Shadowing Practice: Cardi B - Enough (Miami) [Official Music Video] - Learn English Speaking with Video
Choose a practice mode
Each mode opens a full-screen practice room.
Download App
Everything you need to speak fluently
Same Channel
Recommend Video
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Cardi B - Enough (Miami)”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bitch, bitches, diamond, Dms, sluts. This video has 47 sentences and 512 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:29. The speaker talks fast, about 206 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 75% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| oops | /ups/ | Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident. |
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| tone noun | /ˈtəʊn/ | A specific pitch. |
| pocket noun | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. |
| thick adjective | /θɪk/ | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| butter noun | /ˈbʌtɚ/ | A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). |
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
| alert adjective | /əˈlɝt/ | Attentive; awake; on guard. |
| cruise noun | /kɹuz/ | A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| 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). |
| bug noun | /bʌɡ/ | An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”). |
| soap noun | /soʊp/ | A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| call up verb | To retrieve from personal or computer memory. | |
| cool down verb | /kuːl ˈdaʊn/ | To become cooler; to be reduced in temperature. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 34 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, ain't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, thick /θɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, splash /splæʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: competitor /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/, invincible /ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like diamond, scare, oops.
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.

![Cardi B - Like What (Freestyle) [Official Music Video]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GcNC7YnlhKc/mqdefault.jpg)
![Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It [Official Music Video]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xTlNMmZKwpA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Cardi B - Up [Official Music Video]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rCiBgLOcuKU/mqdefault.jpg)







![Cardi B - Press [Bass Boosted]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z-pw9HORjcw/mqdefault.jpg)
![Aiobahn +81 feat. DEMONDICE - DEMON'S SHOT (Official MV) [Theme for PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OWDcn7hl16A/mqdefault.jpg)

![Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice – Barbie World (with Aqua) [Official Music Video]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CUj2AWEJnwQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![Lil Pump - Butterfly Doors [Official Music Video]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5aWgoO0capE/mqdefault.jpg)