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Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
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Suri waada sahabiyyalla, maga ugu haasan abdullah husan hal kanina wa waayarik academy.
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Marig adkabaran kartu lughadda inglish ka qaybihya da kaleduwaan adguhutu gugurgaaga iya qobtada gana'asi.
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Manta waha miska innoo saarana shakaday nalabiyyatobanaat e bugayna English in stories.
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26 English stories book ayali raha da.
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Manta shakadayn adkwishish sahabadana aya miska innoo saarana.
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Bugan waha li raha da, huqqa kubayyayin lihi la wahtan shako.
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I will tell you that the fox
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and crow is the fact that the man and the killer is the man and the killer. So, he
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wrote
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the best
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friend in the sand.
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I just did the same thing.
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I was just saying this.
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I was just saying that my friends are not going to be there, but they are saying that they are not going to be even at the same time.
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They're going to see how they see PDF and they're going to see it, but they're going to see what they see
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and don't believe in their own numbers and that they are going to get their own numbers.
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Inshallah we can get them and get them to get them.
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The other thing is, is that they are going to see that they are going to be the same
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and the killer is a killer
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and the killer is a killer ok one day a killer came to a man
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and said today today today is your last day
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and my lead had the good of basic the man Nikki replied could you have it
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but lucky I am NOT ready the army here today month
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killer the lagi I asked how we did well again your name mega is the first name Wow,
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my God of the list Elise can this can mount a water yeah, Elise will be rather
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Tierra I'm a mother of the machine for a human had a ballistic of go away You're waiting about we
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so sad that it get ready their group get ready their growing The man in key said we're here,
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but lacking why don't you take my other Why?
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Don't you take a seed And we will drink A coffee Before we go Okay
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Okay, let us drink aynu aabnu now hader The man linki gave waha usi the killer dilagi a coffee,
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coffee busi With, hataba mhooraha coffee go,
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sleeping pills, kininiyasha hurdada Pills waha kininiyal in it wu kudahjuru Shahi aya waha kudahjuray sleeping pills kininiyasha hurdada
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and then he felt deep sleep
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then he took the list
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and remove what on a cassara his name like you see
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how much area well moocatero from the top look sorry type
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to was a racer of the list a list again listing a man least go work at the current
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and make a say you could label it at the mesh
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correct I you make a The house is not a man And put a man at the bottom of the list
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The man is not a man The man is not a man
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And the man is a man He is a man He is a man
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He is a man He is not a man He is a man
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When Marky the killer The lady woke up The lady woke up The boss of wake up He said to the man,
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since Madam, you have been so nice to me.
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Now I will start.
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My job from the bottom of the list. And that was
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the last word.
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Would be or the man ninku ever Abit had omakal and lost We have no way his life knowledge she see yeah,
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and corp because of a house buggy Hadaba you know, it's getting ahead.
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How much more either English one day a killer came to a man
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and said today Is your last day the man replied, but i am not ready today
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killer said well your name is the first name of the list
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so get ready the man said but why don't you take a seat
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and we will drink a coffee before we go so
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so kalina wakarin karthana says in a wakar sinne wakakasya idisu anigumma an murki guri sahad an akhirnayishakalan
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Killer replied Okay,
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let us drink now The man gave the killer a coffee with sleeping pills in it Killer finished the coffee
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and then felt deep sleep Then the man took the list
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and removed his name from the top of the list and put at the bottom of the list.
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When the killer woke up, he said to the man, Since you have been so nice to me, now I will start my job from the bottom of the list.
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And that was the last word the man ever heard and lost his life.
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Thank you
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so much everyone.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Man And The Killer”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: killer, coffee, waha, pills, bottom. This video has 66 sentences and 806 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:52. The speaker talks slowly, about 102 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 76% 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
killer noun/ˈkɪlɚ/One who or that which kills.
pill noun/pɪl/A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
mount verb/maʊnt/To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
sand noun/sænd/Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in…
label noun/ˈleɪ.bəl/A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
sin noun/ˈsɪn/A violation of divine will or religious law.
mega adjective/ˈmɛɡə/Very large.
crow noun/kɹoʊ/A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
mesh noun/mɛʃ/A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
manta noun/ˈmæn.tə/A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
ballistic adjective/bəˈlɪs.tɪk/Of or relating to ballistics.
bugan noun/ˈbʊɡən/hobgoblin, evil spirit
buggy noun/ˈbʌ.ɡi/A small horse-drawn cart.
hookah noun/ˈhu.kə/A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
inshallah/ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
wake up verb/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/To stop sleeping; to awake.
get ahead verbTo advance toward success.
go away verbTo depart or leave a place.

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowhave been
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the pastwas just saying
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionwill tell · will be · will drink
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see comingare not going to be · They're going to see · are going to get

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: mesh /mɛʃ/, inshallah /ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/, shako /ˈʃeɪkoʊ/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like killer, pill, mount.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →