Shadowing Practice: Shane Filan - Beautiful In White (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Not sure if you know this, but when we first met,
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I got so nervous, I couldn't speak.
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In that very moment, I found the one and my life had found its missing piece
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So as long as I live, I love you, will heaven hold you?
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very last breath, this day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white tonight
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What we have is timeless, my love is endless
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And with this ring I say to the world
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You're my every reason, you're all that I believe in With all my heart I mean every word
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So as long as I live I love you, will let me hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very last breath
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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Tonight You look so beautiful in white So beautiful in white
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Tonight And if the daughter is what our future holds I hope she has your eyes
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Finds love like you and I did
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And if she falls in love we'll let her go I'll walk her down the aisle
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She looks so beautiful in white So beautiful in white
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So as long as I live alone with you
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We'll have it hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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If I'm out to my very light spread
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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Tonight Na -na -na -na
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So beautiful in white
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Tonight Not
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sure if you know this, but when we first met I got so nervous,
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I couldn't speak
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In that very moment, I found the one and my life had found its missing piece
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So as long as I live, I love you, we'll have it hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very last breath
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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Tonight What we have is timeless,
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my love is endless
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And with this ring I say to the world
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You're my every reason, you're all that I believe in With all my heart I mean every word
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So as long as I live, I love you
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Will let me hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very light spread
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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Tonight You look so beautiful in white So beautiful in white
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Tonight And if a daughter is what our future holds I hope she has your eyes
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Finds love like you and I did
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And if she falls in love we'll let her go I'll walk her down the aisle
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She looks so beautiful in white So beautiful in white
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So as long as I live alone with you
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We'll have it hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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If I'm out to my very last breath
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And this day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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It's a night
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Na -na -na -na
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So beautiful in white
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Tonight Not
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sure if you know this, but when we first met I got so nervous,
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I couldn't speak
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In that very moment, I found the one else
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My life had found its missing piece
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So as long as I live, I love you
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Will heaven hold you?
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very last breath
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white tonight
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What we have is timeless, my love is endless
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And with this ring I say to the world
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You're my every reason, you're all that I believe in With all my heart I mean every word
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So as long as I live I love you, will let me hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very light spread
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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Tonight You look so beautiful in white
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Yeah You Na na na na,
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so beautiful in white tonight
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And if a daughter is what our future holds I hope she has your eyes,
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finds love like you and I did
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Yeah, and if she falls in love we'll let her go I walk her down the aisle,
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she looks so beautiful in white So beautiful in white
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So as long as I live alone with you, we'll have it hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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If I'm out to my very last breath
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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It's a night
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Na na na na
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So beautiful, you know why tonight?
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Not sure if you know this, but when we first met I got so nervous,
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I couldn't speak
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In that very moment, I found the one that my life had found its missing piece
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So as long as I live, I love you, will heaven hold you?
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very last breath, this day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white tonight
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What we have is timeless, my love is endless
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And with this ring I say to the world
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You're my every reason, you're all that I believe in With all my heart I mean every word
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So as long as I live I love you, will let me hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very life spread
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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Tonight You look so beautiful in white So beautiful in white
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Tonight And if a daughter is what our future holds I hope she has your eyes
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Finds love like you and I did
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And if she falls in love we'll let her go I'll walk her down the aisle
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She looks so beautiful in white So beautiful in white
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So as long as I live alone with you
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We'll have it hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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If I'm out to my very last breath
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so bright
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Beautiful in white, it's a night
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Na -na -na -na, it's so beautiful in white, it's a night
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Not sure if you know this, but when we first met I got so nervous,
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I couldn't speak
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In that very moment, I found the one that my life had found
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Missing peace So as long as I live I love you
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Will heaven hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very last breath
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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What we have is timeless
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My love is endless
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And with this ring I say to the world
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You're my every reason
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You're all that I believe in With all my heart I mean every word
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So as long as I live I love you
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Will heaven hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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And from now to my very last breath
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white tonight
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You look so beautiful in white
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So beautiful in white tonight
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And if a daughter is what our future holds I hope she has your eyes
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Finds love like you and I did
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Yeah, and if she falls in love we'll let her go I'll walk her down the aisle
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She looks so beautiful in white So beautiful in white
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So as long as I live alone with you
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We'll have it hold you
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You look so beautiful in white
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If I'm out to my very light spread
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This day I'll cherish
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You look so beautiful in white
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It's a night
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Na -na -na -na
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So beautiful, you know why tonight?
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Shane Filan - Beautiful In White”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: beautiful, hold, tonight, cherish, breath. This video has 159 sentences and 1293 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:15. The speaker talks slowly, about 67 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
8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cherish verb | /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/ | To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care. |
| endless adjective | /ˈɛndlɪs/ | Having no end. |
| aisle noun | /aɪ̯l/ | A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers. |
| timeless adjective | Eternal. | |
| breath noun | /bɹɛθ/ | The act or process of breathing. |
| bright adjective | /ˈbɹaɪ̯t/ | Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant. |
| ring noun | /ɹɪŋ/ | A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc. |
| spread verb | /spɹid/ | To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if she falls in love we'll let |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will heaven hold · I'll cherish · will let |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 50 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, we'll, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cherish, endless, aisle.
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.