Shadowing Practice: Luca Changretta’s First and Final Moments | Peaky Blinders - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I always say...
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Take off the hats.
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You with those other Italians?
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We're Americans.
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Says it right there on the paper.
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USA.
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And what's the purpose of your visit?
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Pleasure.
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Mr. Shelby, this is Monsieur Paz from Paris.
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I heard you had trouble.
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It's good of you to see me.
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He's just coming from Paris, eh?
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You know Paris?
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I left Paris in a capital truck.
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They said you were French.
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Well, I came here from Paris.
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That does not mean I'm French.
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Guess where I'm from?
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We're in my cattle truck in Paris.
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We were American soldiers.
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We played cards.
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They sound like you.
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Yeah. Did you win?
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You didn't come on a train.
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Your suit is pressed.
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Your shoes are clean.
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Where'd you get your suits made?
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I'm a tailor.
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New York City.
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Look.
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Fnacci.
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Italian.
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It's my uncle.
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He makes suits in a basement on Mad Street.
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He is my uncle.
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So every stitch is stitched with blood.
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I heard you dress well, Mr. Shelby. But now I see.
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Not so well as me.
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You know I have uncles as well.
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But they're not the sort of men who would work in a basement with a needle and thread, Mr. Cangretta.
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I am surprised how easy it was to get into a room with you. And now? And now.
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And now you should know that during the trouble you had earlier on your factory floor,
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On your factory floor, I sent an accomplice into your office, an overalls.
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He found your gun. And unloaded it.
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Arthur Shelby.
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Bobby Gray.
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Michael Gray.
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John Shelby.
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Spent.
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Ada Thorne. And finally...
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Tommy.
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Tommy, show me.
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None of you will survive.
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Your level of security is pitiful.
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We are an organization of a different dimension.
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I could have killed you when I walked through the door.
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But you see, I want you to be the last.
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I want you to be alive after your entire family is dead.
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Because my mother says that is what I want you to do most.
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You people have traditions of honor.
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That's the way.
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Instead of sending you a black hand, I could have had you killed in the night.
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I don't know why.
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But I want you to know why.
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And I wanna suggest to you that we fight this Vandara with honor.
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No civilians, no children.
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No beliefs.
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I cannot believe.
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Welcome to Boundary Youngman.
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Where's the check right there?
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Grande.
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BELL RINGS I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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The End The End
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All that's left are the peaky fucking blinders
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I've had my lawyer draw up these papers.
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Cover, uh, every enterprise in your possession.
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I've had my lawyer draw up these papers.
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Cover, uh, every enterprise in your possession.
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Cover, uh, every enterprise in your possession.
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Bars, restaurants, warehouses.
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Every fucking thing that you have taken all these years to gather together.
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You all signed them all over to my family. Or you're gonna die.
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Right here.
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I would've buried you all.
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But my mother, she, uh, she knows you.
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She said...
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It'll be worse for you if I let you live.
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and take away everything that you have.
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Search him.
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Especially don't trust this bitch. So...
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Sign every fucking one of them.
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You can sign them on your knees.
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On the floor.
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Get on your fucking knees and sign!
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A friend of mine once said, Big fuck small.
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So I had to find someone bigger than you.
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You may know there are two families in Brooklyn
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who want to take over your monopoly on the import of liquor into New York.
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But if they move against you in New York, they'll start a war between the families.
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But if you were to die in a vendetta with some fucking bookmaker in Birmingham,
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I could take over your business without a war.
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We also contacted a businessman in Chicago.
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He's also interested in moving into the liquor business in New York.
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His name is Alphonse Capone.
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You've been talking to that fat fuck.
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See all the blood relatives you brought with you from New York?
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They're all dead, Mr. Cangrata.
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And these men, they work for money for the highest bidder.
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They now have new orders.
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It's alright.
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It's alright.
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It's alright.
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Thank you.
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What the hell?
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Hank.
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Mary Wilkinson.
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Arthur's been injured, but he's all right, Paul.
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We need to make them believe that he's dead.
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To everyone but you, me, and Linda.
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Arthur Sharpie is dead.
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I've got it all worked out.
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I can use his death to win this war.
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Tell your people in Chicago that Michael Gray will sign the import license to New York.
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300 barrels of English Dry Gin a month.
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Leave.
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All of you.
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Tell your boss what you saw here today.
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Tell him.
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You don't fuck with the Peaky Blinders.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 130 sentences and 804 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:18. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| uncle noun | /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ | The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. |
| enterprise noun | /ˈɛntəˌpɹaɪz/ | A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor. |
| possession noun | /pəˈzɛʃn̩/ | A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights. |
| knee noun | /ni/ | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| basement noun | /ˈbeɪsmənt/ | A floor of a building below ground level. |
| import noun | /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/ | Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade. |
| liquor noun | /ˈlɪk.ɚ/ | A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both). |
| stitch noun | /stɪt͡ʃ/ | A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. |
| relative noun | /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ | Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family. |
| belief noun | /bɪˈliːf/ | Mental acceptance of a claim as true. |
| soldier noun | /ˈsoʊld͡ʒɚ/ | A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member. |
| thread noun | /ˈθɹɛd/ | A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework. |
| marry verb | /ˈmæɹi/ | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| gather verb | /ˈɡæðɚ/ | To collect normally separate things. |
| shoe noun | /ˈʃu/ | A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| draw up verb | To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan. | |
| take over verb | To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force. | |
| take away verb | /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ | To remove something and put it in a different place. |
| take off verb | To remove. | |
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. | |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/, shoe /ˈʃu/, dimension /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/
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 uncle, enterprise, possession.
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 | I've had · have taken · Arthur's been injured |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is pressed · is stitched · been injured |
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.