Shadowing Practice: CORTIS - Say it Or Snail it | Deezer - Learn English Speaking with Video

Bonjour, this is...

Chorus!

And this is Say It or Snail It.

You take the question and you pick a member.

Okay, I can't even like pronounce it.

Say...

French tongue twist.

Oh, yeah.

Tongue twist.

First one, a tongue twist.

Tongue twist.

Okay, that's a hard one.

You got it.

Me?

Yeah.

Okay, cool.

Can I get an example for this?

A pronunciation?

No?

Say your best first.

Okay, okay, okay.

Okay.

The word word va verse.

The word word.

I don't know.

How does it?

The word word.

Is it right?

Le ver ver, va ver, le ver ver.

Le ver ver, va ver, va ver.

Le ver ver va ver, le ver ver.

What does it mean though?

Green warm, gold, green glass.

So what is green?

Ve ver.

Ve ver, out now.

Okay.

What time did you set your alarm today? To who?

I mean...

Who's that answer now?

James, maybe?

I woke up at 3 in the morning today.

Really?

You set the alarm in the 3 in the morning?

I didn't set the alarm though.

Because of jet lag?

I think we were jet lag.

Jet lag is also one of them, but I just woke up and was like, Oh, we gotta write our lyrics.

So I immediately went to the bathtub.

Yo, he was in the bathtub for like 3 hours.

What's your ultimate comfort movie that you watch a hundred times without getting bored?

I, I, yeah, but I actually kind of know yours.

Really?

You do?

It's more of a...

Guess what?

I think, I, my first thought is action.

Action.

Action?

Action.

My first thought is John Wick.

Yeah, John Wick or the series?

I mean, yeah, I love that series, but I've never like watched it like a hundred times.

For me, it's Avengers.

Ultron?

Age of Ultron.

Yeah, yeah. That one.

Yeah.

That was my favorite, so when I was in middle school.

You still watch it?

Yeah.

Not these days?

Yeah, not these days.

Okay.

Did you watch it a hundred times?

Yeah, it's grown up, I guess.

Cool.

You are stranded on a desert island.

Pick one member to survive with you.

Oh, Martin.

Wow.

That was quick.

Oh, so I got answer the question.

Okay.

James.

What?

I think he'll just know some good spots to eat.

I mean, he'll find something.

I don't know, the coconut tree?

Something.

Oh, I saw a good crab there.

You can go and get some.

I don't know.

The Oasis with the five star.

Yeah.

He's got good taste.

Okay.

I'm next up.

If you could be invisible for a day, what's the first thing you'd do, Ju-hoon?

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Invisible?

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Yeah, for a day.

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For a day?

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Five, four, three, two, one.

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Go ahead.

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He just wanted to eat.

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I guess he did.

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I'm hungry.

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We should try it.

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It was a hard question.

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Yeah.

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It was.

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Oh.

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Oh, it's easy.

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This one's smooth.

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Yeah.

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One try.

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The one we tried last time.

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I was having a hard time to get this out for it Hey, what's in bed?

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They say the bread is better How does it taste?

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It's cool Is it better?

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I'm kind of busy eating this It's good It is Last music you listened to?

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Five Last music I listened to Makdang?

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Five 4 Hey There by Q That was quick

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I have my phone in my pocket for this question Lola is coming up Who's the one artist

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that you'd like to watch their stage as a fan?

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Pick one 5 4 3 James

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Oh 5

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I want to watch Lil Uzi Vert That's definitely one of his comments too Yes

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And a lot of different artists A lot of different artists.

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I think the full...

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Because we are new to the scene, the full lineup is all just people we look up to.

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Anyone is great.

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Charlie XCX.

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Yeah, Charlie XCX.

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You guys met?

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We met her.

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Lucy Bedro.

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Right before our show, Lucy's performing.

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I don't know if we'll have a chance to watch this stage because we're doing it right after the stage.

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Maybe we could post up a clip.

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Maybe just say hi.

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Just say hello.

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Yeah.

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Show your screen time or snale it.

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Guess I have to snale it.

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I don't have my phone here.

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You got it.

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Yup.

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Some bread.

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I've been done.

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I mean, this can never be a punishment.

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It's a surprise.

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It's a surprise.

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It's a surprise.

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It's a surprise.

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It's a surprise.

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It's a surprise.

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It's a beer.

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It's a surprise.

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What is next in French?

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C'est bon.

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C'est bon.

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If you could have any super power, what would it be?

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Martin.

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I would like to teleport.

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Teleport.

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You know, my checkpoint will be my toilet.

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So each toilet, I can like, let's say this toilet, I just used it.

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Then I can teleport back to my house.

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Wouldn't that be sick?

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Like checkpoints.

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You know what I'm saying?

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It's so private and you can go anywhere.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, teleport.

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Yeah.

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Would be good.

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Teleport.

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Sui-bong.

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I had to say it.

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First tour coming up.

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Express your excitement in five words in 15 seconds.

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One, two, three.

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Snail it.

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What?

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You can't say it.

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Good choice.

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Okay, in five words.

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Yeah, that's kind of hard.

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Yeah, that's kind of hard.

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I only can think of four.

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I am so grateful.

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How was it?

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Mmm.

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Nice.

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It's nice.

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Better than the last one, right?

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I gotta try it.

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Now everybody's just crying without answering the questions.

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I'm kind of nervous.

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No need to.

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No need to, but it's my first time.

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Yeah, of course.

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Okay.

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How is it?

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Oh dang!

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It's actually really good!

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It's good!

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Yeah!

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It's kind of salty and also kind of...

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Wow, that's nice!

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I like it!

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What is it?

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Did you say it?

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Super!

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Super!

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Do you ever talk to yourself when you're alone?

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Talk to yourself?

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Uh, to Martin.

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You gotta snail it.

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Me?

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Uh, yes I do.

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I talk to myself a lot.

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I look in the mirror, I talk to myself.

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I sit in the plane, I talk to myself.

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I think it's just because I make music, you know.

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It's just, talking to myself is the best way to kind of like, organize my thoughts and put it into words.

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It is what it is.

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That's how I wrote blue lips by the way.

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I need a good one.

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Do your best heart pose for the camera, James.

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Five.

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Nah, that's not the best heart you can make.

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You can do better.

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You got your signature heart, you know?

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Nah, you can do better.

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The Macho Heart.

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Or the Macho Heart.

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This one is for Green Green.

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This one is too long ago.

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This is out. That was...

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Color outside the lines.

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The first...

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The first CPE.

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Okay.

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Best thing about Paris so far?

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It's easy.

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But as you can see...

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Snail.

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Apple Tower.

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Everything.

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Dissert.

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You know.

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People, grass.

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Sign, hair, everything.

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What's your secret talent that no one knows about?

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Juhoon.

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Uh...

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Four, three, two...

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Let me use some snacks.

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Yo, you gotta answer something!

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Let me think of it while you're eating this.

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While you're eating it, okay.

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Hidden talent.

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I mean, I've already shown everything I've got, so...

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Is there anything like any other instruments that you can play?

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We don't know.

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If y'all don't know, we don't know neither.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, we kind of show a lot of our stuff already.

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I don't really have a hidden talent.

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Now we make talents.

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We gotta make something to let it be hidden.

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I recently started doing the dolphin thing.

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Oh.

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He did it somewhere.

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Yeah, he did it somewhere.

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I love the one.

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I needed it.

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something if you could steal one thing from another member what would it be conal uh martin's height it's my dream

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yo to get taller it's been a minute since i've met someone

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that was taller than me today i met diamond diamond basketball player the basketball player yo he's he's tall he's uh Um,

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two or three.

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I mean, like, yeah, everybody talk.

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Last time we went to the NBA game.

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We saw Victor Van Ben Yama.

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It's like, oh my God.

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Wendy is from France.

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Yeah, he's like the Eiffel Tower.

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I saw his clips from the Louis Vuitton show.

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He's standing next to Lil Baby Oh I saw that Lil Baby looks like a little baby

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Oh and Diamond gave me a nickname Petit Makhtang Petit Makhtang

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Merci Deezer for having us Merci Deezer These snails are meant to be like kind of a punishment

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But I think we've enjoyed it a lot That is actually good.

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And thank you guys, this was...

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KORUS!

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Signing out.

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Pleasure.

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Bye bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 299 sentences and 1470 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:32. The speaker talks at a steady 127 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% 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
snail noun	/sneɪl/	Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
twist verb	/twɪst/	To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
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.
toilet verb	/ˈtɔɪ.lət/	To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
alarm noun	/əˈlɑɹm/	A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
punishment noun	/ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/	The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or…
clip noun	/klɪp/	Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
invisible adjective	/ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/	Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
pocket noun	/ˈpɑ.kɪt/	A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
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.
hungry adjective	/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/	Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
comfort noun	/ˈkʌm.fət/	Contentment, ease.
steal verb	/stiːl/	To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
desert noun	/ˈdɛz.ɚt/	A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
smooth adjective	/smuːð/	Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
grow up verb		To mature and become an adult.
look up to verb		To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.
sign out verb		To sign one's name as an indication that one is leaving some location; to take some action to indicate one is leaving a secured program or web page on a…
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.

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	I've been done · I've already shown · i've met
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	are stranded · I've been done · be hidden
Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things	Better than · taller than
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the best

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 38 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gotta, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, bathtub /ˈbæθtʌb/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, bonjour /bɒnˈʒʊə/
Long words — get the stress right: invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

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 snail, twist, diamond.

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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