us down tonight And all of these clouds crying,
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I spread some love But you're cold as a knife Six feet under,
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I can't help but wonder If our grave was watered by the rain Ooh,
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ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
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ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
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ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
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ooh Again But I Winning For you
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I don't know why I don't I've
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been watching you for some time Can't
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stop staring at those ocean eyes Burning cities and napalm skies
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Fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes,
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no fear You really know how to make me cry When you give me those ocean eyes I'm scared
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I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into
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your ocean eyes Those ocean eyes I've been
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walking through a world gone blind Can't stop thinking of your diamond mind
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Careful creature made friends with time He left her lonely with a diamond mind And those ocean eyes,
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no fair, no fair
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You really know how to make me cry when you give me goals Those ocean eyes I'm scared
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I'm falling away from the ocean
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Those ocean eyes I'm scared I'm scared I'm scared
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da da da da da da da da da da da
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da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da No fair
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You really know how to make me cry When you give me those ocean eyes I'm scared
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I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into your ocean eyes Those ocean eyes
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Sitting all alone A mouthful of gum in the driveway
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My friends aren't far In the back of my car Lay their bodies Where's my mind?
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Where's my mind?
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They'll be here pretty soon Looking through my room For the money
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Biding my nails I'm too young to go to jail It's kind of funny Where's my mind?
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Where's my mind?
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Mine, mine, where's my mind?
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Maybe it's in the gutter,
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where I left my lover What an expensive fake My V is for vendetta,
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thought that I'd feel better But now I got a bellyache Everything I do,
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the way I wear my news Like a necklace I wanna make them scared Like I could be anywhere Like I'm reckless
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I lost my mind I don't mind Where's my mind,
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where's my mind Baby it's in the gutter,
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where I left my lover What an expensive fake My V is for Vendetta Thought
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that I'd feel better But now I got a bellyache Maybe it's in the garden,
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where I left my lover, what an expensive failure, my fee is for a vendetta,
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thought that I'd feel better, and now I got a bellyache.
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That was like when you go to an opera or something and hold all the applause.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 77 sentences and 964 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:39. The speaker talks slowly, about 90 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 |
|---|---|---|
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| bloom noun | /blum/ | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. |
| grave noun | /ɡɹeɪv/ | An excavation in the earth as a place of burial. |
| lover noun | /ˈlʌvɚ/ | One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse. |
| diamond noun | /ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/ | A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. |
| cloud noun | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. |
| knife noun | /ˈnaɪ̯f/ | A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge… |
| lately adverb | /ˈleɪt.li/ | Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since. |
| opera noun | /ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/ | A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. |
| lonely adjective | /ˈloʊnli/ | Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people. |
| nail noun | /neɪl/ | The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human). |
| fifteen noun | /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ | An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut. |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| intimate adjective | /ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/ | Closely acquainted; familiar. |
| stare verb | /stɛɚ/ | To look fixedly (at something). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blow away verb | To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| get along verb | To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble. |
| look through verb | To take a view of the contents of; search in, either with the eyes or by hand. |
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 37 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 scare, bloom, grave.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never fallen · I've been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was watered · was weathered |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | stop staring · stop thinking |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | we're doing · They're playing · I'm falling |
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.