Shadowing Practice: John Wick - Baba Yaga (Getting warmed up) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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All right, get out of here.
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Just get out of my shop.
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Get out right now.
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You just lose your shit, Aurelio, because we own you.
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Wait, what did you say?
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What did you say to me?
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We own you.
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You don't own me, punk.
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I work with your father, all right?
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The owner of the car, did you kill him or what?
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No. He sure as hell fucked up his dog.
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You fucked up his dog.
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That's what you did.
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You fucked up his dog.
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Yeah.
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That's crazy shit, man.
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Oh, look at you.
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It's great.
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You're gonna come into my shop and you're gonna pull a gun on me.
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That's great, man.
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Come on.
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Now, you kill me right now.
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Or you get the fuck out of my shop.
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Vigo is not gonna like this.
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Well, you know what Vigo likes or doesn't like.
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I'll tell you something he's gonna understand.
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You got a fucking pair on you, old man!
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Guess we'll be taking our business someplace else.
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I really speaking I heard you struck my son
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Yes sir I did May I ask why
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Yeah well Because he stole John Wick's car sir
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And uh Killed his dog Fuck.
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Oh.
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Vicko, they've agreed to your terms.
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I mean, I thought I could get much of a choice anyway, though, right?
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Congratulations.
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Sir.
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Have you seen my son?
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How's your trip, kid?
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We won't be hearing from them anytime soon. Or ever.
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That's a nice jacket.
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Thanks.
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Yeah Should I go?
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There you go.
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English, please.
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Come on.
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Stay, goddammit!
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What did I do?
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We did what you asked.
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No one saw shit.
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I'm not talking about Atlantic City, you know?
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No. What the...?
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You mean Aurelio's?
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So I stole the fucking car!
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Oh, fuck, Viggo!
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Wait, you stay.
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It's not what you did, son, that angers me, sir.
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It's who you did it to. Who?
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The fucking nobody?
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The fucking nobody.
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It's John Wick.
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He once was an associate to ours.
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We call him Baba Yaga.
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The Boogeyman?
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Well, John wasn't exactly the Boogeyman.
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He was the one you sent to kill the fucking Boogeyman.
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Oh.
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John is a man of focus.
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Commitment.
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Sheer will.
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Something you know very little about.
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I once saw him kill three men in a bar. With a pencil. With a fucking...
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pencil.
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suddenly one day he asked to leave it's over a woman of course so i made a deal with him
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i gave him an impossible task A job no one could have pulled off.
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The bodies he buried that day lay the foundation of what we are now.
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And then my son, a few days after his wife died, You steal his car
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And kill his fucking dog
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Father, I can make this right
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Oh, how do you plan that?
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By finishing what I started
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What the fuck?
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I didn't hear a fucking word I said
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Papa, you have sois brav,
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lupajalos Lupajalos, we said John will come for you
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you will do nothing because you can't do nothing so get the fuck out of my sight
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Hello, John.
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I heard about your wife.
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I'm sorry, my condolences.
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It seemed to be fate.
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Or happenstance or just bad fucking luck caused our paths to cross once again.
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John, let us not resort to our baser instincts and handle this like civilized men to move on...
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What did he say?
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Enough?
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Oh, God.
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Tasker crew.
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How many?
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How many do you have?
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We'll be
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right back.
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What do you want to know, I don't want to know,
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I don't want to know, I don't want to know,
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I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know,
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I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know,
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I don't want to know, I don't want to know.
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Oh.
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Baba Yaga.
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Let's go.
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Oh, my God.
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Let's go.
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Oh, my God.
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Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
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uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
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uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
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uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
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uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
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uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
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Evening, John.
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Evening, Jimmy.
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Noise complaint.
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Noise complaint.
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You, uh, working again?
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No, I'm just sorting some stuff out.
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Oh, well.
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I'll leave you be then.
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Good night, John.
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Good night, Jimmy.
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This is Wick.
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Yes, John Wick, that's right.
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I'd like to make a dinner reservation for 12.
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Good to see you, John.
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Charlie.
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You look good.
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And here I had feared you'd left all this behind.
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Let's go.
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Will I be hearing from you any time soon?
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Goodbye, Charlie.
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Good job.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “John Wick - Baba Yaga”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: kill, dog, sir, Boogeyman, Wick. This video has 138 sentences and 874 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:31. Only 73% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 23 of its 138 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 |
|---|---|---|
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| complaint noun | /kəmˈpleɪnt/ | The act of complaining. |
| pencil noun | /ˈpɛnsəl/ | A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. |
| commitment noun | /kəˈmɪtmənt/ | The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review. |
| anger noun | /ˈæŋɡə/ | A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm… |
| congratulations | /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ | Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. |
| associate noun | /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/ | A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee. |
| resort noun | /ɹɪˈzɔɹt/ | A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment. |
| fate noun | /feɪt/ | The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. |
| jacket noun | /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ | A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| punk noun | /ˈpʌŋk/ | A passive or effeminate homosexual man. |
| anytime adverb | At any time. | |
| sheer adjective | /ʃɪɚ/ | Very thin or transparent. |
| reservation noun | /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/ | The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
| pull off verb | To remove by pulling. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Wait, what did you say?
- What did you say to me?
- I work with your father, all right?
- Have you seen my son?
- How's your trip, kid?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 37 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gonna, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
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 steal, complaint, pencil.
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.