Shadowing Practice: Learn ENGLISH with ICE AGE - Learn English Speaking with Video

Oh And

that pink thing is mine.

I know actually that pink thing belongs to us

oh yeah today we'll embark on a journey with one of

the most heartwarming animated films ever made ice age this classic

movie tells the story of three completely different characters many a

grumpy mammoth who just wants to be left alone seed a talkative sloth who's looking for friends

and diego a saber -toothed tiger with a secret plan

so what starts as a simple mission to return a lost human baby soon becomes an epic journey

that transforms these unlikely companions into a real family

and in this lesson we'll join them on their adventure by learning english with three key scenes

we'll go through a ton of advanced expressions

so i highly recommend you watch this lesson on our app to make sure you learn all the words

and never forget them.

I'll tell you more about it in a little bit.

For now, let's get started with the first scene.

I was returning him to his herd.

Oh yeah, nice try, Bucktooth.

You calling me a liar?

I didn't say that.

You were thinking it.

I don't like this cat.

He reads mine.

Name's Diego, friend.

Manfred, and I'm not your friend.

In our first scene, Manny and Cid have just discovered a human baby, whose mother tragically sacrificed herself, trying to protect him.

While Manny wants nothing to do with humans, and just wants to keep moving, Sid feels sorry for the baby and decides they should return him to his family.

So here we see Sid trying to climb up a steep wall to reach the human's campsite above.

That is, until Diego shows up.

An odd couple refers to two people who are very different from each other

but somehow end up together it could be referred to a romantic couple

or just friends think of classic old couples like shrek

and donkey or batman and robin who are totally opposite

but make a great team there is no us i see can't have one of your own

so you want to adopt of your own means something that belongs to you that it's yours for example You could say,

instead of borrowing my computer all the time, why don't you get one of your own?

Diego sees that Manny and Sid make an odd couple, so he's wondering, since they can't have a baby together of their own,

I mean, they're both males and from different species, they must want to adopt this human baby instead.

To adopt is to take someone else's child

and raise them as your own family member of course that's

not what's happening look i'm sorry to interrupt the snack

but we gotta go the baby please i was returning him to his herd when diego says the baby please

he means come on

or seriously it's like he's saying you really think i would

hurt a baby come on he's acting offended by the suggestion check out this other example of this expression being used.

A herd refers to a group of animals that live and travel together,

especially large animals like elephants and cattle.

It's funny that Diego refers to the group of humans as a herd.

Now, pay attention to the verb return here.

You probably know it already, but how often do you use it?

Many learners would just say give back, but.. it'd be important to use this expression for example

if you are returning a shirt to a store

because it didn't fit or returning a borrowed book to the library all right

so we already covered some great expressions today

but you know i have to be honest with you

if you don't review this vocabulary you might forget it pretty

quickly now is your goal here to be able to use

these words in your own conversations in english you know to go beyond just understanding what you hear

and finally working on your ability to speak if

so then in order for you to level up simply knowing

the words won't be enough you need to practice them

and we can help you with that we've created a set of flashcards for you

that is available for free in our app if you've never used them

and this is the best way to internalize forever all the key vocabulary from this lesson

so the magic is in the science and the technology behind it

because the app knows the exact words you've learned and just

when you're about to forget them it brings them back to you for review

and practice that easy

and you can use it for 10 15 minutes a day wherever you are

and you'll see how it'll help you start speaking english naturally

having all these words at the tip of your tongue

so click the link in the description below using your phone

to get the real life app right now i'm sure you'll love it

and we'll be waiting for you over there please i was

returning him to his herd oh yeah nice try bucktooth you calling me a liar bucktooth refers to fronties

that stick out It's not a very nice thing to call someone the way Sid did it.

But he meant to be funny, since Diego has large, prominent saber teeth.

Here, cat is slang for guy or person.

It's an old -fashioned, cool way to refer to someone, especially when you don't trust them.

See this other example.

Sammy Davis Jr.? What are you doing up here?

You're a cool cat, Donnie.

Okay.

But there's also a funny double meaning here.

Diego literally is a big cat, a saber -toothed tiger.

So when Diego turns to Manny and says, name's Diego, friend, obviously he was introducing himself.

But I'd say this is more of a casual, tough guy way to do it.

Sounds more direct and confident name is diego friend manford

and i'm not your friend fine manfred

if you're looking for the humans you're wasting your time they left this morning thanks for the advice now beat it

beat it

when said as a command means go away leave now it's

a direct somewhat rude way to tell someone to leave you

alone all right i'll help you bring it to its herd

but promise me that you'll leave me alone after

that okay okay deal hey what's your problem you are my problem

when someone says deal like this they're agreeing to the terms that were just discussed

i will help you but just to get rid of you deal

deal in this case cd agrees to leave many alone after they return the baby

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so moving with the story

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when they reach the humans campsite they discover it's empty the tribe has already moved on

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and with no other choice they accept diego's offer to guide

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them to the passage where the humans are heading now as

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their journey begins the three unlikely companions start to bond in

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unexpected ways seed always the optimist is especially excited about their adventure

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so excited in fact that he can't help

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but brag about his heroic baby rescue to some female sloths he encounters at a hot spring.

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This is our next scene.

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Let's check it out.

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cute kid huh so so as i was saying ladies uh oh hey hi manny what's the matter with you

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excuse me ladies you just keep marinating and i'll be right back

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where'd you find it ah the poor kid all alone in the wild

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when you say poor you or poor kid you're showing

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that you feel sorry for this person because something bad happened to them.

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Now, the collocation in the wild means in nature, away from civilization and safety, like wild animals live in the wild.

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So Sid is making the story a bit more dramatic here.

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Let's see how he describes the situation when he found the baby.

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Snatch means to grab something quickly.

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It's often used in the context of saving or stealing an object like

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if you snatch your phone before it falls into the pool

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oh hey hi manny what's the matter with you this is a common expression natives say

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when feeling deeply bothered by someone

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because of something they're doing it's like saying why are you acting this way what's the matter with you

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excuse me ladies you just keep marinating

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and i'll be right back marinating usually means soaking food in sauce to add flavor before cooking

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but here sid is using it playfully to mean keep soaking in the mud hot spring he's trying to flirt

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and be funny with the female sloths now as their journey continues many seed

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and diego face many adventures together during one dangerous moment manny actually saves diego's life

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and this act of friendship changes everything for him meanwhile diego feels torn between his loyalty to his pack

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and his growing friendship with manny

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and sid he knows he's leading his new friends into a trap

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when they finally reach the location where diego's pack is waiting

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to ambush them diego faces the ultimate choice in a dramatic

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turn of events he turns against his own pack to protect many a fierce battle follows

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and diego fights bravely

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but his heroic act comes at a terrible cost he's left bravely wounded this is the third

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and final clip let's watch it we were some team huh

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were come on we're still a team i'm uh sorry I

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set you up ah you know me I'm too lazy to

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hold a grudge hey knock it off squirt you got to be strong you have to take care of Manfred

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and Sid especially Sid come on you can lick this come

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on we're still a team I'm sorry I set you up in this context

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if someone sets you up that means they are tricking you

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or putting you in a dangerous situation on purpose like in

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this case diego was the one who initially planned this whole operation he lied to many

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and seed to create the situation he set them up to be attacked by the tigers

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but as we can hear he's actually apologizing for doing this

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ah you know me i'm too lazy to hold grudge a grudge is a feeling of anger

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or resentment that you keep for a long time against someone who hurt you sid is saying

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that it's okay

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that he's not going to be angry even though diego had

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originally set them up to express this he uses this common collocation hold a grudge saying

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that he's too lazy to hold a grudge

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and that's a joke by the way you see sid is a sloth

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and sloths are famously lazy

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so he's saying he's too lazy to even put in the effort to stay mad at diego

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hey knock it off squirt you gotta be strong squirt is

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an affectionate nickname for someone small especially a little kid it's like calling someone little guy

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so when diego says knock it off squirt he's asking the baby to stop crying.

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To knock it off means simply that, stop it.

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But the way Diego is saying it is rather cute here.

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You should know that in other situations, this can be said in a more serious tone, even though it's informal language.

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See this example.

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Another way to say this would be cut it out.

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this is getting creepy i've come for your soul cut it

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out wait now did you notice the way diego actually pronounced

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the phrase knock it off hey knock it off squirt this is how most natives

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and fluent speakers say it including me it's really natural for us to use connected speech

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when pronouncing phrasal verbs like this you just need to link the three words together and here

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because of the american accent the t from it also changes to a d sound knock it off

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and yeah the same thing happens in the phrase cut it

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out not cut it out cut it out now i want

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to hear you try to repeat after diego hey knock it off squirt knock it off squirt

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you have to take care of Manfred

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and Sid especially Sid come on you can lick this here

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Sid is making a playful joke about Diego being a cat cats lick themselves to heal their wounds

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and stay clean

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so he's basically saying you're a cat you can lick yourself better it's Sid's silly way of encouraging Diego

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so even though Diego is badly wounded he knows they can't wait

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they have to catch the humans before they go through the pass

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or they will never be able to return the baby

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so diego tells them to leave him behind and go listen you have to leave me here

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in a heartbreaking but beautiful scene manny

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and sid successfully reunite the baby with his father just in time

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but the story has one more surprise in store just

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when they think they've lost their friend forever diego appears having survived his injuries come on let's head south

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that look in many's eyes i don't know about you guys

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but i always end up crying

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when i watch this scene i just can't hold back my tears

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but the lesson isn't over yet now we'll actually do the most important step, the test.

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We'll check your listening comprehension by watching the three clips again, this time without subtitles, and I'll also ask you some quiz questions.

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Are you ready?

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Let's go!

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Um, that pink thing is mine.

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Uh, no, actually that pink thing belongs to us.

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Us?

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You two are a bit of an odd couple.

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What does odd couple mean?

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A romantic couple?

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Two very different people who end up together?

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Or a couple having problems?

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to you calling me a liar i didn't say

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that you were thinking it i don't like this cat she reads my name is diego friend manfred

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and i'm not your friend where'd you find it ah the

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poor kid all alone in the wild neighbors were closing in on him so i just snatched him

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what a snatch to emphasize in sid's story he carefully rescued

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the baby he quickly grabbed the baby he found the baby alone

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so free yeah well he needed me and i only wish i had one of my own

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cute kid huh so so as i was saying ladies uh oh hey hi manny what's the matter with you

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excuse me ladies you just keep marinating and i'll be right back

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we were some team huh were come on we're still a team i'm uh sorry i set you up

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ah you know me i'm too lazy to hold a grudge

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if you hold a grudge you forget what happened help someone in need

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or you stay angry at someone for a long time

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thank you so much for learning with us and

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if you enjoyed today's lesson please give it a like

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and subscribe to the channel if you haven't yet done so

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and if you need my recommendation why don't you watch this utopia lesson next

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and that'll be fine because i was a horrible friend

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and i hurt you and you and you can walk away knowing

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that you were right all along i really am I am just a dumb bunny.

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I really am just a dumb bunny.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn ENGLISH with ICE AGE”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: diego, baby, sid, manny. This video has 222 sentences and 2596 words to shadow. The speech runs for 20:14. The speaker talks at a steady 128 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
manny noun	/ˈmæni/	A male nanny (for children).
grudge noun	/ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/	Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.
squirt verb	/skwɝt/	To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
sloth noun	/slɔθ/	Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
marinate verb	/ˈmæɹɪneɪt/	To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.
snatch verb	/snæt͡ʃ/	To grasp and remove quickly.
lick verb	/lɪk/	To stroke with the tongue.
sabre noun	/ˈseɪ.bə/	A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
liar noun	/ˈlaɪ.ɚ/	Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
adopt verb	/əˈdɑpt/	To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
bravely adverb	/ˈbɹeɪvli/	In a brave manner.
campsite noun	/ˈkæmpˌsaɪt/	A place where one or more tents may be pitched for an overnight stay in an outdoor area.
collocation noun	/ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/	The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.
soak verb	/soʊk/	To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
pronounce verb	/pɹəˈnaʊns/	To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
end up verb	To bring to a conclusion.
go through verb	To travel from one end of something to the other.
check out verb	To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
close in on verb	To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.
do up verb	To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)
give back verb	To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
go away verb	To depart or leave a place.
hold back verb	To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

For now, let's get started with the first scene.
You calling me a liar?
I don't like this cat.
Manfred, and I'm not your friend.
What are you doing up here?

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have just discovered · we've created · you've learned
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be left · could be referred · were just discussed
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	people who are · one who initially · someone who hurt

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 69 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: sloth /slɔθ/, tooth /tuθ/, mammoth /ˈmæməθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, affectionate /əˈfɛkʃənət/, flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/, ambush /ˈæm.bʊʃ/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
Long words — get the stress right: collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, affectionate /əˈfɛkʃənət/, internalize /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/, utopia /juˈtoʊ.pi.ə/

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 manny, grudge, squirt.

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.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?