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Hello, I hope you are well.

It's been too long that I haven't posted a video.

Honestly, I didn't want to and I was happy to take advantage of my vacation without having to film.

But I'm back.

I just came back from my vacation to Mallorca.

It was a nice week between my friends, but I will talk more about that later in this video.

The plan for today is to go to the city to do a little shopping, because I am looking for new baskets.

Because mine are very old and they are a little broken.

I tried to repair them, but no matter my efforts, they are in the end of life.

so I have to find new shoes.

I will also maybe buy some clothes but I don't know.

I will take the train to go to the city because it's much easier than driving and

since we are on Saturday today I believe there will be a lot of people in the city.

After buying shoes, I relaxed myself all near the cathedral, then I tried a lot of clothes,

but I had I had a bad choice between the two cardigan colors.

They were quite expensive.

Soon after I took the train to go.

So I spent the rest of the afternoon with one of my best friends that I haven't seen for months.

But it was like this.

It was yesterday, the last time I saw her.

Because we can hear so well and it's so easy to be with her.

And I really appreciate this kind of friendship.

We don't need to see all the time, but friendship is strong.

I don't really know how to explain it, but it's good.

And we went to explore charity shops or shopping shops,

and we both found some of our things that liked us.

So I found this red shirt from the brand Pollen Bear.

And in fact, it wasn't a casual shirt, but it was in a store of casual clothing.

It was a new shirt, but it was a good thing.

It wasn't at all cheap.

It cost me 11 livres, so I'm very happy with that.

and when I was in the city I managed to find new shoes.

They were not my favorite shoes, but they were not at all expensive and they are very comfortable.

In addition, the soil is very thick so they make me look bigger.

I am very small so I find the way to to make it look bigger.

For example, I bought shoes that have thick shoes.

At Urban Outfitters, I bought this one with a naked knee.

I find it very elegant.

It was also in solde donc ce n'était pas trop cher.

C'est 8h30, je n'avais pas du tout l'intention de rentrer si tard mais

c'est pas grave parce que je dirais que j'ai passé une journée presque parfaite.

Pourtant j'ai dépensé tellement d'argent je n'ai pas du tout l'habitude

de dépenser mon argent comme ça mais je suis très satisfaite avec ce que j'ai acheté.

Maintenant je vais prendre une douche and then I will sleep and I will see you tomorrow.

I'm going to do the

Thank you.

I'm going to talk about my week in Mallorca.

It was much better than what I expected.

Even if I had a good week, I don't think I'll return back because Mallorque is a very touristy place and I don't like that much.

But well, I created a video of the most beautiful moments that I captured on my camera when I was there.

Thank you.

No flights were delayed.

We had to take the bus to get to the hotel.

It was simple, we had no problems.

It was the same for the return.

It was so hot the night that I had sometimes trouble sleeping.

During the day we were either at the beach or at the beach and I had a little story

So it was all morning,

the second day I was sleeping and I heard a noise of insects in my bed

And I thought it was not really surprising, we didn't pay much for this hotel, there were insects in the room.

So I made my best to ignore it and relax myself.

But I thought that something moved all over my ear and I heard a noise again.

So I woke up and I used the lamp or the light of my phone to see what it was.

At the beginning, I thought it was a big snake.

It wasn't an snake, it was a cat.

It was like this.

It was big.

I couldn't sleep after that, so I was tired throughout the day.

But fortunately, there was only one cat in the room and my friend managed to put it in.

I don't know how to do it.

It was very pleasant.

That's my little story.

I'm going to visit one of my wife that I haven't seen for months since she's been returning from South America.

She spent 4 or 5 months traveling and she is returning to England so I'm so happy to see her.

But before that, I have to post a bag because I have sold some clothes on Vinted.

So I have to post this bag and then I will visit my friend.

It was so good to see it and also to see almost all my other friends.

Because there are some that I haven't seen for quite a long time.

So she told us all her adventures and it seems to me that she really had incredible experiences.

She even bought each other a little gift.

So she bought me this nice bag and her ear circles in a market in Peru.

Wait, I'm going to put the ear circles because I love them too.

and then they are so cute

after that I showed my friends a little vlog that I made from my vacation to Mallorca

because I made a private vlog for my friends for the memories

and it's so cute so cute and after that we made crêpes together.

So it was a very nice day.

I wanted to post a video in a few weeks but

if you want to stay more aware of my life I recommend you to follow me on Instagram

because there I post sometimes on my story with news of my life or photos of where I am and what I do.

So if you are interested, the link will be in the description.

Have a great week and I will see you in the next video.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 92 sentences and 1115 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:29. The speaker talks slowly, about 97 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
shoe noun	/ˈʃu/	A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
vacation noun	/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/	An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
cloth noun	/klɒθ/	A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
thick adjective	/θɪk/	Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
friendship noun	/ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/	The condition of being friends.
relax verb	/ɹɪˈlæks/	To make something loose.
casual adjective	/ˈkæʒ(u)əl/	Happening by chance.
snake noun	/sneɪk/	Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
insect noun	/ˈɪn.sɛkt/	An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
ignore verb	/ɪɡˈnɔː/	To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
clothing noun	/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/	Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to…
adventure noun	/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/	A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
charity noun	/ˈtʃæɹɪti/	An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
naked adjective	/ˈneɪkɪd/	Bare, not covered by clothing.
capture verb	/ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/	To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come back from verb		To become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, haven't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, thick /θɪk/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, cathedral /kəˈθiːdɹəl/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/

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 shoe, vacation, cloth.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if you are interested, the link will be
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	It's been · haven't seen · have sold
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	my best · the most beautiful
Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things	easier than · better than

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