Shadowing Practice: The Bad Guys 2 (2025) - Fox vs. Kitty | Movieclips - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 50 sentences and 264 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:22. The speaker talks slowly, about 60 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

13 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• wolf /wʊlf/ (noun) — Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
• shuttle /ˈʃʌtəl/ (noun) — A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.
• earn /ɝn/ (verb) — To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
• spin /spɪn/ (verb) — To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
• genius /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/ (noun) — Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art…
• distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/ (noun) — Something that distracts.
• magnet /ˈmæɡ.nɪt/ (noun) — A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
• mess /mɛs/ (noun) — A thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation.
• destroy /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/ (verb) — To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
• hunt /hʌnt/ (verb) — To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
• fear /fɪə/ (verb) — To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
• web /wɛb/ (noun) — The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
• honestly /ˈɑ.nɪst.li/ (adverb) — In an honest manner.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• get back to (verb) — Return to (an activity)
• go back (verb) — To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
• mess with (verb) — To interfere with.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, didn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shuttle /ˈʃʌtəl/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/

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 wolf, shuttle, earn.