Shadowing Practice: "Her Boobs are Bigger!" | House M.D. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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She has menstrual problems.
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They're really bad.
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The pain keeps her in bed all day.
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Plus, she's super depressed.
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She said super depressed?
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She heard that birth control pills can make her feel better.
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She wants birth control pills for her PMS.
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I guess.
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Judging by the redness around your mom's nostrils and the tissue she's got conveniently stashed in her wristband,
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I'd say her problem is more likely a URI than a PMS.
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URI?
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Of a respiratory infection.
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Cold.
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I don't think so.
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I also think she's got a problem with SAC.
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SAC?
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Thanks for playing.
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Stupid American child.
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If you want the pill, all you have to do is to walk into any health clinic in Jersey alone and ask for it.
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What exactly was your plan?
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Are you gonna exchange the birth control pills for some over -the -counter decongestants
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and hope that your mom's cold lasts another six years?
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No. Is that very cold?
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No, that's for your ovaries.
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I assume you haven't had a stroke.
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Have you ever had a blood clot?
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No. Super.
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In three months when you need a refill, take a bus to a free clinic.
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Don't wait around hoping for mom to get another sniffle.
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Not the sharpest chopstick in the drawer, is she?
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Molly, Molly.
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Is this just one of your experiments?
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You just wanted to see how I'd react to being screwed over by Foreman?
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Nice idea, but no. This was just good old -fashioned laziness.
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Gotta hand it to Foreman, though.
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He knew that you were a suck -up, but I don't give a crap.
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He successfully exploited us both.
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Right.
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We're both victims.
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Simple heads -up, that's all I needed.
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Maybe between your incredibly witty remarks about anal sex and Cuddy's breasts, you could have tipped me off.
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Yeah, but then I'd have
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Foreman pissed at me.
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I'd be as annoying as you could be.
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At least I know you're not gonna pop a cap in my ass.
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Witty, huh?
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You, on the other hand, continue to be flabbergasted every time someone actually acts like a human being.
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Foreman did what he did because he worked out best that way for him.
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That's what everyone does.
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That is not the definition of being human.
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It's the definition of being an ass.
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She's been taking the decongestants, but she's not getting better.
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She also says...
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What?
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Her boobs are bigger.
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Look, how could you get them mixed up?
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They come in a little wheel.
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They don't look anything like decongestants.
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Oh, God.
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Dekesha put them both in the same bag.
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I thought I'd give her the right ones.
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No, you gave her the wrong pills.
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You speak Mandarin?
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I can count to 10, has to go to the bathroom, and...
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I'm not pregnant.
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We haven't even done it yet.
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What are you talking about?
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I don't know.
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You're not pregnant.
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I'm not pregnant.
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I'm going to leave you two alone now.
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You're not.
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Why did he say I'm pregnant?
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No, no, no. You're not pregnant.
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I'm not pregnant.
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You're pregnant.
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You're pregnant.
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I don't get it.
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Oh.
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My.
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God.
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You're not wearing underwear.
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Of course I'm.
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Screw it that tight.
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You got no secrets.
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Screw it that tight.
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I can tell if you got an IUD.
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You seen Dr. Cole?
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No. You're blushing.
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I am not.
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Look at me.
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Oh.
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My.
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God.
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How'd you do it? So I'm safe?
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In this job, yeah.
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Crotch, on the other hand.
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How'd you do it?
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Prayer, mostly.
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Just tell me, does Cuddy have her groove back?
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It'd be rude of me to discuss.
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You handed over her panties.
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I don't think gallantry is really an option at this point.
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If I tell you, then...
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Where's the magic?
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He passed out.
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Ultrasound revealed bleeding around his heart.
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We drained 100 cc's before it stopped.
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The antibiotics aren't working.
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It's obviously not tularemia or any other infection.
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Excuse me.
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We were talking.
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Bleeding around the heart could mean botched biopsy when Cole was looking for the...
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Why would you accuse the man who decides your fate of screwing up?
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Those really were her panties?
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Cole has traveled through the forest of crustaceans and brought us a treasure.
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He has earned his reward.
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If I could just get the immunity, I would...
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No, Sophie, you can't.
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Use whatever criteria you want.
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It was creepy.
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The patient predicted his own death.
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Would have been more impressive if he predicted that he wasn't going to die.
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Of course, that takes longer to prove.
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Could be a symptom.
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Sense of impending doom.
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Yeah, could be adrenal gland disorders, blood issues, anaphylaxis.
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If you're going to kiss his ass to protect your ass, at least wait until he's had a good idea.
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It's a symptom of him being a charlatan.
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He's a second -rate magician with a mysterious illness.
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Why wouldn't he predict his own death?
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If he's wrong, we all forget it.
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If he's right, he goes out a legend.
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He got scared right after a transfusion.
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Tainted blood has been known to cause a sense of impending doom.
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Could also explain the DIC.
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I predict all your pagers go off right now. If it had happened...
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Anyone bother looking at his panel?
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His immunoglobulin levels are low.
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That doesn't tell us anything specific about...
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Are you acting stupid because you know you're safe?
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Clever.
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Low immunoglobulin, plus failing heart, plus fluid in the lungs, plus internal bleeding equals amyloidosis.
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He's bleeding way too much for amyloidosis.
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Say anything about his hands or feet feeling weak?
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He said his hands felt numb, but that's explained by the blood loss.
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No!
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Do not give me credit for that.
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Close doesn't count.
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That's how people get sucked into this stupidity.
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You knew they'd get paged?
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I know this is a trend.
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If nobody does anything, sick people often get sicker.
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I think it's remotely possible they had sex.
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They're both single.
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It's still legal in the blue states.
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She barely knows him.
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You know, in some cultures, hiring people to steal someone's underpants is considered wooing.
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You should move there, because here it's just, you know, creepy.
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It wasn't a woo.
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This was an effective test.
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This is beneath my skills.
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Kidneys are shutting down.
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It led to a sodium deficiency.
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It caused them to seize.
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Kidney failure means I was right about amyloidosis.
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Except that nothing in his medical history remotely indicates amyloidosis.
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So kidney failure proves I'm right about the bad blood.
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Bad blood doesn't explain the heart or the liver.
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His major symptoms didn't start until after we transfused him.
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Is cardiac arrest no longer considered a major symptom?
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Not when it's caused by drowning.
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So your new theory is that you're an idiot to take this case?
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Yes.
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Can I go test that theory now?
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Waste of time.
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He needs a bone marrow transplant for the amyloidosis.
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You'd have to irradiate him first.
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If they're right about the blood, you'd be destroying his immune system for nothing.
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which could be a good thing.
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Does he have a really crappy life?
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Go prove I'm right.
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Do a subcutaneous fat biopsy.
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At least let us eliminate the bad blood theory.
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Check the blood banks for mismarks and contamination.
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You've got two hours.
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That's completely arbitrary.
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No. If I'd said that you've got three lunar months, that'd be completely arbitrary.
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Two hours is how long it's gonna take big love to finish a biopsy
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that you guys can't do because you're wasting two hours checking blood.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “"Her Boobs are Bigger!"”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: blood, pregnant, amyloidosis, pill. This video has 190 sentences and 1256 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:16. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 33 of its 190 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pill noun | /pɪl/ | A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. |
| predict verb | /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ | To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of… |
| bleed verb | /ˈbliːd/ | To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. |
| symptom noun | /ˈsɪm(p)təm/ | A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a… |
| kidney noun | /ˈkɪdni/ | An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine. |
| suck verb | /sʌk/ | To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). |
| infection noun | /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/ | The act or process of infecting. |
| clinic noun | /ˈklɪn.ɪk/ | A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. |
| depressed adjective | /dɪˈpɹɛst/ | Unhappy; despondent. |
| creepy adjective | /ˈkɹipi/ | Moving by creeping along. |
| arbitrary adjective | /ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/ | Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random. |
| doom noun | /duːm/ | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| remotely adverb | /ɹɪˈmoʊtli/ | At a distance, far away. |
| panties noun | Underpants for women and girls. | |
| witty adjective | /ˈwɪti/ | Clever; amusingly ingenious. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go off verb | To explode. | |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| hand over verb | To relinquish control or possession of something to someone. | |
| mix up verb | To mix or blend thoroughly and completely. | |
| pass out verb | To faint; to become unconscious. | |
| shut down verb | To close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily. | |
| wait around verb | To spend an especially lengthy period of time inactively, while expecting the arrival of someone or while anticipating some other event, often impatiently and… | |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What exactly was your plan?
- Have you ever had a blood clot?
- Why did he say I'm pregnant?
- Are you acting stupid because you know you're safe?
- You knew they'd get paged?
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 they're right about the blood, you'd be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't had · Have you ever had · haven't even done |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being screwed · be flabbergasted · has been known |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 63 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, beneath /bɪˈniːθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, contamination /kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: arbitrary /ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/, successfully /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, mysterious /mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pill, predict, bleed.
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.