Shadowing Practice: MTV's Downtown, Episode 01: Sin Bin - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Alex, yo, man, you okay?
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Oh, oh, what's up, Gil?
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Man, man, what the hell you been doing?
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Smoking something?
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No, no, I'm just worried about Sunday.
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Man, you've got absolutely nothing to worry about, man.
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You got me, you got all the kids, we're going to help your ass out, man.
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So you're paying me, right?
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So then I use my no -fail, all -purpose seduction line.
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Want to see God?
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Nah, can I come up and use the bathroom?
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Did it work?
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Got me a hinky that looks like the Crab Nebula.
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Oh, what's this?
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You know, I can't give you freebies forever.
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Come on, Alex, I'm going to be helping you out.
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Anyway, check it out.
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It's the label for goats, kickin' the ass, macro malts.
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I make it in the bathtub.
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And that's me as the god Pan riding a Harley.
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Since when does Pan wear chain mail and no pads?
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Hey, sis, what do you want?
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What's up?
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Listen, I need a copy of this invite on Cardstock so it looks real.
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What's that naked guy doing to that monkey?
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And don't you have a final tomorrow?
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Yeah, whatever, Mom.
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Um, anyway, not like you'd know, but Tuesday just so happens to be the new Saturday night for anyone who's even remotely cool.
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Saturday night's only, like, Saturday night for, like, big -haired Gucci girls now.
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And didn't you go out Saturday night, too?
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Well, sort of, but, like, whatever.
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Why are you, like, all up in my grill?
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You don't have a life, so, like, you're just all, like, drunk.
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Yeah, well, that's all gonna change.
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What'd you forget?
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About Sunday, I get my own place.
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What a waste.
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You'll still spend all your time playing video games.
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At least I'll have somewhere to crash.
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No, no, you won't.
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My new apartment.
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Get your own apartment.
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Whatever.
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This is not Chaka's Motel 6.
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Whatever.
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Well, if I can't scound up some bad money fast, I won't be going anywhere.
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I've got an idea.
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Legal?
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Well, no. You wouldn't have this problem if you didn't spend so much money on toys.
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Your room is filled with Star Wars crap and Transformers and Hot Wheels.
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It looks like a six -year -old boy lives there.
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Wait, I take that back.
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A six -year -old boy wouldn't have a collection of the Spice Girls dolls.
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Man, I like scary Spice.
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Yeah, I like posh Spice.
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Oh, she's pretty good, too, man.
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Posh Spice.
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Oh, my God, you are so creeping me out.
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You should, like, sell some of that junk.
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It's gotta be worth something to other geeks like you.
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I'll never sell.
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Never.
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No way.
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No. Damn.
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Way.
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This one's disabled.
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It's a very rare one -armed Japanese import.
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Even rarer than the old -school yak face.
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So, you're saying that Yoda would beat Wolverine in a fight?
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Yes.
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I am confident that it is so.
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I'm afraid that you are thinking with your heart and not your head, my friend.
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Ah, New Comics Day.
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Hmm, I can almost smell the desperation.
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No, that's just a B .O.
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Yeah, like a hundred bucks for all of them, all right, man?
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Hey, Alex.
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Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, okay.
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Here.
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Thanks.
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Take this to Frank.
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Oh, her name's Serena, bro.
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Not that you wanted to know or anything.
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He would have no chance against adamantium claws and mutant healing powers.
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Hey Alex, Yoda versus Wolverine.
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Who do you think is going to win?
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Uh, sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Okay, a hundred bucks even.
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Yo, uh, how much is that, Mr. T?
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50 you're gonna buy it
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or drool over it does it does it still talk hey Serena get
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that for me I threw my back out again lift it damn deltoid
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here thanks and Matt says she plays some weird sitar the zither it's called oh Oh,
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not another one of your hopeless goth girl fixations.
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I bet you haven't even talked to her.
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I have so.
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Here.
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Thanks.
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Oh, so you're going to take this little plastic dinosaur collection?
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No, no, I'll leave that here.
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Oh, right.
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That's educational stuff.
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I don't want that.
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Alex, don't leave me.
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I want to go with you in the Gillian Anderson playset.
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I want to come to, please, Alex.
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Hey, when I get my apartment, I'm going to be the man.
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Oh, really?
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Yeah.
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Or at least a normal human being.
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You know, when you do, if that should happen and you start dating, you know, surgically implanted lap dancers and all that kind of stuff.
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Who will keep me from blowing my brains out with a shotgun?
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Oh, don't worry.
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I'll always be there for you.
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Like you'll be there for me.
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Oh, yes.
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On moving day.
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Amen.
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With the money for the van.
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You have obviously forgotten my motto.
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
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Or a voluntary participant in Poetry Slam.
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Or a woman wearing a sweatshirt decorated with glitter.
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You don't like many people, do you, Jen?
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No. And that should make you feel extra special.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, God, no, don't.
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What was?
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Your heart made of stone?
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Doesn't this bring back memories?
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Yeah, it was my only date in high school.
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God, I remember, yes.
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I was emptying the spit valve on my trumpet, and this clarinet reed came, like, flying through the air and had stuck up,
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skin -blue -playing Stacey, Bruce -Face Barcella in the back of the neck.
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Oh, my gosh, I remember.
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And then after school, we went to Mistores
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and made them give us a bowl of gravy to dip the french fries in, which is a bizarre custom that you, I don't know where you get this from.
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They do that in Europe.
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Oh, they do?
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Yeah.
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Aren't you cosmopolitan?
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It was so funny, though.
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I think that was when we realized how much we both hated her guts, and we made up the nickname Barfella, you know, and we became,
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like, friends through shared animosity.
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See, Jen, actually, I liked Barfella, so that's why I threw things at her, that's what boys do,
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and you know well let's just let's just say she provided
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enough uh stroking material for me to get through junior high
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without ever having to actually talk to a girl except for
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you of course Alex yeah why can't you let me enjoy my hate then he puts his arm around me
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and he goes this here's my next hoochie don't look at me like
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that he didn't mean it in a bad way I know it uh Mecca If someone did that to me, I'd be all, and here's your next operation.
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Hiya, hiya, hiya!
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Whatever.
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Shouldn't we be helping or something?
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So, how did you find this apartment?
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I lucked out.
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The landlord came into work to copy legal forms, and I went up to him, and I was like, Yo, send out this month!
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I never liked your face, you no -good bum!
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See you in housing court, you blood -sucking leech!
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You didn't see the inside?
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Well, I mean, I had to grab it.
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This is New York.
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I had to snatch it up.
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You poor dear.
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You know how apartments go.
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I know, honey.
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There are eight million hovels in the Naked City, and you just got yourself one of them.
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Make way for ugly furniture!
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Why are we taking this monstrosity?
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It's a housewarming gift from the folks.
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Oh, it's a heavy housewarming gift.
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Check out the claws.
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This couch needs a pedicure really bad.
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you know this way changing my life deals it's gonna work out fine i'm sure today i am a man
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oh i'm afraid to look what was that the fire hydrant today you are a stupid man
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welcome to my low down love shack my super fat sin bed my space age bachelor pad
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if you will i won't Kitty, come here, come here.
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Aw, kitty, kitty, kitty.
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Come on, give me kisses.
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Oh, look, you've got a microwave.
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That's the refrigerator.
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Did I ever tell you about the time I lived in an air shaft?
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Was that before or after the bank vault?
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Hey, look, it's a window and a metaphor for your life.
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This couch smells like a litter box.
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Yeah, it's got that 70s porno movie smell so popular with today's youth.
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I don't think that's popular with anyone.
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Speak for yourself.
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Well, I guess we gotta chuck it.
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Sure gonna be a pain getting this mother down the stairs.
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Why don't we just throw it out the window?
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Goat, your devotion to laziness astounds me.
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Me and laziness?
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Like that.
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Well, it's worth a try.
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Chaka, you and Mecca stand out front, alright?
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Make sure no one gets in the way.
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You think you can handle that?
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Whatever, Alex.
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You act like I'm, like, Miss Irresponsible or something.
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You're cool.
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No one's coming.
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The first transport is away.
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You can fly. Be free.
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Fly like the wind.
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Yo, here's the mother load.
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Get out of the way.
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Yo, you want a couch on your head?
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Oh, my God.
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I forgot to tell you.
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Jimmy, like, swears up and down that Siam forced him to go out with her.
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Are you serious?
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Yeah, exactly.
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Yo, hey, are we in the clear?
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Yeah, whatever.
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Throw it.
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She, like, right in here, like, she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, everybody looks like she's like, she's like, everybody looks like she's like, she's like, everybody looks like she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's like, she's Nice.
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You want those crazy PETA people on my ass?
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Watch what you're doing.
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All right, chill out, I'm on top of it.
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You got tons of room.
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Okay, but watch yourself.
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This could get ugly.
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Right.
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Hey, Chaka, Becca, over here.
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What's up, yo?
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Hey, yo, what are you doing?
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Oh, where is it?
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, man, that guy took down all my info.
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Now I'll have to foot the bill to fix his crappy car.
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Man, I told you to establish multiple identities.
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Oh, and guess who's chipping in, Chaka?
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No way.
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It was totally an accident.
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When I drop dead from a heart attack, could somebody please inform my next of kin? Will do.
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Can I at least trust you two to watch the van while we take stuff upstairs?
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I don't want to get ripped off.
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I'll guard your Hulk shower curtain with my life.
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Grab the futon and let's move out.
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I'll hold the door.
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Engage.
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Lift your end a bit, Jen.
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Is that a come on?
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Um, yeah, sure.
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Aren't you an easy one?
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Get down and spread them.
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Oh, yeah.
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Boy, you're so subtle.
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Oh, God, Alex, get over there.
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Come on, I'm stronger.
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I'm the manliest of all of us.
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And I should be on the bottom.
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Right.
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Bet I'll get on the bottom.
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Dear sir, I was a 98 -pound weakling, but then I sent for this amazing growth promo, and all of a sudden, I just sprouted 12 inches.
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You mean the man -maker?
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Yes.
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You take the man -maker? oh yeah is it a pill
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or or a contraption i'm not gonna get into
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that all right look shut up this whole thing is turning into one big pain in my ass
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and it just does not help that you're annoying and you're useless help please i'm sorry didn't you just call me annoying
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Hey, partner, look, there's Chaka and Mecca.
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You know something?
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I swear Chaka wants to get with me.
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I know it.
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Bro, you're, like, bugging out, man.
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Just chill with that.
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She's, like, off the meat rack or something.
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I don't know.
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But you know what I mean.
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She's, like, not worth the trouble.
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Well, she's a little chicken head, but, hey, she's also kind of cute, man.
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Bet you I could get them both back to my crib with the quickness.
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Okay, now watch me be all suave and crap.
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He hooked up with a guy.
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What's up, cuties?
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Yo, Matt, that's my brother's band.
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Ooh, Alex is the cookie king.
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No, he's just using it for the move.
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Yeah, Fruity, he's an expert at moves.
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Room for three?
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So me and Mecca were, like, looking for this club, right?
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It was horrible.
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And we both had to pee, like, simultaneously.
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We were in sync, almost like twins or something.
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Well, like, we always are, but, like, we ducked into this movie theater, and, like, this guy's like, no, you can't come in here, da -da -da -da -da, you cannot use our toilet.
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Like, we're gonna steal a toilet or something, right?
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She's stupid.
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It's a normal bodily function.
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Hey, you know, I live a few blocks from here.
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So he's all like, how do I know you're going to come back?
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Missy, do you have any ID?
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And I'm like, what?
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He's like looking at it, trying to figure out whether it's really hers or not, whether it's like a real school ID.
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I'm all like, you have like no right to be looking at my name.
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Seriously?
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So he's all Chaka Henson.
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And he's like checking out my card, seeing if it's validated.
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What are you doing?
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I'm all like, who are you?
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Like, you're like a vending person at a movie theater.
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Go clean out the popcorn machine or something.
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I was like, yo, board or something.
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Like I was saying, I thought maybe later we could all go over to my place, man.
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Oh, damn.
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Hey, you!
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Stop!
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Come back here with my man!
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Chaka!
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Wait up!
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What just happened?
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Your suave made them run away.
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Where do you want the spatula?
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Don't shake the box.
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Can't you read it?
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Shake, shake, shake.
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Shake, shake, shake.
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Shake your booty.
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You are just a laugh -rider today, aren't you?
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Thank you.
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How much stock is left outside anyways?
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I don't know.
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You're sitting here fooling around.
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The van!
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Chaka!
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I'm gonna bust her ass.
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Aw, man.
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They're gone, bro.
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They're not coming back.
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Trust me, B.
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They always come back.
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Stupid Alex and his stupid, stupid always being right.
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Wait, Chaka, look.
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Over there at the van!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Hey, you!
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Over here!
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No way, Chaka.
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You're crazy.
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What?
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You can't get into a van with a stranger.
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He could be like, like, put the freaking lotion in the basket!
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I've got pepper spray.
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Cool van.
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Is it yours?
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Of course it's mine.
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I'm driving it, ain't I?
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Stop blocking the box!
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I'm Toby.
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Oh, what's your name?
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Chaka, listen, can I have a ride and my friend Mecca and her cat?
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Thanks.
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No. Wait.
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I'm kind in the middle of something right now.
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You see how?
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Oh, I might as well leave that sofa outside.
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There's obviously no room for it, yeah.
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What if Morticia Adams drops by and you want to put the moves on?
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Well, actually, I always kind of preferred Wednesday.
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How likely is that?
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Oh, I'd say it's about as likely as you bagging that spooky chick from the comic shop.
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How's the john?
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Big enough to contain you?
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Well, parts of me.
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The only problem is the bowl's busted, so I had to throw it into the sink.
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Ugh, gross.
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If I could just figure out how to brew beer, that doesn't make it pee all the time.
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I'll paint a nice, idyllic country scene on that window.
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Some cows, a barn, maybe a mass murder.
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Damn, what was I thinking?
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What if I made the wrong move?
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I mean, I had it fat back home.
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No rent, no responsibilities, all the chicken rolls I could eat.
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No sex, no self -esteem, no hope of ever leading a normal life.
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I've had sex.
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Yeah, sure you did.
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Anyway, even if you did make the wrong decision, you've got to make the best of it now
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and then spend decades complaining about your crummy apartment like every other New Yorker who isn't a millionaire.
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Jen's right, man.
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You cannot give up.
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You must not look back.
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Come hell, high water, or a fleet of Ferengi coming up your ass.
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You must follow through and confront your destiny.
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Gotta go.
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Happy hour.
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Hey, since you're getting rid of stuff, can I have the life -size Zena?
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Um, where are the brakes again?
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Oh, yeah.
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Get out of my way, tourist stock girl.
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Chaka, don't we have to get back?
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Mecca, don't go up here in Zolombia.
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I'm having fun.
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What about Alex?
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Hey, let's race that cab over there.
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So then they ran away due to the fact that they were overwhelmed by my charm.
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This couch is so hot.
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God, it's so decadent.
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You could have it for 50 bucks.
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It was my great -grandmother's.
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Mmm, I don't know.
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She was a madam in a whorehouse in New Orleans.
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Uh, drank absent?
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Yeah, I don't think so.
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I don't know, the claws are cool, though.
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I'll tell you what, I'll deliver it for free.
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Okay, I'll take it.
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I guess.
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Hey, guys, I'll give you ten bucks each to help.
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Hey, the little creepy crawly babe, you're so crazy about us taking off with your sofa.
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Don't let him off if he has to use the bathroom.
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He's dirty.
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God, who's yelling?
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I don't know, some freak.
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Hey, didn't I see your picture on the Goth Chick of the Week website?
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Hmm, that's original.
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Damn, still no sign of the van.
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Chaka doesn't even have a license.
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At least not a real one.
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Where the hell are they?
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Wait, what are the rules again?
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Okay, you can be like anywhere in the world doing anything you want with anyone.
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You have like unlimited money. Be specific.
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Okay, I'm with this guy.
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And he's really sensitive and smart and we're in love
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and he buys me flowers and writes me love songs every other day.
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Mecca, where do you live?
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Like, where are you in the world?
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I don't know.
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It doesn't matter.
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So we're having this seriously deep connection on an almost cosmic level.
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And then he leans in and just before he's about to...
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What are you wearing?
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What does he look like?
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Oh, forget it.
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You don't even know how to play this game.
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I live on a private island.
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Me too, where the water was like always crystal blue
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and the sand was always white and it was always exactly 85 degrees.
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Yeah, and we get shrimp and lobster and vanilla, you know, with the little beans in it.
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Yeah, whatever.
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We could have a chef cooking gourmet style dinner all the time.
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Yo, a mansion, a television with every room in it.
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We could have like our own private jet with like our own DJ spinning any type of music we want.
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What about a casino?
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We can have a casino, yo.
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It's a fantasy.
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All right.
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See, Mecca?
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That's how you play the game.
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Okay, why don't you think of the window as, I don't know, think of it as like a conversation piece.
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You know, and just be thankful that you've got the broken toilet in the apartment and out down the hall.
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Thanks for trying to cheer me up, but I am un -cheer -uppable.
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I'm sorry, I don't speak your language.
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I made a new word today.
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You did, you coined a phrase, didn't you?
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But I must go now.
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I must return to my apartment, featuring unreliable hot water, slutty roommate, and plaster chips that fall on my head.
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Bye -bye.
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Later.
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Ugh!
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All the way to Atlantic City and they wouldn't even let us gamble.
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What kind of dumb whack law is that?
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Well, it's only 2am though.
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We could still go out.
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What do you say, Mecca?
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Wake up, Babs.
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You're home.
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Thanks for the ride.
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Bye, Toby or whatever.
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See you, Chaka.
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Mr. Peeper says night -night.
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Uh, okay.
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Where to now?
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Don't move.
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Just follow my directions carefully.
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No one gets hurt.
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You know, you're a really weird chick.
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I don't know.
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Yo, it's me!
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Chaka?
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Oh, God, I'm so beat.
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Don't worry, I can sleep on the floor, though.
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Where's the van?
487
What the hell happened?
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Where have you been?
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Ugh, don't freak!
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This guy stole it, and I had to track him down
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and spend the whole day with him so he wouldn't suspect anything.
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Then I had to hold pepper spray to his head and force him to bring it back.
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It's parked right outside in a legal spot, so thank me, okay?
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God, Shaki, you really are a brilliant liar.
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Fine, don't believe me.
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Can I stay anyway?
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Yeah, I guess.
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Too tired to argue.
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You're the best, brother.
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I'll make you coffee in the morning, maybe.
501
Um, but don't wake me before noon, okay?
502
Wow, it really is a dump in here.
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Yeah, I guess this is what they refer to as real life, huh?
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Well, it may not be pretty, but at least now you won't have to worry about Mom interrupting your personal time in the bathroom.
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Mm -hmm.
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Yeah, that's true.
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Wait, what?
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You know about that?
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Mm.
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Hey, Chaka, I'm sick of waiting downstairs.
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Sorry about the van, man.
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Your sister's cool.
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Toby, this is Alex.
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Um, I told Toby he could crash her, too.
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That's okay with you, isn't it, Alex?
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Alex?
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Thank you.
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EAVESDROPPING (the show) | Ep. 135 | This might be the hottest top you own
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When A Streamer Is Popular For The Wrong Reasons
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 517 sentences and 3690 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:01. The speaker talks at a natural 176 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| shake verb | /ˈʃeɪk/ | To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. |
| couch noun | /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/ | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. |
| buck noun | /ˈbʌk/ | A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo. |
| kitty noun | /ˈkɪti/ | A young cat; a kitten. |
| toilet verb | /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ | To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet. |
| chick noun | /t͡ʃɪk/ | A young bird. |
| claw noun | /klɔ/ | A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird. |
| naked adjective | /ˈneɪkɪd/ | Bare, not covered by clothing. |
| ugly adjective | /ˈʌɡli/ | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| theater noun | /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/ | A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on. |
| chip noun | /t͡ʃɪp/ | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| maker noun | /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/ | Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something. |
| chill verb | /tʃɪl/ | To lower the temperature of something; to cool. |
| spray noun | /spɹeɪ/ | A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. |
| run away verb | To flee by running. |
| back out verb | To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If someone did that to me, I'd be · if you will i won't Kitty |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is filled · is left · were overwhelmed |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should happen · should make · Shouldn't we be |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the manliest · the best |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 154 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, goth /ɡɒθ/, bathtub /ˈbæθtʌb/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, chef /ʃɛf/, mansion /ˈmæn.ʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/, voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/, participant /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/, millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/
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 shake, couch, buck.
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.