Shadowing Practice: Boy PRETENDS Owning PORSCHE For A Girl | Dhar Mann - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Okay, I see you got the ice.
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Yeah, I know.
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You know what this is?
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Nah, man, what's that?
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That's a jewelry tester.
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He's about that life.
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Who's a fraud?
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Oh.
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No, come on, Brandon.
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Why would you do that?
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It's fake.
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Yeah, it's fake.
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I'm sorry, I didn't know.
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I've stopped talking about it for some years.
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Okay, your secret's safe with me.
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You sure?
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Yeah.
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Now, uh, I decided to victim.
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So you wanna hit the arcade tonight?
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Can't.
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Pran's out of town, so gotta be home by 6.
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Yeah, I'll just come to your place then.
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You know what your mom always says.
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Mi casa su casa.
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Just talk to her.
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No. That'd be weird.
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Can't be more weird than you staring her down like a creep, bro.
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Yo, Theo!
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Let me touch your chain.
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I wanna see if it's real.
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It's real, but...
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Alright.
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Okay, straight eyes.
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What about you?
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What's your name?
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Uh, Eric.
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My name's Eric.
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You got a chain?
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I want to test it.
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No, sorry.
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I left it at home today.
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Okay.
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There's Alicia.
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Let's go talk to her.
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Yo, Alicia!
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Why'd you lie about not having a chain?
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Well, you know it's fake.
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I can't let Brandon Mitchell know that.
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I don't think I'm a joke.
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Who cares what he thinks?
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Not anybody else for that matter.
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Just be you.
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Yeah, you're rich.
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You don't get it.
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But it's fine.
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Just head out before he comes back.
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All right, man.
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Dude, I can't believe your dad bought you a Porsche.
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Yeah, it's nice.
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Just trying to be low-key about it.
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Low-key?
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Did you hit your head or something?
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If I had a car like this, the whole world would know.
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I'm getting tired of this old rust bucket, man.
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Ouch.
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Ah, man, I forgot my math book.
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All right, I'll be right back.
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Hi, you're Eric, right?
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Is this your car?
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Uh, it's actually my...
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It's really nice.
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I didn't know you had that kind of money.
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I know Porsches are typically really expensive.
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Oh, so, is it your car?
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Uh...
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Yeah, it is.
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I-I just picked her up last week.
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My parents are really rich.
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They, uh, they have businesses all over the world.
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Um, they're actually in London right now, closing a deal.
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Wow.
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That must be nice.
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You probably have a house in the hills and everything.
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Mm-hmm.
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Something like that.
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Speaking of the hills, did Brandon invite you to the party tonight?
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Uh, yes.
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But I don't know if I'm gonna go.
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I just-I have a busy schedule, so...
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Yo, Alicia.
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Hey, you.
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Hi.
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So you're my text?
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Oh, I didn't even realize you texted.
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Um, we were talking to Eric about his new car.
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This is your man?
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Yeah, I just picked her up last week.
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Dang, dope, man.
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Where'd you get it?
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The Porsche, do you, Alicia?
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Yeah, I know that. Which one?
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Not a Pasadena.
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Yeah, that one.
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Uh, Pasadena Porsche.
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It's cool, man.
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My dad might have sold it to you.
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He works there.
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Really?
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So, um, nine o'clock for the party?
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Oh, listen, that's actually what I texted you about, um, we can have the party at my place.
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My parents are going to be home.
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Seriously?
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Now what are we going to do?
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Does no one have a house we can have it at?
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Nope.
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Well, Eric has a house in the hills.
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I do?
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Oh, yeah.
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Yeah, I do.
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Oh, dope.
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So we can just have the party at your house.
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Uh, I don't think so.
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My parents are really strict.
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Aren't they in London though?
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They won't know.
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Oh, come on, Eric.
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Please.
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Please, please.
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Come on, Eric.
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Uh...
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Um, you guys think 10 o'clock, my place?
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Alright, you bet.
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See the details in the group chat?
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See you later, man.
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Please, give me some fans.
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Thanks for hosting the party tonight.
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Yeah, of course.
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I'll get your number for the address.
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Oh.
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Sadie, we missed the bus again.
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Are you serious?
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Now we're gonna have to walk home.
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It's gonna take forever.
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Unless.. you can give us a ride home?
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Yeah, sure.
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Seriously?
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You would do that?
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Of course, yeah.
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I just have to wait for my friend Theo to come back.
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You're a lifesaver.
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Thanks so much, Eric.
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Yeah, hop in.
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Yeah.
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Hop in.
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Yo, Eric, what is Alicia and Sadie doing in my...
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Oh, shh, shh.
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Look, they needed a ride, so I offered.
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Okay, so if you offered, then why are they in my car?
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Quiet down, dude.
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Alicia Baker is in the back of your Porsche.
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Alicia Baker, do you know how big a deal that is?
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That is a huge deal.
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I don't care if it was Miley Cyrus in here, man.
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Okay, maybe, Molly, but no one else, all right, man?
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Can you just ride shotgun, let me drive?
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I'll explain everything later.
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I promise.
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Fine.
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Then I'd crash my car, man.
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Probably won't.
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Hate to break it to you, man, but Eric's definitely trying to steal your girl.
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I'm not worried about that loser.
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No, but there's definitely something going on with him.
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I'm gonna figure out what it is.
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All right.
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Thanks for giving us a ride, Eric.
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No problem.
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Did not know you lived here.
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Yeah, we just moved in about a week ago.
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I'm sure you have a much nicer house.
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No, this is fine.
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No judgment here.
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Thanks.
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So we'll see you at your place later tonight?
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Yeah.
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Awesome.
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Wait, unless you guys want to come to dinner with us beforehand.
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Yeah, we're going to Darla's diner before the party.
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You guys should come.
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Yeah, we'd love to.
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Awesome.
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Meet us at 7.
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Perfect.
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See you then.
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Go!
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Bye.
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Bye.
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You got about 30 seconds to tell me what's going on.
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It's a funny story actually. So...
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It's not that funny.
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So, I might have told them, more alluded to the fact that the Porsche was in fact mine.
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Mine.
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What?
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You did what?
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Are you crazy?
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I was just trying to show off for Alicia and Brandon, okay?
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I...
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I...
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Dude, I didn't mean anything by it.
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Eric, I keep trying to tell you.
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You shouldn't be trying to impress Alicia, Brandon, or any of those people.
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I just keep telling you, just do you, just focus on you, just be...
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What are you doing?
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My mom just came out.
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She cannot know that I'm here, and...
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I don't want the girls to know that I live here either.
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How are you gonna avoid your mom when you're throwing a party here tonight?
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And have you ever thought about considering, like, Like, how are you gonna fit more than five people in your place? About that. So...
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We can talk about it later.
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Later?
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Yeah.
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Is that important?
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It's.. there's no big deal. Where are they? Who?
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Oh, Brandon and Asher.
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They should be here any minute, but they are always late.
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Mm, there they are.
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Hey.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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I didn't know any else was coming.
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Yeah.
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Well, it's the least we could do after Eric gave us a ride home
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and is letting us use this place for a party.
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Anyway, I will get a table.
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How many people want to...
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Actually, this place is kind of cheap.
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Let's go somewhere nicer.
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Giovanni's?
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But Giovanni's is so expensive.
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Come on.
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More up to Eric's standards.
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Oh, no. Darla's is great.
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Plus, I eat Giovanni's all the time.
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It's perfect.
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It's your favorite place.
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Hey, what are you doing?
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We can't afford that place.
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I know we can't afford it, but I want to see if you can.
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So, what's the...
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Yo, Alicia!
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Oh!
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Okay.
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Let's...
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Just begin.
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It's okay.
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That was good.
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Just gonna leave this here, guys, whenever you're ready.
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Thank you, Alex.
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It's good to.. good to see you again.
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Guys, the bill is $1,000.
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That means like $200 per person.
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Yeah, I don't have that kind of money.
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Same.
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I don't know what we're gonna do.
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It's fine.
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I got it.
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Thanks.
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Shoot, I left my debit card at home.
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I'm sorry, guys.
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Eric, you got this, right?
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Right?
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The whole thing?
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Yeah.
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Come on, man.
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You drive a Porsche.
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You're here all the time.
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You got this.
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I'll pay you back.
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I promise.
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Sure.
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Eric's got it.
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Thanks, man.
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Thank you.
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Sir, the, uh, card showing declined?
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Really?
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Uh, you think you could try it again?
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Just to...
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You know what, it could be the portable reader.
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They do mess up here and there, so...
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I'll try it on the register for you.
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Okay, cool.
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I'll come with you.
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Theo, you think you could come with us just to be safe?
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Sure.
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Look, I already know what you're about to ask.
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The answer is no. Please just put it on your credit card.
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Brandon said he'd pay you back.
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It's not that big a deal.
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Mm-mm.
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Mm-mm.
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Don't make me look bad in front of Alicia.
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Okay?
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I finally have a shot with her.
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This is getting ridiculous.
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After this, I'm done.
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Done.
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I'll make it up to you.
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I swear.
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You know, that's probably a lie, since that's all you do now.
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Thank you.
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All right.
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We got a winner.
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Yes, sir.
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I was too full.
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Thanks for dinner.
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Yeah.
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So, 10 p.m in your place?
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Yep.
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Just give me some time to get the house together.
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I bet.
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Your address is 3131 Deronda Drive?
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Yep.
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That's the.. that's the one.
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Okay.
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We'll see you then.
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Bye.
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Eric.
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Why does Brandon have my address?
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Okay, I can explain.
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They think it's your house, don't they?
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I can't believe you!
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Look, I know you're upset, and you have every right to be.
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But you don't know what it's like.
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I don't know what it's like.
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Yeah, I don't know what it's like to be a pathological liar!
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You don't know what it's like to be me. To have no money.
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to drive a beat-up car that barely even runs, to live in a crappy old apartment.
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I just wanted to be the cool kid for once.
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Man, I'm sorry.
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I should have never said yes to them in the first place.
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I just got so caught up in everything.
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Look, man, being cool isn't about what you have.
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It's about what's in here, who you are on the inside.
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It's all that matters.
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It's pretty easy to say when your family has money.
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But it's fine.
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I'm gonna let them know that the party's off.
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Alicia will probably never talk to me again, but...
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Oh, well.
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Look, everybody's gotta be out by 2 a.m.
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You hear me?
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My parents will be back at 8 a.m tomorrow morning.
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You're serious?
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Yeah, man.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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And I will have your place pick and span before your parents get back.
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You better.
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Thank you.
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I am indebted to you for life.
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Yeah, and the afterlife.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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What are you doing?
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I want people to believe I live here.
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They can't come in and see all your family photos.
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And have you thought about what would happen if people did find out?
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They won't find out.
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As long as you help me hide everything.
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All right.
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Got this one.
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Can't believe I let you talk me into this.
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Bro, it's over for you.
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You've lost Alicia.
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Do you think it's time for you to move on now?
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Look, man, it might be over, but not for me.
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Come on.
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This house is so big.
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It's so nice.
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Yeah, thanks.
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It's big.
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It's nice, but I try to stay humble about it.
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I like that.
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Yo, this house is fire.
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It's huge.
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We actually got lost.
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We did.
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But we found something interesting.
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Booyah!
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Now, if this is your house, why do you have pictures of Theo's family?
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I was helping Theo with a family project earlier.
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Earlier right Theo?
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Oh project right yeah family project.
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Oh, that's cool.
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It's cool So you got your chain on Let's test it.
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I Yeah, sure we can do it later.
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I was actually about the show everyone.
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Oh no, so cool man.
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Take a second No, no the thing about the chain is is that it's fake That's that's really weird.
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I didn't think my aunt was the type person to give me a fake chain But it's no biggie.
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I'll just wear one of my other ones next time.
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It's cool, man.
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You got played.
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Yeah, or maybe You try to play us.
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I told you I didn't know it's fake.
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I can afford a Porsche.
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Why would I get a fake channel?
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Just leave him alone Brandon.
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About your Porsche.
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You said you got it from Pasadena, right?
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Yeah So it's funny because we went and saw my dad at work and he told us
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Every single person that buys a car There's a picture on the wall.
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So we looked, and we didn't see your face.
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You know who we did see?
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Theo.
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Yeah, Theo's there.
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Theo was there, he was helping me with the paperwork.
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Stop.
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You're a fraud.
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That car's not yours, this house ain't yours.
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Guys, I can explain everything.
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Okay?
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Theo, job!
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Mom?
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Dad, what are you doing here?
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You weren't posting me back till tomorrow morning.
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Why are all these people in our house?
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Hey look, let me explain.
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Oh my gosh.
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Brandon's telling the truth.
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I can't believe you lied, Eric.
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Yeah, how could you pretend that you lived here?
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What a loser.
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This part is whack.
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Let's get out of here.
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Anyway, I'll see you later.
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Okay.
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I'll take care.
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You okay?
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Look, I don't understand why you lied.
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So people would like me?
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Eric, you don't need a nice house.
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Or a nice car or a chain for people to like you.
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Come on, Alicia.
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You know you wouldn't have given me a second look if I told you that Porsche wasn't my favorite.
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That's not true.
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I live in an old apartment building.
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Who am I to judge?
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If I'm being completely honest...
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We live in the same building.
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If we pulled up three seconds later, then my mom would have seen us pulling up from the Porsche and dragged me out by my ear.
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Okay, he's got jokes.
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See?
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I knew why I liked you.
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You liked me?
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I guess you don't anymore, though.
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Not after this.
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Not after this.
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Well, I won't make my final decision until I've met the real Eric.
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This Eric.
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It's not the things that you have that impress me.
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It's who you are.
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And maybe I can get to know that guy sometime over dinner.
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Yeah.
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I'd love that.
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But anywhere but Giovanni's, I...
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It's gonna take me forever to pay Theo back for that.
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We can go to Darla's.
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It's a lot better food too.
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True.
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And Brandon's not there.
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Oh, thank God.
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You know, you really had us all fooled there, Eric.
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I cannot believe you are Alicia's neighbor.
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Right?
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Can we just not talk about that, please?
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It's all someone has been talking about all day.
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Sorry.
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Yo, Alicia.
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You really here with him?
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After everything he did, he's fake.
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He has no money.
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So, I'd rather be here with him than someone that's a bully.
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What are you laughing at?
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Walking around with a fake chain?
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You said you wasn't gonna say anything.
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Let me see this, man.
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What are you doing?
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Get that off.
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Wow.
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This entire time you've been making fun of people from wearing fake jewelry, meanwhile you're rocking a fake chain?
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Why would you do that?
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You know, and since we're on the topic of being fake, guys, his dad's not even top salesman.
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He's the janitor.
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Don't believe it, that's Kat.
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You're Asher.
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Yikes.
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That was a plot twist.
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Yeah.
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Oh, God.
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If he would just be himself, people would like him so much better.
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Wow, that's really interesting.
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You should probably start a podcast just off that topic.
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I learned my lesson.
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Okay?
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Hey, guys.
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Hi, what can I get for you?
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I'm gonna keep it real.
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What's the cheapest thing you have on the menu?
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Price.
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Are you trying to frame me?
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What?
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This note was left in my office.
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I'm gonna need to check your- No, you can't do that!
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What's you got there?
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Madison's journal or a diary or something?
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I can give it to her.
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All I know is that someone ruined my relationship.
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Shelby's boyfriend tried to flirt with Madison?
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I should have told you sooner.
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My best friend?
About This Lesson
This lesson focuses on conversational English through a relatable scenario where a boy pretends to own a luxury car to impress a girl. By watching and analyzing the dialogue, learners will enhance their understanding of informal English expressions, improve their pronunciation, and build confidence in speaking. Engaging with the content will not only help you learn English with YouTube but also give you practical phrases and vocabulary applicable in everyday conversations.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Fake - Not genuine; imitation.
- Jewelry tester - A tool used to determine if jewelry is real or not.
- Mi casa, su casa - A Spanish phrase meaning "my house is your house," indicating hospitality.
- Staring down - Looking at someone in a long and intense way, often to intimidate.
- Chain - A piece of jewelry typically worn around the neck.
- Creep - To act in a way that makes others uncomfortable, often by staring or doing something inappropriate.
- Weird - Unusual, strange, or awkward behavior.
- Joke - Something said or done for amusement, often at someone else's expense.
Practice Tips
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