Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Never Live Something Down - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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To live it up means to have a very good and exciting time.
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But the phrase to never live something down has a very different meaning.
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Anna, did you try the cake I made for George's birthday?
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A bite.
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One bite.
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Dan, it was kind of the talk of the party.
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Oh no, it was that bad?
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I may have forgotten to add sugar.
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That's bad, Dan.
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That's bad.
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I'm never going to live this down.
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To never live something down means that people will not forget that you made a big mistake or did something embarrassing.
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People just don't forget others' mistakes that easily.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: Never Live Something Down”. This video has 15 sentences and 117 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:53. The speaker talks at a steady 132 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 10 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| bite verb | /baɪt/ | To cut into something by clamping the teeth. |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| embarrass verb | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | To disrupt someone's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely. |
| excite verb | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement. |
| mistake noun | /mɪˈsteɪk/ | An error. |
| sugar noun | /ˈʃʊɡə/ | A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative. |
| cake noun | /keɪk/ | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| easily adverb | /ˈi.zɪ.li/ | Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety. |
| birthday noun | /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/ | The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. |
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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| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | may have |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm never going to live |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will not forget |
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 bite, phrase, embarrass.
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.