Shadowing Practice: Effortless English - Changed - Vocabulary - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, this is AJ.
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Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for changed.
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Okay, let's start.
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In In the beginning, the woman writes, my husband of 39 years,
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so they have been married 39 years.
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My husband of 39 years no longer hugs me.
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No longer means not anymore more.
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No longer means in the past, yes, in the past he did it,
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in the past he did, but now he does not.
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So he no longer hugs me.
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Hugs, hugs means holds, H -O -L -D, right?
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Hug Hug means to hold someone that you like or love, to hug.
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Okay, so her husband does not hug her anymore.
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No longer hugs me or shows me any affection.
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Affection.
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Affection.
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Affection means kindness.
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Love.
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Usually affection means touching.
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Touching somehow.
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Maybe kissing.
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Maybe hugging.
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Maybe holding.
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Those are all affection.
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Affection.
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So affection means how you show your love.
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Kissing, hugging, holding hands.
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Those are all affection.
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Okay, so no more affection from him.
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She says, I have seen him through cancer and diabetes.
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Diabetes, diabetes, diabetes is a blood sugar disease,
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blood sugar disease, blood sugar problem.
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Cancer, you probably know cancer, cancer is a serious disease, serious disease, hard to cure.
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Cure is C -U -R -E, C -U -R -E.
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So cancer is hard to cure, difficult to cure.
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So her husband in the past, in the past, he had cancer and diabetes.
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She says, I have seen him through, seen him through cancer and diabetes.
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Okay, to see someone through means you helped them with,
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right?
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It means you stayed with them.
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You stayed with them and you helped them.
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So, I have seen him through cancer means I stayed with him and helped him when he had cancer.
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When he had cancer, I did not leave.
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I stayed and I helped him him.
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That's what see him through or seen him through means.
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For example, I might say,
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my mom saw me through many diseases.
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Okay.
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When I was a child, I was sick.
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My mom saw me through those diseases, right?
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She stayed with me.
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She took care of me.
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She helped me.
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She saw me through.
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Okay.
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So this wife saw him through cancer and diabetes.
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She stayed with him.
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She helped him.
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Learn the whole phrase, to see someone through, right?
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Don't worry about each word.
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If each word you think, oh, I don't understand, right?
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Just remember the whole phrase.
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the three words together to see someone through something some problem see someone through a problem okay
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she says we have four grown children okay the children are older now they're adults
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And we have been seeing a therapist for a year and a half.
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A therapist.
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A therapist is a professional helper.
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Maybe a psychologist.
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Maybe a family counselor.
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So a therapist helps you with your problems.
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You talk to them and they help you.
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So maybe if you feel bad you say, oh I feel bad, I'm sad, and the therapist talks to you,
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helps you feel better so the husband
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and the wife are going to a therapist seeing
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a therapist seeing here seeing means meeting m -e -e -t meeting or going to right so sometimes the the verb
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See has a different meaning.
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It means to meet or to go to.
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Sometimes it means to date, like a man and a woman.
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I say I'm seeing her.
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It means I'm dating her.
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I'm going with her.
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I'm meeting her a lot.
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So they're meeting a therapist a lot.
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They're seeing a therapist.
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and they started a year
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and a half ago they go they say we have problems please help us okay
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so she's then she says he is kind generous and friendly okay so her husband is nice
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But there are no compliments.
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Compliments.
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Compliments.
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A compliment is a nice word or sentence about someone.
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You say something nice to someone.
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For example, you say, oh, you are very beautiful.
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That sentence, you are very beautiful, that is a compliment.
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It's something nice you say to another person.
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It's a compliment.
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So her husband does not say nice things to her now.
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Not anymore.
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No more compliments.
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And also she says there are no compliments or any of the flirtatious banter we used to enjoy.
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Banter.
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Banter means fun conversation, not serious, not serious.
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Banter is not serious conversation.
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Banter is fun conversation and maybe funny conversation.
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Flirtatious.
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Okay, this comes from flirt.
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To flirt, a verb, to flirt means to attract the opposite sex.
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For example, a man talks to a woman because she is beautiful.
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He says, oh, I like you.
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You are pretty.
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Come to dinner with me.
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We call that flirting.
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Flirting.
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Talking to someone you want a date with.
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Talking to someone you are attracted to.
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Someone you like.
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So flirtatious is an adjective.
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So flirtatious banter, the phrase.
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Flirtatious banter.
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means fun conversation about dating
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or about affection or maybe about sex.
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That's flirtatious banter.
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It's playing, playing with conversation with someone you like.
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Maybe husband and wife, maybe, you know, woman and man.
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We call that flirtatious banter, kind of fun conversation between a man and a woman.
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Okay.
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So, but that's not happening now.
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Finally, last paragraph.
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She says, He swears he's not having an affair.
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Okay, the verb, to swear.
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To swear, here, To swear means to promise. To promise.
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So he promises he's not having an affair.
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He swears.
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Swear has another meaning. So be careful.
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Swear also means to say bad words like shit.
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If you say shit, then you are swearing.
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So that's the second meaning.
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But here, swear means to promise. To promise.
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He promises.
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He swears.
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He's not having an affair.
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Okay, an affair.
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An affair is, means, an affair means dating another person.
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When you are married.
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So if you are married,
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but you have another girlfriend or boyfriend,
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then you are having an affair.
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Okay, so an affair means seeing an extra girlfriend or boyfriend or meeting an extra girlfriend or boyfriend.
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That's having an affair.
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We use the verb have.
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Having an affair.
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So he promises he's not having an affair.
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He doesn't have another woman.
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And he doesn't know why he has changed.
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He doesn't know why he's not showing affection.
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He's not fun with his wife anymore.
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He doesn't know why.
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And then finally she says, perhaps you do.
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You, you meaning Abby, right, or us, us, the people reading the letter.
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Perhaps we know.
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It's got a question.
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Okay, that is all.
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That is all of the vocabulary.
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She signs this, Grace in Phoenix.
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Grace is a woman's name.
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Okay, Grace is a name.
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Phoenix is a city.
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Phoenix.
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Phoenix, Arizona.
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Arizona is the state.
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Phoenix is the city.
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And Phoenix, Arizona is in the southwest part of the United States.
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She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Okay, that is all of the vocabulary lesson.
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Listen to it many times.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Effortless English - Changed - Vocabulary”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: affection, affair, cancer, banter, therapist. This video has 177 sentences and 1163 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:47. The speaker talks slowly, about 79 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| affection noun | /əˈfɛk.ʃən/ | The act of affecting or acting upon. |
| affair noun | /əˈfɛɹ/ | Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. |
| therapist noun | /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/ | Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally. |
| compliment noun | /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ | An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect. |
| diabetes noun | /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/ | Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to… |
| hug verb | /hʌɡ/ | To cling closely together. |
| flirt verb | /flɚt/ | To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. |
| cure verb | /kjɔː/ | To restore to health. |
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| vocabulary noun | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| attract verb | /əˈtɹækt/ | To pull toward without touching. |
| generous adjective | /ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/ | Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous. |
| southwest noun | /saʊθˈwɛst/ | The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I say I'm seeing her.
- It means I'm dating her.
- I'm meeting her a lot.
- It's something nice you say to another person.
- It's playing, playing with conversation with someone you like.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been · have seen · has changed |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm seeing · I'm dating · I'm going |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, doesn't, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: therapist /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/, southwest /saʊθˈwɛst/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: affection /əˈfɛk.ʃən/, flirtatious /flɚˈteɪʃəs/
- Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
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 affection, affair, therapist.
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.