Shadowing Practice: DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I used to believe we were burning on the edge of something beautiful,
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something beautiful Selling a dream, smoking mirrors keep us waiting on a miracle,
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on a miracle
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Say go through the darkest of days, heaven's a heartbreak away
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Never let you go, never let me down
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Oh, it's been a hell of a ride, driving the edge of a knife
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Never let you go, never let me down
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Don't you give up, nah, nah, nah I won't give up, nah, nah, nah
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Let me love you, let me love you
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Don't you give up, nah, nah, nah I won't give up, nah, nah, nah
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Let me love you
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Let me love you
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Don't fall asleep
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At the wind we got a million miles ahead of us
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Miles ahead of us
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All that we need is a rude awakening
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You know we're good enough, yeah We're good enough
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Say go through the darkest of days
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Heaven's a heartbreak away
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Never let you go, never let me down
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Oh, it's been a hell of a ride
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Driving the edge of a knife
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Never let you go, never let me down
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Don't you give up, nah, nah, nah I won't give up, nah, nah, nah
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Let me love you, let me love you
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Don't you give up, nah, nah, nah I won't give up, nah, nah, nah
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Let me love you, let me love you
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Don't you give up?
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Nah, nah, nah, I won't give up, nah, nah, nah
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Let me love you, let me love you
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Don't you give up, nah, nah, nah I won't give up, nah, nah, nah
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Let me love you, let me love you
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I'm going to go to the next episode.
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I'm
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going to
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go to the next video.
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Thank you.
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The Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I'm sorry.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You”. This video has 42 sentences and 307 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:26. Only 77% 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
knife noun/ˈnaɪ̯f/A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
miracle noun/ˈmɪɹ.ə.kəl/An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.
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.
asleep adjective/əˈsliːp/In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
rude adjective/ɹuːd/Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
heartbreak noun/ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.
awaken verb/əˈweɪkən/To cause to become awake.
smoke verb/sməʊk/To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette or cigar, burning material in a pipe, etc.
burn verb/bɝn/To cause to be consumed by fire.
edge noun/ɛd͡ʒ/The boundary line of a surface.
miles noun/maɪlz/A great distance in space or time.
ride verb/ɹaɪd/To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
episode noun/ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
dream verb/ˈdɹim/To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
wind noun/ˈwɪnd/Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
give up verbTo surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
go through verbTo travel from one end of something to the other.

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowit's been
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a groupthe darkest
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionwon't give

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, won't, 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 knife, miracle, mirror.

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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