Shadowing Practice: Effortless English - Intimacy - Vocabulary - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello.
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Welcome to the intimacy vocabulary lesson.
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Let's start from the beginning.
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A woman writes, Dear Abby,
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my husband James and I have been married only three years.
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so they got married three years ago we are both in
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our 20s in our 20s means they could be 21 years old
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or 24 or 29 they are 20 something years old that's what in our 20s means.
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If I say, I am in my 30s, then it's very general, right?
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Maybe I'm 31, maybe I'm 39, maybe I'm 35.
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I am 30 -something.
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I am in my 30s.
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They are in their 20s, in their 20s.
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She says everything is really great,
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so they have a good relationship, except our sex life.
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So sex between them is not good.
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Then she writes, as far as he is concerned,
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as far as he is concerned means in his opinion right in his opinion
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or it can also mean about him
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so about him that's fine too
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or in his opinion that's fine too as far as he
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is concerned it means about him about her husband the husband thinks the sex life is fine.
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The husband thinks their sex life is okay as far as he is concerned.
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So about him, his opinion, it's fine.
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But as far as she is concerned, meaning her opinion about her, It's not fine.
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She says, I'm not satisfied, not happy.
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She says, it may seem odd to hear the female wants to have sex more frequently.
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Odd here means strange.
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Odd means strange, strange.
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It may seem strange.
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Or another word is weird.
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It may seem weird.
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It may seem strange strange.
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It may seem not normal.
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Odd, odd, not normal or strange.
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So it may seem odd to hear the female wants to have sex more frequently.
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Frequently, here frequently means often, often, frequently.
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She wants sex more often than him.
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She wants sex more frequently than him.
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And he is a young and healthy male.
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Male means man, of course.
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So he's young and healthy man but she wants sex more with him
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so she says this may seem odd may seem strange
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may seem odd
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but that's the case in our relationship that's
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the case the case the case here the case
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means the situation the situation that's the situation
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in our relationship that's the case in our relationship situation the case.
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The case.
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means situation.
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That's the case in our relationship.
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And second paragraph, she says Abby.
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Abby is the woman she wants help from.
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Abby answers these letters.
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She gives advice.
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So Abby is a name.
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It's a woman's name.
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She says, Abby, I work with the public.
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Public means people, right?
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All people, general people.
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So if you work with the public, you work with people
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so maybe in a store right people come to the store
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many different people that's the public she works with the public
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she's not in an office she works with the public
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she sees customers she sees people at her job she says I work with the public
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and I get frequent remarks frequent
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remarks frequent means means many times many times frequent many times
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or a lot happening a lot really many times is the meaning of frequent so many times she gets remarks
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a remark is a comment a comment a remark just means something someone says it's a word
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or a sentence a remark a remark
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so she gets many remarks many times people say something to her
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and she gets remarks about what a beautiful woman i
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am ah they tell her she is beautiful many times people
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tell her she is beautiful they say oh you are so beautiful
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so this happens a lot so she says this makes it hard for me to believe
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that I don't attract him at all who is him him is her husband
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so she's saying I can't believe he doesn't want me right
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he doesn't want me he doesn't think I'm beautiful I can't believe that But other people say I'm beautiful,
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so my husband should think I'm beautiful also.
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Okay, next sentence, she says, I have expressed many times.
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Okay, expressed means said.
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So she has said many times she has expressed many times expressed just means said
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or to say so she has said many times she has expressed many times
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that I wish we were more intimate so she said to her husband.
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I wish we were more intimate.
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Intimate means very close.
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Emotionally, right?
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It means close feelings such as love or romance.
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Intimacy or intimate.
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Here's the adjective intimate, close feelings.
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Sometimes intimate means sex, means really romantic sex,
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romantic sex intimate we are intimate means we are having romantic sex
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so she said to her husband I want more romantic sex I want to be more
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intimate okay she said i have even expressed it to him
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i have even said it to him in more than one
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letter she wrote him a letter about this problem she was
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hoping to reach him to reach him to reach someone means they understand you.
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It means to communicate so they understand you.
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I want to reach him means I want to communicate and then he understands me.
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I want to reach her means I want her to understand me.
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Last paragraph, she says, I am at a total loss.
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At a total loss.
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At a total loss means I have no more ideas.
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It means I don't know what to do.
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I'm at a total loss.
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Means I don't know what to do, right?
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No more ideas.
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She's at a total loss about how to make him realize.
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Realize means understand.
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Realize, understand.
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How to make him realize how important this is to me
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so she wants her husband to understand that sex is very important for her
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but how how can she make him understand how can she reach him
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and then she asks Abby she's asking us and she's asking Abby is there something wrong with my body.
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I just don't know who to turn to for advice on this subject.
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To turn to, who to turn to means who to ask.
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To turn to someone means you ask for help.
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Say, I turned to my mother for help means I asked my mother for help.
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I turned to my friend for help means I asked my friend for help.
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She doesn't know who to ask for help.
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So she's writing this letter and finally she says please help me okay
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and she signs it she signs it this is not her real name
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but she signs it short on intimacy in ohio ohio is a state in the united states in america It's a state.
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It's in the middle of the country, Ohio.
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So she lives in Ohio.
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And she says she is short on intimacy.
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Intimacy, we already talked about.
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Short on, to be short on something, means you don't have enough of something.
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I am short on money.
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means I don't have enough money.
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I'm short on food means I don't have enough food.
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She is short on intimacy.
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She doesn't have enough intimacy.
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She doesn't have enough close romantic feelings or romantic sex with her husband.
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Okay, that is all.
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Please listen to this vocabulary.
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Lesson many times every day and then listen to the mini story.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Effortless English - Intimacy - Vocabulary”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: sex, husband, remark, intimate, seem. This video has 137 sentences and 1230 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:33. The speaker talks slowly, about 85 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 88% 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 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| intimate adjective | /ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/ | Closely acquainted; familiar. |
| remark verb | /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/ | To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive. |
| intimacy noun | /ˈɪn.tɪ.mə.si/ | Intimate relationship. |
| romantic adjective | /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ | Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). |
| frequent adjective | /ˈfɹiː.kwənt/ | Done or occurring often; common. |
| litter noun | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| communicate verb | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. |
| paragraph noun | /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ | A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic. |
| 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. |
| mini adjective | /ˈmɪn.i/ | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| romance noun | /roʊˈmæn(t)s/ | An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair. |
| attract verb | /əˈtɹækt/ | To pull toward without touching. |
| emotionally adverb | /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/ | In an emotional manner; displaying emotion. |
| satisfy verb | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | To be enough (for) |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Let's start from the beginning.
- She says, I'm not satisfied, not happy.
- That's the case in our relationship.
- It means I don't know what to do.
- I'm at a total loss.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been · have expressed · has said |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | may seem |
| Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things | more often than · more frequently than |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: intimacy /ˈɪn.tɪ.mə.si/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
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 intimate, remark, intimacy.
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.