Shadowing Practice: Melhore sua Conversação em Inglês com Letras Silenciosas - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey guys!
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I'm the teacher Júlio from English Pay, today to help you improve your pronunciation, teaching you what words in English with silent words.
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Unlike in Portuguese, English has many words with words that we don't say.
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So let's see some words with consoances, silent words, starting with the T.
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Don't say T if it comes in this sequence of letters S, T, E, N, as in the verb "Escutar" or "Listen".
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Don't say listen, the pronunciation of the verb is listen.
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For example, to apertar the cinto is fasten.
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Fesson.
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Apressar: Hasten.
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Hasten.
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Batizar: Christen.
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Crescent.
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Moissen.
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Moissen.
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Moissen.
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Também não digo "T" nessa sequência.
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F -T -E -N, como em amaciar, amolecer, soften.
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Soften. And often.
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Often.
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In fact, these are both right.
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With the T, often. And often.
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I don't say "T" in this sequence.
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For example, castelo.
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Castle.
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Castle.
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Apito ou apitar também, assoviar.
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Whistle.
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Whistle.
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Agitar -se.
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Bustle.
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Bustle.
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E essa variação aqui também, bustling, para descrever uma cidade, principalmente um local agitado, bustling.
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Lutar corpo a corpo, wrestle.
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É um esporte também, né?
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Wrestle e sempre quando tiver variação da palavra, geralmente mantém a letra silenciosa.
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Por exemplo, o lutador desta modalidade "wrestler" Also with silent text: wrestler.
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Far -failhar: rustle.
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Russell.
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Aninhar.
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Nestle.
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Nestle.
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Apóstolo.
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Apostle.
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Apostle.
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And also don't say the letter T in French words that end in T, like ballet, in English, it says with T in the end, but it doesn't say.
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Ballet you Ballet, or even buffet,
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buffet, buffet, buffet, gourmet, In Portuguese we write it like this,
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and we also say gourmet, omit the "t" right?
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Gourmet.
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Crochet.
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Crochet.
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Just a little different from the Portuguese, there's this "eino" and "e" crochet.
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"Estrear, debutar, debut" debut.
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And to close, a word important in business English, we use rapport, which is to have a good communication, a good relationship.
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Generally with the client, with the fornecedor, you try to build rapport.
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Three more words to close the "T" but more aleatórios: Natal.
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Christmas.
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I don't say "T".
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Christmas.
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The last T is, but the middle is not.
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Chestnut.
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I want to see you in our next lesson, for you and I to practice together.
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Combinado?
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Segue the video!
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Let's go to B, silent words, many words with B that don't say, terminadas in M, B, not a word, just close with M, for example,
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bomba in English is BOMB!
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Just close your mouth with M.
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Bomb.
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O verbo subir ou escalar.
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Climb.
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Climb.
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Pente ou pentear.
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Comb.
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Comb.
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Catacumba.
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Catacomb.
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catacomb, migalha é crumb, crumb.
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Mudo ou às vezes a gente usa pra chamar a pessoa de estúpida, dumb, dumb.
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Cordeiro é lamb, lamb.
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Membro, né?
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A gente tem quatro, limb, limb.
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Dormente ou entorpecido, numb, numb.
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Polegar, thumb.
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Thumb "Tumba" Tum.
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Tung.
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Tung, tung, tung, sahur.
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Útero.
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Womb.
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Womb.
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O verbo sucumbir.
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Succumb.
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Succumb.
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E não é bem no final, mas tem no meio aqui plumber, encanador em inglês.
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plumber, encanamento, plumbing.
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Sem o B também, plumbing.
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O B vai ser silencioso também quase sempre quando vem com a letra T junto, B, T comum, debt.
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This, debt or debt, debt.
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Doubt or doubt.
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Doubt.
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Sutil.
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Subtle.
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Subtle.
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E sutileza.
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Subtlety.
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Subtlety.
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With the "s" silent words, there are no many words, but it's important.
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Island.
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"Island" is not "Island" but "Island" is a person who lives in a islander.
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A small or small is a "Islet" is a "Islet" Islet, or islet, or isle.
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That is written like a small island, but also, I'll change the graph, isle, is the same pronunciation for the corridor,
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for example, the supermarket, the plane, the plane.
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I'll.
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Two states American have the S silent in the end, like Arkansas.
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In English we say Arkansas.
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This last "s" doesn't say it.
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Arkansas and also the state of Illinois.
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Illinois.
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Again, French.
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French has a lot of language silenciosa and in English, there are many words originate from French, like "detritos", "destroços".
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The brie.
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Sem o S, debris, visconde Viscount.
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Viscount.
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O encontro, geralmente secreto, é um rendezvous.
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Essa é tipicamente francês, mas se usa bastante em inglês também.
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Rendezvous.
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A propósito, geralmente hoje em dia a gente diz "by the way", mas tem essa expressão parecida com o português.
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Apropos.
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Apropos, chassis do car, chassis.
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"chassy" and the word "bourguese" is "bourgeois".
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Bourjois.
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For today is all, but tomorrow there is more.
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There is a new video coming out here on the channel.
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Every day, tomorrow, is the part 2 of the silent letters in English.
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Leave a like if you liked this video.
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Subscribe to the channel.
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We'll see you tomorrow.
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See you tomorrow.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Melhore sua Conversação em Inglês com Letras Silenciosas”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: word, English, tamb, silent, island. This video has 146 sentences and 929 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:17. The speaker talks at a steady 128 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 57% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bustle noun | /ˈbʌsəl/ | An excited activity; a stir. |
| islet noun | /ˈaɪ.lət/ | A small island. |
| buffet noun | /bəˈfeɪ/ | A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought. |
| crochet noun | /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/ | A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle. |
| gourmet noun | /ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/ | A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously. |
| pronunciation noun | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. |
| coupon noun | /ˈkuːˌpɑn/ | A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a… |
| ballet noun | /bælˈeɪ/ | A classical form of dance. |
| apostle noun | /əˈpɑsl̩/ | A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle). |
| apropos adverb | /ˌæp.ɹəˈpoʊ/ | By the way. |
| baria noun | /ˈbɛəɹi.ə/ | An Ancient Greek pitch-marking diacritic: ⟨ ` ⟩; written atop vowels, it denotes normal or low pitch. |
| catacomb noun | /ˈkætəkoʊm/ | An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in… |
| crumb noun | /kɹʌm/ | A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread). |
| nestle verb | /ˈnɛsəl/ | To settle oneself comfortably and snugly. |
| plumber noun | /ˈplʌm.əɹ/ | One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | rapport, which is · coupon, which is · person who lives |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | you'll have · I'll change · We'll see |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, doesn't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: crochet /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, originate /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪt/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/
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 bustle, islet, buffet.
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.