Shadowing Practice: Learn Idioms & Slang With Fleabag series - Learn English Speaking with Video

Is Harry helping?

We broke up.

What?

Again?

If you see him, I'm a wreck, okay?

What's the meaning of wreck?

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Hi friends.

Here we are learning idioms and vocabularies with movies and series.

And today we choose the feedback series with British accents.

Philly Bag is about the life of a young and confused woman who loved them.

Whose name is not mentioned in series, but we call it Philly Bag.

We chose a sequence from the first episode where Philly Bag is talking to her sister.

So let's get started.

At first she uses adjectives to discover her sister.

And the first one is...

Uptight means nervous, anxious or worried.

For example, a caviar enthusiasm series, Barry Larry David is in a plane and the person next to him is wearing shorts,

as you can see.

Barry tells him, try not to wear shorts on the plane anymore.

The man says, but it's comfortable.

Lange says, well, I can't easily wear pajamas and do other things, but I don't.

Lange says, you're uptight man, dude, you're uptight.

Let's watch it.

Let me uh, let me give you a little tip, okay?

Tip means advice.

For traveling, a little traveling tip.

Try not to wear shorts.

Not all that attractive to look at for five hours.

Are you kidding?

No, I wear these on every flight when I travel.

Really?

Because it's very comfortable.

These planes, if you notice, get very hot.

Ah, yes.

I'm sorry, I didn't see where I had to check with the person I'm sitting next to what I should wear.

I'm comfortable in pajamas, but I don't wear pajamas on a plane.

I like to sing.

I like to whistle.

I like to play the bongos on my leg.

I like to imitate horses.

But I don't do it.

Okay?

Yeah.

Because there's somebody sitting next to me.

Okay.

You're very uptight dude, very uptight.

Uptight?

I don't think it's uptight.

It's just shorts, man.

I don't think it's uptight.

You've never seen a man's legs?

Yeah, they're grotesque.

The next adjective she uses...

My sister.

She's uptight and beautiful and probably anorexic, but clothes look awesome on her, so...

Anorexic.

Anorexia is an eating disorder and serious mental health condition.

People who have anorexia try to keep their brainwaves as low as possible by not eating enough food

or exercising too much or books.

This can make them really ill because they start to starve.

Also for example, Family Guy with guagmire wants to flirt with a woman and says she has a good body.

Also other women enjoy these compliments.

We were a clipping on the Jay Leno program.

May I say that you have the breasts of an obese woman and the arms of an anorexic?

Oh!

Feel I use the expression for going to a bathroom, which has an important point.

You're almost late.

It's the flash poo in pre...

Christ, did you wash your hands?

Of course not.

Wash your hands?

Of course not.

Flashpoo in Pret, it's a little bit rude.

It means you had to go to the toilet quickly in the bath full of the fast food, cafe Pret.

This term is only used in the Filipe series.

So as a result, we don't have examples of other movies and series from it.

Well, her sister asked her about the Fodenau.

Heard from dad?

No. Heard from means to receive a letter, a telephone call, etc. from someone.

Basically, it's shortened to have you heard?

Have you heard?

For example, you can watch this video after this video.

Now that the father is mentioned, Phileme says about her father.

Coping means deal successfully with or handle a situation.

It means manage.

If we were able to teach you at least one idiom or expression please like it.

For example, in the Syriusboro church, her mother lost her son and they are talking about her here.

That she is coping with the situation.

It means handle the situation.

Where's ma'am?

Went out for her own first thing.

Damn, that's all she does now.

Ain't she better be with us?

It's her way of coping.

Also, the King's speech movie, when the prince finally angry to go to the doctor,

now suddenly gets nerves, and quickly apologizes, and says...

That's all we ask.

All that's about a shillings worth.

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Perhaps upon occasions you might be requested to assist in coping with some minor event.

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Would that be agreeable? Of course.

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Also, click this link to learn more idioms and expressions with the King's Speech movie.

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And here, Philly Beck wants to compliment her sister.

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She says, You look tired.

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Thanks, I've been sleeping really well recently.

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Look has different meanings.

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One of them is look, but here means seem, feel,

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sound, appear, depending on the context it is being used.

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Seinfeld series, one of my favorite, I'm a big fan, one of the famous stand-ups,

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Jerry Seinfeld who is talking about cannibals.

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Cannibals I mean the people who eat human beings.

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Scary huh?

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I know they exist now or not and says that they never sleep for fear that someone else will eat them.

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When they fall asleep, fall asleep means they have to sleep.

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They say to others

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because of fear you look hungry are they hungry let's watch

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it what do they say i mean they're eating you know

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this is good who is this i like this person you

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know i mean i would think the hardest thing about being

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a cannibal is trying to get some really deep sleep you know what i mean I would think you'd be like, who is that?

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Who's there?

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Who's there?

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Somebody there?

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What do you want?

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What do you want?

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You look hungry.

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Are you hungry?

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Get out of here.

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Get out of here.

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We're really grateful if you subscribe because it's important for us.

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And we will come back with a video every week.

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And if you hate the real, you win the first one that you can watch the video.

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Face Off.

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Sean Archer sees that his wife is not feeling well.

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He asks her, don't you like well?

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Of course, the fans of Face Off know that he isn't a...

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What a day.

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What a day.

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You're tense.

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I know I've been acting differently.

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Strange.

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If you don't know the meaning of tense, it's better to watch Philly back to understand.

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I'm wearing the top that she lost years ago, so this is gonna be tense.

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Tense means unable to react because of nervousness or anxiety.

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Let's see another example from Blackberry series.

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When this lady disobeys the commander's order but the commander doesn't do anything.

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On the other hand, the others are very afraid and say Hello!

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So say oh my f- That wasn't very nice.

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Today I will show you mercy.

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Great mercy, Shane, Captain.

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Tomorrow you should reconsider your amenability.

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I may not be feeling so benevolent.

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Exit game.

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Oh, fuck.

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This was dance.

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I don't like dance.

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Drink?

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Mm-hmm.

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Drink.

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Two sisters want to talk to each other, but we can't see they fight.

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So, any luck?

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We just had two seconds without the answer now.

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I was going to ask how it was going with the cafe.

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Fine.

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We won't talk then.

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Fine.

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It's a question used to ask if someone or something was successful.

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Any luck?

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Friends series.

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Where Rachel and her boyfriend were looking for a find

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that Rachel has already put it in his drawer and her boyfriend mostly became and she didn't know that.

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Let's watch it.

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How about that drawer?

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Well, it's not out here.

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Is there any chance it could be in your office?

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I don't know.

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Let me check.

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Any luck?

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See you in my office for a minute?

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Yep.

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You found him!

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And all alone, when the family find out that Kevin was left at home, they're trying to call someone, go to him.

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You want us to go to your house just to check on him?

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Yes!

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These

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people are our children, Kevin's brothers and sisters actually.

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Here feedback is trying to say that it's very difficult to ask your sister for money when you don't have money.

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She told some words that we will explain all of them.

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Run out of means to finish, use or sell all of the something so that there is none left.

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The Archer series, they're going to watch a match and they run out of gas in the way. Are you freaking serious?

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Um...

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Yes.

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God damn it!

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So now we gotta forfeit league night?

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How the hell did you run out of gas?

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Yeah, especially in...

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Where even are we?

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Um...

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Brownsville?

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Hey, whoa!

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How much of your mother?

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Robin's new boyfriend tells her that when the fish is over, I will take it for you with my own hands.

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Eat.

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If we run out of fish, I will catch them with my hands.

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That's the phrase, Fleabag again.

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I told you I will explain all of them.

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You said, when you run out of the money, it's hard to ask for him.

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And having to tell your super high-powered, perfect, anorexic, rich, super sister that you run out of money is having to ask her to bail you out.

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Bane out means to help a person, organization, etc. out of a bad situation means ban you out.

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First, in the first episode of Poker Face series, Charlie wants to intern.

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The house to discover the mystery of her friend's murderer.

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And she brings a criminal who knows how to open the door.

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She says to him, I will help you, my friends.

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I will help you to bail you out, find a better situation.

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Let's see.

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Anytime now, buddy.

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Jono, don't do this shit no more.

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I told you.

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All right, man.

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I'll bail you out, okay?

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Physician, bail thyself.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I recommend this video to watch more EDMs and expression.

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with poker face and the blacklist famous reddington went to a smuggler the smuggler is someone

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that takes things or people to a place secretly

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and politically he's going to that smuggler to ask him for help to move his cargo

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but first he threatens him that how bad it's been before the police to find out about his wrong doings.

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He says to him, I need help you.

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You should also move my cargo.

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I wonder if did you hear about that?

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Have you ever been to Mosa Michel, Tidal Island in Normandy?

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The only way in or out used to be a causeway that disappeared at high tide.

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To reach the other side was a matter of knowing when the time came in and seizing the opportunity before it arrived.

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I'm afraid I don't follow.

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I don't follow means I don't understand what you mean.

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She's lying, obviously.

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I'm offering you a causeway, Carter.

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I bail you out, you transport my cargo.

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Bail you out.

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Her sister asks about her relationship and she says...

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Is Harry helping?

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We broke up.

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What?

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Again?

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Breakup.

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The truth is I want you to tell us the meaning that you understood in the comments.

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After seeing the breakup examples.

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Our example is from friends.

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When Ross and Rachel are arguing and Ross says he didn't have these problems when we were together Let's watch it

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Damn this coffee's cold.

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Hey, Rich.

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Do you mind if I heat this up on your loins?

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You know I cannot believe you told him Joey So I guess you bought that book after we broke up, huh?

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Uh-huh, yeah, I did because I wore out my first copy when I was with you

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And now he tells her if you see Harry that he might watch What again If you see him,

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I'm a wreck.

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Okay a Person of ruined health someone is a bad shape physically or mentally She went mentally, obviously here.

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In Ted's movie, when Ted first messed up the house,

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now his friend comes home and says... Where are my manners?

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Laurie, this is Angelique.

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And for the end of today's expiration, her sister tells her please don't get drunk and scream again.

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In the response, she says...

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Gosh, just don't get drunk and scream to his letterbox again.

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Thanks for the vote of confidence.

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Don't get drunk and shit in your sink again.

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When are you gonna stop?

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shit is sick I border all of confidence shows that you do

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or say something that shows you support someone were approved of their actions vote

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person of interest series where jar is actually the handsome man wants to do an operation

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and gives the job to a fosco a funny couple was already corrupted Derby Cop.

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Cop is something to do bad things.

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He tells him that Finch trusts you.

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The president, the manager of the old system trusts you in a way.

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Sort of, not completely.

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And Fasco says sarcastically in a funny way.

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Let's watch it.

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Hey, I got something in here.

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What now?

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I need to get to the roof.

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It's the only way to get to Trey without busting through the warehouse.

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You really going along with the con girls plan? With Finstrasser.

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Sort of.

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That's a real vote of confidence.

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The next example is the family guy.

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When Peter wants to be the head of Luis's father's company,

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and Luis tells him that you can't do it, and you're ruining it owning it.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn Idioms & Slang With Fleabag series”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: sister, example, uptight. This video has 286 sentences and 2269 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:36. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 55 of its 286 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
uptight adjective	/ʌpˈtaɪt/	Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
bail noun	/beɪl/	Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
tense noun	/tɛns/	The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
cannibal noun	/ˈkænɪbəl/	An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who consumes human flesh.
idiom noun	/ˈɪdiəm/	A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
pajamas noun	/pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/	Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
smuggler noun	/ˈsmʌɡ.lə(ɹ)/	One who smuggles things.
wreck noun	/ˈɹɛk/	Something or someone that has been ruined.
cargo noun	/ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/	Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
feedback noun	/ˈfiːdˌbæk/	Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
adjective noun	/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/	A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
anorexia noun	/ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/	Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
café noun	/ˌkæˈfeɪ/	A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the…
causeway noun	/ˈkɔːz.weɪ/	A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides)…
breakup noun	/ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/	The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
break up verb	To break or separate into pieces.
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
find out verb	To discover, as by asking or investigating.
go along with verb	To acquiesce to or comply with a proposal, despite lacking a desire or value for it.
mess up verb	To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
wear out verb	To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.

Sentences worth repeating

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

You've never seen a man's legs?
Christ, did you wash your hands?
Basically, it's shortened to have you heard?
Ain't she better be with us?
He asks her, don't you like well?

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been sleeping · I've been acting
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to ask · used to be
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is not mentioned · is mentioned · might be requested
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	woman who loved · People who have · bathroom, which has

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 58 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: expiration /ˌɛk.spɚˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, shilling /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/, shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
Long words — get the stress right: anorexia /ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/, benevolent /bəˈnɛvələnt/, expiration /ˌɛk.spɚˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, sarcastically /sɑː(ɹ)ˈkæstɪkli/, reconsider /ˈɹiːkənˌsɪdə/

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 uptight, bail, tense.

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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?