Shadowing Practice: steve and bucky being best friends - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Sometimes I think you like getting punched.
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Ah, you're from Paramus now.
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You know it's illegal to lie on the enlistment form.
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And seriously, Jersey.
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Come on, man.
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Why last night?
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Gotta get you cleaned up.
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Why?
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Where are we going?
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The future.
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I don't see what the problem is.
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You're about to be the last eligible man in New York.
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Look, you know there's three and a half million women here.
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Well, I'd settle for just one.
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Good thing I took care of that.
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What'd you tell her about?
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Only the good stuff.
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Don't do anything stupid until I get back.
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How can I?
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I'm taking all the stupid with you.
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Don't win the war till I get there.
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It's me.
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It's Steve.
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Steve, come on.
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Steve, I thought you were dead.
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I thought you were smaller.
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How about you?
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You ready to follow Captain America into the jaws of death?
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Hell no. That little guy from Brooklyn, I was too dumb not to run away from a fight.
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I'm following him, but you're keeping the outfit right.
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You know what?
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It's kind of growing on me.
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Remember when I made you ride the cyclone at Coney Island?
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Yeah, and I threw up.
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this isn't payback is it now why would i do that
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bucky who the hell is bucky because i'm with you to the end of the line
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your mom's name is sarah
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he used to wear newspapers and his shoes
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can't read that in the museum just like
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that we're supposed to be cool on my signal run like hell and
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if i tear myself in half don't come back for me tear himself in half you sure about this Scott
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and a semi -stable hundred -year -old man How you been buck not bad for the other world Steve
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you don't do anything stupid till i get back how can i you're taking all this stupid with you
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “steve and bucky being best friends”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Steve, stupid, hell. This video has 43 sentences and 323 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:40. The speaker talks at a steady 121 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 9 of its 43 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| tear verb | /tɛɹ/ | To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. |
| stable noun | /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ | A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. |
| settle verb | /ˈsɛtəl/ | To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc). |
| punch noun | /pʌnt͡ʃ/ | A hit or strike with one's fist. |
| eligible adjective | /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/ | Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something. |
| shoe noun | /ˈʃu/ | A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of… |
| outfit noun | /ˈaʊtfɪt/ | A set of clothing (with accessories). |
| buck noun | /ˈbʌk/ | A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo. |
| jaw noun | /d͡ʒɔː/ | One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth. |
| cyclone noun | /ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/ | Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system. |
| enlistment noun | The act of enlisting. | |
| signal noun | /ˈsɪɡnəl/ | A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel. |
| newspaper noun | /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/ | A publication, usually published daily or weekly, containing news and other articles. Traditionally a print publication typically printed on cheap, low-quality… |
| suppose verb | /səˈpoʊz/ | To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe. |
| dumb verb | /dʌm/ | To make stupid. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get back verb | Return to where one came from. |
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. |
| run away from verb | To avoid or shirk a problem or consequences; to rush to back away from or disclaim responsibility for something. |
| throw up verb | To vomit. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Where are we going?
- I don't see what the problem is.
- What'd you tell her about?
- Don't do anything stupid until I get back.
- I'm taking all the stupid with you.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'm. 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 tear, stable, settle.
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.