Shadowing Practice: Chiikawa EP 1-25 Eng Sub - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Chigawa I'm
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not going to die.
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The The The The The The The The The The The The The That's what I'm saying.
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This is what I'm saying.
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This is what I'm saying.
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This is what I'm saying.
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This is what I'm saying.
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This is what I'm saying.
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This is what I'm saying.
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This is what I'm saying.
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There's a place in here.
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This place is also big!
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Let's talk about it!
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Why?
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Why?
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Sphinx!
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Sphinx!
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Sphinx!
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It's coming!
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It's coming!
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The G -Caw!
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The last one is the last one.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm so hungry.
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I'm so hungry.
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I'm so hungry.
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Sheikawa!
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Hey, hey, hey!
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Hmm?
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Do you eat a chalimera? Do you know?
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Chalimera Chalimera Do you eat it?
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Make it!
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Yes!
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It's delicious!
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It's delicious!
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It's great!
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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We'll be right back.
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The secret one My friend?
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I saw this one This is big I'm going to go!
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Yeah!
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Look!
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It's a big one!
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I'm going to open it!
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It's a nice one!
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I'm just like a baguette.
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You're welcome.
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I'll take you to the next one.
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I'll go.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'm not sure how to do this.
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I'll change it.
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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It's good to see you, so it's okay.
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It's okay.
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It's okay.
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It's okay.
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She is coming.
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Ah!
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My god!
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I'm not going to be a good one.
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Oh yes I'm gonna be here I'm gonna be here I'm gonna be here Oh
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What is that?
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It's a small bag Next, I'll be right back
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I'm tired of the day I've been asleep I've been asleep
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I've been asleep I've been asleep I've been asleep I've been asleep I don't forget
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G -Kawang What's the morning?
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I'm just a little girl
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I'm using a hot pan
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and butter I'm using a hot water I'm using a hot
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water I'm using a hot water I'm using a hot water Oh, I'm a weirdo.
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I thought I was a weirdo.
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I thought I was a weirdo.
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I was a weirdo.
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I was a weirdo.
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I was a weirdo.
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I was a weirdo.
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I was a weirdo.
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I was a weirdo.
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I was a weirdo.
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I was a weirdo.
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I was a weirdo.
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It's cold, it's cold Yes. At the restaurant.
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Let's go to the restaurant.
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Yes. Is it good?
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Wasabi?
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I'm not sure.
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I'm sorry.
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The one is the one.
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Shum shum shum shum F Chiru chiru Chiru chiru
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Kya!
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Kya!
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Kya!
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I'm not going to be able to do this.
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It's pretty good, right?
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It's black so much.
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Lucky one -boy!
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I'm so excited!
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Look! Is it delicious?
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It doesn't work!
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We got it!
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It's not easy to get it!
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The I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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So, what are you doing?
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What are you doing? So...
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No, no, no!
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Oh, that's right.
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Then I'll go back.
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It's hard.
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G -K -1 What is this?
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I haven't seen a flower.
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It smells like a smell.
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It has a smell.
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I'm sorry.
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This one is what I'm saying.
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It's like this one.
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It's like this one.
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When I come to the end, I'm going to do it.
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I bought money.
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I bought it!
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Haha Chicao Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Hurry up!
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Hurry up!
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Hurry up!
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There was a pink!
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Hurry up!
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What do you want?
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What's that?
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What's that?
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It's so bad.
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Did you buy it?
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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I'm so sorry to get money.
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The secret is fun.
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I'm so sorry to write it.
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It's a little bit.
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How did I get it?
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How about it?
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It's a little bit.
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This is what?
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It's a little baller.
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I'm not going to die.
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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Let me go on.
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Whoa!
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G -Kaw Hmm?
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I'm getting it!
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Hmm?
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Let's open it!
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It's a Vanya, right?
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It's like this!
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It's amazing!
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It's a little bit of a thing, but...
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Let's go to the Usa -Gin!
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Hmm!
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What's the name?
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Are you kidding me?
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What?
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What?
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I don't know.
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It's my power!
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It's my power!
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It's my power!
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It's my power!
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Good luck!
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We're gonna die!
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G -Kaw!
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Wow!
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Why?
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Why?
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You want to be here, like this.
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Something...
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I'm sorry.
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This is good for you.
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Ah!
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This is already good!
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I can't eat this!
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I'm not going to get out of here.
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I'm not going to get out of here.
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I'm not going to get out of here.
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I'm not going to get out of here.
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I'm not going to get out of here.
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I'm not going to get out of here.
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Why is it?
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I'm going to use this one.
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What do you think?
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I'm going to get out of here.
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I'm going to get out of here.
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Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Wow!
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G -Caw!
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I'm back!
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I got it!
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What about the Vanya?
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I'll buy money and buy it.
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I'll buy it next time.
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I'm more happy!
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I got it!
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Wow!
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This is cute, but delicious!
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You can use it to use a little bit of a bag.
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It's done!
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This is a ketchup pasta!
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It's a ketchup and a little bit of a consumer.
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It's an original one!
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One one!
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Oh, it's a hot one!
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Oh, it's a hot one!
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It's hot.
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Yes.
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It's hot.
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The G -Kaw. Is it here?
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Yes.
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You're paying money, right?
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Yes.
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What's that?
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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It's a little light, but...
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Yes, yes.
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It's a little light?
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It's not a little light.
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It's a little light?
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The G -Caw.
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It's a little light.
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Put it on the plate.
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Put it on the plate.
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It's a little light.
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It's a little light.
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I'm tired, but I'm good at it.
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I'm so excited!
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Oh, my arm!
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Wow!
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I'm going to go to the toilet!
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Oh!
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I'm going to go to the toilet!
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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What is it?
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It's already morning, I'm alone.
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I'm using a hot pan and butter.
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I'm using water and water.
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I'm using water and water.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Chiikawa EP 1-25 Eng Sub”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: die, weirdo, hot, asleep. This video has 311 sentences and 1214 words to shadow. The speech runs for 25:16. 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 68 of its 311 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
asleep adjective/əˈsliːp/In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
delicious adjective/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
hurry verb/ˈhʌ.ɹi/To do things quickly.
hungry adjective/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
butter noun/ˈbʌtɚ/A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
toilet verb/ˈtɔɪ.lət/To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
flower noun/ˈfloʊɚ/A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
pasta noun/ˈpɑ.stə/Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
chiru nounThe Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsonii.
sphinx noun/ˈsfɪŋks/A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
ketchup verb/ˈkɛt͡ʃ.əp/To cover with ketchup.
baguette noun/bæˈɡɛt/A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
baller noun/ˈbɔːlɚ/A kitchenware utensil for cutting ball-shaped pieces of foods.
wasabi noun/wəˈsɑːbi/A plant of the species Eutrema japonicum, cultivated for its edible root.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go back verbTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • This is what I'm saying.
  • Do you eat a chalimera?
  • I'm going to open it!
  • I'm just like a baguette.
  • How did I get it?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowI've been · haven't seen
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowI'm saying · is coming · I'm using
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see comingI'm not going to die · I'm going to go · I'm going to open
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionWe'll be · I'll take · I'll go

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 133 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like asleep, delicious, hurry.

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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