Shadowing Practice: Lil Pump - ESSKEETIT [Official Music Video] - Learn English Speaking with Video
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Lil Pump - ESSKEETIT”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: poppin, bitch, eggs, shkett, chill. This video has 22 sentences and 628 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:58. The speaker talks fast, about 211 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 71% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| chill verb | /tʃɪl/ | To lower the temperature of something; to cool. |
| sked noun | /skɛd/ | A schedule. |
| rave verb | /ɹeɪv/ | To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging. |
| skiddy adjective | /ˈskɪdi/ | Likely to skid, or cause skidding. |
| pill noun | /pɪl/ | A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. |
| freeze verb | /ˈfɹiːz/ | Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. |
| auntie noun | /ˈæn.ti/ | Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman. |
| groupie noun | /ˈɡɹuːpi/ | A fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group; a person who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity… |
| penthouse noun | /ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/ | Any of the sloping roofs at the side of a real tennis court. |
| smack verb | /smæk/ | To slap or hit someone. |
| skype verb | /skaɪp/ | To make (a telephone call) using Skype software. |
| choke verb | /t͡ʃoʊk/ | To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air… |
| porch noun | /pɔɹt͡ʃ/ | A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a… |
| envelope noun | /ˈɛnvə(ˌ)loʊp/ | A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing. |
| wrist noun | /ɹɪst/ | The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pull out verb | To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gotta. 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.
- 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 chill, sked, rave.
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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