Shadowing Practice: Speak Like a Native NOW | 25 Phrasal Verbs in Action - Learn English Speaking with Video

3,000.

That's 95% of spoken English.

And I am teaching you all of these words.

First, I'll teach you today's words.

Don't be broke down to watch.

Have you ever heard of...

I like history.

And then you'll hear them in real conversations with my brother.

Stick around until the end, because without comprehensible input, you'll forget 90% of what you learn.

Don't waste five plus years of your life and still not be fluent.

Let's learn the 25 most common phrasal verbs together.

Yo, can I ask you for a glass of water, please?

Thank you.

The first phrasal verb, ask for.

I am lost.

Hey, can I ask you for directions?

As you can see, bro, I'm lost.

Can I ask you for directions?

Where am I going?

Okay, yeah, this is where you have to go.

If you ever lost, don't be afraid to ask for directions.

Yo, can I ask you for feedback on my poem?

Let me check.

I think you should just stick to cooking.

Don't be afraid to ask for feedback or ask for suggestions.

Yeah man, I don't know what happened.

My car just broke down.

That's crazy.

That is crazy.

The next phrasal verb is broke down.

Let me break down what happened to the car in simpler steps.

Okay, give her, because I don't know what happened.

It just broke down.

He's breaking down because his car broke down.

So you could break down in tears from sadness.

Your car could break down if there's a mechanical problem.

And you could break something down simply to understand.

I think we should film at sunset.

Thank you for bringing that up.

I think that's a great idea.

That's golden hour.

So bringing something up is just talking about something, mentioning something.

Bring up.

Did you hear what happened the other day?

He didn't want to bring up what happened in front of his boss because he was afraid to get fired.

My mom always brings up old embarrassing stories.

She always brings up old stories.

We have the same mom.

My cage broke and I don't know what to do.

I don't think I could film anymore with this.

Let's just carry on filming.

Carry on means to continue something.

So let's carry on filming.

Even if something's not good, let's carry on.

Let's go. Are you ready?

Just carry on without me.

Just go ahead.

He told me to carry on while he was fixing his bag.

You ready to carry on?

Yeah, let's go.

We just came across some wild animals. Do you see that?

We just came across cows.

You gonna get saw me?

Okay guys, we just came across those cows, but now let's go.

I came across an old picture of you.

Let's see.

That's the picture he came across of me.

Yeah.

You guys see the resemblance?

He came across this picture of me, apparently.

We came across this beautiful view.

Did you know about this view?

I didn't.

So we came across it.

Came across.

He deals with the camera settings better than anyone I know.

We have to deal with the weather whenever we film outside.

Sometimes it's sunny, sometimes it rains.

Deal with.

You deal with the filming, I'll deal with the editing.

So you just focus on filming, I'll deal with the editing.

I just found out that tomorrow sunrise is at 5.30am.

I know.

I'll be up watching it. At 5.30 a.m.?

Every day.

You don't even get up at 5.30 every day.

I know.

I get up at 5.

Oh, okay.

You get up to watch the sunrise?

Every day.

Well, I just found out that that's when the sun rises, so maybe I'll do that.

That's a good idea.

He found out the best angle to film the scene he found out the best angle.

He found out his slides were on backwards.

That's why he was having trouble walking.

Because they were on backwards.

Me and my brother, we always get along.

We always get along.

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I hate mosquitoes.

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I don't get along with them.

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I really don't get along with mosquitoes.

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They bite me, all my fingers, my elbows.

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I don't get along with them at all.

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They're terrible.

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Yeah, they always get me when I sleep.

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All the time.

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And they're so annoying.

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We don't get along well with mosquitoes.

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We get along, but mosquitoes, we don't get along with mosquitoes.

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And also, we get along just fine because he cooks. and I clean.

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We get along.

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The next phrasal verb, give up.

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You should never give up learning English.

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Why?

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Because it's the most spoken language in the world.

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And it's very useful for traveling, business, speaking to people, making new friends.

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It's very, very good.

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So never give up learning English.

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Hey, did you hear of my friend Max that gave up smoking to improve his health?

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Max is one of my friends, but he smoked a lot.

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But he finally gave up smoking to improve his health.

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He gave it up.

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He stopped doing it.

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I almost gave up studying Spanish, but I decided to push through.

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And now I can speak Spanish exactly how I want to.

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Because I did not give up.

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Learning a language is very hard.

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It takes a lot of time, but if you stick with it and you don't give up, you'll get there.

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Have you ever heard of the saying, the show must go on, rain or shine?

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I have heard that.

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What does it mean?

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It means there's no stopping, no matter the circumstances.

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What will you go on to do after graduation?

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Start looking for a job.

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Is that normally what people go on to do after they graduate?

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Most of the time, yes.

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Or they take a gap year and travel.

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He went on climbing despite the steep path.

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Hold on.

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I'll be right there with the tripod.

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So if you want someone to wait for you, you could say hold on, which is a phrasal verb.

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Hold on.

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I'm coming with the tripod.

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Hold on.

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Hold on.

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Hold on while I adjust the legs.

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Okay, hurry up, do that, and then let's get going.

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Hold on.

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Okay.

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I'm adjusting the legs.

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Whoa, hold on to your hat.

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It's windy.

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So if it's windy out, you can see wind.

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You need to hold on to your hat, your glasses, your shirt.

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Hold on because the wind will blow it away.

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Hold on.

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Keep on walking until I get the shot.

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Keep walking.

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we kept on practicing our spanish and now we could talk in spanish

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i spent hours looking for this machete i spent hours looking for this looking for

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what are you looking for i'm looking for the perfect sunrise spot i think i gotta go high

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he's looking for a good angle to film man i'm really looking forward to our next

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mountain shoot i'm really looking forward to it i'm looking forward to that and now i'm literally

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looking forward i'm literally looking forward

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phrasal verb i'm looking forward to our next mountain video

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and i also look forward to reading your guys's comments every video

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so leave in the comments where you're from what have you learned today

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and if you like this video and remember guys

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if you want the 3 000 most common english words it's in the description

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and if you want to join my online discord community that's completely free It's also in the description now.

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Let's get to the next verb

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if you don't know a word look it up on Google

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If you don't know a word look it up on Google or look it up in a dictionary Past tense.

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I looked up at the clouds.

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I Looked up at the clouds You looked up from his phone inspired Eureka!

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Is that what they say?

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Yeah.

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Honestly, bro, my bad.

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Make up.

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After an argument, after fighting, make up.

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Yeah, and actually, it was crazy.

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My dog literally ate my homework.

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Like, honestly, it ate it, and I told the teacher that, and she said I made up the story.

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did you make it up I did make it up yeah

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but it's believable oh man oh what's wrong I need to make up the time I lost editing I spent

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so much time editing I don't have time for anything else so I need to make up this time somehow true story.

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I'll pick up my backpack on my way home.

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I picked up Spanish very quickly living in Ecuador for five months.

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I picked up Spanish quickly.

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I learned Spanish quickly.

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I picked up Spanish quickly

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and now i'm gonna pick up a rock i picked up a rock but i also picked up spanish

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boy mate how are you i'm good where are you from

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are you from australia i can hear your accent yeah how

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do you know well i picked up on your accent

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when you said oi might i picked up on your accent oh yeah what happened i just ran into

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that branch what i just ran into that branch ran into

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that branch what's wrong it's not opening it's not opening not opening he ran into difficulties

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opening the tripod he ran into difficulties

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yo yo how long has it been 20 minutes been like

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years holy man that's crazy how you been last time i

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saw you you were like yeah yeah that's crazy how you

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been though good we ran into each other we met each

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other after a long time i ran into an old friend

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to run into i ran into my old friend let's set

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up the tripod near the ledge set up right now he

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is setting up the tripod he just finished setting up the

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tripod i set it up wow your video really took off

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on youtube it took off it really did take off it took off he took off the backpack

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did the drone take off smoothly yeah it took off smoothly the drone took off smoothly

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what is up youtube welcome back to another vlog i hope you guys have been doing great He took up vlogging.

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I took up vlogging recently.

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I took up vlogging with a camera recently.

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Yo, do you want to be in my next YouTube video?

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Yeah.

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You do?

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Yeah.

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So he just took up my offer to be in my video.

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He took up my offer.

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So he said yes.

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I'm going to take up hiking more often.

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This machete is really broken and old.

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I think I'm going to throw it away.

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Whoa, don't throw away the machete.

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You can still use it for something.

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You don't want me to throw away the machete?

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Don't throw it away.

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I just threw it away.

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I just threw away the machete.

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Hey, are we almost done recording?

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Yep, almost.

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Okay, could you please turn off the camera when we're done?

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Okay.

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Turn off the camera.

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You got it.

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Also turn off your phone.

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Sure thing.

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And also turn off the lights of your house.

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Yes sir.

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And also turn off your vehicle.

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Okay.

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And also turn off the oven and also turn off your flashlight

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and turn off your microwave and turn off the blender while you're at it.

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You gotta turn off the smell.

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The smell of this poop it really turned me off it's like it really turned me off like ugh.

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The smell of that poop really turned me off and sometimes when food smells bad it turns me off from eating it.

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I don't want to eat it

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if it doesn't smell good it turns me off he turned off the path I turned off the path

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but I don't think this is a shortcut I think this is make it longer I turned off the path

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but maybe this is a shortcut to heaven

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Whoa, what are you doing?

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I'm putting sugar in my juice.

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You know that juice already has sugar in it. Does it?

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Yeah, you should really cut down on your sugar.

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But I like it sweeter.

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That can't be good for you.

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So you're saying I should cut down on my sugar and not put this in here?

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Yeah, you should cut down.

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It would be better for your health.

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Okay, I'll cut down on it then.

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What are you doing?

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I'm watching YouTube.

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You know you should cut down on that.

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I should cut down on my screen time?

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Cut down on that screen time.

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Okay, well, let me just watch it on my computer instead.

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What about that?

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That doesn't change anything What about my phone?

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That changes it even less So I should cut down on all my screen time from my phone laptop and TV.

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Yeah, okay Let's go outside then now He's gonna cut down this tiny tree

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He just cut down the small tree yesterday I was gonna go to oh did you park like that?

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So yesterday I was gonna go to the city trailer there So yesterday I was going to the city crazy Okay,

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that is cut off he cut me off every time I try to talk cut off.

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He cut off the tip of the branch with the machete.

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So this is when the power cuts off.

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The power cut off.

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It goes from on to off.

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It cut off.

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The power cut off the lights cut off nice day today

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I think someone's at the door mana I wonder

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who always shows up at my door unexpectedly yeah back back

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up there buddy why do you always show up unexpectedly i'm

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ready to work you want to work yeah that's why you

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showed up at my door yeah okay well come on in

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hey do you know david yeah he didn't show up to my birthday party

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when i was 12 years old wow that's sad i know after

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that i told him if you don't show to my party we can't be friends

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if you don't show up so thank you guys yo

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he showed up to my house unexpectedly he just showed up unexpectedly by my window but anyways

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as i was saying before he showed up thank you guys for watching

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if you want the 3 000 most common English words

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and to join an online English community check in the description for the link

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and this was my favorite comment from last video

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and remember guys I read all your comments so leave a comment

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and I will reply follow my Instagram if you want and

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if you like this video check out this playlist next for all my videos thank you guys

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Speak Like a Native NOW”. This video has 296 sentences and 2459 words to shadow. The speech runs for 20:23. The speaker talks at a steady 121 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
verb noun	/vɝb/	A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
machete noun	/məˈʃɛ.ti/	A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
phrasal adjective	/ˈfɹeɪzəl/	Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
tripod noun	/ˈtɹaɪpɑd/	A three-legged stand or mount.
mosquito noun	/məsˈki.toʊ/	A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes…
vlog noun	/ˈvlɑɡ/	A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.
unexpectedly adverb	/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/	In an unexpected manner.
edit verb	/ˈɛdɪt/	To change a text, or a document.
smoothly adverb	/ˈsmuːðli/	in a smooth manner; smooth
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
sunrise noun	/ˈsʌnɹaɪz/	The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
accent noun	/ækˈsɛnt/	A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to…
shortcut noun	/ˈʃɔːtkʌt/	A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
windy adjective	/ˈwɪn.di/	Accompanied by wind.
poop noun	/ˈpuːp/	The sound of a steam engine's whistle, typically low-pitched.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
turn off verb		To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
come across verb		To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
cut off verb	/ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf]	To remove by cutting.
give up verb		To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
take off verb		To remove.
break down verb		To stop functioning.
pick up verb		To lift; to grasp and raise.
get along verb		To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Hey, can I ask you for directions?
Can I ask you for directions?
Did you hear what happened the other day?
You ready to carry on?
You don't want me to throw away the machete?

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	Have you ever heard · have heard · have you learned
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is really broken · is cut
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should just stick · should film · should never give
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was fixing · was having · was saying

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 73 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: machete /məˈʃɛ.ti/, shortcut /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/, flashlight /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: unexpectedly /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/

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 verb, machete, phrasal.

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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?