Shadowing Practice: Kingsman: The Secret Service final credits scene - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 33 sentences and 192 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:40. The speaker talks at a steady 116 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 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• exit /ˈɛɡzət/ (noun) — An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
• knock /nɑk/ (verb) — To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
• pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/ (verb) — To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
• costume /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ (noun) — A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
• babe /beɪb/ (noun) — A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
• shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/ (verb) — To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
• tailor /ˈteɪlɚ/ (noun) — A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
• mummy /ˈmʌm.i/ (noun) — An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American…
• bloke /bloʊk/ (noun) — A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
• perk /pɝk/ (noun) — Perquisite.
• manner /ˈmænɚ/ (noun) — Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
• shop /ʃɑp/ (noun) — An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
• shut /ʃʌt/ (verb) — To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
• dress /dɹɛs/ (verb) — To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
• yours /jɔɹz/ — That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• come with (verb) — To join and come along.
• knock up /nɒk ʌp/ (verb) — To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily.
• live with (verb) — To share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship.
• run away (verb) — To flee by running.
• sit down (verb) — To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
• stand around (verb) — To stand without doing anything; to do nothing productive; to waste time.
• take over (verb) — To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, shop /ʃɑp/, shut /ʃʌt/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like exit, knock, pretend.

Grammar in this video

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