Shadowing Practice: Lana Del Rey - Cinnamon Girl (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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26 sentences
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Cinnamon In my teeth From your kiss
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You touching me All the pills That you take Violet,
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blue, green, red To keep me at arm's length Don't work You try to push me out,
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but I just find my way back in Violet, blue, green, red, to keep me out,
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I win There's things I wanna say to you,
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but I'll just let you live Like if you hold me without hurting me,
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you'll be the first to live again There's things I wanna talk about You better not to give
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If you hold me with the right of me You'll be the first to ever dare Yeah,
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Don't be left, don't be right Come in love and touch me,
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I will be the first who ever did Come in love and touch me,
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I will be the first who ever did Kerosene in my hands
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You made me mad on fire again All the pills that you take
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Violet, blue, green, red to keep me at arms I'm slicked on the line There's things I wanna say to you
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But I'll just lay your lips
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Like if you'll hold me without hurting me You'll be the first to ever feel There's things I wanna talk about
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But little not to give If you'll hold me with a feeling
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You'll be at first with
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a deal You'll be at
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first with a deal I'll
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be the first who ever did There's things I wanna say to you But I'll just let you live
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Like if you hold me without hurting me You'll be the first who ever did
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There's things I wanna talk about What better not to give?
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I give you all me without hurting me I'll be the first to ever dance
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you Oh
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I'm
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sorry you
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Lana Del Rey - Cinnamon Girl”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hold, hurting, Violet, green, blue. This video has 26 sentences and 305 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:38. The speaker talks slowly, about 66 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, 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. |
| dare verb | /dɛ(ə)ɹ/ | To have enough courage (to do something). |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| slick adjective | /slɪk/ | Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. |
| cinnamon noun | /ˈsɪnəmən/ | A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae. |
| hurt verb | /hɝt/ | To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. |
| touch verb | /tʌt͡ʃ/ | To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. |
| stupid adjective | /ˈstjuːpɪd/ | Lacking in intelligence. |
| dance noun | /dæns/ | A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. |
| push verb | /pʊʃ/ | To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force. |
| length noun | /leɪŋ(k)θ/ | The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. |
| arm noun | /ɑɹm/ | The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as you'll, wanna, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 pill, dare, lip.
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.