Shadowing Practice: Coco (2017) - Miguel Memorable Moments - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The music competition for Diablo You want to be like your hero?
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You should sign up.
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Show me what you got, muchacho.
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Miguel!
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Know your tricks, mariachi.
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What did he say to you?
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He was just showing me his guitar.
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Shame on you.
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He wants no part of your music, mariachi.
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You keep away from him.
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You will come home.
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Now.
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How many times have we told you that plaza is crawling with...
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I found your son in Mariachi Plaza.
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Hi.
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Miguel.
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But what about tonight?
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What's tonight?
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Well, they're having this talent show.
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Dia de los Muertos.
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No one's going anywhere.
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Tonight is about family.
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Put their photos on the ofrenda so their spirits can cross over.
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That is very important.
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I don't want you sneaking off to who knows where. Where are you going?
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I don't want to see you end up like...
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Like Mama Coco's, Papa.
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Never mention that man.
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Papa is home.
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Mama, calmese.
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Calmese.
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I'm hard on you because I care, Miguel.
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Miguel?
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I wish someone wanted to hear me.
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I have to sing.
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When life gets me down, I play my guitar.
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No more hiding Dante.
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I gotta seize my mom.
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Mama!
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Where's your...
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Get after, get after!
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We've all decided.
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It's time you joined us in the workshop.
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What?
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The Guaraches, just like your tia Victoria.
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And Wingtips, like your Papa Julio.
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T!
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Not that they stop!
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Mama Coco, is your Papa Ernesto de la Cruz?
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Papa!
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I'm gonna be a musician!
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What is all this?
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That man was Ernesto de la Cruz, the greatest musician of all time.
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This is no future for my son.
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But, Papa, you said my family would guide me.
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No!
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Mama!
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I don't want to be in this family!
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Miguel!
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Miguel!
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I want to play in the plaza, like de la Cruz.
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Can I still sign up?
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You got an instrument?
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No, excuse me.
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Can I borrow your guitar?
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Sorry, muchacho.
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You guys have a spare guitar?
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No. No, no, no!
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I need to borrow this.
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Where is going, De La Cruz?
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Where is going, De La Cruz?
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Where is going, De La Cruz?
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No, wait, no, no. Who's in there?
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I'm sorry.
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It's not what it looks like.
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De la cruz, Osva!
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You sneered!
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH couldn't cross over.
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She's stuck.
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This isn't a dream then.
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Mija, it's not nice to stare at...
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Welcome back to the land of the dead.
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Please have all offerings ready.
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Oh, your photos are in your son, so pretty?
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As a matter of fact, yes.
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Hola.
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I'm a loser.
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I demand to speak to the person in charge.
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I'm sorry, señora.
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It says here no one put up your photos.
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Mama Imelda?
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Oh!
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Miguel?
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Mama Imelda.
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You stole from the dead.
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But I wasn't stealing the guitar.
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Guitar?
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It was my great -great -grandfather.
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You took my photo of the ofrenda?
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It was an accident.
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Hijoley, your hand.
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Now, you look at the living and say his name.
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Miguel, I give you my blessing to go home and to never play music again.
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What?
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She can't do that!
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No skeletons!
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Don't make this hurt, mijo.
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You go home my way or no. He's family.
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Listen to your mama, Imelda.
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She's just looking out.
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Muchacho!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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You're running no
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De La Cruz?
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Who wants to?
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But most importantly, you can help me!
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Miguel!
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I met her!
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That's nice!
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Yeah?
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Nice alibri, eh?
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Hey, hey, hold still.
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It's not gonna be easy, you know?
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You know, he's a busy man.
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Oh, Ernesto de la Cruz is spectacular?
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¡Qué padre!
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Hola.
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Ceci.
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Dante.
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Dante.
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We shouldn't be in here.
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Jamarco, you can't run off from me like that.
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There is that music competition at the Plaza de la Cruz.
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Winner gets to play at his party.
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You know where I can get a guitar?
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I know a guy.
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Have you found him, Pepita?
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Have you found that boy?
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A footprint!
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This guitar, anyway.
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We're almost there.
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Cossinetto!
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Is Chicharron around?
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In the bungalow.
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I don't know if he's in my mood for visitors.
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Yes, Chicharrón.
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I don't want to see your stupid face, Hector.
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Come on, it's Dia de Muertos!
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We really need to borrow your guitar.
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My guitar!
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Yes?
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Play me something.
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No, you know I don't play anymore, Cheech.
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The guitar's for the king.
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Any requests?
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You know my favorite, Hector.
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I see a different color.
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I weren't so ugly.
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Brings back memories
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Wait, what happened?
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He's been forgotten
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Welcome to the Plaza de la Cruz Let the competition begin!
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You always this nervous before a performance?
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I don't know.
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First, you have to loosen up.
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Shake off those nerves.
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Oh, hey, look at me.
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You can do this.
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Where should I put my shoes?
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Ay mi amor, ay mi amor.
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You say put them on your hand.
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He's close.
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Find him.
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We're looking for a living kid. About 12?
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Have you seen a living boy?
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Hey, you did good.
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I'm proud of you.
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Hey, where are you going?
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We gotta get out of here.
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What?
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Taking you to your family?
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Let go of me.
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You'll thank me later.
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You don't want to help me.
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You only care about yourself.
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I'm sorry!
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Come back!
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Stop!
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Stop it!
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Leave me alone!
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You're not a spirit guide, you're just a dumb chump!
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Stop!
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Come back!
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The competition winners.
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Congratulations, chicos.
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Thanks, guys.
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De la Cruz.
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El Señor de la Cruz.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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I'm Miguel.
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Your great -great -grandson.
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I have a great -great -grandson!
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My great -great -grandson is alive.
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Random musician to boot.
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Dembo?
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No. Soon the party will move across town for my sunrise spectacular.
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I can't.
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I have to get home before sunrise.
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I am sorry to see you go, Miguel.
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I hope you die very soon.
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I give you my blessing.
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We had a deal, Chamaco!
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Who are you?
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Hector?
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Please, Miguel, put my photo up.
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I never meant to take credit.
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We made a great team, but you died. Or something I drank.
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You.. poisoned me.
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How could you?
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I just wanted to go back home!
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No!
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Papa Ernesto?
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My bless...
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But I'm your family!
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And Hector was my best friend.
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I know you understand.
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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Help!
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Hector!
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What?
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Oh, Hector!
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Hector!
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Hector!
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I never should have left Santa Cecilia.
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I wish I could apologize, my Coco.
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Coco?
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That's my mama Coco?
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That's my mommy Melda? Is that...
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We're.. family?
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Though I have to say goodbye,
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remember me I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart
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Know that I'm with you the only way that I can be Me I'm proud to be his family!
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It's dirty!
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Ibelda!
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Hector.
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Dante!
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You knew he was my Papa Hector the whole time!
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Dante!
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Gracias, mio mio!
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How many times must I turn you away?
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Himela.
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I want nothing to do with you.
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He's been in there because of Héctor.
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He was in there because of me.
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He was just trying to get me home.
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He left this family.
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He tried to go home to you and Coco, but De La Cruz murdered him.
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Héctor!
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I can't forgive you.
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But I will help you.
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Oh, here, let me help you with that.
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Now we just have to find the La Cruz.
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Yes?
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Don't I know?
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Wait, you're related to Hector?
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The photo!
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Security!
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Ayuda!
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Señor, you're on it 30 seconds.
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Ernesto de la Cruz!
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Get her off the stage!
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I give you my blessing...
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...to go home.
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You're not going anywhere!
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AAAAAAAH!
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Yuck!
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UGH!
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Dottie!
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UGH!
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UGH!
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You can destroy everything!
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He's a living child Ernesto!
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He's a threat!
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Hector's the real musician!
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You're just the guy who murdered him and stole his song!
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AAAAAAAH!
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AAAAAAAH!
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No!
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AAAAAAAH!
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AAAAAAAH!
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AAAAAAAH!
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AAAAAAAH!
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Ice kitty.
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No!
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No! For a blessing, Miguel.
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No conditions.
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Go home.
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I promise I won't let Coco forget you.
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Run! Where have you been?
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I need to see
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Mama Coco, please.
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Mama Coco, can you hear me?
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It's Miguel.
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Here.
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This was his guitar, right?
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Remember?
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Papa?
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What are you doing to that poor woman?
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It's okay, man.
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What's gotten into you?
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Your papa.
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He wanted you to have this.
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Remember me.
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Don't let it make you cry.
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Remember me.
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Know that I'm with you.
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The only way that I can be.
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Elena?
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What's wrong, Mika?
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We loved you so much.
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Beautiful.
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Coco My
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crown, my soul
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I'm
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going
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to go ahead
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and get a little bit of a little bit of a
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little bit of a little bit of a little bit of
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a little bit of a little bit of a little bit
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Coco (2017) - Miguel Memorable Moments”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cruz, Miguel, Hector, mama, guitar. This video has 355 sentences and 1743 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:57. The speaker talks slowly, about 87 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 66 of its 355 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 |
|---|---|---|
| guitar noun | /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ | A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). |
| mama noun | /ˈmɑmə/ | Synonym of mother (“a female parent”). |
| papa noun | /ˈpɑːpə/ | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| plaza noun | /ˈplɑːzə/ | A town's public square. |
| blessing noun | /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ | Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward. |
| musician noun | /mjuˈzɪʃən/ | A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| borrow verb | /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ | To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. |
| grandson noun | /ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn/ | A son of one's child. |
| spectacular adjective | /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/ | Amazing or worthy of special notice. |
| sunrise noun | /ˈsʌnɹaɪz/ | The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. |
| trick noun | /ˈtɹɪk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| mood noun | /muːd/ | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| ugly adjective | /ˈʌɡli/ | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| congratulations | /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ | Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| sign up verb | To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. | |
| bring back verb | /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ | To fetch something. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. | |
| keep away from verb | To avoid or eschew. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What did he say to you?
- Can I still sign up?
- Can I borrow your guitar?
- You guys have a spare guitar?
- You took my photo of the ofrenda?
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 | Have you found · He's been forgotten · Have you seen |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should sign · shouldn't be · should I put |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was just showing · wasn't stealing · was just trying |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the greatest · my best |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 51 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: musician /mjuˈzɪʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, shoe /ˈʃu/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/
- Long words — get the stress right: spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, mariachi /ˌmɑɹ.iˈɑ.t͡ʃi/
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 guitar, mama, papa.
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.