Shadowing Practice: BTS Carpool Karaoke 🎤 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Thank you so much for helping me get to work, guys.
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I really appreciate that.
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It's our pleasure.
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Yeah.
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I'm so happy you're all here.
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I know.
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The traffic in Los Angeles is terrible.
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It's absolutely terrible.
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And I really felt I needed seven people in the car to get to work properly.
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Do you mind if we listen to some music?
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Let's go! Are you ready?
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Let's go.
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Here we go.
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You can see my back, you can see my back
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So I keep the sound of it
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What you think about that, what you think about that I better tell my haters how to say
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Follow me, follow me, what you saying, dog You gotta be following me on your time,
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dog Hey, I'm running in running until I get a show
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How you dare, how you dare, how you dare
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Go, go, go
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My haters carry on Baby, what's your mouth?
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It go back around
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What's your point in town?
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We know how to fly
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Don't look at your mirror
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It ain't that close
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You know how I feel Ain't that close
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Turn up How many hours do we fly I keep on streaming at the cloud
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Here I'm on the mountain
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Here I'm on the corner
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Now, this shouldn't shock you
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My Korean is not great I can't speak Korean
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Yeah, that's it.
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I love it.
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You're like, could my English be any better?
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Yeah.
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So do you know the Friends theme tune?
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Oh, yeah, of course.
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Who else in the car?
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Hang on.
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Who in the car knows the theme tune to Friends?
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Friends are not Westy.
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Not really fat ass I'm really fat ass
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Got all that voice up
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We're from dollar bills
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Now we poppin' rubber bands
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You don't say to me what I do
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All night long
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Yeah, I know we'll turn hands forever
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So tonight I'm out here drippin' in finesse
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It don't make no sense
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Out here drippin' in finesse
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You know that you know it
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Out here drippin' in finesse
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It don't make no sense
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Out here dripping in fitness
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You know that you know
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Yeah, we got it going on, got it going on It feels so good to be us
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Hey, we got it going on, got it going on Yeah, we got it going on Now, you've all been given nicknames by your fans
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Right Yeah, I'm WWH Worldwide Handsome, you know?
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That's so weird, because that was my nickname at school
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That was my school when I was in college
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What are the nicknames have you got I'm a good boy good boy Jamie and I heard your mochi is that right
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Ice cream inside.
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It's like rice cake rice.
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Yeah, what's here mochi?
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Why is it so funny?
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Show me that mochi.
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Yeah, you papa mochi
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I'm going to fall asleep
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My everything My blood and tears
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When I feel them singing all
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We should know
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And I can only tell
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Yes, you know I'm a fighter
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You're gonna find me and I'm gonna win
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So you are together all the time
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That's right You must have had some huge arguments in your time
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Would that be fair?
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Yeah, that's really fair
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We didn't fight, yeah
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But it's been a decade
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And we found a really efficient way to solve the fights Go on.
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How do you solve that?
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Who are the members of the band who are most likely to have an argument?
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Jimin and V.
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Jimin and V.
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Jimin and V, so what would you argue about Jimin?
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What would your arguments be about?
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Mandu, mandu.
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Mandu. On dumplings. About dumplings?
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Yes.
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Not my little mochi.
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A little mochi doesn't argue.
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A little mochi doesn't argue about dumplings.
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Now, let me talk to you about this.
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Of all the people that you've met in the world of entertainment,
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who are the people that stand out as the people you are most excited to meet?
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Mmm, uh, Madonna.
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Wow.
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Big Nass.
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You met Nass?
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Nass, yes.
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What about you, Jin?
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Potsmallow.
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Potsmallow!
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Potsmallow!
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Really?
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So what was Post Malone like when you met him?
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What was Post Malone like when you met him?
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What was Post Malone like when you met him?
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He said, he just said he smoked too much.
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This is Bass Drive song.
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We're the bad guy now
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But no, I ain't too proud I couldn't meet it
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Even when I tried
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You don't believe it
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Okay, now we're cooking
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Now, we are cooking
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If there's eight people I accept you, like, so in total, nine.
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Like, what happens?
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The warm walk. Be honest.
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Hang on.
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I think I hear what you're saying.
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Is this your way of asking me to join the band?
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Is that what you're doing?
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It feels like that's what's happening.
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Is that what's happening?
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Because I will quit this job in a heartbeat to join BTS.
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If BTS is my 8th member, I would like to ask you about it.
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That didn't sound good.
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I was born ready. Are you ready?
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I think I can come as a dancer.
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Because I've got moves.
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I've got moves.
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I dance every week.
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I dance every week at Playa Jam, my exercise dance class
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and I am telling
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you now I can keep up right do you want to come along to my dance class
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and see if you can keep up is this something you'd like to do I want to see
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For a multi dance And bless you, baby.
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These are all Brentwood Millionaire's Wives.
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If you've ever wondered what a Brentwood Millionaire's Wife does on a day off, this is it.
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It's the night of the night of the night of the
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night of the night of the night of the night of
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the night of the night of the night of the night
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of the night of the night of the night of the
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night of the night of the night of the night of
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the night of the night of the night of the night
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of the night of the night of the night of the
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night of the night of the night of the night of
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of the night of the night of the night of the
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night of the night of the night of the night of
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the night of the night of the night of the night
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of the night of the night of the night of the
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night of the night of the night of the night of
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the night of the night of the night of the night
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of the night of the night of the night of the
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night of the night of the night of the night of
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the night of the night of the night of the night
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of the night of the night of the night of the
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night of the night of the night of the night of the night if we can learn some of your routines. Who wants to teach?
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Who wants to teach?
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Come on.
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Jimin, you want to teach?
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Yeah, baby, Moji.
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Okay, do you go up?
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Yeah!
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Okay.
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Take it through slowly.
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There.
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Two.
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One, and spin the whole body.
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I see?
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Yeah.
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You have to have up.
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One, four.
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Up.
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Go like that. And up.
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Up.
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Okay.
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You ready?
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Yes.
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All right, good luck everyone.
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All the time in my eyes
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Every place, every place
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Every day I'm all the time
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Catch a while in my eyes
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Absolutely nailed it!
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Okay, thank you BTS!
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We'll see you soon.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “BTS Carpool Karaoke 🎤”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: mochi, Jimin, dance, met. This video has 192 sentences and 1272 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:39. The speaker talks slowly, about 109 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 35 of its 192 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| argue verb | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. |
| dare verb | /dɛ(ə)ɹ/ | To have enough courage (to do something). |
| nickname noun | /ˈnɪkneɪm/ | A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic. |
| solve verb | /sɒlv/ | To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out. |
| tune noun | /tjuːn/ | A melody. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| mirror noun | /ˈmiɹɚ/ | A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it. |
| cloud noun | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. |
| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| efficient adjective | /ɪˈfɪʃənt/ | Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy. |
| fitness noun | /ˈfɪt.nəs/ | The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate. |
| spin verb | /spɪn/ | To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| asleep adjective | /əˈsliːp/ | In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. |
| tear verb | /tɛɹ/ | To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| keep up verb | To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling. |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
| go up verb | To move upwards. |
| have up verb | To accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act. |
| stand out verb | To jut out, protrude (from a surface etc.). |
| turn up verb | To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Do you mind if we listen to some music?
- What's your point in town?
- How do you solve that?
- What would your arguments be about?
- Is that what you're doing?
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 | it's been · you've met · you've ever wondered |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | been given · was born |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm running · we're cooking · are cooking |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | we'll turn · will quit · We'll see |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 46 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/
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 argue, dare, nickname.
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.