Shadowing Practice: Puss in Boots 2 Full Ending Scene 🌀 4K - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 72 sentences and 511 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:58. The speaker talks slowly, about 64 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 87% 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 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• bang /ˈbæŋ/ (noun) — A sudden percussive noise.
• flash /flæʃ/ (verb) — To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
• chase /t͡ʃeɪs/ (verb) — To follow at speed.
• legend /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/ (noun) — The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
• dare /dɛ(ə)ɹ/ (verb) — To have enough courage (to do something).
• ruin /ˈɹuː.ɪn/ (noun) — The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
• blade /bleɪd/ (noun) — The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
• bust /bʌst/ (verb) — To break.
• cloth /klɒθ/ (noun) — A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
• thumb /ˈθʌm/ (noun) — The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
• telegraph /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹɑːf/ (noun) — Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.
• bury /ˈbɛɹi/ (verb) — To outlive.
• immortal /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/ (adjective) — Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
• arrogant /ˈæɹəɡənt/ (adjective) — Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
• duly /ˈduli/ (adverb) — In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; suitably; properly.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• do with (verb) — Only used in to do with
• grow up (verb) — To mature and become an adult.
• play with (verb) — To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.
• run away (verb) — To flee by running.
• walk into (verb) — To collide with by walking.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I've, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, thumb /ˈθʌm/

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 bang, flash, chase.

Grammar in this video

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