Shadowing Practice: he's not the one - Learn English Speaking with Video

hello it's me jessica no it's not i'm not jessica i'm

fly also known as pharaoh also known as hippie herb

and i would like to talk about how i don't think he's the one

yeah i think i made peace with it

kind of i kind of made peace with it yesterday i cried don't get me wrong

it's kind of embarrassing but sometimes you have to really hit a low point to soar into the sky

it's almost like being catapulted into the sky in order to

get really far you need to just step back just a little

so you get slingshot and go to the moon

or something along those lines i don't know um there's going to be a little bit of noise um

and i think i have misophonia by the way

so i'm actually irritated but i'm really good at not showing it

so excuse that um anyway i don't know what to say other than

that there's been this guy that i kind of liked um

and we're just sure a lot of the same interests

and we just happened to go to the same place

and we just happened to see each other quite a lot um more than I would have liked um

and you know human beings we kind of have this thing inside us

that goes oh my god wait we like the same things I don't know I don't know you know

and it was reciprocated

and the feelings were there the feelings were there on both

ends I'm pretty sure I'm pretty I'm kind of 90 %

would I bet my life on it no I wouldn't

that would be stupid but I'm almost kind of sure that there was immense reciprocation.

But I've been kind of approaching this point where I'm realizing

that I have been led by my feelings more than I have been led by logic.

And when that happens, I need to not only hold the brakes,

i need to step out of the car and i need to perhaps start walking and stop using the car

that was a bad analogy but what i mean by

that is i need to take a really good look at myself

because i know i'm not usually like this i know for the most part

that i'm not usually like this i swear to god you

know i consider myself to be a generally healthy person i go to the gym i eat relatively well

and this is one of my favorite things is that i pray my prayers

that's what makes me the healthiest in my opinion it's just sometimes you slip in areas

that you don't really notice that you're slipping in

and then sometimes you slip a little too far

and then you realize whoa that was quite a slippery slope i didn't even realize

and then you fall and then you kind of have to get back up um

and i think i'm kind of getting back up now kind of i fell pretty hard

when i say fell pretty hard i do not mean fall in love thank god it did not reach

that point oh close one seriously i have tendencies to get into those things i don't

but i was scared that i was going to

but i didn't alhamdulillah i think i hit the brakes a little bit early on

so that it wouldn't cascade into something that i will very much regret later

and i think that's from the mercy of allah because allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala

i don't know how to say this but i'll try allah wants the world for me and i know that Allah wants

the best of the best of the best of the best of the best for me

and sometimes I will not understand how that's going to be

sometimes I just will not understand how Allah wants it to unfold

and the way that it will so that I get the best of the best of the best

I don't know because I am a human being and I don't really make amazing choices sometimes

but I know that Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala will never keep something from me that was best for me

and when he takes something away from me

or when he makes me realize something that's going to sting or that's going to hurt.

That's going to make me break down a little bit.

It's for my own good.

It's for my own protection.

And it might sting now, but down the line, I'm going to look at it and I'm going to think,

Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala is my only source of peace.

my only source of reassurance and my only source of comfort in this sometimes really harsh and cruel world.

Sometimes.

I say sometimes because sometimes it's also not.

Sometimes it's quite nice.

Sometimes the people are really quite nice.

But sometimes you get comfortable.

And then sometimes you can overstep boundaries without realizing and sometimes you will do yourself a disservice but you won't realize

Allah always talks about it in the Quran what does it mean to not wrong yourself

you could say though when you're following your own feelings you're kind of

you know are you really wronging yourself I don't know I

mean there are feelings like it's just fun to follow the feelings follow the yellow brick road accept its feelings

and then you will end up on a cliff

and you will fall yeah yeah when Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala commanded everything

that he did for us put all of those boundaries drew the line between halal in haram made everything

so super duper clear Allah always had our best interest

and we didn't even know we didn't even know man we're just we're out here trying to get by

and sometimes we're put into situations and we're like oh my gosh this feels

so iffy yikes yeah if you follow what Allah commanded, or if you follow what you know Allah would want you to follow, you're going to be fine, dog.

You're going to be super duper fine.

But if you follow the feelings, if you follow the whispers, if you follow the temptations,

just know that after all of that,

You're going to experience some kind of heartbreak Because that's what the dunya is

If you let it enter your heart Even just a little bit Allah is going to show you that

It's not meant to enter the heart Not even a bit Subhanahu wa ta 'ala

every time this happens and trust me it doesn't happen that much

i'm not out here just you know scoping out the prospect

that's not what i do in my free time I swear to God

But every time something like this happens I just remember Over and over and over again

That the only thing That is supposed to encompass the heart Is Allah

Subhanahu wa ta 'ala The only thing

that we attach ourselves to Is Allah the only thing ever

and when I experience these things while I'm annoyed and I'm pissed off and I can feel a little angry

I'm also really grateful

I'm really grateful

because Allah taught me the lesson early on and I didn't have to endure more in order to understand that lesson

Allah has a way like that

to teach you and to humble you but in a way that

doesn't really break you down if anything it builds you back up

I can lose everything in this world I swear to God

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but as long as I have Allah I swear to God I'm winning I swear to God

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As long as I have Allah, I have everything.

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And I cannot stress that enough.

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I don't think.

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I cannot stress that enough. And they're just words.

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What I'm saying are just words.

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But the way that it contains in my heart cannot be stressed enough.

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if i have allah i have everything if i have allah i have the universe and more

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yeah that's pretty much it i didn't expect to cry or anything like that

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but i wanted to say this because i was struggling a little bit yesterday and i

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didn't find so many videos that helped me i did find one i did find one

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and it's crazy how i found that one video

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that morning i was reading slovat yusuf and i finished reading slovat yusuf

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and i contemplated it and then i watched this one video that i talked about

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i forgot his name but he was talking about Something along those lines

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But it was talking about Surat Yusuf And I did not expect that it would talk about Surat Yusuf Because Yusuf

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Didn't only endure hardship In jail But he also endured hardship In the temptation of that woman That tried to

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literally go after him

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and then the guy in the video said

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and to the girls who feel like they missed out on some kind of chance

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and they felt some kind of loneliness

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he literally said that in the video

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and he referenced with Yusuf and I knew then and there that Allah was literally talking to me through that video

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And it's not that I do feel loneliness Alhamdulillah I love my life

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It's just sometimes you know I'd like to share it with someone That's all SubhanAllah It's crazy

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It's crazy Allah works in insane ways And I will never understand it But I will always be

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and absolute admiration of it.

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Yeah, that's pretty much it.

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Yeah.

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Pretty much.

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Anyway.

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I don't know if I'm going to be putting this on the internet.

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I have exposed myself in worse ways, but the only reason I would be putting this on the internet is

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because I know that there's a girl maybe 2 000 miles away

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that feels the same way

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and she needs something like this she needs some kind of reassurance because i felt that reassurance and i just wanted

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to osmosis its way into other girls maybe i don't know if that's how that works

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i hope that's how that works anyway

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yeah pretty much

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if I will leave it on a last note I will say this Allah wants the world for me

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and sometimes I want pieces of dirt

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I am not calling that man a piece of dirt no that man is really nice

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but that man is not the one but what I'm saying is I'm trying to hold in my hands pieces of

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rock and dust and sand but Allah wants the world for me

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do you know what I mean I think you know what I mean my nose is dripping it's normal anyway

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yeah that's pretty much it yeah okay See you guys.

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Bye!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “he's not the one”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: allah, feelings, follow. This video has 146 sentences and 1823 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:29. The speaker talks at a steady 126 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.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
slip verb	/ˈslɪp/	To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
endure verb	/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/	To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
lesson noun	/ˈlɛs.ən/	A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
grateful adjective	/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/	Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
dirt noun	/dɝt/	Soil or earth.
boundary noun	/ˈbaʊndɹi/	The dividing line or location between two areas.
brake noun	/bɹeɪk/	A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or…
distress noun	/dɪˈstɹɛs/	Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
sting verb	/ˈstɪŋ/	To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
temptation noun	/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/	The act of tempting.
loneliness noun	/ˈloʊnlinəs/	A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions.
hardship noun	/ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/	Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
sand noun	/sænd/	Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in…
prayer noun	/pɹɛɚ/	A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
comfort noun	/ˈkʌm.fət/	Contentment, ease.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
back up verb		To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
break down verb		To stop functioning.
step back verb	/stɛp ˈbæk/	To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

It's for my own good.
It's for my own protection.
I say sometimes because sometimes it's also not.
You're going to be super duper fine.
What I'm saying are just words.

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	there's been · I've been · have been led
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	being catapulted · was reciprocated · have been led

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 67 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: temptation /ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/, hardship /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, admiration /ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, admiration /ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, alhamdulillah /alˌhamduːlɪˈlɑː/, misophonia /ˌmɪ.səˈfəʊ.ni.ə/, reciprocate /ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/

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 slip, endure, lesson.

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.

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