Shadowing Practice: Famous Girl WON'T PAY At RESTAURANT, She Lives To Regret It | Dhar Mann - Learn English Speaking with Video
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10,000 likes in the first hour.
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Wow.
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That's insane.
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Not that I'm surprised.
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What are people saying?
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Gorgeous.
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You should be on the cover of a magazine.
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Love that fit.
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Did you get it at for?
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What?
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This girl, Jess818, is asking if I got it at Forever 21.
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Are you kidding me?
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I'm gonna give her a piece of my mind.
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Wait, no. She probably meant it nicely.
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A lot of people love that story.
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I don't wanna see your ugly face in my comments any more.
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I only wear designer clothes, not cheap knockoffs from Forever 21, like you.
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Maddie, no, I don't think you should intend that.
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Too late, already dead.
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And I'll block her too so she can't even respond.
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Ugh, annoying. And here you go.
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Let me know if you need anything else.
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Uh, excuse you.
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There's nuts in this salad.
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Are you trying to kill me?
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Oh my gosh.
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Did you tell me you had an allergy?
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No. You should have asked.
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You're right.
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I'll go talk to the chef.
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I don't have time to just sit around and wait.
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Unlike you, I have important things to do.
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Ugh, just take it off the tab, go make me a new one, and we'll take the two to go.
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Okay, I'll be back.
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You were a little dramatic, don't you think?
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Seriously, Alicia?
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My life is on the line, and you think I'm being dramatic?
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Okay, well, you still could have been nicer.
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I know you're this big influencer now, but like my mom used to say, Be nice to people on your way up, because you might pass them again on your way down.
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Unless your mom gets 10,000 likes in an hour, not taking advice from her.
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Here is your check and I took that off.
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Wait, you're still charging us for the salad?
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Nuh-uh.
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After your screw-up, everything should be free, including my friend's meal.
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Mandy, that is so not necessary here.
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Leave it, Alicia.
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We're not paying.
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I'm not sure I can do that.
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Well, you better figure it out.
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Do you know who I am?
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Um, no. I'm sorry.
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You look familiar though.
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Look me up on TikTok.
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I have over a million followers.
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And I would hate to have to make a story telling everyone how your restaurant sucks.
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Now go talk to your manager and figure this out.
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Chop, chop!
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So, um, that girl over there, she doesn't want to pay for her food.
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She said she'll tell her TikTok followers not to come here, so what should I do?
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Oh, yeah.
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My kids talk about her.
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She recently went viral for some dance videos and gained like a ton of followers.
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Surprised you don't know her, Cass.
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You on TikTok?
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Yeah, but I don't have a lot of followers.
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Who is she?
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I think her name is Mandy something.
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No way.
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Mandy Bailey?
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I went to middle school with her.
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I thought she looked familiar.
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You know, it's not that much, and we don't want to get on our bad side, so just tell her we'll comp her.
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Okay, and here are those salads.
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No nuts, no charge.
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I actually think I know where I recognize you.
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Sorry, no photos.
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I have a huge deal to close.
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Probably like three years of your salary.
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I am so sorry about her.
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It's alright.
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Not much has changed since middle school.
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Well, Mandy, I have to say, we are all very excited to work with you.
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Same.
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So are you looking for me to do a couple Instagram posts with your products or?
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We are thinking much bigger than that.
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We want to release...
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...friendship bracelets.
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They are not real gold to keep the price affordable for younger people.
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And the best part is they come with an anti-bullying campaign behind them.
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Oh, anti-bullying.
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That is a cause I am so passionate about.
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Believe it or not, even I get bullied.
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Earlier today, for example, there was this girl making fun of my outfit on Instagram.
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Oh my gosh.
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What'd you do?
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What I always do.
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Respond with kindness and love.
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Because in my heart, I just want the best for them.
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That is so sweet.
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I wish my daughter could think like that.
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She's the whole reason I'm doing this.
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When I learned that she was getting bullied at school, seeing how sad it makes her, I realized I need to do something.
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So what better way than a whole campaign around friendship?
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And with you, Mandy Bailey, as the face of it.
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You want me to be the face of it?
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Wow.
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There's a whole magazine cover involved and everything.
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Here's the contract.
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Take as much time as you need to look over it.
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And when you're ready, there's a $50,000...
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$50,000?
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I'm in.
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There's more of that if the campaign goes as well as we hope.
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Oh, it will.
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It definitely will.
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So, how does this work?
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Do you give me the cash now, or...?
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Hey, Alicia!
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You have a Porsche now?
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How in the world can you afford all of this?
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Easy.
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I just have to put down 5k and then pay another 5k a month.
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And you're not worried about running out of money?
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Nope.
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The CEO said that the 50k is just the first payment.
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There's gonna be lots more where that comes from.
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Here, uh, film a quick TikTok of me.
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There's this trend going viral where you say something about yourself and then put it in a wrap.
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One thing about me is I just got a Porsche.
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I struck a deal with a jewelry store and...
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Hey, girlie.
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I just toured the inside.
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You are gonna love this place.
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It's a little bit over the price range you gave me, but once you see it, you won't want anything else.
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Oh, I'm so excited.
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How much over her price range are we talking?
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Yeah, $5,000.
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Over budget.
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So ten grand!
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Ten K?
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Mandy, I don't think you should be spending this kind of money.
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Don't worry about it, Alicia!
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Think about the content I can create here.
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It'll pay for itself.
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Come on, now let's go look inside!
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Oh, my God!
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Wow, I can't believe it's you.
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Do you mind if I take a selfie with you?
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Sorry, I don't do photos when I don't have makeup on.
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Oh, it's okay.
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I can use a filter.
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Didn't you hear me?
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I said no!
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I'm buzz off!
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Um, hello?
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Oh great, you're that waitress.
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Cass.
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Mm-hmm, whatever.
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Listen, I need this dress.
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Well, I saw it first.
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It doesn't matter.
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I'm wearing this for a photo shoot.
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Which I'm sure is way more important than whatever you were planning.
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You know, for the face of an anti-bullying campaign...
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Oh, you saw that!
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Yeah.
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Anyways, my point is, I can't believe that you still treat people like garbage.
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Still?
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What do you mean still?
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That's what I was trying to tell you at the restaurant.
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We went to middle school together.
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Cassie Goldberg?
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You still don't remember me, do you?
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No offense.
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You're just not very memorable.
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That's nice.
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Well, I remember you.
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You ruined everything for me.
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You see, when I was little, I got diagnosed with this rare health condition and had to take these pills.
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The pills helped me feel fine.
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But little did I know, one of the side effects would be, they make me gain weight.
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So I felt really insecure about myself all the time. That was bad enough.
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But what made things ten times worse, is that you decided to point out how much weight I had gained in front of other students.
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You made fun of me constantly.
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To the point where I had to spend so many of my lunches crying by myself in the bathroom.
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Eventually things got so bad that I had to transfer schools just so I could get away from you.
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So you see, that's why I still deal with so much insecurity about my body.
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And that's why I lost so much weight too.
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So in other words You should be thanking me for making you look way better Well,
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you're welcome Hi, hi Mandy, thank you so much for coming into our boutique
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if I can get you anything if I can help you with anything Actually,
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yes, there is if you could just bring this up for me that won't sure pardon me Things are going amazingly.
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Not only is the bracelet a hit, but it has also helped all of our stores to generate lots of publicity and most importantly,
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make a positive impact in the community.
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That's great!
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Although, I can't say I'm surprised.
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So, I know I said the last agreement was just a start, but now that we know this works,
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we want to extend your contract for next year too. So we're thinking...
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$250,000?!
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You're kidding me!
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No. All you have to do is sign on the dotted line and it's all yours.
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Um, boss?
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I think we have a problem.
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Oh, it can wait.
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Trust me.
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You're gonna want to see this.
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Oh.
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What's going on?
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There seems to be a video going around that mentions your name.
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Play it.
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One thing about me, I was bullied in school by Mandy Bailey who thought body shaming was cool.
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She laughed at me and made me cry.
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It got so bad that I wanted to die.
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It goes on.
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She says a lot of things.
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You probably want to watch it all. Did that really happen?
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Oh, come on.
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She's just jealous because my career is taking off and she's just some waitress at a restaurant.
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That's just one voice out of millions.
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Mandy has a point.
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We can't just assume because one person- Oh, but there's a lot more.
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I mean, that's just the most popular one.
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It's really going viral.
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Let me see.
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Oh, here's another one from this girl, uh, Jess818.
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One thing about me is Mandy Bailey sent me a DM.
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It wasn't anything nice I won't even pretend.
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She called me ugly, made fun of my clothes then blocked me, and this goes to show not all influencers are who they pretend to be.
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I can play more if I...
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If I've seen enough.
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What happened to always responding with kindness and love?
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Is it too late to sign that contract?
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I'm sorry to hear about what happened.
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It's crazy how many followers you lost from it.
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What happened to the Porsche?
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I had to get rid of it and my new apartment.
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After that waitress called me out on TikTok, everything went downhill.
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Gosh, I am so sorry.
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I'm sure your agent will get you another brandy.
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Ugh, that's over too.
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My agent and my manager dropped me.
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It's like, what else can go wrong?
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If you're here to talk to me about finding a new place, honestly, I can't afford it.
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That's not why I'm here, okay?
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I just came by to make sure you're cleared out because I have someone coming over to see this place.
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That was fast.
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Yeah, it's this new up-and-coming girl.
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She's just gone viral, has lots of crazy support.
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Actually, here she comes now.
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You are trying to move into my place?
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You can't afford it as just some waitress.
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You're wasting your time.
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She's not just some waitress.
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Cass is the new face of anti-bullying.
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I mean, hello, she has a ton of big brands behind her.
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You do?
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Yeah, including that $250k deal.
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Thanks to you. Shall we?
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Funny how karma goes around.
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Good luck with everything.
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I did try to tell you that you should be nice to people on your way up.
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Because you might just pass them again on your way down.
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You really think I need a lecture right now, Alicia?
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Oh, come on.
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Let's go to Forever 21.
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I need a new outfit.
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Come on, shop at...
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Never mind.
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you
Context & Background
This transcript features a scene where a character faces the consequences of her arrogant behavior at a restaurant. The speaker, a well-known influencer, demonstrates a strong sense of entitlement and interacts dismissively with the staff, highlighting themes of respect and humility. In this dialogue, the speaker navigates various social situations, which can provide valuable insights for English learners seeking to communicate effectively in similar environments.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- “Excuse you.” - A phrase used to express annoyance or disbelief.
- “You were a little dramatic, don’t you think?” - This is a way to challenge someone’s emotional response, useful in constructive criticism.
- “I have important things to do.” - Communicates urgency and prioritization of tasks, a common expression in professional settings.
- “I only wear designer clothes, not cheap knockoffs.” - This phrase showcases personal style and can open discussions about fashion and preferences.
- “Be nice to people on your way up, because you might pass them again on your way down.” - A valuable piece of advice reminding individuals to treat others with kindness, embodying humility.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
To effectively learn from this transcript and improve your English speaking skills, follow these steps:
- Watch the Video: Begin by watching the video multiple times, focusing on the context and emotions behind the dialogue.
- Listen and Mimic: Use the shadowing technique by listening to a short segment and repeating it immediately after, attempting to match the tone, pace, and pronunciation.
- Break it Down: Isolate individual phrases or sentences, such as “Excuse you.” and practice them in different contexts, reinforcing their usage.
- Record Yourself: Use your device to record your shadow speech. Listen to the playback to identify areas that need improvement in pronunciation or inflection.
- Engage in Conversations: Practice these phrases in real-life or simulated conversations. Role-playing can be very effective when learning to interact in social settings.
By consistently applying these strategies, you will enhance your English speaking skills and gain confidence in daily conversations. Whether you are using a shadowspeaks method or exploring other resources to learn English with YouTube, integrating these phrases will help your communication become more natural and effective.
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.