Shadowing Practice: Meghan Trainor - Dear Future Husband (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Dear future husband, here's a few things you need to know if you wanna be my one and only all my life
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Take me on a date, I deserve a pay
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And don't forget the flowers every anniversary
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Cause if you treat me right, I'll be the perfect wife
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Buying groceries, buying, buying what you need
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You got that nine to five, but baby so high
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So don't be thinking I'll be home and making up a pass I never learned to plug, but I can ride a horse
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Sing along with me, sing, sing along with me
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You gotta know how to treat me like a lady
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Even when I'm acting crazy
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Tell me everything's alright
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Dear future husband, here's a few things you need to know
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If you wanna be my one and only all my life
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Dear future husband, if you wanna get that special loving
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Tell me I'm beautiful each and every night
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After every fight, just apologize
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And maybe then I'll let you try and rock my body wide
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Even if I was wrong, you know I'm never wrong Why disagree?
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Why, why disagree?
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You gotta know how to treat me like a lady
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Even when I'm acting crazy
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Tell me everything's alright
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Dear future husband, here's a few things you need to know
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If you wanna be my one and only, you're my life
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Dear future husband, make time for me
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Don't leave me lonely
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And I will never see your family more than mine I'll be sleeping on the left side of the bed
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Open doors for me and you might get some kisses
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Don't have a dirty mind, just be a classy guy
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Buy me a ring, buy, buy me a ring, baby
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You gotta know how to treat me like a lady
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Even when I'm acting crazy
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Tell me everything's alright Woo!
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Dear future husband, here's a few things you need to know
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If you wanna be my one and only, you're my life
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Dear future husband, if you wanna get that special love
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Then don't be a beauty for each and every night
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Oh, oh, future husband, better love me right
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Meghan Trainor - Dear Future Husband”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: husband, dear, treat, sing, buying. This video has 38 sentences and 361 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:01. The speaker talks at a steady 120 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| disagree verb | /dɪsəˈɡɹi/ | To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| lonely adjective | /ˈloʊnli/ | Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people. |
| apologize verb | /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ | To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends |
| plug noun | /plʌɡ/ | A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. |
| classy adjective | /ˈklɑːsi/ | Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable. |
| groceries noun | /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/ | Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store. |
| sing verb | /ˈsɪŋ/ | To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. |
| deserve verb | /dɪˈzɝv/ | To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have. |
| kiss noun | /kɪs/ | A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting. |
| dirty adjective | /ˈdɝti/ | Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime. |
| anniversary noun | /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/ | A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| make up verb | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | To constitute, to compose. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | I'll be · I'll let · will never see |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm acting |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as wanna, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, anniversary /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/
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 disagree, flower, lonely.
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.