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Hi, Lois.
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It's a great morning, no matter how you slice it.
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I don't know what this is, Peter, but we're four months behind on our mortgage.
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Well, that's odd.
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It's not like we're short on dough.
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I'm taking the kids, and I'm staying at my parents' for a while.
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That's the yeast of my concerns.
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Step forward, maggot.
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Next time, that'll be you.
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Well, why wasn't it him this time?
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Oh, I'm so scared.
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Stop it.
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Yeah, you're real big when you got that stick, ain't you?
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Okay, I'll stop now.
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I got some crystal meth.
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I figured we could do it together as father and son.
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I don't know about that.
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Tell you what, I'll get us started.
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Ah, that feels... That feels better.
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You sure that stuff is okay?
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All I know is the guys who made it are dead.
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Why is there no hole in this wall?
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Believe this is happening to me.
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I can never go back to school again.
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Oh, yes, Meg.
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Yes, yes.
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Yes, yes, everything was going swimmingly for you until this.
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Yes, yes, this is the thing that will ruin your reputation.
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Not your years of grotesque appearance or awkward social graces, or that Felix Unger-ish way you clear your sinuses.
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No, no, no, it's this.
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Do you hear yourself talk?
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I might kill you tonight.
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Ground Zero.
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So this is where the first guy got AIDS.
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Peter, this is the site of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
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Oh, so Saddam Hussein did this?
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No. The Iraqi army?
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No. Some guys from Iraq?
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No. That one lady who visited Iraq that one time?
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No, Peter, Iraq had nothing to do with this.
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It was a bunch of Saudi Arabians, Lebanese, and Egyptians financed by a Saudi Arabian guy living in Afghanistan and sheltered by Pakistanis.
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So you're saying we need to invade Iran?
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All right, Meg, stay incredibly still.
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I'm going to whip that cigarette out of your mouth and maybe not slice your face in half.
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Dad, I don't want to do this.
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Stay still!
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Okay, that's pretty cool, too.
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Hey, Dad, that's a cool whip.
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I thought you couldn't understand me!
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Peter did what?
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Well, I best be getting to work.
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It's nighttime.
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Boy, you said it.
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All right, take it easy.
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Peter, you get down from that tree this instant.
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No, you're gonna yell at me!
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You're damn right I'm gonna yell at you.
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You beat up a 13-year-old boy.
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He called me names.
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You're 43, and you just assaulted our neighbor's child.
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This is a very serious situation.
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Well, maybe you should have just had an abortion, Lois.
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Would that make you happy if I was never born?
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What?
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I'm going to prison, aren't I?
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I noticed you Googled yourself, you egomaniac.
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Whoa, whoa, that wasn't me.
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Maybe Lois got on there.
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She's fascinated by things that are going on in my life.
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Fine, I Googled myself, okay?
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Can I get some of that pie and cool whip?
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What did you say?
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We can't have pie without coon whip.
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That's not how you're supposed to say it!
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You said it weird!
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Whoa, buddy.
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It was just a joke.
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Somehow this isn't my expense, I know it!
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No, it's a goof, Matt.
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It's my bit, bud.
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Oh, you like bits, huh?
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Well, this is my bit.
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Wanna ride the stewie-go-round?
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Ah!
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Make it stop!
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Just think of this farm as our next great adventure.
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Like when we tried to invade the city of Troy.
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Peter, I don't think this is the right horse.
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I want you two to do it right in front of me, and I'm gonna throw 40 bucks on your sweaty bodies when you're done.
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What's she the money?
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Hey, hi, how are you today?
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Good to see you.
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Listen, we've just been informed that these guns are defective.
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We're from the gun company.
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Anyway, you know how we like to take things back from you people?
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Well, we're gonna go ahead and take these back.
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That's right, we're from GunCo.
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Shut up, you're blowing it.
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Where are you taking guns?
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Brian, grab the return pad.
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Get him, Paleface.
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They're gone.
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We can talk normal now.
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Well, everything looks like it should.
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Only one way to be certain.
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Okay, let's do a quick search here.
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Native American role models.
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Zero results found.
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Looks like we did it, Brian.
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Hey, brian check it out meg's poking around the cargo hold i'm gonna give her a little scare
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how do i stop use the rubber stoppers on the front hey guys check this out Hey Meg,
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don't be such a hot head.
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What?
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Hey Meg, you sure look hot today.
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What?
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Hey Meg, I lit your scalp on fire.
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All right, I got him.
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Pull me up!
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Peter, we can't do it.
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You're too heavy.
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Keep going, you're almost dead.
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I found a rock I like.
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Hey, Chris, you think it's safe to drink from a fire hose?
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Why not, Dad?
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It's just water.
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All right, we'll turn it on.
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I'm very thirsty.
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You sure you're not too tall for this?
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Nah, it's gonna be great.
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Yay!
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Ow!
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Who kicked me?
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Sorry!
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What the hell?
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My bad.
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Ow!
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Who's doing that?
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It's that jerk up there.
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It's Slenderman!
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Kill yourselves!
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9-11 Oh, there it is!
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We did it, Brian!
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We made 9-11 happen!
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High five!
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Well, that probably wouldn't look very good out of context.
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I got you dropped from jury duty.
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Oh, great!
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What line did you use?
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I have read about this exact case.
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That's good.
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On Hotsy Totsy Nazi dot com.
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That's not good.
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stamps carefully culled from swap meets and garage sales.
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And look at this.
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It's a Bolivian airplane.
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Now, it says it's worth eight cents, but really, it's worth 12.
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See that?
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Already ahead.
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Came right out of the blocks with a winner here, Chris.
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Now, we'll just paste this very carefully into the book, and that's where it belongs.
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Now, this is a loaded handgun, and what we're going to is kill ourselves.
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Dad, how could you be okay with Mom parading herself around like this?
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I mean, she's half-naked.
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It makes all women look bad.
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Meg, who let you back in the house?
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Well, I think we made the right decision.
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I mean, sure, having a baby costs a fortune.
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There's cutbacks on things we love.
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There's diapers and crying and late nights with no sleep flu shots and mumps and driver's ed and college tuition.
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But you know what?
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It's one more person to share the world with.
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Another little voice in the back seat of the car.
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One more griffin to love and to love us in return.
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We had the abortion.
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Question.
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In Shake It Off, you invite us to get down to, quote, this sick beat.
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Yet the beat you then provide is rather mild.
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And here it is, the number one song for the 10,000th week in a row, Hiya, hiya, hiya.
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Hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya.
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This gives me an idea.
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She's dead.
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Bri, that one looks just like you.
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Huh.
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Well, you know what, I guess he does.
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I guess he does.
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You know, I was actually thinking, this could be a chance for you to finally make things right.
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What?
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What do you mean?
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Well, you do have a son that you were never there for.
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This is your opportunity to do things differently.
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Oh, maybe you're right.
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Well, I suppose I could give it a try.
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There you go.
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Oh, Dick really likes you.
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I like Dick.
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Ah-ha!
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You like Dick!
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His name's not Dick, you idiot.
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It's Finn.
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Sorry, I forgot my jacket.
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Hey, Lois, what's going on here?
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Oh, it's my book club, Peter.
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Come, join us.
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Oh, okay.
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Brian, look what I won.
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Wow, what'd you win that for?
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For having the best pig in the competition.
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Wait, you bred a pig?
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Sure did.
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Most genetically perfect one in the contest.
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Oink.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Family Guy moments that made me audibly laugh”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hiya, Peter, Meg, brian. This video has 211 sentences and 1340 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:59. The speaker talks at a steady 149 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 41 of its 211 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hiya | /ˈhaɪ(j)ə/ | An informal greeting, hi, hello. |
| whip noun | /ˈwɪp/ | A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a… |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| invade verb | /ɪnˈveɪd/ | To move into. |
| yell verb | /jɛl/ | To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement. |
| slice noun | /slaɪs/ | That which is thin and broad. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| abortion noun | /əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/ | A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage. |
| cutback noun | /ˈkʌtbæk/ | A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service. |
| egomaniac noun | /iɡoʊˈmeɪniæk/ | A person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance. |
| fascinate verb | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone. |
| grotesque adjective | /ɡɹoʊˈtɛsk/ | Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way. |
| handgun noun | /ˈhændˌɡʌn/ | A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand. |
| nighttime noun | /ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/ | The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night. |
| stopper noun | /ˈstɑ.pɚ/ | Someone or something that stops something. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| beat up verb | To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows. | |
| get down to verb | To start focusing on doing something serious | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| go round verb | To physically swirl or rotate. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| step forward verb | to take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You sure that stuff is okay?
- Do you hear yourself talk?
- I'm going to prison, aren't I?
- You sure you're not too tall for this?
- Wow, what'd you win that for?
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 | we've just been informed · have read |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was never born · been informed |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was going · was actually thinking |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm going to whip · gonna yell · gonna throw |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 56 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: abortion /əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/, tuition /tjuːˈɪʃən/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/
- Long words — get the stress right: egomaniac /iɡoʊˈmeɪniæk/, genetically /d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.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 hiya, whip, whoa.
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.