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Look at me.
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Guess where we are?
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Back in town.
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Straight, straight, straight, straight.
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What happened?
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Listen.
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What?
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Ready?
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We're just trying her already I haven't this is their seasonal coconut cloud matcha, which is my favorite kind of matcha Right, you cannot look at me.
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I need to get some foam in there.
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Wow, the foam is like a bit salty Fuck my life.
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Let me try
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Okay, but it's really refreshing coconut water mostly for the amount of
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matcha that's in this I don't think it's worth it I would get a latte.
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I'm being honest.
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Okay, we're going to ideabook now, right?
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We went last time we were in London in July They have the coolest book collection.
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See ya!
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Maria!
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She's drying off.
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Oh, there she is.
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Cute!
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They're a bit tight.
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Oh, thank you so much.
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I mean, they're cute.
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Come closer.
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No, but I think they're nicer if they're nicer.
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That's your perfect shape I'm dying of thirst
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It's like independent brands
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This is the same brand Timna Weber
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i'm really quite like this actually oh cute is it asymmetrical yeah
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that is so cool bruh this is so nice i love it asymmetry this is so cool
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such a good discovery super cool sun's out boobs out So, that was fun!
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Tried on such nice pieces, I want to go back.
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And now we are going to get postcards for grandparents and grades on that.
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And then we're going to park and read and write.
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I hate this street with every inch of my feet.
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It stresses me out.
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Oh, we're running!
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We're running!
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We're skipping!
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No, skipping is like the easiest mode of doing that.
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We should just start doing that.
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Because you go fast.
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Oh.
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Oh, jungle.
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Nature.
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Okay, this is what we're refreshing ourselves with.
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Summer Fridays body fragrance mist.
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I have the vanilla one.
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Marianne has the pistachio milk one.
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So good for traveling.
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Marianne and I are always on the go.
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This is TSA friendly that you can put your carry on.
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It literally weighs nothing.
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Ew.
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Nice try.
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It's in every bag, every purse.
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My favorite is the vanilla one.
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It's nostalgic, yummy on hot days like this i need this in my bag freshen up
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and everyone should as well
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because a lot of people don't bam boom thank you summer
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fridays for sponsoring this video keeping us fresh in this scorching
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heat as i put a jacket back to the vlog is that better haletti
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cheer up the goods all Greek salad hot pita bread
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and spina cup pizza dude i'm so excited i'm gonna go eat in the park Is that tuna?
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Yeah, it's three of each tuna.
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Maria's a big Pret advocate.
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Yeah.
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I got palefi because Luna told me it's her favorite.
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This salad looks fabulous.
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Wait, take a bite before...
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That's good.
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Actually, I love that.
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It's so fucking good.
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I prefer Joe, but it's still good.
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C...
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I was gonna say Caesar salad.
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Greek salad.
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Yeah.
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It's really good.
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There's tuna on your lip.
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It's so fresh bro.
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That feta is straight from Greece.
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It was brewed in the back of that shop.
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Yeah, fucking fire.
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Actually like melts in your mouth.
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Look at this bro.
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Holy fuck.
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I wish we had dipped.
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Okay, this is actually perfect.
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Then I got Spana Copita.
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One of my favorites.
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Oh wow.
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What's that dough called?
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Filo.
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It's good.
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I wish it was crispier.
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It's a bit soggy.
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We're in Hyde Park.
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Found a spot in the grass.
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Such a vibe.
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London is the best because you got city, we did all our shopping, and then we can just lay in the grass and have dinner.
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I love this.
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Do you not like Thai food?
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Yeah, I do.
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What if I'm in the food?
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Green curry.
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Nothing like it.
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Ooh.
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I just want to get mango sticky rice.
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Mmm, mmm, mmm.
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I'm not eating it.
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You're gonna get this.
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Mmm.
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My feet are so fucked up.
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Oh my god, that was not elegant at all.
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Oh my god.
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Did they just do it?
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Maria, I'll throw up.
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I just took my last bite a few seconds ago.
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It's a challenge, come on.
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I will throw up.
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It's a challenge.
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I'm going to go to the beach.
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Are you ready?
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Whoa!
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This is on a hill.
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No, that wasn't good.
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My feet is tall.
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What hill?
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Where is this?
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And this is my read.
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We're starting Martyr by...
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Do you want me to do a cartwheel?
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Kaveh...
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Do I want you to do a cartwheel?
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Yeah?
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Yeah, I do actually.
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And see I knew you!
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Wow.
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That was great!
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Pretty good!
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Straight legs too.
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Do another one.
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Oh wow.
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Breakdancer.
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Wait, what?
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Why was that?
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Why am I so good?
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What has gotten into you?
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I had to.
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I'm like surprised at once.
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I know, I'm very impressed.
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I'm impressed.
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Go, Maria.
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Amazing.
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Oh, I thought she was saying that to you?
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Yeah, thank you.
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Hurry up.
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Don't.
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Okay, go.
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Pop is with Jean.
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Cute.
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Jeans, Levi's as always.
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Tried and true, I wear this everywhere.
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Source unknown.
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My Fendi from Jenny Haley.
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And hair from Dyson.
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All right.
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Maria, your turn.
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My turn.
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Shoes from Ellen.
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Delore from.
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Jeans from Sara.
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Jacket from selfie.
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40 kroner.
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Insane.
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Pop from my mommy.
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I don't know.
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We're going to have drinks at our friend's house and have a crazy night.
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Let's go.
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What is it?
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Mixed tons.
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The twist on a margarita.
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What's in it?
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Tequila lime watermelon chili actually sounds incredible but Maria doesn't like watermelon
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so we'll see I'm not flavored things It tastes like a picante It's literally
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Well it is a picante Okay my turn I actually love watermelon flavored things
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So fucking good Damn Doesn't taste like watermelon at all Oh Right?
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It tastes like a picante My god But it's
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so good Go try this I love a spicy margarita Wait you know what?
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I'm on tequila tonight 100% It's like scientifically proven tequila's the best alcohol drink Fact check that
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They will have to eat Oh cool.
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Four, one, two, three.
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Just scared. And get.
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Okay, we secured the goods for the evening.
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Was scared for a second there.
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15% Jesus Christ.
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They're tiny, but they're mighty.
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Dangerous.
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How are you feeling?
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I'm feeling tipsy.
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I could have another drink.
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Having some drinks outside.
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We're going to watch the, what is it, Brazil?
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Morocco.
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Morocco football game.
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We're going to see where the night takes us.
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I'm in a mood of adventure.
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Adventure as long as I'm with this girl This bitch I'm ready to f*ing go Come on Cheers!
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Cheers everyone!
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Cheers!
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Holy f*!
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I need chase Toro ball, I can't lie See that?
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That was good tequila That was good tequila That was good tequila Oh shit, vodka, I'm not gonna lie Was it good tequila?
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Yeah That's level that I'm not gonna lie That's level that I'm not gonna lie No, I hear Sheep?
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What?
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I don't know who said that.
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I have no idea who said that.
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Good morning.
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Maria and I just woke up.
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It's 11-ish.
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And the sun is shining.
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Last night was so much fun.
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We were out late.
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That is why we are up and out.
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I'm so late.
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Thank God for my Bubba.
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I would be a shell of a human without her.
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1.5 liters of water.
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And I drank the entire thing.
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And then some.
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We're going to get bagels and go to the park.
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Let go.
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Oh, hello.
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Yeah, that's just the way Vanilla coffee Coffee this mug is so cool.
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Okay, wait pop it open give us a taste test It's very sweet though.
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Oh, so I'd like it place is kukye across from Hyde Park It's very light coffee flavor.
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It is very sweet.
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I love that.
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I would get like the macho version of that in a perfectly They're like you feel it they're old.
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You feel it they're old.
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Maria is an expert in postcards.
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The tacky ones specifically.
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Whatcha get?
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I'm gonna get a mayo.
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Well compared to Joe, I don't think anything can be Joe.
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Girl, let's see if you can redeem yourself.
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Whoa!
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That looks thigh-y.
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Yours looks f*ing good.
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Tuna salad.
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What'd you get?
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Turkey?
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Turkey.
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Mustard, mayo.
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Do you like pickles?
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Yeah.
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Girl.
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Yeah, true.
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I saw your fridge.
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Tastes.
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Tastes.
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I've been dreaming of this moment all morning.
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Actually?
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Really?
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Mm-hmm.
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Okay.
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There's some mustard and pickles.
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Okay, yeah, that's fire.
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Well stuffed.
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It looks very wet.
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In the bus word.
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Yum?
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I feel like the bread could be a bit better though.
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This is decent.
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I'm not obsessed.
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I'm going to Jenki and Maria's going to chill.
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Yesterday I got the coconut cold.
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No, what is it?
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Coconut cloud.
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It was good, but their vanilla sea salt is the best thing ever.
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So I'm going to walk 30 minutes there, 30 minutes back just to get it.
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And because I need to clear my head.
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I'm so hungry.
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Okay.
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I don't know if my makeup is blended and I'm scared
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that I'm only gonna see this when I'm editing
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and be like bruh look at me say in a mouthy
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I don't know what I'm doing we're in a going out
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vibe didn't satisfy us yesterday no I was over served I don't like
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when I drink that much and and like stay in one place.
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I think you handled it very well.
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I was like scared for you.
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Really?
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Yeah, you thought I was, yeah, you were like, I was not, Maria.
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I don't know.
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What do you mean?
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I was really chill.
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No, you weren't.
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That's why I was surprised.
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No, Ava, I'm saying, you did nothing weird.
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I thought you were weird.
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What?
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Why?
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Why did you think I would do something weird?
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Because we are never talking about that again.
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It's forgotten.
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Good.
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Oh, cute.
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Do you actually like it? Be honest.
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That's really cool.
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It makes my eyes pop.
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I think the best nights are when maria and I ride duo whatever.
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We're crazy.
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We just say yes to everything We're a little bit poopy.
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Yeah, i'm obsessed with this mascara.
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It's on my shop.
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My okay.
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Okay hair has dried better maria It's a little bit poofy
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Let's put on some rings tomorrow very sweet gift one of
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my favorites my other favorite ring tiger by the tail has my name all around But yeah, I think there's an art to learning how to have fun without plans
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I haven't always been the best at this
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when I don't have a specific plan in mind
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or it's like nothing's really happening And I have to make my own fun.
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I struggle with that a little bit spontaneity
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Always I would not be upset
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if we ended up at one of those places like we
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did in the summer One of those random pubs with really good music, but you think it's like things are open on a sunday.
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Let's go Good evening Going to the other side of Hyde Park to a pub.
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TBD.
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For a Guinness.
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For some iron.
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That's where it is.
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Oh, yeah.
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I should have said that one.
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Beautiful.
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I am positive.
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Hilarious.
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Going to the pub.
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What's it called?
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The Surprise.
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We're going to have a Guinness and tequila drink.
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We're going to have a tequila drink.
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Yeah.
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Yay.
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We're doing spicy!
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Spicy Morgan maybe?
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Yeah.
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Bicante.
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Baby pie.
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Baby, baby.
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Cheers!
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How was your weekend in London?
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I had a great weekend in London.
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What was your highlight?
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Highlight.
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It's been so much.
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It has to be this right now.
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Probably this.
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I'm getting a free drink.
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You're Swedish and blonde.
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I'm sure you're used to free drinks.
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No, as good as these.
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These are fire.
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I like my weekend.
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He knows the angles.
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He's tired.
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What was that?
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I went on a walk and got washed his hands.
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This is good.
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There's literally a beach.
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I'm sweating.
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I have to get out of here.
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No, you don't.
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Where are we?
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The wolf and the peasant?
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Pheasant Maria finally got her tuna sandwich Finally!
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Do you like it?
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Yeah, it's good.
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Very simple, but it's
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so good We're reunited Finally Finally It's been 12 hours Less
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than one It's been 10 hours We're going to Love Shock Fancy Like A few options Such a pretty star
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Ava, this is my dream.
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I'm gonna have this in my house like for gifts Speaking to you.
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That's so cute.
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I'm wearing yesterday's makeup and I feel so disgusting.
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It's so cute.
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But actually, it's like baby doll and I'm like...
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You're grungy. Do a little twirl.
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Where are we wearing this, Maria?
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To a ball.
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This is so Swedish.
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Oh, please.
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That one's really nice.
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Silhouette is so nice.
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Yeah.
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And like the detail cutest cutest cutest things thank you love shock
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and now we're going to the bus i love the bus i love riding the top
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and feeling like on top of the world
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and watching it's scary though like it feels like we've fallen so fun i love you i love you
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Such a vibe.
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Now we're gonna go to Daunt.
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I went to Brick Lane Bookshop, my favorite bookstore it's one.
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I really wish we would spend a day east.
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It's so fun.
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Needs like 20 pounds of sugar for me to like it.
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Got a cookie.
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What is it?
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Dubai chocolate cookie.
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Holy fuck.
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Feel it.
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It's like a kilo.
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Go for it.
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I'm just gonna do a bite.
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I just wanna break it in half.
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Ew, but that's not satisfying.
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Okay, try it.
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Is it good?
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Mid?
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Mid.
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Oh no. You don't like it at all.
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Like it's not bad, but it just looks so good.
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Right like it's like fine.
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I'm like am I being picky?
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I like the texture.
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I'm such a little Yeah, it needs that like salt and less sugar it tastes like cookie dough no
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Right now and I said what for I don't know
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if I have that in me Marie and I had a slower day, but a really good day.
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We met at Love Shock Fancy.
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I got the most gorgeous things.
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Basically, they just opened a store in Knightsbridge.
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Sorry, Chelsea near Knightsbridge.
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One of the only stores that carry vintage dresses that Rebecca, the owner, founder, she sources herself.
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Yeah, Soho in New York, maybe in the Hamptons store and then at this location in London.
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So I went absolutely crazy.
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First thing I got, is this an aquamarine blue?
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Gorgeous dress.
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It's a little bit big.
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I'm gonna have to get it tailored, snatched at the waist.
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I mean the detail are you joking cinderella was my favorite princess growing up.
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So anything blue sign me up And then the other vintage dress caught my eye
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and i'm just obsessed with are you joking
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and the fit is perfect Sometimes I struggle with these kinds of dresses
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because it's very loose around the boobs But this actually fits my boobs perfectly, which was never the case such a beautiful baby pink I love baby doll anything summer fun.
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I feel like the blue one will be really fun in the south of france I got this gorgeous mini dress.
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This is from I think their new collection It's a beautiful cotton candy pink.
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It's knitted actually snatches you in the best ways No underwear needed, which is lovely and it flows out in a really flattering way.
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Where should I wear this maria?
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Well, we'll go shopping
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Okay for the shopping times
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and jump maria basically have this tradition whenever we're in london We go to don't and we pick books for one another.
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So last time we were here What did I get you this with maria and then what did you pick for me?
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Well, I didn't I explained this to her the tradition is you pick one for me.
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Oh, sorry So the tradition is that I pick a book for Maria, which is what I did, but you're currently balanced on her book So I'll end with hers.
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I got myself two books one of which Maria picked for me your trash by Christian cracked on the cover.
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It says hilarious
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and unsettling strangely funny white lotus vibes That's what I think of the back says realizing he
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and she are the very worst kind of people a middle-aged
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man embarks on a dubious road trip through Switzerland with his mother recently discharged from a psychiatric facility En route, they attempt to give away the wealth she has amassed from investing in the arms industry,
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but a fortune of such immensity is hard to squander.
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Tragicomic.
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Quest.
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Mother and son cannot avoid delving into the darkest parts of their past.
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Yeah, I feel like this will just be very entertaining and thought-provoking.
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It's, like I said, similar to White Lotus Energy, where it's like reading about super wealthy people that make really questionable decisions, and then read the consequences of that, how they deal with it,
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but also, I guess in this case, how they're trying to repent, maybe.
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I'm super curious.
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I think this will be just a very entertaining read.
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I got want by jillian anderson.
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I saw this back in december and was like, oh, I need to get this But for some reason I got a different book
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and i've been thinking about this ever since jillian anderson collected
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Anonymous sexual fantasies of women from around the world
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and along with her own anonymous submission It's all about desire fear intimacy shame satisfaction and ultimately liberation.
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There are so many stories I'm, just so curious to read about what do you want when no one's watching?
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Who do you fantasize about when the lights are off when you think about sex?
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What do you really want?
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Not that many books like that out there.
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So I'm super curious, especially coming off of reading Sluts.
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I'm excited.
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This is exactly the kind of thing I feel like I want to be reading right now.
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Love.
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And then the book I chose for Maria, which we've all been waiting to find out, is The Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdin.
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Maria doesn't know who this is, which I mean, I'm not trying to shame her here, but it's pretty crazy.
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I'm surprised.
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Super famous chef.
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He had a show, traveled the world.
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There's a movie actually coming out about him by E24.
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I've been recommended this novel.
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That's why I chose it for her because I want to read it after if I'm being honest But yeah, it's like all about his life and about food I think food it brings people together.
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It makes the world go round It is such a big part of every culture
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and just like human connection I'm curious to see how he links
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that cooking food and everything with traveling and adventure curiosity Open-mindedness community.
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Apparently, it's amazing I've been trying to get my hands on an annotated edition for literally over a year, but I have not found one yet I need to just order it when I'm home.
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They don't have it in Europe for some reason.
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I'm all ready to go We're gonna go hang out with Luna. Be chill.
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We're so fucking exhausted.
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I haven't been sleeping this whole trip Mariana are gonna get takeout and go to the park again.
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It's our favorite thing to do.
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Let's go
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We've seen British Jones.
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Who's in it?
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The Woodwall.
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Moment.
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Last day in London, we're going to the Realization Park store to do a bit of shopping.
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They just opened one.
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Then I'm going to the Tate.
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But first, Maria and I are going to get really good lunch.
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Chill day.
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Look both ways.
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I'm going to look a hundred times.
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Yeah.
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I don't know where they're going to go.
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Maria almost got hit like 25 times.
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oh I'm
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20 minutes away only?
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Yep.
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| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been dreaming · i've been thinking · I've been trying |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has gotten · has dried · haven't always been |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | matcha, which is · perfectly, which was · needed, which is |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was brewed · is blended · I've been recommended |
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.