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This!
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Can you send me this?
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Oh no!
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That's me in the press tour.
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Did you just get really hot in here?
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No, you can't say that.
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God, I'm such a wheezer!
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How online are you guys?
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I'm chronically online.
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I'm a TikTok scroller.
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I think I scroll less on Instagram.
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Harriet Caines on set always used to sort of like, we used to sit down,
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she'd shown me her TikTok and I mean you could spend hours.
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Yeah, hours on it.
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It's amazing.
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It's an amazing platform.
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But you're not online.
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I'm not online, no, because that's what would happen.
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I would be on and I would never get off.
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What do you guys see your fans posting about the most?
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I just love all the stitch cuts with Be My Mistress to then other things.
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Oh yeah, people don't like that, do they?
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It's so funny.
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Yeah.
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Let's go.
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Straight to the comments.
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Here we go.
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Sophie back.
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Sophie!
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Sophie.
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Sophie.
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Sophie.
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Sophie.
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You look so good.
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Sophie.
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You know when you hear a word and you're like it doesn't mean anything anymore I'm like Sophie, what does that even mean?
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Sophie.
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That's cool.
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I didn't even realise that he said her name so much.
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You do.
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You refuse to.
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I just refuse to say Benedict.
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You say Mr Bridgerton a lot.
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I do.
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And then I have to keep saying please call me Benedict.
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When do you call me Benedict?
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I call you Benedict.
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Where's the first time?
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Episode 4.
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Thank you.
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Episode 4? Which bit?
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Staircase.
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Is that the first time?
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I think so.
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Oh no. And that's when I say be my mistress.
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We were so close.
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We were so close together and I f*ed it.
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You f*ed it.
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Yeah.
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Oh Benedict, the man you are.
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That you are.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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Alright, Istiga.
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Yeah.
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The other day, I didn't know what the Istiga was, so I read Istiga, and then everyone ripped the piss at me, understandably.
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But then in a recent interview, they said, and now you know what Istiga means.
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And I went, yeah, it means Instagram, right?
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And they're like, no, it doesn't.
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It means, I swear to God.
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I was like, okay.
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The confidence.
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The confidence in which I said, yes, it's Instagram.
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Yes, of course, Instagram.
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And it makes no sense because the quote was like, she's so ethereal, Instagram.
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And I was like, yeah, she's so ethereal, Instagram.
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That makes sense.
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I'm going to change my name to Sophie.
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What's that though?
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What's that mean?
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I haven't seen that meme before.
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Neither have I.
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Do you not know who that is?
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No, tell me.
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I mean, yeah, we know who it is from Modern Family.
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I don't.
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No, I don't know.
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I don't know.
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Do you not?
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No. It's just a small berry girl, you know?
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I'm just an ordinary girl.
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Sometimes I'm lazy, I get bored.
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Yes.
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You know what?
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Who did we meet the other day who said that her...
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Oh, Léle Pond said that her daughter's name was Eloise.
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Daughter's name's Eloise.
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After Bridgeton.
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And you're like, what?
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Actually, it's a great name.
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Eloise is a great name.
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Eloise is a beautiful name.
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Maybe Sophie will have a resurgence.
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I'm trying to think.
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You don't know a lot of Sophies?
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Not a lot of Sophies.
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I feel like it had a moment, then I came in.
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And then I think maybe it's having another moment.
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I don't know.
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Then you came in.
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What do you mean?
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Like, you came into the world and then everyone was like, stop calling people Sophie.
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No, I think what I mean is that when I was growing up, there were lots of Sophies.
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But actually, in terms of kids, I don't know people who have kids called Sophie at the moment.
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But it all goes in circles, doesn't it?
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Because Luke had a real moment.
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Obviously, there's already two Lukes in the show.
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But there was a real moment, I think it was Star Wars that started it.
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I think the son about Luke Skywalker.
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I do.
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I think that's what it was.
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Probably.
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Because that also is another name that had a big moment.
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Then suddenly, not many Lukes, and then it's coming back.
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This scene in Bridgestone 4.
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I love this scene so much.
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I think watching back that line is really special.
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It's like a little puppy.
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A little, a little ride.
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It's funny, on the page, because on the page you read like a scene and it's just like,
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oh, she's looking through the door and that's it.
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I hadn't sort of noticed it was such a bigger moment.
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But actually, when we watched episode two for the first time, I was like, that is so good.
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That's such a good moment.
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And it says so much about their relationship.
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They're sort of watching each other from afar or not straight on.
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But then when they actually look at each other, they miss each other.
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He looks and then...
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Because I love that bit when he turns around and then you've gone.
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Yeah, I know.
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What was so funny is because the door was such a small gap, really, I'm...
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Looking at a red cross.
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Looking at a red cross.
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In a camera.
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And that's acting.
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That's why she's so good.
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No, no. Because she can do that and she's just looking at a red cross.
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But I was able to see you in the wide first.
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All those years on June have paid off.
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Green screen is real difficult.
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Oh no, I can do it.
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Well, I'd have to do it maybe one day.
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You could, absolutely.
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I have no imagination.
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Yes you do.
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No, no, no, I'm very literal.
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Yes you do.
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I think in some ways I do, but when it comes to imagining...
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You're going to be the next
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Luke Skywalker when they reboot it again in 10 years time.
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I'll be 50.
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You...
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The makeup department are great, okay?
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Yeah.
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This is nice.
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Yes!
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Yes, Alfie!
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He does.
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David is the best.
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He's such a wonderful actor.
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Did you see him as Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream?
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I wasn't in London.
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He was incredible.
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You know what's funny?
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It was the first time I came to London with my mum for like three days.
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I saw How to Kill a Mockingbird and I didn't realise he was in that play.
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Yeah, of course.
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He's in that as well.
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So I saw him on stage before I actually got to meet him in person.
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I love that they used Taylor Swift so much.
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Absolutely.
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I didn't know it was Enchanted, so yeah.
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Even the lyrics.
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Even the lyrics is, please don't be in love with someone else.
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Hold up, what are those lyrics?
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Please don't be in love with someone else.
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You mean Enchanted?
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That is in Enchanted, right, good.
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They do a lot of that, I think.
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Because there's the sort of, you know, just sitting and recognizing the songs, but also hearing the lyrics and being like,
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oh, they've used that song for this specific reason, which is, yeah.
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It's very clever.
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They're very clever.
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Everyone's very clever.
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Yeah.
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Oh, is that...
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Do you remember us in New York?
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That's lovely.
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I loved that day.
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I loved that shoot.
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She was fantastic as well.
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She was a wonderful photographer.
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She really...
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I think sometimes it can be difficult for actors because you'll sometimes demand...
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We're not models.
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...ask to be models and I want to be like, I'm not a model.
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And they were just there like...
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Yeah, and I think she was so wonderful, this photographer, because she really made it into a scene.
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It felt like we were doing a little short film.
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She's so talented and I loved her energy.
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Do you remember?
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She was so peppy and enthusiastic.
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It did come out really nice.
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It all looks like a little rom -com film, like New York rom -com.
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The book was already my favourite.
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This season has exceeded my expectations.
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Their chemistry is unmatched and enchanted and unwell.
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Waiting for part two.
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Wow, did you see us?
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That was incredible.
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That's at the end of a press tour.
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That's what happens.
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And then wait, what are the emojis?
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There's bathtub.
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Hot.
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I'm hot. And love.
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Yeah, very accurate.
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Yeah.
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That's really nice.
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I think like you spend a lot of time in a press store talking about the show
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and it's you saying it
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so it's a bit weird you'd be like I think it's really good
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but when you actually read someone saying them you're like oh right okay people do really enjoy it.
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We did okay.
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We did okay exactly.
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Good to know your taxes are going to someplace good handing out chocolate on Valentine's Day.
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It's really, really sweet because I was just on the overground.
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I actually didn't, so obviously I didn't know this was filmed.
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Everyone's like, oh, he didn't.
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I didn't know that I was being filmed.
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Someone sneakily whipped their phone out and filmed it.
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But what I think was really lovely, it was on Valentine's Day and the staff, so this overground staff, this guy was coming out and like,
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obviously checking people's tickets and handing out little Valentine's chocolates.
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And I feel like on that kind of day, it's really nice because, you know,
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some people can feel a bit on that day for whatever reason.
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And so actually to have someone give chocolate, I just thought it was a really sweet thing for London Overground staff to do.
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It's nice to just see, I don't know, your government money go do something to brighten up people's day.
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But you know what's really endearing is how much you lighten up when you get the chocolate.
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It's so sweet.
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But it was lovely.
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It was.
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You were like, thank you, I want to take one.
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It was like I knew the camera was there.
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It's like, thank you. And he is 50.
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I love the work you do.
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Yeah, it's very important.
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He's a tit.
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I wonder what he's listening to.
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What were you listening to?
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You know what I was probably listening to is the podcast that I was telling you about recently.
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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
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It was Amy Poehler's On Good Hang speaking with Jonathan Groff.
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Yeah.
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Which was lovely.
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It was such a nice episode.
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Of course he was.
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Very funny.
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Yeah, I think I was listening to that.
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My brain can't focus that way.
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Really?
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Yeah, yeah.
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For me it's perfect.
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Why?
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Because you have to be...
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I have to also have a visual.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I really struggle.
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I should probably get tested.
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Well, prepare for comments to get more unhinged.
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Okay, here we go. From now.
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I'm telling my kids this is the king and queen of Korea.
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How do you feel about that?
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Has Korea ever had a royal family?
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Back in the day, lots of emperors.
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Yeah, emperors.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Heaps, heaps.
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What's the name of...
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Oh, empress.
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Empress of Korea.
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Everyone says they need a rom -com.
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But I need a sibling duo with these two, like the funny goofy brother and equal goofy older sister.
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Oh yeah, I am older than Hudson.
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How old is he, Hudson?
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20...
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He turned 25 that evening.
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He's so young, isn't he?
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Yeah.
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I'm only three years older than him.
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I'm like, oh.
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That's cool.
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Would you like that?
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They need a rom -com?
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I've done my rom -com.
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You've done the rom -com.
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I've done it with you.
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You've done it with me.
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Yeah.
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That's it.
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I'm yours.
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Hands off.
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Yeah.
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I've had Yeren Ha's rom -com era.
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Yes.
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No one else can touch it.
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Thank you.
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I don't want to limit your career.
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No, no, no, no, no. But this is fantastic.
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Let's do one of the things.
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I am forever your property.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Bring back, I was going to say Calamity Jane, Techie Jane.
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You won't talk about Techie Jane.
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It's online.
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I know, I know.
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But you're trying to limit it.
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Fair.
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You just get really hot in here.
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Okay, next.
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Oh, God, I can't.
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I struggle looking at this moment.
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Oh, God.
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Be my mistress.
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Oh.
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He thought he ate.
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I'm sorry, you saying ate?
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But he did.
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I think I saw a meme like that and I was like, that's so true.
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I think he delivers it like, I have nailed this.
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Yeah, you really did.
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You went from Instagram to eight?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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See, I pick up things quickly.
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I pick up things quickly.
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He's a sponge.
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He's an actor.
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But he did.
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He did.
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OK, but she never got a coin purse.
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Oh, right.
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OK.
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OK.
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That's true.
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He got her coin purse.
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No, you can't say that.
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Could you imagine you look down the stairs, and then you just throw a 50p?
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No, I was doing innuendo.
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Sorry.
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Oh, wait.
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What?
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I missed it.
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He got her coin purse.
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Yeah, she didn't get her coin purse, but he did.
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Yeah.
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I understand now.
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Yeah.
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Was there a lot of cash in it?
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Yeah, it was expensive.
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It was expensive.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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It's interesting because people really pick up on these.
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I really like that.
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The people picked up on, what was the other one?
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The bag.
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This is a thing.
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I ask these questions as well because I get confused as well.
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The bag, Hazel sent it back to her because she's on a mission because she needs to find work.
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And she wrote a letter and Hazel sent it back to wherever she was going to be.
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And then the coin purse.
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Yeah, what happens with the coin purse?
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What it is is that she secretly pulls
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Hazel aside, asks her to pay for her drink, and is like, I'll pay you back.
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I just couldn't find it anywhere and didn't want to leave you guys hanging.
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Nice.
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Fair.
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Thank you.
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Fair.
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That's very good.
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Oh no. What are we looking at?
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Oh, it was that mask.
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Remember when they put the mask on?
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Yes, the mask.
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Yeah, and we couldn't work out who it was.
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Gosh, my resting face is like such a...
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That's not your resting face, Yaren.
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Come on.
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Come on now.
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Look at you.
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I know.
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You look like a fish out of water.
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I am.
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That's me in the press tour.
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Fish out of water.
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You did it.
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Aww.
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I hope they talk to us in our world.
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I love it.
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This music.
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You know what?
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There's not enough
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Latin music in Bridgeton.
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I agree.
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Where are the Bad Bunny covers?
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Where are the Natty Peluso covers?
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What's going on?
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Are you trying to tell us something?
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Yeah.
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Look, if I was in the production team, it would happen.
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It would happen.
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I love that scene.
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I love that line.
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There are three or four moments watching this show where you or Sophie really breaks my heart and that's one of them.
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Yeah, thank you.
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It's so beautiful.
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We did so many takes.
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So that's you being like, please, no more.
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I've never seen someone's face at a funeral that often.
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That's so true.
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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I don't...
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She just rocked up like a Kardashian.
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Yeah, seriously.
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Señorita.
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That's a great one.
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Fantastic, the hands.
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Am I being compared to Zendaya?
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Hey.
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Wow.
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And your mic, Panny, is...
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And it's got Joshua Connick.
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Yeah.
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That's wonderful.
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I mean, it was.
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It was.
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It was.
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It was a lovely threesome.
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It was a lovely threesome with the best people.
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It is.
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It was lovely.
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The best.
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This is my challenges.
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Yeah, same go.
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What's your earliest or fondest memory of food?
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I thought it was Tate.
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Oh, no. You said your mum was Tate.
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Is that actually true?
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Is that your earliest memory? Do you remember it?
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I said I don't remember it.
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God, I'm such a wheezer.
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You've caught it off me, I think.
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I couldn't remember it.
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It's catching.
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Do you actually really remember your mum's teeth?
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No, I said I don't.
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I think.
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What did I say?
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My mum's teeth.
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No, I really don't.
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You're one of those people who says, I have memories of the womb.
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You know when they ask you a question, your answer goes blank?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, what are you going to say?
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And then I just think of something stupid.
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When you're making a pizza as well and you're trying to host a cookery show, it's tricky, isn't it?
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In front of people and you're like, oh, my mum's doing it.
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I don't know.
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I'm glad you said that.
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Thanks.
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It's prime content is what it is.
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I don't know.
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Her mum watching this.
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Yeah.
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I wonder if your mum.
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You know my mum messaged me yesterday and she was like,
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I'm so sad that you said Beyonce was your favourite person in the whole wide world and not me.
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Aww.
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You know you're my favourite mum.
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That's really sweet.
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I love your mum.
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I know.
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She's so cool.
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She's the best.
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Last one.
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After coming back from India to find out, Melopea's Lady Whistledown, both of these are the one made,
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it's my first evening, and the reason I self -reclaimed Spencer.
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I think you saw the sketches on his head. But he's serving.
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He's so marked.
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Oh my god, Anthony accidentally seeing
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Violet's tea party.
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Is that a drinking table?
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Run, Benedict, run.
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Oh, that's really funny.
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I'm glad they get a bit of a showdown.
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There was another meme where it was like, Anthony sees the sketches, and he's like, that's Sophie.
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That's great.
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I really like that.
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These are great.
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The internet can be such a funny place.
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It's wonderful.
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It's how angry he looks.
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The brows are like that.
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It's a lot.
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Knit.
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Wow.
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Knit brows.
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Look at that.
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Wow.
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Beautiful lighting.
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Stunning lighting.
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Yeah.
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The lighting in Bridgerton is something else.
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It's always beautiful.
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And those candles are real and we do have to wait all the time for the candles to be lit.
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Well, your hair nearly set on fire, didn't it, during the staircase scene?
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There was a candle right here and I had to slide away after my mistress and I had so much hairspray.
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Yeah, the hairspray.
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And also the coffee filter on your head is quite flammable, isn't it?
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I didn't have my coffee filter on.
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You didn't have the coffee filter?
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No, because I'm going to have drinks.
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Of course, you're letting your hair down.
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I'm letting my hair down.
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Yeah, there was a video, I think of me dancing and they stitched it being like, this is Sophie at the Tavern.
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Right.
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I want to see that one.
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I'll show it to you after.
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Sophie at the Tavern.
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Please keep leaving your comments.
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Please.
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So we can review more.
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Yeah, we'll do it again.
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More content.
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And make sure you tune in to part two of Bridgerton season four.
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It's a wild, wild ride.
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And she is fucking amazing.
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And he is incredible in it.
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So go watch it.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Luke Thompson & Yerin Ha Respond To Increasingly UNHINGED Fan Comments”. This video has 547 sentences and 3220 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:59. The speaker talks fast, about 190 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| coin noun | /ˈkoɪ̯n/ | A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. |
| purse noun | /pɚs/ | A small bag for carrying money. |
| lyrics noun | /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/ | The words to a song (or other vocal music). |
| mistress noun | /ˈmɪs.tɹɪs/ | A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership. |
| mask noun | /mæsk/ | A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. |
| filter noun | /ˈfɪltɚ/ | A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from… |
| clever adjective | /ˈklɛv.ɚ/ | Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept. |
| meme noun | /miːm/ | Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a… |
| candle noun | /ˈkæn.dəl/ | A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. |
| refuse verb | /ɹɪˈfjuːz/ | To decline (a request or demand). |
| photographer noun | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/ | One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation. |
| realise verb | Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize. | |
| emperor noun | /ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/ | The male monarch or ruler of an empire. |
| sketch noun | /ˈskɛt͡ʃ/ | A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines. |
| knit verb | /nɪt/ | To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| hand out verb | To distribute; to give out, either by hand or as if so (figuratively). | |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| pick up on verb | To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked. | |
| bring back verb | /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ | To fetch something. |
| close together adjective | Near each other in time or space. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come back from verb | To become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Can you send me this?
- I'm sorry, you saying ate?
- What's your earliest or fondest memory of food?
- Do you actually really remember your mum's teeth?
- You didn't have the coffee filter?
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 | haven't seen · you've gone · have paid |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is unmatched · was filmed · being filmed |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who have · reason, which is · people who says |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was growing · were doing · was being |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 104 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/, ethereal /ɪˈθɪɚ.i.əl/, threesome /ˈθɹi.səm/, bathtub /ˈbæθtʌb/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, showdown /ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn/
- Long words — get the stress right: photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
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 coin, purse, lyrics.
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.