Shadowing Practice: POLICE HELICOPTER CAME FOR US! *WE GOT AWAY* - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Yeah, it's getting closer
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Stay away from the window
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We'll see you soon, stay in the window
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Oh, it's police heli
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Oh, oh, oh
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No, it's circling, no, stay away from the windows
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Please say that, it's stay away from the windows
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To the room, to the room, to the room
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Yo, what up guys, so
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This is the second upload of the night
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This is the first time I've ever done a double upload on the channel
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But I thought it was necessary I had these two videos laying around
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And after tomorrow I might not be able to ever upload them
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so i thought i'd get them out as a double upload tonight treat you guys
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so i hope you guys do enjoy this one right here
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that you're about to watch was insane with all the troubles
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we're in at the moment we probably shouldn't have been there
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but it turned out all right a helicopter come out for us it turned real bad really quickly
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but i hope you enjoy this video ben look how easy this is and 3,
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2, 1 no way there's a go on it you've got to send it boys apparently it's it yeah she's on it
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cool as fuck mate how open is this I'll write that she's sending it and them boys are pussy
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oh you alright Ricky you might get lucky I might accidentally leave that in there with your number
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You've been busted already What?
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Maybe No way
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Just wait, wait, security is going to pop up
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And go mental
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Wait, wait for me, dickhead
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Hurry up As if it's that easy,
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no way Yeah, be rude not to right what I know I like that
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Oh my god boys
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Get off the roof
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Wow wow boys i just realised we watched this sun rise this morning how'd you go up there then
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people
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people we watch this rise this morning now we're back yeah
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i'm glad you're there yeah glad you're there look at what alex does to take these bangers he's taking them bangers
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these are alex farrell bangers look at that he is about to take a banger I like this
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Look at what Alex does to take these bangers
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He's taking them bangers
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Ben Tennyson I'm scared of falling back
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No Come on You could do it, yeah Where?
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Oh shit, yeah, shit It's hard!
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How?
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that's cool I got it oh fucking hell Scotty that's grim
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you're doing a backflip on this get off the shore go on Scotty Scotty You animal
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that was nice that was they're on the bridge look on the bridge at the end of the bridge
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they're looking oh time to go time to go time to dip time to dip
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oh there's three of them no i'm off
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i'm off skis inside the building go go go go go go oh where's your bag it's the it's the dbz
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oh they are stomping man so fast
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have we got everyone no no less hiding i'm gonna be honest guys them urbex is right
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no no i reckon four three four flea three four three four three okay exactly guys
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we go out we get into a room
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oh we're going to overload all right guys no everyone just bolt
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it bolt it no i'm going in a room mate yeah yeah who's holding in the room then
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I can't get caught, I've got a fucking case
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We have a case in six days mate, eight days I have to see a lawyer
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Wait, wait, wait
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Alright, no, half and half, half and half
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We're going 23, yeah
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No, press loads press the lows and that'll do let's go okay okay
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so go to flat 187 187 that's your way that's your way
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that's your way no it's not it's this way oh is it open at all
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yeah but that's not really well i think you can't lock it from here yeah you got the chain
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Don't matter, we got the train
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Wait, wait, wait, wait I'm going to go to the toilet and take a shower
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Nah, don't have a shower, it's too loud, isn't it?
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Honestly, I can't get caught
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Is that a lot of police?
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This is bad, boys, they're gonna fucking search the whole building, aren't they?
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Alright, don't beat yourself in the windows, man.
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Where, where's this police, that's coming, that's definitely coming here.
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I can't see you
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Wait Yep They're stopped
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They're stopped We're chilling I'm telling you
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Well let's stay away from the windows then boy
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Are you 100 % sure they can't see
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Right Guys you might not be able to see that
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But if you look
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Let me show you where to look
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Do we make a video of the go -kart
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Right there There's a cop hiding And also down there
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There's a few cops
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Boys they ain't giving up on this
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Is that a fire engine? Where?
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Oh no Listen There's a lot of police at the bottom of this building
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We are just going to hide out in this room
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Hopefully they don't check i'm gonna edit another video that we filmed this morning this is bad wait what's the situation
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wait in some apartment are you in an apartment yeah we're in one floor 23 in room 137
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are you on the same floor we're on floor 23.
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yeah so we're on like 14.
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14 have you heard anyone
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have you seen all the police like the ones on the bridge and the ones below the bridge in like
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oh there's so many police out there man be careful
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because there's some sneaky police are like hiding around like there's one of the bridges like hiding to try
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and catch us out don't poke your head out the window
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or anything we're gonna have to wait out for a long time
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Yeah, they're trying to catch us out.
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And they're waiting on the opposite, so it's like they're pouring off the building and there's two undercovers waiting inside.
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But they're undercovers as well.
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There's one on the bridge hiding to like catch us out. Can you see it?
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It's over there.
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Get away, get away.
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We see a heli.
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It's not for us, is it?
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It's all the way over there.
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No, no way, that's not it.
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That's not, that's not it.
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Listen, much closer.
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Black and yellow.
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There's another one above us.
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There's a heli above us.
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It has to be.
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That's so close.
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Wait, listen, this is fine because I go over so you know what's on the roof
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Yeah, but if they circle
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Yeah, that's close by And if they circle and catch us after they set up
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Stay away from the windows, boys Heat senses, isn't it?
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Yeah Yeah, it's getting closer
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Oh, it's police heli
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Oh, oh, oh
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Oh my god
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No, it's circling, no, stay away from the windows
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No, it's a police heli
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Stay away from the windows
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To the room, to the room, to the room
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He's got a helicopter here.
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That's a lot of magic.
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Think about it.
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The police haven't been able to get on the roof.
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So all they've been able to do is send a helicopter out.
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We're going to scan the roof.
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There's no one up there.
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It's true.
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And look, everyone's looking like that's a security guard.
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Look at the guy in the red tie. Where?
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Yeah, we need to leave there a while.
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Which red tie?
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What?
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Listen It's got a fucking police heli
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They've got another fire engine
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This is bad guys
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They have a police heli hovering in this building
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They've got a helicopter on us
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And that was a police heli, I've seen them
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Have you speak to them?
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It's circled the other side of the building I think I reckon it's just kind of rude
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Farmer mate 100 % Wait that just got bad real quick
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When I seen that alley
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Guys
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We've been camped out here a while It's 10 .07 right now
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we've been here a long while
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so this guy stood here is a cop plus
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there's two cop cars there we think there's a shitload of people in this building searching for us um
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not 100 sure what's going on at the moment we have been camping out a long old
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while right now it's half ten
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so we've been going out two hours boys jesus christ the police come two hours ago
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but anyway we've just seen three police leave the building yeah they were walking down
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and they walked into the train station
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because they're transport please they walked down they walked into the train station
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i think we're actually good to go we're gonna head back up to the roof get some more photos and stuff
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Hey, are you serious?
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Really, there's another car outside.
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Oh my god.
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Fuck's sake.
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Did that just pull up?
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There were three officers and they walked all the way back to the station
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Yeah, that's the police guy.
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Yeah, we saw the three officers
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Yeah, you saw them walking away, yes They are on it, man
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Who's this guy?
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I can't tell everyone
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Oh my God, just been spotted
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Just been spotted Did he see us?
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Yes, he did, he did, he did He looked straight I know, I know He's got to be your manager
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He's got to be someone
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Yeah, he's someone
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And he's just chilling by the gate.
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Like he's waiting for people to emerge from there.
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What's he going to do?
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Take down eight guys?
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Shhh.
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Shhh.
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Shhh.
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Shhh.
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Oh my jeez.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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oh yeah they're definitely oh fucking hell oh yeah security sorry guys
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don't run don't run don't run don't run the police are going to come out here because Oh,
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he's straight into Stratford Mall, over to the left.
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Left, yeah.
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Are they there?
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Ben, are they there?
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I can't see them, I can't see them.
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You all right, boys?
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Oh, we really got to go, mate.
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I'm really sorry, we're running from the police right now.
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Take it easy, boys.
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Through the shopper.
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Nah, chillin', chillin'.
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then boom i'm missing some people boom boom yeah i didn't boom boom guys i hope you enjoyed
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that video is right now wednesday the 25th of july
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and tomorrow morning on 26th of july i have to go to court
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and if you haven't already seen the video they are potentially going to be getting a cbo order on me
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which restricts me from owning a phone in the uk posting on social media posting videos
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or making my videos in the uk
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i could potentially be going to prison as well i don't know how likely
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that is but it is on the table
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if a judge wanted to they can send me to prison for a bit of time
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so this could potentially be the end of the madnesses in the uk
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but hopefully not we've got some very good lawyers on it at the moment
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and that's thanks to you guys every single person
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that donated the support was unreal
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we gained 20 000 pounds in just under 24 hours the support was absolutely unreal
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and i just want to say to every single person
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that donated thank you very very much you're all amazing
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and you have managed to get the best lawyers in the game for this
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and hopefully we can fight through this hopefully this isn't a thing hopefully it can get dropped
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and tomorrow we can come out here and go harder than ever
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but for now this could potentially be the last video so
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if i go quiet for a little bit guys
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this is why hopefully i'll try my best to update you all for now i'm signing out
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if you are new around here make sure you click
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that subscribe button make sure you click that notification button
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and i'll see you in the next one hopefully sooner rather than later peace

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “POLICE HELICOPTER CAME FOR US! *WE GOT AWAY*”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: boy, window, heli. This video has 235 sentences and 2018 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:13. The speaker talks at a steady 111 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
helicopter noun/ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and…
boom verb/bum/To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
potentially adverb/pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.
upload verb/ˈʌpˌloʊd/To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.
alright/ɔlˈɹaɪt/Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
rude adjective/ɹuːd/Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
chill verb/tʃɪl/To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
bolt noun/boʊlt/A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to…
donate verb/ˈdoʊˌneɪt/To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
undercover adjective/ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/Performed or happening in secret.
reckon verb/ˈɹɛkən/To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
unreal adjective/ʌnˈɹi.əl/Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
gate noun/ˈɡeɪ̯t/A doorlike structure outside a house.
insane adjective/ɪnˈseɪn/Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
sake noun/ˈseɪ̯k/Cause, interest or account.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
come out verb/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/To be discovered; to be revealed.
get away verbTo move away (from).
get off verbTo move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
go out verbTo leave, especially a building.
walk down verbTo continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging off the opponent's…
fall back verbTo retreat.
go over verbTo look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
go up verbTo move upwards.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Can you see it?
  • It's not for us, is it?
  • There's another one above us.
  • There's a heli above us.
  • Have you speak to them?

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going onhave been camping · we've been going
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowI've ever done · You've been busted · have you seen
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itYou've been busted · We've been camped · been spotted

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 93 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, shopper /ˈʃɑ.pɚ/
  • Long words — get the stress right: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, undercover /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/

How to practise with this video

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

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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