Shadowing Practice: Doja Cat - Woman (Official Video) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Your Majesty, we have a problem.
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They're trying to seize your throne.
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Take me to them now.
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Woman, let me be your woman Woman, woman, woman I can be your woman Woman,
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woman, woman Let me be your woman Woman, woman, woman I can be your woman Woman,
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woman, woman What you need She give ten for a meal,
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pop up, plant your seed She can go right from her womb or family Prove I love you more,
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be looked and unappreciated You see You can reciprocate I got delicious taste,
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you need a woman's touch in your place Just protect her and keep her safe Baby, worship my hips and waist So feminine with grace I touch her soul
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when you hear me say Let me be your woman Let me be your woman Woman,
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woman, woman I can be your woman Woman, woman, woman Let me be your woman Woman,
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woman, woman I can be your woman Woman, woman, woman I can be your lady, I'm a woman I'm a motherfucker, but they got a problem Put some babies in your life
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and take away the drama Put the paper in the picture
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like a diorama Gotta face a lot of people of the
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opposite Cause the world told me we ain't got the common sense Gotta prove it to myself
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that I'm on top of shit And you would never know a guy without a goddess His honest is fuckin' honest, kid, and I could be on everything I mean, I could be the leader, head of all the states I could smile and jiggle
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and tell his pockets empty I could be the CEO just like a Robin Fenty
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And I'ma be there for you cause you on my team, girl Don't ever think you ain't hell of these niggas dream, girl They wanna pit us against each other when we succeed And for no reason,
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they wanna see us end up like we Regina on Mean Girl Princess or queen, tomboy or king You've heard a lot, you've never seen Mother O's, Mother Mary, rise to the top Divine Feminine,
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I'm Feminine Wooma, let me be your wooma Wooma, wooma, wooma I can be your wooma Wooma,
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wooma, wooma Let me be your wooma Wooma, wooma, wooma I can be your wooma Wooma,
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wooma, wooma I love you, I love you

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 22 sentences and 396 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:58. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% 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
feminine adjective/ˈfɛmɪnɪn/Of or pertaining to the female gender.
meal noun/ˈmiːl/Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
pocket noun/ˈpɑ.kɪt/A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
hip noun/hɪp/The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
delicious adjective/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
succeed verb/səkˈsiːd/To follow something in sequence or time.
worship noun/ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
throne noun/θɹəʊ̯n/An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
goddess noun/ˈɡɑdəs/A female deity.
waist noun/weɪst/The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
seize verb/ˈsiːz/To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
womb noun/wuːm/In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
diorama noun/ˌdaɪəˈrɑmə/A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are…
jiggle verb/ˈd͡ʒɪɡəl/To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle.
reciprocate verb/ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
end up verbTo bring to a conclusion.
pop up verbTo come up with a "pop" sound.
take away verb/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/To remove something and put it in a different place.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, ain't, gotta. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/

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 feminine, meal, pocket.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →