Shadowing Practice: Courage The Cowardly Dog - Mega Collection #4 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This is special Nowhere news.
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There's a Bigfoot in these here parts.
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He's been terrorizing Nowhere.
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Now we know the cause of all them disasters.
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We found proof positive Bigfoot is here.
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I hear tell a reward is being offered by the Nowhere Museum.
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A reward?
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That's for me!
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$25 and a lifetime membership!
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Jowee!
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A lifetime membership!
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Ooh!
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Oh, baby!
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Oh!
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If anyone has any information about any strange doings lately, contact us.
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A reward, a reward, and a lifetime membership to boot.
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Oh, Amy.
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But my friends, be careful.
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What's all the excitement?
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I'm going to get myself a Bigfoot.
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Ah, the reward, that's for me, that's for me.
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Now what's wrong with your foot?
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Maybe it was Bigfoot that was here last night.
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Although I certainly hope not.
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Oh, no!
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Mousetrap, fishing pole, fly sweater, iron torture collar.
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Now I'm ready to get me a Bigfoot.
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Footprint!
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Get away from me.
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I'm going to get me a reward.
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We don't need any.
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Please, mister.
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My little boy is lost.
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You seen my little boy?
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Ain't seen no lost boy.
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Who was that?
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Nobody.
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Gotta get me a Bigfoot.
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Thank you.
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Oh, thank you.
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And thank you.
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Oh, thanks.
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Oh, thank you.
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Bag?
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That's me.
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You stay here, you stupid dog.
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Something smells fishy or my name's Schlinkenhoffer.
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And it's not.
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When did you lose your hair?
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I was born.
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Was your father bald?
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A little of the...
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Was your mother bored?
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Me, my.
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Sister, brother, second cousin, twice removed.
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Eh?
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What's 414 divided by 6?
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Why, I...
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Now you will be tested for resistance, resilience, and flexible strength.
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What?
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Hey!
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Yeah!
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Oh, oh, oh, oh.
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He -he -he -he!
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Warning, when using, do not get angry, do not get mad, do not get upset, or else...
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are you ready to change your life forever oh yes
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i want to change my life forever this sounds too good to be true
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we have a special on our deluxe life -changing mattress it's soft Oh, soft.
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It's smooth.
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Smooth.
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No lumps.
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Oh, no, I don't like lumps.
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We've got lumps.
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We'll send it right over.
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My address is...
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We know.
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We've been waiting for you.
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Oh!
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No, no, no, don't do it.
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This do not do.
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I've always wanted a new mattress.
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This can't be happening.
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I have a bad feeling about this, but my name is Ivana, and it's not.
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Doesn't it look lovely?
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I just can't wait to see this!
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Oh, Corrin, stop it!
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I'm going to have a lovely little nap now.
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I'll see you soon.
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Ha!
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Eeg!
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Oof!
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Ooooooh!
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Eeg!
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Ooooooh!
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Nooo!
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Whoops!
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I heard the door slam.
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The door slammed.
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Oh.
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Well, I guess I better get.
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Now, don't you boys worry.
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Eustace will be back soon to get the door open.
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Alone was I, with tender courage, and all his fur, his furry furage.
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Which I say did encourage me to be quite naughty.
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Courage.
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Your hair.
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It reminds me of the first time I knew just how I felt about hair.
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It was a day I'd not forget.
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The day that I first met my pet.
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Oh, what a lovely gift to get.
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I'd never felt so naughty.
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My fuzzy friend is what he was, this darling little ball of fuzz.
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And oh, such fuzz, such fuzz, it does demand that I be naughty naughty.
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He looked at me, his fetching eyes, and fetching fur did hypnotize.
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I filled with joy, I filled with sighs, and that's when I got naughty.
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Now, now, you shouldn't play in the toilet.
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Would you like a carrot?
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Is a carrot what you're wanting?
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I'll get you a carrot.
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Huh?
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Little rabbit!
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Where did you go?
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Must be a bad carrot!
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There's nothing to worry about.
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There's nothing at all.
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Nothing at all.
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the swelling is going to go down to go down just keep soaking
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it had nothing to worry about just keep soaking
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it now now i don't want to be in trouble
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then you shouldn't have gotten bit come on stupid dog thank you doctor
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Just keep soaking it.
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Muriel, you're missing your favorite show.
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Muriel!
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Go find her.
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You're better than nobody.
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Now, are you sure you have all the presents?
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Yeah, I got them. And be polite.
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Take your hat off in the house and give your mummy my regards.
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Are you sure you don't want to go?
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Be off with you now.
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My favorite show is starting.
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Listen up, dog.
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Here's the plan.
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When we get to Mars, I'll give you the high sign.
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That's the high sign.
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When I give the high sign, you act like a mad dog and attack Mars.
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You know how to growl don't you you just open your mouth and Got that
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Oh Hi ma
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Hello courage good to see you
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We'll go in and sit down and have us a nice visit.
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But.. she was.. in the sky!
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You already caused enough trouble!
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Don't wake me up again!
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Hmm...
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This is not like her!
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Huh!
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Who goes there?
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Oh!
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It's a sweet old lady!
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I told you to stop doing that.
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Just stop laying eggs and concentrate or you're not the boss of me
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Give it here.
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I'm clear So, who's complaining now?
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Hey!
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A nice little old lady!
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What are you doing here?
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Doc.
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One thing, if you can't act the dead for personal gain, there will be tragic consequences.
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Just dial my dead brother and shut up.
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Join hands.
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You're on my payroll now.
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Wake up and get my brother on the line.
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The party is not answering.
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He never took my calls.
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I shall try.
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I see.
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I see.
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I see.
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A yo -yo.
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Yes!
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I see a yo -yo.
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It is under the sofa.
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Oh Try my brother again
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Oh for Pete's sake I'm just fine.
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Thank goodness.
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Hang up.
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You're tying up the line
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Will you to quit jabberin now get my stinking dead brother horse on the line
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The dead should not be bothered for personal gain.
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What oh just do it
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Sit down, you stupid dog.
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Hello?
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Isn't this wonderful, Eustace?
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Finally, you can settle your differences.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Where's the key to the box?
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There is nothing in the box for you, Eustace.
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You would say that, you cheap.
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Bury the box, Eustace.
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oh, oh
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You should heed your brother's word.
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Eustace!
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Huh?
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Come look what Courage found.
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What do you suppose it could be?
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Well, judging by the markings and the obvious age of the relic, I'd have to say it would be garbage!
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Eustace!
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Garbage!
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From King Garbage, of the Garbage dynasty.
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Stupid dog, always bringing garbage into the house.
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But the big story today, million -dollar slabs stolen from the tomb of King Ramses.
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Eh?
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I'm rich!
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But the man says it was stolen, Eustace.
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We must return it to its rightful place.
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He said a million -dollar slab, and that means I get a million dollars.
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And you know what a million dollars means.
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Whoa!
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That's right!
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New lawn chairs
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Nowhere news I want to put an ad in the paper
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Yes, sir, you start running that ad right away
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What's your author I am professor Fred of the Institute of the Federer I've come to retrieve the slab
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You see, Eustace, I told you it was stolen.
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What's your offer?
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Sir, the Institute for Ephemera is member -supported.
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About for every million dollar donation, you'll receive a sporty tote bag with our thanks.
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Eustace, we really should give it back, you know.
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Uh -uh.
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Find us, keepers.
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Rich, rich, rich, rich, rich.
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Fly swatter, spark plugs, shovel handle, razor blade, light bulb for the attic.
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Return the slab
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Return the slab
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Or suffer my curse
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What's your offer?
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Stupid dog, what are you doing itching my foot?
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Eustace, Eustace, is there something wrong?
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My foot, my foot!
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Oh!
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Looks like you've got a fungus.
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Don't worry, Eustace.
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I know some family remedies.
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Oh I ain't going to no doctor.
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You really should, Eustace.
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I ain't going.
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It's as big as a cow.
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You have to go.
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Make me.
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Ah, suit yourself.
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But I think it's starting to fester.
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All I need is a nap.
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That's all I needed, a nap.
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I feel like a million bucks.
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Yep.
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Nap did the trick.
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Foot feels fine.
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Have the big toes, see?
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Yeah, see.
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And what I say, goals, see?
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Got me?
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Yeah, boss!
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See what?
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See what?
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See this.
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Ow!
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Excuse me, sir.
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Eh?
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Do you have a room I could spend the night in?
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I don't know.
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Me, come with me.
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Oh my, I'm beginning to worry about you, Eustace.
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Tomorrow we're off to see the doctor.
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That's all there is to it.
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This can't be happening.
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Oh, Eustace.
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I was driving by scouting locations for my latest blocks.
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Master all scouting locations that sound so fancy
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So what this is my next opus the return of the zombies from beneath the farm
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I'll be a movie script Eustace and I want to make my movie here on your farm in this house
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We ain't interested we'll pay tons of cash
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Okay, we're interested.
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Excellent.
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Now, if you're both signed down there on the X.
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What is it, Connage?
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Muriel, has anyone ever told you that you should be in pictures?
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Oh, my goodness, no. Here's your contract.
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When do we get paid?
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Right after we shoot the movie.
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And we start shooting tonight.
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Tonight?
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Oh, yes.
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Isn't this exciting?
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May I see your basement?
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Yeah, this is great.
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Great!
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We'll do the zombie resurrection scene here.
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This is a great angle.
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I love it.
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We can do a tracking shot over here and then rack focus.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Courage The Cowardly Dog - Mega Collection”. This video has 404 sentences and 1936 words to shadow. The speech runs for 31:16. The speaker talks slowly, about 62 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 81% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| reward noun | /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ | Something of value given in return for an act. |
| garbage noun | /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ | Food waste material of any kind. |
| naughty adjective | /ˈnɔːti/ | Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child). |
| courage noun | /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate. |
| carrot noun | /ˈkæɹət/ | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus. |
| membership noun | The state of being a member of a group or organization. | |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| lifetime noun | /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ | The duration of the life of someone or something. |
| lump noun | /lʌmp/ | Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. |
| fuss noun | /fʌs/ | Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. |
| soak verb | /soʊk/ | To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. |
| smooth adjective | /smuːð/ | Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough. |
| goodness noun | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | The state or characteristic of being good. |
| slam verb | /ˈslæm/ | To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise. |
| scout noun | /ˈskaʊ̯t/ | A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. | |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. | |
| hang up verb | To put up to hang. | |
| listen up verb | To listen closely; to pay attention. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You seen my little boy?
- When did you lose your hair?
- Would you like a carrot?
- Is a carrot what you're wanting?
- Are you sure you don't want to go?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | He's been terrorizing · We've been waiting |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being offered · is lost · was born |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've always wanted · I've come |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | shouldn't play · shouldn't have · should not be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 58 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, beneath /bɪˈniːθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: donation /doʊˈneɪʃən/, resurrection /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/, shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/
- Long words — get the stress right: resurrection /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/, resilience /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/
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 reward, garbage, naughty.
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.