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In what John Huston film would you hear this line?

Badges?

We don't need no stinking badges.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Correct.

There's a possible backwards bonus.

Madre Sierra, thee of treasure!

Yes!

I'd like to go off the ladder of chance to the golden mud hut, please.

Wise choice.

How many rungs?

Six.

That noise can only mean one thing.

Hungry monkey!

I'd like a wicked wango card.

Okay.

It's an audio question.

Name this television theme song.

Oh.

Oh, my God.

Okay, I know this.

Give me a second.

Tell it to the time turtle.

Shut up!

I dream of genius.

Yes, yes, you're back in the lead.

I'd like to spin the wheel.

Oh, come on!

Super speedy speed round.

Is there a hopping bonus? Of course. Who invented bifocals?

Ben Franklin.

Correct.

Which monarch has ruled

Great Britain the longest?

Queen Victoria.

Correct again, but you forgot to switch legs between questions, so no hopping boners.

Oh, every time!

Now, over to Chandler.

I'd like a Google card.

Are you sure?

Yes.

No. Google.

Oh, my God.

Congratulations, Ross, because Chandler, you've been bamboozled this is the best game ever going for the party so far liquor wise

get a lot of liquor great great okay

now uh in terms of the invite list obviously i got you me

and chandler and i'm going to invite gunther

because well we've been talking about this pretty loud

i'll be there all right now oh listen i know it's your party

but i'd really like to limit the number of museum geeks that are going to be there yeah tell you what let's

Let's not invite any of the anthropologists, okay?

Just the dinosaur dudes.

Okay, we need a six -pack of Zima.

Hey, guys, what are you doing?

Oh, just planning my bachelor party with my best man.

Yeah, well, good luck trying to top the last one.

Yeah, see, I don't think it's gonna be

that difficult considering this one won't take place in the basement of a pizza hut.

Oh, I'm Ross.

I'm Ross.

I'm too good for the hut.

Look, I gotta go pick up Ben.

Everything so far sounds great, Joey.

Just remember, keep it on the mellow side, okay?

Just a couple of guys hanging out playing poker.

No strippers or anything, okay?

You got it.

Okay, see you later.

Yeah.

Have fun planning your mellow bachelor party.

There's gonna be strippers there.

He didn't say anything about no strippers.

He just said, no strippers.

Oh.

I chose not to hear that.

Hey, listen, man, about the stripper.

Yeah?

Good call.

Okay.

A little announcement, a little announcement.

I've decided that my best man is my best friend, Gunther.

What's my last name?

Central Perk.

Thanks for not marrying Rachel.

Hey, whoa, hey, got there.

Don't forget your shirt.

Hey, hey, what are those?

They're little party favors.

Check it out.

Wow, yeah.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Aw.

Okay, okay.

I want everybody to know the position of my best man is still open.

And, uh, you know, so is the position of the bride.

Great.

Smooth, man.

Yeah, you got some chili on your neck.

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Oh, I guess, um, goodnight.

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Well, unless you, uh, unless you want to hang around.

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Yeah?

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Yeah.

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I'll let you play with my duck.

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Hey.

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Stripper.

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the stripper stole the ring the stripper stole the ring what the ring is gone okay just like

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Give me a minute to wake up for this.

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Ah!

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You lost the ring.

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You're the worst best man ever.

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Dude, this isn't funny.

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What am I going to do?

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I go to sleep last night, everything's cool.

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I wake up this morning, the stripper's gone in the ring.

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He's gone.

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You slept with the stripper? Of course.

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Let me see what you wrote about yourself.

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Oh.

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Dr. Paleontology, two kids.

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Wait a second, you split with Carol because you had different interests?

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I think you split with Carol because you had one very similar interest.

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You know what?

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I'm going to finish this later, okay?

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Let me just grab my coat.

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Okay.

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well did you think you learned how to do it in the last two minutes maybe

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we finish this for him also

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I cloned a dinosaur in my lab she is now my girlfriend

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I don't care what society says it's the best sex I've ever had

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and send no no you can't do

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that to him all right let's go dude uh i think

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you made it clear you can't be trusted with the ball inside the house

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and send i didn't have to go believe me

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but unfortunately i have to oh um by the way what's the name of the girl you're dating Kristen Leigh.

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Bye.

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Well, obviously, only one of us can keep dating her.

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Obviously.

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So how do we decide?

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Well, now, let's look at this objectively.

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I think I should date her.

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Uh -huh.

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Uh -huh.

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Or.. or I'm the one who dates her.

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That's interesting, but check this out.

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I'd date her.

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Yeah, yeah, I like that.

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But just to go in another direction?

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Okay, okay.

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This can go on for a while.

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Yeah, well, we should order some food, then.

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No, Joey.

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Look, why don't we just let her decide, okay?

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Hey, hey, we'll each go out with her one more time.

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And we'll see who she likes best. That sounds fair.

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Maybe I'll take her to that new French restaurant down the street.

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Uh, hey, wait a second now.

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Look, we're gonna have to set a spending limit on the date.

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I don't have the money to take her to a fancy place like that.

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Well, sorry.

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That's what I do on dates.

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All right.

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Well, I guess I just have to do what I do on dates.

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So let's decide on the spending limit.

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Yeah.

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Uh...

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You want a slice?

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Six dollars?

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I was thinking more like a hundred.

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Okay.

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Can I borrow a ninety -four dollars?

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Joey?

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Huh?

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Joey!

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Chandler?

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What are you still doing here?

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I thought you guys took off.

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Oh, no, no, no, she took off.

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With my clothes!

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Are you naked in there?

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Well, not exactly.

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I'm wearing panties.

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Huh.

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You, uh, you always wear panties?

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No, no. No, this is the first time.

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Wow.

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Talk about your bad luck.

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I mean, the first time you try panties and someone walks off with your clothes.

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I was not trying them out.

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Susie asked me to wear them.

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Well, let me see.

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No. I'm not letting you or anybody else see, ever.

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All right, all right.

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Whoa.

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Someone's flossing.

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Joey, some people don't like that.

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Chandler's wearing panties.

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What?

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Let me see.

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No, no, you don't have to see.

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Hi, Tushy.

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All right.

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Why don't you give me your underpants?

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Oh, no, no, no, no. Can't help you.

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I'm not wearing any.

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How can you not be wearing any underwear?

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Oh, I'm getting heat from the guy in the hospital pink thong all right look

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Ross I'll give you $50 for your underpants Hey!

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Chandler!

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Chandler!

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I saw what you were doing through the window!

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i saw what you were doing to my sister

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now get out here oh listen we had a good run

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you know what was it four five months i mean that's more than most people have in a lifetime

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so goodbye take care bye -bye then what are you doing oh

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i'm going on the lamb come on come on i can handle ross hold on hey ross what's up bro

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what the hell are you doing okay what's going on well i think i think ross knows about me and monica

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dude he's right there

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i thought you were my best friend this is my sister my best friend and my sister i cannot

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Look, we're not just messing around.

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I love her.

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Okay?

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I'm in love with her.

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I'm so sorry that you had to find out this way.

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I'm sorry, but it's true.

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I love him, too.

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My best friend and my sister!

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I cannot believe this!

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Oh, I'm sorry, you guys want to probably get some hugs in, too, huh?

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Big news!

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No, that's okay.

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We've actually known for a while.

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What?

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What?

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What?

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You guys knew?

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You...

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You all knew and you didn't tell me?

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Well, Ross, we were worried about you, okay?

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We didn't know how you were gonna react.

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Mm.

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You were worried about me?

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You didn't know how I was going to react.

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Okay.

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All right.

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What do you say we all clear out of here and let these two lovebirds get back down to business?

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Hey, hey, hey.

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I'm just talking here.

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He's the one doing your sister.

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Give me a chance to win my money back, okay?

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Sudden death, one goal, $1 ,000.

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You serious?

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Oh, yes.

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Okay.

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Get ready to owe me.

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Okay.

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Okay, here we go.

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Ready?

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No, no, no, no!

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No, no!

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one can beat me see now that's why only the little fake man is supposed to do the kicking

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what are you guys doing try it i can't feel a thing are you kidding

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This is packing?

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We're taking a break. From?

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Jumping on the bed.

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All right, Rachel's party is in a couple of hours, and there's a lot to do.

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Now, Ross, you've got Geller blood.

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You're in charge of these yahoos.

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You got it.

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All right.

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All right, she's right.

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We gotta get serious.

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Let's put Styling Poe Peanuts down his pants and kick him.

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Or you could just, you know...

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what the hell are you doing what the hell am i doing he just broke my fridge

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what how do you know how do you know

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it's even broken oh you think

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i don't know what breaks my fridge excuse me well what do you know broken that'll be $400 Joey

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I saw you push him you push them joey i did not break this okay that has been broken for a while

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hi chan remember i told you about our fridge uh -huh i still haven't gotten the check for your half yet

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do not give him any money i'm not talking to you you broke my fridge

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i have had enough of this all right gunther these guys are trying to take our seats

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fellas these guys were here first oh sorry i'm sorry i didn't realize there you go thank you gunther

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we didn't want to have to go and do

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that he told on us you told on us well pal

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you didn't give me much of a choice don't play with this thing

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I know all right let's take

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this outside let's let's take this outside who talks like

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that guy who's about to kick your ass talks like

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that you had to ask okay okay look see the thing is we're we're not gonna fight

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you guys well then here's the deal you won't have to

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so long as you never ever show your faces in this coffee house ever again i'd like to toast ross

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and emily of course my big toast will be tomorrow at the wedding

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so this is kind of my little toast or or melba toast

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if you will okay i've known ross for a long time in fact i knew him

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when he was going out with his first girlfriend

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and i thought things were really going to work out for him until the day

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he over inflated her oh dear god i'm sure we're all very excited uh that ross

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and emily are getting married at montgomery hall

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i mean to think my friend getting married in monty hall

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oh come on monty hall let's make a deal come on you people all right forget it congratulations ross and emily

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Hey, best man number two, Joey Tribbiani.

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Now, I'm not good with the jokes like

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Chandler here, but...

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Excuse me.

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It says to call this number if you're not completely satisfied with this candy bar.

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well i'm not completely satisfied

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listen it's kind of an emergency well i guess you'd know that or we'd be in the predicament room

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hold on fill these out sit over there look look look look i don't want to make any trouble okay

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but i'm in a lot of pain here all right my face is dented well you'll have to wait your turn well

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How long do you think it'll be?

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Any minute.

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No. No, no, I don't think you heard me.

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Are you ready to party?

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No. Gandalf?

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Gandalf is coming to town?

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Kathy's with her parents.

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I have nothing to do, so tomorrow we are partying with Gandalf, dude!

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Dude, we are so gonna party.

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Wow, okay.

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Dude alert.

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and who is this guy

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Mike Gandalf Ganderson only like the funnest guy in the world I'm gonna call

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and get off work tomorrow oh I'm gonna call after you this is gonna be

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so cool dude we never party all right were you guys smoking something in the back of our van really

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and what do you mean we never have fun anymore

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you have fun with me remember the time we saw those strippers then

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and you paid me 50 bucks to eat that book?

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Joey, you are gonna love this guy.

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Gandalf is like the party wizard.

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Well, why do you call him Gandalf?

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Gandalf the wizard.

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Hello, didn't you read

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Lord of the Rings in high school?

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No, I had sex in high school.

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All right, so we'll get a little coffee, we'll get energized, and we'll head back out.

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Yeah, all right.

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Okay.

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So we're having fun, right?

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We don't need that wizard guy.

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We hit a couple of clubs, talk to some strangers.

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And, uh, after this, we'll go down to the docks and see about that boat thing.

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I'm kind of beat.

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Actually, me too.

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You serious?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Thank God, I'm exhausted.

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So you guys want coffees?

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Yeah, but, uh, I don't want to be up too late, so I'll have a decaf.

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Yeah, me too.

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Actually, can I get some hot water with a little lemon?

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it strained my voice screaming in there does it have to be

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so loud i can't hear a word you say in my ears are ringing

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so bad i'm just glad i brought

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that extra pair of socks you know i used them as mittens i didn't want to touch a thing in

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that last play how sad are we

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Yeah, I know.

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You know what?

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We're not sad.

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We're not sad.

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We're just not 21 anymore.

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You know?

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I'm 29 years old, damn it.

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And I want to sit in a comfortable chair and watch television and go to sleep at a reasonable hour.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And I'd like to hang out in a quiet place where I could talk to my friends.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And so what if I'd like to go home, throw on some Kenny G, and take a bath?

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we're 29 we're not women i'm glad that you saved ross

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and the car backfired but it could have been a bullet

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and you you know you didn't try to save me oh you're upset

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because you think i chose ross over you no i knew

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you could take care of yourself you know i mean ross

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he needs help he's not street like us what it comes

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down to is you would risk your life for ross before

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you would for me that's the bottom line wouldn't

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it no not exactly all right look i i wasn't trying to save ross okay my sandwich was next to ross

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all right i was trying to save my sandwich

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from a bullet i know it doesn't make much sense much sense

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it was instinct okay i just went for it

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so you risked your life for a sandwich i know it sounds crazy

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but chandler this is the greatest sandwich in the world

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so you didn't uh choose ross before me no i would never do

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that you you're my brother really yeah in fact to prove how much you mean to me

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here thanks oh yeah easy it's not a hot dog

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How good is that?

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Oh, wow.

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See?

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Mm -hmm.

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Hey, dude, what are you doing?

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I thought you were showing me how much I mean to you.

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Yeah, with a bite.

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Jeez.

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Hey, wouldn't it be cool if our duck and our chick had a little baby?

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We could call it Chuck. Or Dick.

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hey hey hey listen i i need a favor um i was in the shower and as i was

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cleansing myself i i i well i felt something was it like a sneeze only better

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no no i mean i mean like a thing on my body what was it well

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i i don't know it's it's kind in a place that's not it's not visually accessible to me

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and i was hoping maybe

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you guys could could help me out why come on you

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guys no big deal huh what is it is it a mole

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no it's too wrinkly to be a mole ew is it what a pimple

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no it's fancier than a pimple look bros why don't you just go see a dog

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okay well it's definite two more weeks of winter

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Live in Times Square, we're in a virtual snowstorm of confetti here in Times Square.

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It gets bigger and better every year.

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There you go, kids.

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And then the peacock bit me.

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Please kiss me at midnight.

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you seen sandy oh uh i don't know how to tell you this

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but uh she's in monica's bedroom getting it on with max

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that scientist geek oh look at that i didn't know how to tell you

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everybody the ball is dripping what the ball is dripping

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in 20 seconds it'll be midnight and the moment of joy is upon us

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looks like that nose date pack thing worked out everybody looks so happy i hate that

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Not everybody's happy.

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Hey, Bobby.

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One.

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Happy New Year!

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You know, I, uh, just thought I'd throw this out here.

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I'm no math whiz, but I do believe there are three girls and three guys right here.

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Mm -hmm.

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Oh, I don't feel like kissing anyone tonight.

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Oh, I can't kiss anyone.

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So I'm kissing everyone?

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No, no, no. You can't kiss Ross.

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That's your brother.

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Oh, yeah.

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Perfect.

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Perfect.

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So now everybody's gonna kiss but me.

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All right, somebody kiss me.

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Somebody kiss me.

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It's midnight.

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Somebody kiss me.

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Somebody kiss me.

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Somebody kiss me.

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It's midnight.

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All right, all right, all right.

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Hey.

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Hey.

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Emily's cousin kicked me out.

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What?

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Why?

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Well, when you're sub -lending an apartment from your wife's cousin, and then you get a divorce, Sometimes the cousin suddenly wants his apartment back.

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Well, how can he do that?

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Didn't you sign a lease?

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Who needs a lease when it's family?

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Hey, you can stay with us.

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We'll take care of him.

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Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

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Anything you need, man.

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But you have to promise me you will let us know the second you are feeling better

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so that we can make fun of your hair.

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Yeah.

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We got it.

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Okay.

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Thanks, you guys.

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I really appreciate this.

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All right, well, I'm gonna get packing again.

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Man, I've been moving around so much lately, i'm beginning to feel like a nomad what he thought you said gonad

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joey please sorry

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Hello, children.

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Hey, want to play some foosball, please?

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Okay.

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No, no, no. We have to move the table into my room, yeah.

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Because of all the boxes.

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Come on!

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All right, I have one question.

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What is the deal with this?

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bye -bye little puppet joey hand i don't know the quiet down thing you mean this

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look i i don't know how much more of this i can take did you know

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he taped over my baywatch tape with some show about bugs my god what if that had been porn huh

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All right, look, you know, this may be tough, but come on, it's Ross.

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I survived college with him.

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All right.

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I guess I can hold out a little longer.

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Let's have a game.

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Okay.

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We'll be starting.

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No, we're on the moon!

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Yes!

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Uh, fellas?

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Okay, so he's out of here.

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Mm -hmm.

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Welcome to the Chesson Inn, Mr. Bing.

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So where are you joining us from?

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New York.

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The Big Apple.

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I'm sorry, he's a little bit wound up.

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We had to stop at every maple candy stand on the way here.

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I ate all my gifts for everybody.

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I'm sorry, Mr. Bing.

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There's no record of your reservation in the computer.

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Well, that's impossible.

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Can you check again, please?

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Check again, please.

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I'm sorry, it's not here.

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Not there.

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let me get this straight

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i called yesterday to try to cancel my reservation was told it's not refundable

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then we drove six hours all the way up here

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and now you're telling me

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that we don't have a reservation i don't know what to say

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she doesn't know what to say just give us the cheapest room

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you have well unfortunately the only thing

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we have available is our deluxe suite the rate is 600

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that's insane it's totally insane dude let's drive home we'll hit all the maple candy stores on the way back

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and if if they're closed then maybe we'll tap a tree

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and mix them ourselves does that room have a closet i can lock him in we'll take it Great.

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Look, they are totally ripping us off.

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Dude, don't worry about it.

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I know how we can make your money back.

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This is a nice hotel, you know, plenty of amenities.

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We just load up on those, like those apples.

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Instead of taking one, um, I take six.

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Great.

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At $100 an apple, we're there.

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Come on, you get the idea.

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You know, we'll make our money back in no time.

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Dude, you're shaking.

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I think it's the sugar.

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Could you hold the apple?

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Hi, this is Ross Geller in suite 206.

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I seem to have forgotten a couple of things.

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Could you have some complimentary toiletries sent up to my room?

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Thank you.

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Okay, toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, mouthwash, deodorant, dental floss, band -aids, shaving cream, aftershave.

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And I feel like I'm forgetting something.

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Is there anything else you have that I haven't asked for already?

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Yeah, go ahead.

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Set up some tampons.

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What'd you get?

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USA Today.

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Nice.

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Put away the others.

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And I also got two more apples.

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We're four short of a bushel.

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God, I feel so alive.

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I love being in the country.

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Also, got these great salt and pepper shakers from the restaurant.

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Oh, that's not cool.

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Dude, none of this is cool.

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Look, Chandler, you have to find the line between stealing and taking what the hotel owes you.

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For example, a hairdryer, no, no, no. But shampoos and conditioners, oh, yes, yes, yes.

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Now, the salt shaker is off limits, but the salt, I wish I'd thought this through.

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I think I get what you mean, though like the little lamp is uh is the hotels

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but the bulbs oh you already got

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that about my first time in a hotel my friend okay uh how about this no no no

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you can't take the remote control yes

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but the batteries thank you thank you very much let's

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let's celebrate with some maple candy no at least tell me where you hit it.

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Here's your copy of the bill.

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We hope you enjoyed your stay.

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Oh, we did.

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And you still have all your lamps.

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No, I didn't factor in the room tax.

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Oh, dude, don't worry about it.

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I found an unattended maid's car.

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We're way ahead of the game.

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Oh, my God.

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What?

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There's something new in the bowl.

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Look, we have enough.

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Just walk away.

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No, but I want the pine cones.

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There's a forest right outside.

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It's not the same.

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Okay, go quick.

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Oh, go!

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Thank you for a delightful stay.

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My maple candy!

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Die Hard still great hey what do you say we make it a double feature what else you're in Die Hard 2

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Joey this is Die Hard 1 again oh but we watched it a second time and it's

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Die Hard 2

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Joey we just saw it and and it would be cool to see it again yeah Yeah!

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Die Hard!

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Dude, you didn't say Die Hard. Is everything okay?

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Yeah, I just got, uh, got plans.

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Well, John McLean had plans.

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Uh, you see, the thing is, I want to get out of here before

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Joey gets all worked up and starts calling everybody bitch.

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What are you talking about, bitch?

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What happened?

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I don't know.

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You fell asleep.

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That is all.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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All right, well, I better go.

595

Yeah, I think that would be best.

596

All right, I'll talk to you later.

597

Okay, but not about this.

598

No, never.

599

Never. So, uh...

600

All right.

601

Bye.

602

No touch, no touch.

603

This is gonna be okay, right?

604

I mean, she's not gonna leave me.

605

This is, this is fixable.

606

Oh, yeah, yeah, sure, absolutely. By me.

607

Oh, no. No, no. Well, unless you make some kind of big gesture.

608

Yeah, big, though.

609

Oh, shit, the missus.

610

Here, can I get a coffee? To go?

611

Come on, okay, for me.

612

I'm still not done not wanting to talk to you.

613

Just tell me what I need to do to make things right.

614

What?

615

Well, that's what we do, you know.

616

I mess up, and then you tell me how to fix it, and then I do, and then, you know, you think I'm all cute again.

617

I'm really tired of being your relationship tutor.

618

You're gonna have to figure this one out for yourself, right?

619

You know what?

620

If you're too afraid to be in a real relationship, then don't be in one.

621

all right i took the quiz and it turns out i do put career before men

622

get up what near my seat how is this your seat

623

because i was sitting there but then you left well it's not like i went to spain

624

i went to the bathroom you knew

625

i was coming back what's the big deal sit somewhere else the big deal is I was sitting there last

626

so it's my seat actually the last place you were sitting was in there

627

so you guys you know what you know what it doesn't matter

628

because you both have to go get dressed before the big vein in my head pops all right

629

Ross I just have to do one thing really quickly

630

it's not a big deal all right fine you know what we'll both sit in the chair I'm

631

so comfortable me too in fact I think I might be a little too comfortable

632

okay look we have 19 minutes okay

633

Chandler I want you to go and change okay and then when you come back

634

Joey will go change and he'll have vacated the chair okay okay all right fine I'm going

635

When I get back, it's chair city.

636

And I'm the guy who's...

637

sitting in a chair.

638

All right, you will notice that I am fully dressed.

639

I, in turn, have noticed that you are not.

640

So, in the words of A .A.

641

Milne, get out of my chair, dill hole.

642

Okay.

643

What are you doing?

644

Well, you said I had to give you the chair.

645

You didn't see anything about the cushions.

646

The cushions are the essence of the chair.

647

That's right.

648

I'm taking the essence.

649

Oh, he'll be back.

650

Oh, there's nobody in the room.

651

Where's my underwear?

652

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

653

Come on, come on, what?

654

You took his underwear?

655

He took my essence.

656

Okay, hold on.

657

Joey, why can't you just wear the underwear you're wearing now?

658

Because I'm not wearing any underwear now.

659

Okay, then why do you have to wear underwear tonight?

660

It's a rented tux, okay?

661

Not gonna go commando in another man's fatigue.

662

Well, then it looks like somebody's gonna have to give somebody back his cushions.

663

Okay.

664

You hide my clothes, I'm gonna do the exact opposite to you.

665

What are you gonna show me my clothes?

666

Hey, opposite is opposite.

667

He's got nothing!

668

Okay, buddy boy, here it is.

669

You hide my clothes, I'm wearing everything you own.

670

oh my god that is

671

so not the opposite of taking somebody's underwear look at me i'm chandler could i be wearing any more clothes

672

maybe if i wasn't going commando

673

yeah i'll tell you it's hot with all this stuff on i uh

674

i better not do any i don't know lunges Okay, okay.

675

Enough.

676

Enough with the bunting.

677

No, I'm sick of this, okay?

678

I've had it up to here with you two.

679

Neither of you can come to the party.

680

Jeez, what a baby.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “The Chaotic Ones with the Guys”. This video has 680 sentences and 4854 words to shadow. The speech runs for 39:38. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 102 of its 680 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
ross noun		A swamp.
chandler noun	/ˈt͡ʃændlɚ/	A person who makes or sells candles.
underwear noun	/ˈʌndɚˌwɛɹ/	Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
candy noun	/ˈkæn.di/	Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
midnight noun	/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/	The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
sandwich noun	/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/	A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
toast noun	/toʊst/	Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
maple noun	/ˈmeɪpl̩/	Any member of any species of genus Acer, characterized by (usually) palmate, five-lobed leaves and winged seeds, and often grown for syrup or wood
panties noun		Underpants for women and girls.
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…
steal verb	/stiːl/	To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
invite verb	/ɪnˈvaɪt/	To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
essence noun	/ˈɛsəns/	The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
reservation noun	/ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/	The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come back verb	To return to a place.
get back verb	Return to where one came from.
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
take off verb	To remove.
find out verb	To discover, as by asking or investigating.
get off verb	To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
get out verb	To leave or escape.
get up verb	To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Hey, guys, what are you doing?
Why don't you give me your underpants?
You all knew and you didn't tell me?
How long do you think it'll be?
Didn't you sign a lease?

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	we've been talking · I've been moving
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has ruled · you've been bamboozled · I've decided
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	you've been bamboozled · can't be trusted · has been broken
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was thinking · was not trying · were doing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 219 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: math /mæθ/, bath /bɑːθ/, smooth /smuːð/, thee /ðiː/, anthropologist /ˌæn.θɹoʊˈpɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
Long words — get the stress right: reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, accessible /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/, visually /ˈvɪzju.əli/, amenities /əˈmɛn.ə.tiːz/

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 ross, chandler, underwear.

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?

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