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Make a wish, babe, what you wanna do?

Dip it out of base, sit it's like a poncew

It's a fast life, it's an attitude

Put it on a calendar, tell me when to come through Yes, yes, I can spend it, yes, yes No pretendin' tight dress I'll be sentin'

Oh shit, missin' rappin'

Oh wait, that's Rosé Today we're learning English with another Blackpink superstar, Lisa Lisa is incredibly inspiring.

Not only is she a global K -pop icon,

but she's also a fantastic example of someone who has mastered multiple languages and isn't afraid to screw up while communicating.

So today we'll learn a ton of advanced vocabulary with three short interviews with Lisa.

Also, every lesson comes with an exclusive deck of flashcards covering all the vocabulary from the lesson.

So expressions like icon and screw up are already waiting for you

so as soon as you finish watching the lesson on your

phone click the link in the description below the video you'll be automatically redirected to the real life app

and start your vocabulary practice right away i'll show you how it works in just a little bit

so in the first interview

we're going to watch today from hot ones sean evans asks

lisa as a global superstar what she thinks about different media in different countries

and she shares the challenges of giving interviews in different languages.

Let's watch.

I think for me, the big difference is language because English is not my first language.

So it's challenging for me to answer or doing interview in English.

Yeah, but you know, what's amazing about you is, you know, you speak English, you speak Thai, you speak Korean, you're conversational Japanese, conversational

and Chinese I've heard

you rattle off French before do you have any foundational advice

for someone who's trying to pick up a new language like how do you do it I don't know

you just have to keep talking to people in

that language I think I feel like I'm more I feel more confidence in English more than two years ago

so yeah I think you two years from now right

I could be like you know like a local you never know

yeah

but you know what's amazing about you is you know

you speak english you speak thai you speak korean you're conversational japanese conversational

and chinese i've heard you rattle off french before all right

so when sean says lisa is conversational in japanese he just means that she can have basic conversations in Japanese, but she's not necessarily fluent.

It's that comfortable middle level where you can chat about everyday topics without being perfectly fluent.

Take it from me, a lengthy hospital stay is the perfect environment to focus your mind and attack weaknesses in your character.

If it hadn't been for this, I never would have learned conversational French.

I've heard you rattle off French before.

Now this means to say something quickly and easily, usually a list or information you know well.

When you rattle off something, it flows out of your mouth without much effort.

For example, I've met some people who can rattle off the names of all the 15

United States in alphabetical order.

Do you have any foundational advice for someone who's trying to pick up a new language?

Like, how do you do it?

What do you think this phrasal verb Sean used, pick up, means in this context?

To teach something, to forget something, to learn a new skill.

All right, more specifically, this suggests learning in a natural, informal way, rather than through formal study.

So you can pick up a language, but you can also pick up guitar, or pick up cooking.

Look, the gorillas have picked up some new habits from your father.

Yeah, but Homer picked up some cool gorilla moves too.

Hello.

Do you always read people's phone messages, Ms. Lane?

Well, it's sort of a bad habit I picked up being a reporter.

Practice your English with me by answering this question in the comments.

What's a new skill that you've picked up?

Right?

I could be like, you know, like a local.

You never know.

So when Lisa says, like a local, she's using local as a noun to mean a person who lives in that area and knows it well.

It's the opposite of being a tourist or outsider.

Locals know all the best spots, the culture, and how things really work.

So, Maddie, tell us about yourself.

Where are you from?

Here, actually.

Wow, a local.

I'm jealous.

You get to live in paradise all year long.

And by the way, I promised that I would tell you more about the vocabulary flashcards that we created for this lesson.

These will seriously help you to sound more like a local.

So has it ever happened to you

that you get a chance to use your English by speaking with people either online

or in person and a word that you know

that you've learned simply will not come to your mouth right when you need it?

I know how frustrating that feels to be in a conversation

and pausing frequently because you're forgetting all the words that you know. That sucks.

I've been there many times myself in learning six different languages this feeling

when you know what you want to say

and you just want to be able to express yourself as easily as you would in your native language

well this is exactly what the real life english app can

help you with as i mentioned every single lesson comes with a deck of vocabulary flashcards

and by practicing these just 10 to 15 minutes a day you will transfer the words

that you learn from your short -term memory to your long -term memory plus with the space repetition software

that we built into our app

you'll be able to retain vocabulary more effectively by reviewing new words at carefully timed intervals right

when you're about to forget them i highly recommend

you give it a try

you can get access to the premium lesson with lisa for

free by clicking the link down description below on your phone

and you know i bet that lisa being

so exposed to music has helped her to really get down the patterns of american speech

and sound more native -like

and here we have two perfect examples of her using connected

speech just like a native would that's how we cut reduce

and link our words together in fluent speaking right i could be like you know like a local

you never know as usually happens with pronouns you gets reduced here to just yeah

and these three words link together so instead of you know

and you never know lisa says it just like a native you know

and you never know now practice your speaking so

that you can sound natural too listen again

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and repeat you know like a local you never know you know like a local

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speaking of connected speech in her song rockstar we can find tons of instances of it

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Let's check out those lyrics again.

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Besides saying a smooth wanna do instead of want to do, Lisa perfectly captures another native speech pattern.

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So in fluent English, when we have a T plus a Y sound, they usually morph into a ch sound.

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So instead of what you, she says what you.

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Listen again and try to rap along.

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Here, we have great examples of the American T.

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Now, this happens when a T is between two vowel sounds, like in the word butter, butter, or cat and dog, cat and dog.

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Instead of put it on the calendar, she says affluent, put it on the calendar.

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Now, you try.

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man lisa has some great lyrics let's check out this native slang

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repping or reppin is slang that comes from representing

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when someone is repping they're proudly showing off

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or representing their brand their city their culture

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or themselves it's like saying i'm here

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and i'm proud of who i am here lisa's probably saying

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that she knows she looks great in the dress

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that louis vuitton sent her okay next let's check out

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this short clip from interview with Jimmy Kimmel where Lisa shares about her recent role in the hit series White Lotus.

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Is she interested in him, your character?

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I think she wasn't sure.

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She's not sure.

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She was just like, you know, testing the water.

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It's like, let's go on a date and let's see how it's happened.

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Lisa discussing her character's dating life gives us a great excuse

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to dig into some expressions related to dating is she interested in in him your character

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when someone is interested in another person it means they're attracted to them romantically

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or want to get to know them better in a romantic way

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it's just a polite way to talk about romantic attraction let's check out a few similar expressions

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you can say you're into someone or have a thing for someone

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and if you are in the uk you might have someone ask you do you fancy him

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but maybe you to try out something more fun

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and casual you'll sound just like a native saying you're goo goo over someone

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or you have the hots for someone keep in mind

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that this last one has a bit more sexual tone and

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if you're interested in these fun lessons with your favorite stars like lisa series and movies.

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make sure to hit that subscribe button and the bell down below

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so we can let you know every time we put out a new lesson

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and that way we can help you to understand fast speaking natives without being lost without missing the jokes

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and without subtitles and by the way if there's a specific lesson

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that you would love for us to do then leave us a comment down below with the idea

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we read every single one she's not sure

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you're just like you know testing the water it's like let's go on a date

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and let's see how it's happened so these are called discourse markers

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or filler phrases and we natives use i mean you know like just

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and similar phrases all the time when we want to sound more casual

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or conversational they don't really change the meaning of what you're saying they just make you sound more natural

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and i highly recommend that you try them out in your own speaking for example

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when you forget a word instead of giving an awkward um next lisa used

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this great native idiom testing the water this means you're carefully trying something new to see what happens before fully committing.

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In dating, it means going out with someone to see if there's chemistry or potential for a relationship.

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all right so this is the standard way to say you're going out romantically with someone

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Another expression we use all the time is to go out with someone.

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And if you've gone out on a few dates already, you can say that you're seeing someone.

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You're not officially in a relationship, but you're actively discovering if there's potential.

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She's not sure.

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She was just like, you know, testing the water.

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It's like, let's go on a date and let's see how it's happened.

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Like I said before, I'm super impressed with Lisa's confidence.

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She made a small grammatical error here.

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You know, she should have said, let's see how it goes, or let's see what happens

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but this is what I love about her she's focused on communication

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and is not afraid to make a few mistakes

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and this is exactly what you should focus on too connection not perfection oh yeah you're doing great

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so far now let's move on to the final clip where Lisa talks a bit about her experience performing and acting

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on stage everything has to be on point it's performance lisa like i want to make sure

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that they're having fun and they would stand

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and dance with me sometimes i would like you know convince them to like get up get up

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and dance what was your favorite experience on the set of the White Lotus.

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I love this.

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Bonding with a cast member?

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They're so nice.

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I love them.

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What artists inspired you growing up?

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Rihanna, for sure.

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Her music, her style, her swag, everything.

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I bet you would love to have your English as on point as Lee says. On stage,

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everything has to be on point so what do you think it means

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if you do something on point you failed

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you did it just right

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you did it in the right place nice

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when something is on point it means it's perfect

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or excellent Lisa has high standards for her work

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and uses this to describe how everything needs to be perfect for her fans during her performance.

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You can use this for anything that's really well done.

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And here we can see another on -point use of connected speech from Lisa.

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Listen again.

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As usually happens with phrasal verbs, like get up, which means to stand, we link the two or three words together.

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And remember that American tea?

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We have another one here.

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So it's get up, not get up you practice

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it repeat with Lisa what was your

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favorite experience on the set of the white lotus great piece

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of film industry vocabulary here the set refers to the location where a movie

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or TV show is filmed so

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when you're on the set of something you're at the filming location of

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that project with

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so much traveling on a tour i bet

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it was really refreshing for lisa to film white lotus in her home country thailand

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i love this bonding with cast member they're

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so nice i love them now to bond with someone means to form a close connection

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or friendship it's when you really click with people

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and develop a strong relationship lisa made some lifelong friendships with fellow cast members, like Tame with that theme song.

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bonded with him Rihanna for sure her music her style her swag

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we can really see Rihanna's influence on Lisa's style in her music videos right

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and this is such a cool slang word she used swag refers to someone's style confidence

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or their overall cool factor it's that special something

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that makes someone stand out and look effortlessly cool yeah Rihanna's got some serious swag

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Oh, yeah, you've done awesome today.

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And I can already see with these new expressions and connected speech that we learned today,

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you're going to be speaking confidently like Lisa in no time.

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And if you want help really mastering everything that we've learned today, the RealLife English app is going to help you a lot.

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But we're not done yet.

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Now comes your challenge.

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We're going to watch all the clips again without subtitles,

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and you're going to see how much better you can understand after all of your hard work today.

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I'm also going to make it a little bit more difficult by asking you some quiz questions.

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I think for me, the big difference is language.

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Because English is not my first language.

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So it's challenging for me to answer or do an interview in English.

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Yeah, but you know what's amazing about you is, you know, you speak English.

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You speak Thai.

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You speak Korean they're conversational in japanese conversational in chinese

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i've heard you rattle off french before someone is rattling off they are speaking a lot completely silent angry furious

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do you have any foundational advice for someone who's trying to

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pick up a new language like how do you do it i don't know

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you just have to keep talking to people uh in

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that language i think i feel like i'm more i feel more confidence in english more than two years ago

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so yeah two years from now right i could be like you know like a local

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you never know is she interested in in him your character

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i think she wasn't sure she's not sure

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she was just like you know testing the water it's like let's go on a date

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and let's see how it's happened which of these do not mean that you are romantically interested in someone

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to be into someone to be google over someone to have a thing for someone

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trick question you can actually use all these to mean that you're romantically interested in someone

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is she interested in in him your character i think

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she wasn't sure she's not sure

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she was just like you know what's the expression meaning to try dating someone to see if there's potential

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testing the water on stage everything has to be on point it's performance lisa like i want to make sure

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that they're having fun and they would stand and dance with me.

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Sometimes I would like, you know, convince them to like, get up, get up and dance.

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What does on point mean?

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Sharp or dangerous?

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Perfect or excellent? On time.

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them.

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What was your favorite experience on the set of The White Lotus?

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I love this.

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Bonding with cast member?

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They're so nice.

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I love them.

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What artists inspired you growing up?

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Rihanna, for sure.

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Her music, her style, her swag, everything.

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Swag refers to someone's money and positions, dance moves, style and confidence.

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Ah yeah, I hope that you loved learning with Lisa

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and she's just such an inspiration for confident communication remember

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that it's better to make the courageous choice to communicate confidently rather than staying silent

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because you're afraid of not being perfect and again

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if you want to master all the new expressions

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that we learned today so that you can use them confidently

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when you speak english be sure to check out the real life english app

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you can get access to this lesson for free by clicking the link down in the description below

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and if you're sticking with us here on youtube then i highly recommend

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that next you watch this lesson with Rosé from Blackpink.

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I was like at the studio we were just we're all drinking

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Diet Coke over hamburgers and then I was like I'll teach you guys Korean drinking games

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and then but I like I caught on to it because all these they're not Korean and they're just all

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Americans and they were like oh they were like what is this it's crazy oh

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and I was like wow you guys are really loving this

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and so I said it as a joke we should make a song

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and jokingly we made the song and that's what Oppoots is right now.

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So you did it from just playing around.

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Yeah.

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Doing this game.

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Doing the game.

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And now it's come a worldwide hit.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn English with LISA — Blackpink”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: lisa, english, language. This video has 276 sentences and 3167 words to shadow. The speech runs for 20:32. The speaker talks at a natural 154 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% 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

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
lesson noun	/ˈlɛs.ən/	A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
vocabulary noun	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
lotus noun	/ˈloʊtəs/	Any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae.
connect verb	/kəˈnɛkt/	To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
fluent adjective	/ˈfluənt/	That flows; flowing, liquid.
refer verb	/ɹɪˈfɜː/	To direct the attention of (someone toward something).
calendar noun	/ˈkæl.ən.də/	Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
clip noun	/klɪp/	Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
inspire verb	/ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/	To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by…
carefully adverb	/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/	With care; attentively, circumspectly.
silent adjective	/ˈsaɪ̯lənt/	Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
romantic adjective	/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/	Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
skill noun	/skɪl/	A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
deck noun	/ˈdɛk/	Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
butter noun	/ˈbʌtɚ/	A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
pick up verb		To lift; to grasp and raise.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
check out verb		To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
grow up verb		To mature and become an adult.
come through verb		To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
get down verb	/ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/	To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
go out verb		To leave, especially a building.
play around verb		To behave in a silly, childish, or irresponsible way.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Make a wish, babe, what you wanna do?
What's a new skill that you've picked up?
Where are you from?
Is she interested in him, your character?
What artists inspired you growing up?

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	has mastered · I've heard · I've met
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be automatically redirected · being lost · are called
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	someone who has · people who can · person who lives

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 72 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, they're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like lesson, vocabulary, lotus.

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?