Shadowing Practice: dhruv - double take (audio) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I could say I never dare to think about you in that way
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But I would be lying
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And I pretend I'm happy for you when you find some dude to take home
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But I won't deny that
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In the midst of the crowds, in the shapes, in the clouds I don't see nobody but you
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In my rose -tinted dreams, wrinkled silk on my sheets I don't see nobody but you
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Boy, you got me hooked up to something
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Who could say that they saw us?
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Come and tell me, do you feel the love?
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Spend a summer of a lifetime with me
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Let me take you to the place of your dreams
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Tell me, do you feel the love?
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And I could say I never unzipped those blue leavers inside my head
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But that's far from the truth
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Don't know what's come over me
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It seems like yesterday when I said
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We'll be friends forever Constellations of stars,
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mules on city walls I don't see nobody but you
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You're my vice, you're my muse, you're a 19th floor view I don't see nobody but you
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Boy, you got me hooked onto something
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Who could say that they saw us coming?
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Tell me, do you feel that love?
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Spend a summer or a lifetime with me
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Let me take you to the place where your dreams told me
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Do you feel the love?
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Boy, you got me hooked up to something
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Who could say that they saw us?
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Come and tell me
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Do you feel the love?
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Spend a summer whole lifetime with me
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Let me take you to the place of your dreams
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Tell me Do you feel the love?
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Do you feel the love?
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Do you feel the love?
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Do you feel that love, do you feel that love?

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “dhruv - double take”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: dreams, nobody, hooked, lifetime, spend. This video has 35 sentences and 302 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:27. The speaker talks at a steady 124 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 12 of its 35 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
lifetime noun/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/The duration of the life of someone or something.
hook noun/hʊk/A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
cloud noun/ˈklaʊ̯d/A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
sheet noun/ʃit/A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
deny verb/dəˈnaɪ/To disallow or reject.
pretend verb/pɹəˈtɛnd/To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
dare verb/dɛ(ə)ɹ/To have enough courage (to do something).
silk noun/sɪlk/A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
muse verb/mjuːz/To become lost in thought, to ponder.
amidst/aˈmɪdst/In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
leaver nounOne who leaves.
mule noun/mjuːl/The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
tint noun/tɪnt/A slight coloring.
unzip verbTo open something using a zipper.
wrinkle noun/ˈɹɪŋkl̩/A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
come over verbTo affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • Who could say that they saw us?
  • Come and tell me, do you feel the love?
  • Tell me, do you feel the love?
  • Who could say that they saw us coming?
  • Tell me, do you feel that love?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'm. 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 lifetime, hook, cloud.

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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