Shadowing Practice: Hotel Transylvania's Best Scenes - Learn English Speaking with Video
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How did you deal with the mobs?
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Yeah, it does get pretty crazy in the summer.
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But, you know, you just gotta roll.
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He just rolls.
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That's cool that he rolls.
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Yes, yes, cool.
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Luke-love droppings, I brought you a bagel with your favorites.
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Scream cheese!
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Holy brabies, thanks, Dad.
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Johnny, try some scream cheese, it's awesome.
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Oh, cool, but I'm, uh, scream cheese intolerant, so...
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...plight pass.
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Yes, of course you are.
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Johnny, can we party plant-off for a minute?
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What are you doing?
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If they find out you are human, they'll go bat pool.
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Relax.
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No one suspects anything.
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The only thing that looks weird is how much whispering you're doing.
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Just wrap it up.
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You will say you are going in the pool and act excited.
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And then you will say you hurt your back and you have to leave.
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Here come good times!
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Woo!
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Oh, dudes.
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Oh, my back.
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I'm on your back?
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No, no, he said, oh, my back.
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Get on my back!
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Let's do it.
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Oh, here we go.
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Chicken fight!
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Push them off!
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Chicken fight!
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We got you, Johnny.
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You're going down.
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Oh, yeah, we'll feed.
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Maybe, maybe.
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Okay, calm down with the fight, chickens.
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Everyone stop the roughhousing.
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Woo!
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Frank, if you hurt yourself...
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I got it, honey.
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The Steinboy's a bread for this kind of thing.
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Run them all!
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Kids, why'd you do that?
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Oh, God.
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I was just in the pool.
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The water's cold.
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Don't judge me!
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Johnny!
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Your makeup!
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Your makeup!
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I'm out now.
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Oh!
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Oh, man!
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I guess the cat wanted to go for a swim.
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Oh, my God!
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Yeah!
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Whoa!
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Woo-hoo!
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Cannonball!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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AAAAAAAAHHHHH!
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AAAAAAAHHHHH!
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Oh wow!
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Girl Wow,
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you look beautiful.
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Thanks.
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Thanks for the party.
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Oh, yeah, you like my little touches?
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It's amazing.
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Terrific party.
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Really outdid yourself, Trash.
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You gotta be the best one I'd like to invite right here!
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I love you!
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No!
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Sorry, big man!
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Oh, Mavis, I'm crazily scared right now.
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Maybe that's a good thing.
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How could you?
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After I shared my pain with you?
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Dad, it was just a kiss.
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No, you're not allowed to kiss.
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Dad, I'm allowed to do things.
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I'm not 83 anymore.
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I'm allowed to like people or go see the world again.
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What?
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You thought?
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You said you didn't like it.
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Maybe I want to give the village another chance.
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I just need to learn, you know, just how to roll with it, like Johnny does.
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No, no!
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You can't go to the village again.
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Maybe you can make them see that we can be friends.
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No, that isn't possible.
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Well, you can't be sure.
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It's all in how you present yourself.
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No, that won't make a difference.
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How do you know?
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Because it just won't.
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Why?
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Why won't it?
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Because that village doesn't really exist!
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I don't have a care
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I'm winging from the zing That we share
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Singing in the rain Now I'm feeling no pain It's a real time for celebrating Cause you're my zing Drek!
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Ready to throw down?
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No, no, I just came closer to hear you better Aw, come on, just give it a try Alright, maybe just a little So listen all you zingers from here to Beijing You better crash about string,
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get ready to cling Cause if love was money, you be yelling cha-ching Next to a zing, you be zarrows, a little beasting It was a zing
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and a zang and a zingity-dee And there was only one lady in the zing for me Cause when you think, you better know one thing The only thing you're gonna sling is a wedding ring
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Zingin' in the air Now I don't have a care I'm winging from the zing
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That we shared Zingin' in the rain Now I'm feeling no pain
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It's a real type of celebrating cause you're my thing Fizzing yo, Bada, Bing yo!
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Gonna knock your eye out of that ring yo!
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Better bring yo, happen in yo, pay attention to the Undead King yo!
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Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,
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ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!
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Wait and see fellas, this kid will be guzzling goat blood in no time.
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You have arrived at your destination.
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Yes!
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Here we are.
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It's the vampire summer camp I went to as a kid.
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What's it?
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Camp Vamp?
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No. Who names their camp Camp Vamp?
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It's Camp Winni-Pakaka.
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You see, Denisovich, this is where I learned to catch mice and shapeshift.
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And use my incredible powers and strength.
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It's pretty cool, huh?
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Badminton.
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Yes, I don't remember this badminton.
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Well, well, is this a night?
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How you doing, folks?
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I'm Dana, the director.
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We're sure excited to have you legends visiting us.
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What can I do you for?
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Well, I'm very interested in sending my grand boy Denisovich here.
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Oh, this little redheaded, non-fangy little guy?
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Oh, they're in there.
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He's a late fanger.
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That's why we came here.
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Can you show us some of the drills, like where they catch the mice? Can do.
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Of course now we call it T-Mousey.
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So they don't have to catch the mice?
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Nope.
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We find this is a good way to build their confidence.
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It's right there!
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What's the matter with you?
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Okey pokey.
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Ah, there it is, Denisovich, where Papa learned to fly.
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Ooh, I wanna fight with Papa.
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Uh, yeah, we're over here now.
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Had to scale it down.
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Insurance.
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Help me, help me, help me.
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Hokey pokey.
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See you at the campfire.
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Why are we doing this?
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You'd rather be listening to those putrid new songs?
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What happened to Michael Row your corpse ashore?
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Or Old McWherwolf had an axe?
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We shouldn't be up here, Drac.
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Who's ready to fly?
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Me, me, like a superhero!
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Better, like a vampire!
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This thing is rickety.
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Maybe the kid isn't supposed to fly.
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Quiet.
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This is how they learn.
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You throw them and they figure it out.
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It's how I was taught.
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I wanna fly now!
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Ah, the bat.
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You know Papa's right here if you need him.
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I can't watch this.
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Please don't.
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Here we go!
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He's still not flying.
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He will.
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Still not.
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It'll happen.
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This is a tall tower.
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That's why it's good.
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You should get him.
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He's gonna fall to his death.
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He's taking his time.
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Truck!
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I did that my first time.
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He's getting too close to the ground!
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You know what?
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He's not gonna fly.
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I told you, Papa's always here for you.
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Again, again!
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Oh dear, oh my devil.
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We're gonna have to report this.
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You mean to the papers?
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I guess it was pretty cool, but I'm not about getting press.
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No, sir, I mean the authorities.
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I-I can't not report child endangerment.
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Whoa, listen to me.
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That was fun.
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You're singing his child endangerment.
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Should we go down and help him?
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Nope.
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I told him this was nuts.
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He's on his own.
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We have to call the boy's mother.
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No, that ain't happening.
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His mother's already nutsy.
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Cuckoo!
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I have to follow protocol.
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You will not follow protocol.
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I'm a vampire.
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I can't be hypnotized.
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Ah, right.
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Now, please, don't make me call the police.
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No one's calling nobody!
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Fire!
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Hey, stop down the road!
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Stop down the road!
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We may not help it!
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Yeah!
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Are we bad guys, Papa Drac?
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Bad?
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No, you're the best kid in the world.
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We didn't start the fire, it was the tower.
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That's a very unsafe tower.
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You're lucky we don't call the authorities.
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Let's go, my hero.
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Stop squirming!
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Why are you doing this?
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Because this is wrong!
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Why doesn't anybody get that?
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Humans don't belong with monsters!
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You're wrong!
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I am NOT!
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I am holding you hostage!
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And me and my crew are gonna tear that human hugging hotel to shreds!
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You can't!
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Really?
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Why not?
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Keep us...
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Keep us why?
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Keybuzz will make Papa Jack sad.
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Oh, sad?
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And what are you gonna do about it?
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I don't know.
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You know why you don't know?
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Keybuzz, you're just a weak!
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What was that?
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Dennis, we're coming! Are you okay, Winnie?
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Yes, my zang.
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I'm not
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going to die.
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Don't say a word or I'll haunt your dreams.
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Having fun?
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Oh, I'm having even more fun now that you're here.
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You know, Dad, I feel really lucky to have this time with you.
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All of us together.
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It's really special.
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Me too, Spider Monkey.
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Now, are you ready for me to destroy you in Monster Ball?
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Woo-hoo!
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Monster Ball!
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Come on, Papa Drat!
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Oh, bring it on, for I am king of family fun!
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All right, who is ready to get pummeled?
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I gotta warn you, I played second-team co-ed intramural volleyball at Santa Cruz.
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Sure, pal.
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Whatever you say.
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Everybody, just please watch the hair.
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Watch the hair!
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Oh, let's go!
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Let's do this!
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Oh my gosh, this is gonna be so much fun.
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Get ready!
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Here comes the pain!
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Not the hair!
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Not the hair!
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No, no, no, no, no, no!
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Captain Erica, you are needed on death.
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Next stop, buh-bye, Dracula.
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Ha ha!
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I'm ready, baby!
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No!
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No!
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Oh, baby, I got this.
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Hey there, monsters.
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Yeah!
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What'd I say?
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We're arriving at our first destination.
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The underwater volcano!
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No!
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Everyone grab your scuba gear and get ready to explore the wonders of the sea!
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Especially you, Count Dracula.
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You see that now?
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She likes you!
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Oh no no no no no no no no no no no!
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That sounds like a zing in full effect!
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Oh no no no no no no no no no no no!
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Oh yes yes yes yes yes!
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I'm just here to have family fun!
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Family family fun fun!
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Drek!
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Van Helsing's beats are controlling the giant octopus thingy.
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If there's one thing I hate, it's an evil DJ.
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We need positive energy.
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Get ready for a DJ battle!
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You just carry all that stuff around with you?
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Once a bar mitzvah DJ, always a bar mitzvah DJ.
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We're gonna use good music to defeat his evil music.
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What?
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Trust me.
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I know the tunes, but you've got the power!
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Alright, okay.
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Opening song needs to be off the shiz-ack.
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Got it!
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Play this!
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What is that noise?
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Wow, I like this one!
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This feels good!
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The Fools!
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Whoa!
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This music is too powerful!
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We're gonna need something even more positive!
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Now, Drek!
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So don't worry, be happy, don't worry, be happy.
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Really?
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It has a nice message.
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Don't worry, be happy.
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I've had enough of this nonsense!
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The End Come on, come on,
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come on, come on, where is it?
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Where is it?
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I don't know!
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There's too many choices!
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No, wait!
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This is it.
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What the?
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What the?
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Boy, that stinks.
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It's working!
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Hey, Johnny's corny music is defeating the evil music.
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I kinda like it.
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Macarena!
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I'm not ready now!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Hotel Transylvania's Best Scenes”. This video has 349 sentences and 1828 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:12. The speaker talks slowly, about 86 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 58 of its 349 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 |
|---|---|---|
| zing noun | /zɪŋ/ | A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| scream verb | /skɹiːm/ | To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek. |
| mouse noun | /maʊs/ | Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. |
| badminton noun | /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/ | A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over… |
| endangerment noun | The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger. | |
| mitzvah noun | /ˈmɪts.və/ | Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law. |
| pokey adjective | /ˈpoʊ.ki/ | Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped. |
| protocol noun | /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/ | An amendment to an official treaty. |
| destination noun | /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/ | The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at. |
| nope | /noʊp/ | No. |
| campfire noun | /ˈkæmpˌfaɪ̯ɚ/ | A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in… |
| cannonball noun | /ˈkænənˌbɔːl/ | A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon. |
| crazily adverb | In a crazy manner. | |
| cuckoo noun | /ˈkuku/ | Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. |
| stop down verb | To decrease the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a lower number to an f/stop represented by a higher number. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| throw down verb | To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How did you deal with the mobs?
- Kids, why'd you do that?
- What's the matter with you?
- You'd rather be listening to those putrid new songs?
- You know why you don't know?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was taught · can't be hypnotized · are needed |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have arrived · I've had |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | shouldn't be · should get · Should we go |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 99 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, shapeshift /ˈʃeɪp.ʃɪft/, ashore /əˈʃɔɹ/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, intolerant /ɪnˈtɑləɹənt/, superhero /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/, underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/
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 zing, whoa, scream.
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.