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Is that your natural hair color?
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Yeah.
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It's gorgeous.
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Thank you.
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See, this is the color I want.
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This is Damien.
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He's almost too gay to function.
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Nice to meet you.
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Nice wig, Janice.
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What's it made of?
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Your mom's chest hair.
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I'm Janice.
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Hi, I'm Katie.
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Do you guys know where room G14 is?
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Health, Tuesday, Thursday, room G14.
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I think that's in the back building.
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Oh, yeah, that's in the back building.
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Yeah, we'll take you there.
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Thanks.
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Watch out, please.
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New meat coming through.
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Health, Spanish.
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You're taking 12th grade calculus?
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Yeah, like math.
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Ew, why?
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Because it's the same in every country.
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It's beautiful.
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This girl is deep.
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Where's the back building?
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It burned down in 1987.
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Won't we get in some sort of trouble for this?
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Why would we get you into trouble?
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For your friends?
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I know it's wrong to skip class, but Janice said we were friends, and I was in no position to pass up friends.
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I guess I'll never know what I missed on that first day of health class.
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Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die.
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Don't have sex in the missionary position.
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Don't have sex standing up.
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Just don't do it, promise?
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Okay, everybody take some rubbers.
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Why don't they just keep homeschooling you?
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They wanted me to get socialized.
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Oh, you'll get socialized, all right?
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A little slice like you?
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What are you talking about?
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You're a regulation hottie.
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What?
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Own it.
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How do you spell your name again, Caddy?
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It's Katie.
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C-A-D-Y.
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Yeah, I'm gonna call you Caddy.
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In the name of all that is holy, would you look at Karen Smith's gym clothes?
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Of course all the plastics are in the same gym class.
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Who are the plastics?
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They're teen royalty.
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If North Shore was Us Weekly, they would always be on the cover.
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That one there, that's Karen Smith.
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She is one of the dumbest girls you will ever meet.
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Damien sat next to her in English last year.
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She asked me how to spell orange.
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That little one?
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That's Gretchen Wieners.
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She's totally rich because her dad invented toaster strudel.
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Christian Wieners knows everybody's business.
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She knows everything about everyone.
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That's why her hair is so big.
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It's full of secrets.
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And evil takes a human form in Regina George.
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Well, I'll be fooled, because she may seem like your typical selfish, backstabbing, slut-faced hoebag, but in reality, she is so much more than that.
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She's the queen bee, the star.
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Those other two are just her little workers.
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Regina George.
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How do I even begin to explain Regina George?
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Regina George is flawless.
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She has two Fendi purses and a silver Lexus.
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I hear her hair is insured for $10,000.
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I hear she does car commercials in Japan.
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Her favorite movie is Varsity Blues.
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One time she met John Stamos on a plane.
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And he told her she was pretty.
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One time she punched me in the face.
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It was awesome.
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She always looks fierce.
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She always wins Spring Flink Queen.
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Who cares?
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I care.
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Every year the seniors throw this dance for the underclassmen called the Spring Flink.
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Spring Flink.
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And whosoever is elected Spring Flink King and Queen automatically becomes out of the Student Activities Committee.
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And since I am an active member of the Student Activities Committee, I would say, yeah, I care.
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Wow, Damien, you've truly outgayed yourself.
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Here, this map is gonna be your guide to North Shore.
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Now, where you sit in the cafeteria is crucial because you got everybody there.
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You got your freshmen, ROTC guys, preps, JV jocks, Asian nerds, cool Asians, varsity jocks, unfriendly black hotties, girls who eat their feelings, girls who don't eat anything, desperate wannabes, burnouts, sexually active band-eats, the greatest people you will ever meet, and the worst.
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Beware of the plastic.
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Hey, we're doing a lunchtime survey of new students.
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Can you answer a few questions?
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Okay.
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Is your muffin buttered?
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What?
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Would you like us to assign someone to butter your muffin?
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My what?
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Is he bothering you?
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Jason, why are you such a skeez?
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I'm just being friendly.
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You were supposed to call me last night.
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Jason, you do not come to a party at my house with Gretchen and then scam on some poor innocent girl right in front of us three days later.
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She's not interested.
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Do you want to have sex with him?
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No, thank you.
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Good.
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So it's settled.
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So you can go shave your back now.
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Bye, Jason.
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Yeah, cheers.
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Wait.
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Sit down.
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Seriously, sit down.
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Why don't I know you?
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I'm new.
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I just moved here from Africa.
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What?
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I used to be homeschooled.
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Wait, what?
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My mom taught me at home.
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No, no, I know what homeschool is.
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I'm not retarded.
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So you've actually never been to a real school before?
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Shut up.
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Shut up!
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I didn't say anything.
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Homeschooled.
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That's really interesting.
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Thanks.
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You're, like, really pretty.
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Thank you.
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So you agree?
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What?
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You think you're really pretty.
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Oh, I don't know.
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Oh, my God.
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I love your bracelet.
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Where did you get it?
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Oh, my mom made it for me.
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It's adorable.
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It's so fetch.
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What is fetch?
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Oh, it's like slang from England.
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So if you're from Africa, why are you white?
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Oh my god, Karen, you can't just ask people why they're white.
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Could you give us some privacy for like one second?
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Yeah, sure.
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Okay, we should just know that we don't do this a lot, so this is like a really huge deal.
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We want to invite you to have lunch with us every day for the rest of the week.
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Oh, it's okay.
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Coolness, so we'll see you tomorrow.
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On Wednesdays, we wear pink.
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Oh my god!
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Okay, you have to do it, okay?
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And then you have to tell me all of the horrible things that Regina says.
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Regina seems sweet.
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Regina George is not sweet.
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She's a scum-sucking road whore!
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She ruined my life!
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She's fabulous, but she's evil.
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Hey, get out of here!
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Oh my god, Danny DeVito!
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I love your work!
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Why do you hate her?
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What do you mean?
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Regina, you seem to really hate her.
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Yes, what's your question?
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Well, my question is, why?
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Regina started this rumor that Jenna's- Damien!
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Shall we not?
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Now look, this isn't about hating her, okay?
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I just think that it would be like a fun little experiment if you were to hang out with them and then tell us everything that they say.
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What do we even talk about?
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Hair products.
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Ashton Kutcher.
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Is that a band?
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Will you just do it, please?
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Okay, fine.
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Do you have anything pink?
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Yes.
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By eighth period, I was so happy to get to math class.
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I mean, I'm good at math.
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I understand math.
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Nothing in math class could mess me up.
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Hey, do you have a pencil, I can borrow?
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I've only had one other crush in my life.
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His name was Nifume and we were five.
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Mimi and the panda baby.
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Taraka.
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It didn't work out.
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But this one hit me like a big yellow school bus.
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Katie, what do you say?
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He was so cute.
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I mean, um, A sub N equals N plus one over four.
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That's right.
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That's good.
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Very good.
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All right, let's talk about your homework.
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Hey, how's your second day?
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Fine.
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Were people nice?
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No.
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Did you make any friends?
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Yeah.
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Having lunch with the plastics was like leaving the actual world and entering girl world.
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Girl world had a lot of rules.
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You can't wear a tank top two days in a row, and you can only wear your hair in a ponytail once a week.
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So I guess you pick today.
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Oh, and we only wear jeans or track pants on Fridays.
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Now, if you break any of these rules, you can't sit with us at lunch.
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Well, I mean, not just you, like, any of us.
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Okay, like, if I was wearing jeans today, I would be sitting over there with the art freaks.
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Oh, and we always vote before we ask someone to eat lunch with us, because you have to be considerate of the rest of the group.
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Well, I mean, you wouldn't buy a skirt without asking your friends first if it looks good on you.
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I wouldn't?
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Right.
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Oh, and it's the same with guys.
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like you may think you like someone, but you could be wrong.
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120 calories and 48 calories from fat, what percent is that?
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Uh, 48 into 120.
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I'm only eating foods with less than 30% calories from fat.
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It's 40%.
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Well, 48 over 120 equals X over 100, and then you cross-multiply and get the value of X.
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Whatever.
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I'm getting cheese fries.
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So, have you seen any guys that you think you're cute yet?
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Well, there's this guy in my calculus class.
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Who is it?
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It's a senior.
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His name's Aaron Samuels.
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No!
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No, no, no.
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You can't like Aaron Samuels.
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That's Regina's ex-boyfriend.
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They went out for a year.
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Yeah, and then she was devastated when he broke up with her last summer.
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I thought she dumped him for Shane Omen.
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Okay, irregardless, ex-boyfriends are just off-limits to friends.
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I mean, that's just like the rules of feminism.
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Don't worry.
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I'll never tell Regina what you said.
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It'll be our little secret.

Why practice speaking with this video?

The scene from "Mean Girls" offers a vibrant portrayal of high school communication, filled with humor and relatable social dynamics. Engaging with the dialogue in this video can significantly enhance your English speaking practice. The characters use casual language, idiomatic expressions, and showcase various social interactions, making it perfect for learners who want to sound more natural when speaking English.

By shadowing the conversations, you'll not only improve your pronunciation but also gain insights into cultural references and teenage slang. This makes your English learning experience much richer. Practicing your speaking skills in such lively contexts helps in memorizing vocabulary and sentence structures more effectively. Furthermore, it can build your confidence in conversing with friends or peers about everyday topics.

Grammar & Expressions in Context

Let's explore some key structures and expressions used in the dialogue:

  • Question Forms: "Is that your natural hair color?" – This structure is useful for making inquiries about personal attributes.
  • Conversational Fillers: "Yeah," and "Oh, yeah" – These colloquial expressions help create a natural flow in speech and can make you sound more fluent.
  • Commands/Requests: "Watch out, please" and "How do you spell your name again?" – Notice how requests are phrased politely, which is essential in English communication to show respect and maintain a positive tone.
  • Conditionals: "If we skip class, won't we get in some sort of trouble?" – Understanding conditional sentences can help you talk about potential scenarios, making your conversations more dynamic.
  • Expressions of opinion: "Because it's the same in every country. It's beautiful." – Such phrases are vital for sharing personal views during discussions.

Common Pronunciation Traps

Certain words and phrases in the video may pose pronunciation challenges for non-native speakers. Being aware of these can enhance your shadow speak skills significantly:

  • “Ew” – Note the light, exclamatory sound. This can be tricky to pronounce naturally, as it requires a specific intonation.
  • “Hottie” – The pronunciation of this word, particularly the emphasis on the “-ty” ending, is essential to capture the casual tone of teenage language.
  • “Natural” – Pay attention to the reduction of syllables; often, native speakers drop the 'a' sound in casual speech, sounding more like "natchural." Practice this to sound more fluid.
  • "Regulation hottie" – This phrase contains an informal, playful expression that learners may find challenging, especially in maintaining the correct rhythm and intonation.

By focusing on these aspects while engaging with the material, you can improve your overall fluency and confidence in speaking English through shadowspeak practices. Embrace these techniques, and you'll find your language skills flourishing!

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.

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