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Look familiar?
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Just like home, ain't it?
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Look.
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Just like home.
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I ain't never been to China, but I bet you probably look like this, don't I?
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Star Maps!
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Get your Star Maps here!
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Look, look, look.
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John Wayne.
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John Wayne?
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You know John Wayne?
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John Wayne.
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Yeah, John Wayne, man.
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The Duke.
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Hang out with the Duke.
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I'll be right back.
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You might see one of your cousins walking around here.
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I'll be right back.
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Find them and stalk them.
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Find them and stalk them.
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Star Maps!
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Right here!
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Star Maps!
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Stop that, people!
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Stop it!
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You got the address to Michael Jackson house?
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Never Neverland?
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Carter, you can't be coming around my job.
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That's harassment, man.
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Hey, man, I'm just checking up on you.
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I'm fully legit now.
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I'm selling star maps.
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That's all I'm selling, all right?
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You're legit in my ass.
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What you and your old Asian gang member friends talking about these days?
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You know anything about a kidnapping?
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I don't know nothing.
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Give me one of them star maps. For $45.
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Do you understand what I'm saying?
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All right, man.
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Well, I might know a little something.
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I don't know nothing about the kidnapping, but I'll tell you this.
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There's this dude who's buying up all kinds of firearms, explosives, and people like he's gonna serve some kind of war or some shit.
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What's his name?
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I don't know his name.
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You don't know his name?
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For $45, I don't know his name. For $45?
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You better tell me something.
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I don't know nothing for $45.
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Stucky, you don't...
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What are you...
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I didn't tell you...
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Lee!
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Nothing!
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Lee!
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Lee!
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Lee!
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You're not telling you to wait for me, huh?
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What the hell are you doing on this bus?
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Huh?
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Think I'm playing with you?
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Huh?
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Think I'm playing with you?
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I ain't playing with you.
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Sit down.
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All right.
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It's okay.
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It's all right.
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FBI.
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Take a picture.
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It's okay.
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Wait a minute.
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Wait a minute.
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All right.
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Get out of my way!
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Watch out!
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Watch out!
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FBI, stop this bus!
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Hey, look!
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Hey, Tim, get back here.
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Sit down.
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FBI, I need this motorcycle.
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Go away, man.
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Get off!
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Get out of the car!
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Get out of the car now!
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Where do you think you're going, huh?
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Didn't I tell you to stay over there by the Duke?
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Hey, what do you think you're doing?
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Just mind your own business, old man, and stay in the car.
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Hey!
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I was just trying to find out where you was going, man.
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You thought I was gonna shoot you?
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I wanted to go with you.
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Hey, what's happening here?
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Put the gun down.
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Put the gun down.
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I ain't playing with you, man.
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You think I'm playing with you?
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Don't move!
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Drop your guns.
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Hey, man.
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Look, FBI.
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I'm a policeman.
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I'm just showing him how to take a gun from a suspect.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Let's go.
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I don't know.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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Oh, my God.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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All right listen up.
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I need everyone's attention.
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I'm Detective Carter.
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This is Inspector Lee.
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We need to see Sooyoung's locker right now.
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No one's allowed in the back without the master's permission.
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Maybe you didn't hear me.
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We need to see that locker.
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I'm sorry.
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Wait, Carter.
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Lee, I got this.
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Hey, kids, listen, violence will solve nothing.
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Now, as the Chinese say, all great battles are won without fighting.
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Sorry.
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Okay?
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I don't know him.
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Now, let's just calm down and put this down.
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Ah!
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Ow!
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Goddamn.
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Okay.
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I tried talking.
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Whoo!
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Now I'm about to beat the puberty out of y 'all.
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You ain't gonna see it coming.
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You ain't gonna see it coming!
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Come on!
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Steve!
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Woo!
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Running for your lives.
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By the time y 'all show some respect around here.
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Huh?
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Carter, wait for the master.
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Whoa!
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Damn!
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I'm sorry, man.
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I thought this was the bathroom.
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Sorry.
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Lee, I got a big problem, man.
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This boy's on steroids.
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He got a head like Barry Bunz.
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Oh, no. Come on, man.
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Ah!
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Connor, are you okay?
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Lee, Lee, get him, Lee!
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Ah!
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Don't!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Lee, let's get the hell out of it!
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Ah!
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My onions!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Woo!
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Ah!
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Come on, man, let me go.
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I love Chinese people!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Wait, I don't...
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How do you say surrender in Chinese?
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Okay, I'm about to slice you up like a giant California roll.
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Oh, shit!
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I'm not playing anymore, huh?
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Let me go!
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Shut up!
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Oh, no!
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Let me down!
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I'm sorry!
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I'm sorry, man!
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You gotta help me get in this mess!
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Go on!
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Lee, Jin!
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Ching Lee! May I help you?
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We'll be asking the questions, old man.
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Who are you?
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You.
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No, not me, you.
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Yes, I am you.
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Just answer the damn questions.
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Who are you?
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I have told you.
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Are you deaf?
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No, you is blind.
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I'm not blind, you blind.
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That is what I just said you just said what i
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did not say what i said you that's what i'm asking you
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and you is answering shut up you yes not you him
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what's your name me yes you i am me he's me
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and i'm you and i'm about to whoop your old ass man
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because i'm sick of playing games you me everybody's ass around
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here him i'm gonna kick his ass i'm sick of this let me know later
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I don't know what the hell you feeding him, but he is too damn big!
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Oh, this is tight.
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This ain't nothing like downstairs.
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Yeah, y 'all got it going with me.
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What's up, man?
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What y 'all watching? Where June Tyler at?
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Why y 'all so quiet? That was childish, man.
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That wasn't even called for.
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Now, I came down here to see Juntao, because he told me to come down here, because I'm his half -brother from Beijing.
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Me and him got the same mama.
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I'm black in these.
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We all the same.
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Oh, hey, man, wait a minute, wait a minute.
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Okay, you gonna kill me?
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All right.
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If you gonna kill me, put the gun down and fight me like a man.
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That's right, fight me like a man.
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Shit.
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Anybody can shoot somebody.
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That's what I'm talking about.
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Bag back, give me some room.
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You don't know who you're messing with.
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Don't knock that yellow...
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Which one of y 'all kick me?
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Me.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Hey.
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Hold on, let's talk about this.
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Let's talk about this, man.
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Hold on a minute.
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How's the guitar?
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No, no, no. What do you mean?
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Hey, man, it's a misunderstanding.
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Come on, let's pray about this.
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Come on.
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FBI, huh?
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No, I ain't FBI.
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I'm a security guard.
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I work at the mall now,
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wipe yourself off Oh Hell nah, he just playing man.
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He playing he mean that he meant cut me loose.
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Let me go Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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We kick your ass, all your, our captains, all your, our captains, all your, our captains, all your, our captains, all your, our captains, all your, our, our, our,
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our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our, our,
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our, our, our, our, our, our, our, I'll kill you, man.
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Let's go.
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This soul has a past, and like ours, it has seen much pain, much blood.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Trias would kill their enemies with 100 cuts to the body.
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They would be very careful to avoid any major arteries so that the victim would stay alive for as long as possible.
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You have just experienced your first cut.
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If anything happens to Su Yang...
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You could never kill me, Li.
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We both know that.
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You know nothing about me!
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I know you have no wife, no children, no family.
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Your life ended when we were kids back in Chenzhou.
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You have nothing, just like me.
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I wouldn't say nothing.
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He has me.
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His brother from another mother. Where is she?
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Enjoying the view.
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Please.
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Let her go.
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What the hell is wrong with you?
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Do you want to die, Kenji?
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Get her in here!
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Carter, drop the gun.
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Get off that damn rope.
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I'm shooting you and the damn Temptations.
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Right now!
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Oh, no, no, it's me! Do it!
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Put it out!
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I'm serious!
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I'm not playing!
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You ain't my damn brother!
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Kenji?
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Drop the gun.
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No!
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Drop the cutter!
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Tonight, I lose a brother.
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Come on, get him, Lee!
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You're gonna get your ass kicked, Kenji!
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Come on, kill him already!
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He might be your brother, but turn him into your sister!
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Watch out!
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Yeah!
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You little ass here!
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Come here!
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Give me a hand.
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Lee!
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Lee!
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Oh, God!
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Get the hell out of me!
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Yeah, Lee!
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Oh, God.
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Cutter, look.
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Uh, George, we need you to go faster, man.
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No, forget it.
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You want to kill me, then go ahead and kill me.
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Go faster!
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Please, I'm scared.
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George, you watch American movies?
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Yeah.
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Okay, man, all right.
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Listen, you're a super spy.
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A super spy!
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Now dry this can.
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Come along.
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Okay.
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I'm a super spy.
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Oh, Steve George, no!
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George, when they tell you to, hit the brakes!
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No!
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Oh, they got gasoline!
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That's a few minutes off!
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Back up!
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Way to go, George!
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It's okay.
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I got this one!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Got my leg!
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Ah!
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Lee!
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Get up!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Get your own damn cab!
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Ow!
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Ah!
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Please!
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Ah!
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Yeah!
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Good!
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Don't stop, dear, get ready, get ready.
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Don't stop, dear.
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Thank you.
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Look at him.
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Wait!
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Thank you.
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Let's go.
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Oh, my God.
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Thank you.
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Let's go.
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I'm not sure what's going on here, but I'm not sure what's going on here.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God!
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Oh, my
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God.
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Oh, boy.
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Thank you, guy.
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Oh, shit, all.
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Oh, shit, all.
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Whoo!
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You know he did.
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Tyler!
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Help! Do something!
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Hey!
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Be cool, man!
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Hang on!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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I can't hold on anymore!
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Hang on for about an hour.
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I'm gonna go get the ambulance.
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I'll be right back.
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What are you doing?
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Just hang on, man.
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I'll be right back.
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Connor!
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I was just playing. Do something!
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I can't hold on anymore!
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Thank you, thank you.
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I mean, what the hell are you doing?
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I'm just being polite.
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Well, next time I'll be polite to my nuts.
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I'm sorry.
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Thank you.
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Oh, shit.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 436 sentences and 1954 words to shadow. The speech runs for 40:37. 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 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
legit adjective/lɪˈd͡ʒɪt/Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.
locker noun/ˈlɑ.kɚ/A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work…
polite adjective/pəˈlaɪt/Well-mannered, civilized.
cutter noun/ˈkʌtɚ/A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
guitar noun/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
solve verb/sɒlv/To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
cousin noun/ˈkʌz(ə)n/Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a…
pray verb/pɹeɪ/To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
knock verb/nɑk/To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
mall noun/mɔːl/A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
mama noun/ˈmɑmə/Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).
surrender verb/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
motorcycle noun/ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
scare verb/skɛɚ/To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
ambulance noun/ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
watch outUsed to warn someone of an imminent danger.
come down verbTo descend, fall down, collapse.
get off verbTo move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)…
sit down verbTo assume a sitting position from a standing position.
back up verbTo move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
buy up verbTo buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • That's all I'm selling, all right?
  • Do you understand what I'm saying?
  • You don't know his name?
  • Think I'm playing with you?
  • Hey, what do you think you're doing?

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowhave told · has seen · have just experienced
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itare won · wasn't even called

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 99 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, ain't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/

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 legit, locker, polite.

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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