Shadowing Practice: Effortless English - A Kiss - Vocabulary - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for a kiss.

Okay, let's start.

Carlos buys a new car.

It's very expensive.

It's a huge, blue, fast car.

Huge.

Huge means very, very big.

Super big.

So that's huge.

Huge.

Huge means very, very big.

Very, very, very big.

It's a very, very big car.

It's a huge car.

While driving down the street, he sees a girl.

So while Girl means at the same time, same time.

Driving down the street, seeing the girl, same time.

They happen at the same time.

So while driving down the street, Carlos sees a girl on a bicycle.

Okay, he yells to her, what's up?

What's up is a common way to say hello.

We say, what's up?

What's up?

It's very popular to say, what's up?

So instead of saying hello, if you have a friend, you see your friend, someone you know, you say, what's up?

When I see my friends, sometimes I say, what's up?

It means hello or how are you?

What's up?

So Carlos says what's up to the girl but she ignores him to ignore means you don't listen to someone

and you don't pay attention to someone you don't look at

them you don't listen to them that's ignore say he ignored

her means he did not listen to her he did not look at her he ignored her

or ignores present ignores she ignores Carlos she does not look at Carlos.

She does not listen to Carlos.

She ignores him.

And then Carlos yells, how's it going?

How's it going?

How's it going means, how are you?

How are you?

We often say, how's it going

or how's it go in the last sound sometimes G going

going sometimes no G sound going going going it's the same meaning same just different pronunciation

so how's it going means how are you so he yells to her how's it going she keeps walking and ignores him.

Keeps.

Here, keeps means continues.

Keep has another meaning.

Keep can mean something else.

But here in this article, keeps means continues.

Continues.

She continues walking she keeps walking keeps and continues

so she keeps walking and she ignores him he yells hey why won't you talk to me okay won't means will not

why will you not talk to me is what he's saying

but in normal speech normal speaking we don't say will not

we usually say won't I won't go to the store means I will not go to the store and it's future so

he asks her why won't you talk to me why will you not talk to me

and he says I want to go to dinner with you

he wants a date he wants to go to a restaurant

with her he says I'll take you to an expensive restaurant

not a cheap restaurant right he wants to take her to an expensive restaurant finally the girl turns

and looks at him And she says, I don't want to go to dinner.

But, she says, if you give me your car, I will give you a surprise.

Give me your car and I will give you a surprise.

So, if you give me your car, so he has to do that first, the first action.

And then if that happens, then she will give him a surprise.

Carlos says, okay, because she's beautiful.

He jumps out of the car.

He gives her the keys.

And he says, here are the keys.

Here are the keys.

We usually say, here is the book here are the keys we say here is

or here are

when we give something to someone here is the key here is the money here are the keys okay

so Carlos gives the keys to the beautiful blonde girl the beautiful blonde girl takes the keys

and and then kisses carlos on the cheek cheek is the side of your face right

so she kisses carlos on the side of his face on

the cheek okay just on the cheek then she jumps into the car and drives away

Carlos stands on the sidewalk sidewalk is next to the street right it's where people walk

so the street the street is for cars cars and buses only

and the sidewalk next to the street right with sidewalk where people walk side of the street okay

so he stands on the sidewalk

and now he has no car and no girl he says that's it just a kiss on the cheek

Okay.

That's it.

That's it?

That's it means there is no more.

There is nothing more.

Nothing more is coming.

Nothing more to get.

Nothing more to do.

So it basically means finished.

So he says that's it.

It means he only got a kiss.

He will not get more from her.

He will not get something else.

Only a kiss.

That's it.

Sometimes we say, that's all.

That's all.

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Same meaning.

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That's all or that's it means totally finished.

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In a restaurant, you will use this when you finish eating the waiter

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or the waitress will come

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and ask you do you want something else do you want more food do you want more drinks okay

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if you're finished you say that's it that's it means we

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are finished eating we don't want more food we don't want more drinks

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right we are finished bring the check bring the bill

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so at the end

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when you finish eating in a restaurant tell the waiter that's it right means you're finished okay

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and then he says that's it just a kiss on the

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cheek then he gets on her bike he gets on the girl's bicycle bicycle

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or bike same

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and he rides home poor Carlos okay that's it that's it

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the lesson is finished the vocabulary lesson is finished that's it

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 114 sentences and 982 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:22. The speaker talks slowly, about 105 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

ignore /ɪɡˈnɔː/ (verb) — To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
cheek /t͡ʃiːk/ (noun) — The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
sidewalk /ˈsaɪdwɔk/ (noun) — A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians.
yell /jɛl/ (verb) — To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (noun) — A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
bicycle /ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/ (noun) — A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s…
vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ (noun) — A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
waiter /ˈweɪ̯təː/ (noun) — A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
blond /blɑnd/ (adjective) — Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
waitress /ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/ (noun) — A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) — The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
restaurant /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/ (noun) — An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
jump /d͡ʒʌmp/ (verb) — To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
kiss /kɪs/ (noun) — A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
bike /baɪk/ (noun) — Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
drive down (verb) — To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to decrease.
get on (verb) — To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
stand on (verb) — To continue following the same course.
drive away (verb) — To force someone or something to leave
eat in (verb) — To eat a meal at home.
go in (verb) — To become obscured by clouds.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, won't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, basically /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.(ə.)li/

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 ignore, cheek, sidewalk.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if that happens, then she will give
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	keeps walking · finish eating · finished eating
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction	won't you talk · will you not talk · won't I won

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How to practise with this video

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