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We'll be right back.
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Thank you.
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This circle.
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I don't know.
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Thank you.
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Let's go.
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25 years ago, the 10 -month -old baby of Aaron Carabullet was kidnapped.
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According to what later statements said, The callers demanded a hefty sum of money.
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Kara Bullet agreed to the amount.
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They named a warehouse in Silevri, so he went to the location with the money for the exchange.
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Who were the kidnappers, Captain?
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We don't know.
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And I doubt the Kara Bullet family knows either.
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Nor does Aaron, and he was the one with the money.
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Like a lamb to the slaughter.
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He must have thought it was a trap or some elaborate plan, but still agreed to it for his baby.
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We'll be right back.
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Let's go.
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We'll be right back.
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Come on!
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Forensics extracted six bullets from the victim, three to the chest and two to the neck, one to the head.
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He died instantly.
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Sir, what happened to the baby?
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See, that's where it gets interesting.
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The police arrived at the scene soon after.
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And they found the baby in the back.
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Which means they took the money, murdered Aaron, and left the kid.
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And what's really interesting is that it turns out the baby found in the car was not Aaron's.
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Come again?
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They switched them.
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Aaron's baby with another baby.
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And Humiric Haribullet, Aaron's wife, came down to the station.
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She took the kid.
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Didn't say anything or object to anything.
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She didn't say the kid wasn't hers.
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Did they ever find the real kid?
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Nope.
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The kid's whereabouts are still unknown.
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The case was closed after that.
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I think the issue was far deeper than just the murder of Aaron Carbolin.
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Think about it.
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You take a baby from a poor family, leave it in the arms of Humeric Carbolin, and dump the baby at God knows where,
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essentially, saying, I can create destiny.
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Me.
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Me.
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I shape it.
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I can reshuffle the cards.
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Your husband's dead, your kid's missing, and you've got an unnamed kid.
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I have no words.
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Why'd she take a stranger's baby?
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I don't know.
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She just did.
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Maybe the kid's really her husband's, and she knows.
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She doesn't say anything to the police, thinks, I'll dig my own grave, or thinks the kid's innocent and keeps quiet.
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Humira Karabolt, nowadays, only manages a practice field, never remarried.
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Keeps to herself and looks after the kid who dropped in her lap.
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Okay, so why has this case been reopened?
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Why are we gathered here, talking about this 25 years later?
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This is why.
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This was sent to the prison.
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Wondering who's in prison?
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The kid in the car, who was dropped in Humira Karabullet's lap, named Khan Karabullet.
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While he was merrily serving a five -year sentence for larceny, he received this for him to watch and learn.
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Play this.
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Supposedly, they sent it to the boy, and they actually wanted to send us a message.
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They know we'll watch it.
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They know we'll find out before the kid does.
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See, they're saying this happened 25 years ago.
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Did you forget?
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They called me, so I went ahead and watched it.
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I decided then and there that the kid should watch it too, that he should see it and find out.
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Concarvalet watched it.
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They have every single second on tape.
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Recorded it on a camcorder 25 years ago. Who shot it?
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Can't be the murderers themselves.
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Don't know.
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Watch first.
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It's short, and we'll talk.
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This is where it gets interesting.
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Whoever sent this recording exposed the murderers one by one by name.
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One of your father's murderers is Air John Senior, a .k .a.
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Colick.
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The other is Iskander Akai.
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These two killers committed a murder under the order of Ilhan Tepelli.
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Her job's son.
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The guy in the back in the middle with a tie, dead of cancer last year.
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At least that's what his death certificate says.
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The guy right next to him is Iskander Akai.
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He used to work with Ilhan Tepelli, but then they split.
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Iskander is running his own string of jobs at the moment.
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They seem to be considered rivals now.
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Maybe the person who sent the tape isn't aware that Ayrjan Sonner's dead.
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Maybe.
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After all these years, they named the killers, including their addresses.
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Who's naming them?
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And who gained something from this revenge?
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This is the problem we have to solve.
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We don't see them put the baby in the car, Captain.
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Yeah.
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They didn't want the authorities to know that much.
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Or maybe this is all they know as well.
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So they didn't tell
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Khan that he was someone else's kid?
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They didn't.
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They just wanted him to know who the killers were, so that when he gets out, he can find them and take them out.
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Khan doesn't know the situation?
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No. What about his mother, Humera?
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I mean, does she know what we know?
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I personally think Humera knows.
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The thing is, we will keep this secret too and won't use it unless we need to.
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Alright.
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So now what?
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Why do they want us to know?
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What's being told on this DVD?
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They want us to investigate Tepelli.
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They know we're after him.
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Who knows that, Bahar?
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Who knows we're after Tepelli?
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Who knows we're chasing after the Circle Network?
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We're undercover.
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There's only seven of us here.
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It doesn't even matter whether we lock Ilhan Tepelli up for incitement to murder or not.
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I'm not just after him.
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I'm after those above him, the Circle Network.
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There's no way I can arrest only Ilhan Tepele for incitement to murder and let him get away with the rest.
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So what do we do now?
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Cod.
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Are you who I talk to?
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The captain's inside.
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What do I get out of it?
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What?
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Huh.
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I want turnip juice.
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Spicy.
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What turnip juice?
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I had this juice one time.
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Just one time.
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I'm neither mad about it nor against it, but it was on my mind while on my way here.
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Since you both came to visit me, it's the least you could do, for goodness sake.
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Maybe throw in a derm as well.
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Enjoy.
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This feels wrong.
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Should I tear a piece for you?
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Thanks.
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We already ate.
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Hmm.
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They say when one eats and the other watches, it creates disaster.
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Between these walls is the academy of disasters.
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The lesson today, pacing.
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Rising against the turning wheels of life.
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You get me, Captain.
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I do.
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How long until you get out?
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Ask me questions I don't know the answer to.
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We can pick it up or I'll ask you one and go full speed.
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What do you want from me?
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For you to work with us.
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We know about the DVD that you got.
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Did you send it?
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No. They just want to use you as a tool.
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As far as I know, you want that too, Cap.
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You offered me a job.
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Uh -huh.
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But I'm the police.
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Who they are is unknown.
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I treated you to lunch, fed you, and I'll do it again.
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I can get you out.
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And I can make your father's killer pay for their crime and bring us all justice.
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All right, let's speak more openly and not slow down.
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What do I need to do?
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We want you to get a job with Tepele and get into his close circle.
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Well, he murdered my father.
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He's important to me.
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But why is this Tepele important to you?
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Take a look at the man in the middle.
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His name is Ilhan Tepele.
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He gathers and distributes money to the network.
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He's a contractor and importer on paper, but his real job is to gather the money and distribute it.
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What's important to us is not where the money is from, but to whom he distributes.
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Use you as a tool?
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Tepele is someone's tool.
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I want the hand that holds the tool.
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Why me?
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What about using someone like that pro over there?
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I mean, I'm just a petty criminal.
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I'm not clean.
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Hi.
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Thanks.
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Sugar?
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No, none.
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This is our duty.
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But it's a matter of life and death to you.
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When I start something, I prefer the people working on it with me have a backbone.
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And that they have a personal link to it.
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And you're that person.
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If you care about your future, you'll quickly see that working for us will be to your benefit.
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You'll get out of prison.
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You'll avenge your father.
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You'll work with the state.
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Thus a new life for you.
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He killed my father.
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Why would he employ the son of a man whom he murdered?
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Think of it the other way around.
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Who would want to work for the man who got his father killed?
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Why bother?
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You could just shoot him?
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True.
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I know myself.
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What happens if I just shoot Tapelli?
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You come back here.
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You're familiar, after all.
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Oh, there's been an injustice.
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They threw him in jail for nothing.
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Huh, baby?
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Come on, tell us.
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It's fun to listen to.
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Conker a bullet.
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You're smart enough to understand what I'm offering you, right? And...
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What happens to the guy who sent the DVD?
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Nothing at all.
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Them, you, me, Bahar, we're all on the same side.
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We all want Ilhan to Pele.
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We don't know who sent the DVD, and we won't unless they want us to.
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Besides, the person who sent the DVD will help you until you take down Ilhan Tepele.
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And if they come forward?
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We'll worry about it then.
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We'll be close by.
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Bahar and I will help you in any way possible.
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Who's this?
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He wasn't in the film.
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Cihangir.
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Tepeli.
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Son.
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Well, he's got his son in his doorstep.
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Uh -huh.
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What do you need me for?
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You'll gain his trust as well.
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What is this?
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A free ride?
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Jihon Gear
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Talk, Adam.
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Jagir, I'm in front of this soccer guy at Khan's house.
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All right, I'm almost there.
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How's the scene?
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Calm, boss.
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No movement.
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The entire place looks asleep.
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I wish we sold the guy to the Qataris already so we wouldn't have to deal with him anymore.
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Welcome, boss.
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The city had brought the girl in after the game.
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The guys at the door told me it's been about an hour.
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Any cameras?
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Yes, boss.
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They wipe the footage once a month.
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My man from Cherum, what's up?
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All good with him.
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I just chatted it up with him, boss.
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Chunkiri, Cherum, they're close cities.
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He was at the door when they came in. Which block?
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15th floor, boss.
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B block.
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This way, boss.
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IRAM Mobile.
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I'll get the footage on the way out, boss.
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Junk, kitty.
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Jeroom, greasing your palm is what I told him, boss.
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Gee, Hungirabi, this is all terrible.
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I'm going through hell here.
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Everything's done for.
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It's unreal.
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Completely ridiculous.
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All right, calm down.
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Hey, where's the body?
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Dude, don't say body, man.
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My life's turned upside down.
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Get up.
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Any other cameras in this hallway?
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What?
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Oh yeah, there are.
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This is an intelligent building.
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Very smart.
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Screw your smarts.
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Get inside.
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Move, you idiot.
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Move, move, move.
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Yes, boss.
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Get the girl's stuff.
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On it, boss.
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Hey, you.
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Did anyone see you leave the club?
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Yeah, dude.
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Everyone was there.
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They took a photo, boss.
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Hey, did she send it to anyone?
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Yeah, she sent it to me.
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As a keepsake, obviously.
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How long have you known this girl?
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Dude, we just met.
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No relationship or anything.
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I haven't even touched the girl yet.
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Jungerabi, help me.
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I swear I didn't do anything.
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Well, how did she die then?
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Dude, I just went to the bathroom, and when I got back, she was lying like this. And?
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And she's dead.
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Nein.
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Well, how did she die?
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Dude, I really don't know.
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No signs of battery, boss.
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Dude, there wasn't a fight or anything.
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I have an upcoming transfer.
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This girl just messaged me on WhatsApp, and I just said, this goal goes out to you, for Dietsch.
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Hey, Hakan, the girl's dead.
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What are you going on about?
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Kainanung!
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She was dead when I got here, man.
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The girl's not dead, you idiot.
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Wake her up.
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Of course, boss.
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What's that, Aldem?
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Ether, boss.
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Aldem, what are you doing with that?
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Just handle it, Autumn.
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Okay, boss.
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Hey, were you going to let me bury this witch alive?
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Aw, dude, you're awesome!
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Ah, super!
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Super!
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Get the girl to a hospital.
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Right away, boss.
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Hey, you're coming with me.
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You'll stay at a hotel or something.
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Okay, dude.
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Yeah, I can stay at the facilities tonight.
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Stay wherever the hell you want.
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Just get out of my sight.
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I'll damn get the security footage, all right?
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She may well yet die at the hospital.
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Boss, take it easy.
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This girl will live.
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Look at her, all wiggly.
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Psst, sis.
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Where are you from?
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I'll handle it, boss.
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Let's go.
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Come on, come on.
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Captain, why are we placing our trust in the criminal?
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It's not about trust.
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Someone wants to put this kid in the mix.
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Let's just say I'm letting them.
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What if it's a trap?
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I'm taking a risk.
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However, less than the risk I'd have taken if one of us were to do it.
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So if we lose anyone, it won't be us.
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We'll just lose a criminal we got out of there.
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Well, that's the real risk.
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I feel like it's almost impossible that we don't lose Konkar Balut, Captain.
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Someone in prison at that age is already living a wasted life.
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I'm giving him another chance.
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Do you think he understood that?
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He's a smart kid.
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He doesn't just sit there.
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He gives a darn and doesn't want to go under.
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Remember what he said?
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I want to sleep on it.
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I'll let you know tomorrow.
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He's calculating.
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Won't jump right into it.
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Distances himself.
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Which is good.
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Welcome home, sir.
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Jiang here.
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My dear boy, welcome home.
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How are you?
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What's up with that fiancé of yours?
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She sits here frowning, doesn't speak a word.
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She'll just fade away.
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I'll talk to her.
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No talking.
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She won't just be marrying you, she'll marry me as well.
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She's mad at you.
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Why am I being punished for it?
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How's it my fault?
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I said I'll talk to her, Mom.
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Don't talk.
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You'll tell her, and she'll do it.
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What's up, Aram? been waiting for you
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i'm tired you're suffering from insomnia johan gear with what's happening with my dad
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you need to see a doctor you're not just tired
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so you don't want to talk about it now talk think you're doing me a favor or something
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Of course I'll talk.
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You don't even answer my calls.
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Why didn't you?
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You too busy for me?
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I've been working around.
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I've been doing my job.
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Your dad's happy about that.
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But what about me, Jahangir?
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You're tired with me.
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Where are you going with this, Aram?
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Hmm?
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Just get there and I'll talk.
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We weren't like this before.
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What happened to you?
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Aren't you supposed to care about me?
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You give that a shot.
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Give that a shot?
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I'm not doing this, Aram.
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I'm just trying to keep up.
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Trying to keep up with it all.
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Answer it.
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It's your dad.
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Work won't wait.
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Your dad won't wait.
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Your girlfriend will, though.
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Your fiancé will wait.
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Your dad's in the garden.
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What's up, Irem Hanem?
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Well, sounds like she's mad.
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What's happening, Ji Young Gear?
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No, kid, I'm asking what's happening with the soccer player.
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Oh, nothing, Dad.
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It's not what we feared.
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The girl just fainted.
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Passed out.
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Hell, if I could sell that idiot to the Qataris before he really messes up.
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He won't mess up, Dad.
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I'll pick up the Qataris from the airport tomorrow.
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If somebody told me that, I'll be doing business with the Qataris ten years ago, I'd never believe it.
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Am I right?
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It's fate, Dan.
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It's fate.
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It's not.
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It's not.
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People, they can create their own kismet.
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If I just sat there like a cow, Now, stuck upon my reputation of years, huh?
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Am I wrong?
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I could never be that guy.
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Do you know what separates me from my peers?
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They think you wage war on the streets and end it at the table.
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The real war is fought at the table.
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If I am setting up a factory in Beijing, if I'm opening up a hotel and keeping it in Moscow,
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that places me somewhere else, doesn't it?
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Those guys with the 40 -year -old swagger, they live on borrowed time, Xi 'an -Gi.
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That's one.
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Two.
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Every boat has its mice.
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you have to rock it you always have to rock
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it there's no going i won't do this i won't do
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that business means rocking it you gotta rock it who knows those mice may hand you the ship itself and that's two
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okay dad the boat i'll rock it
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It loosens the tongue, this stuff.
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One last thing.
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I hear they're poking around.
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I hear that they're saying my boat's old and has to be decommissioned.
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Who's saying that?
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You keep saying that.
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Give me an address.
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I'll go look.
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I know.
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You'll look.
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If I find the address, I'll tell you, my son.
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Intelligence Section Chief, Alton Demoras.
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You How long has it been, Bahar?
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Since you got into intelligence?
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Four years, Chief.
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Four years, huh?
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So, do you remember what we talked about four years ago?
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I do, Chief.
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The state comes first.
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You'll hear that from everyone.
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Some of them will hide behind those words and lie.
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They'll chase after something else.
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I said that, no?
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I know, Chief.
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It's on my mind.
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But I've been working under Captain Sandefjie for three years now.
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I mean, I failed to doubt him.
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Wait a second.
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If I said to Sundicca, Jamal, I want to report on Bahar, follow and analyze her, what would he do?
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He would do all that without a moment's hesitation.
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We set our emotions aside in this line of work.
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Jamal Sundicca has been working on this a long time.
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He didn't once bring me something tangible.
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Now he makes a move, and his move doesn't sit well with me.
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Think about it.
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What if he's doing this on purpose?
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What if he's acting as if he's working hard just to fail, and so he's wasting our time?
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What if it's just a game that he's playing with us?
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Using that kid.
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Look, we can't take this risk.
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Maybe we shouldn't do this, Chief.
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I mean, if someone has to get inside, we can find another way.
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You said the same thing to Sundicca.
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Yes.
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Went to him with that as well.
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You rejected it.
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Which is exactly why we won't interfere and just watch.
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What's the kid's name?
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The one who will work for us?
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Con Carvalut.
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Ah.
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Let Jamal Sundicci do his work.
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You just report every single thing back to me at all times.
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Let's see what Jamal Sundicci can and can't do. If he can, perfect.
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If he can't, we should know why he can't and act accordingly. As you wish, Chief.
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We'll be right back.
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who is it it's me abla here boy come come yeah yeah who's that
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Welcome Okay, get in
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Go take a walk, boy Is it off?
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I turned it off
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When should I wake you if you sleep? At about nine.
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If I don't wake up turn the phone on.
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Okay, dear.
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I won't wake you even if it's your parents
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I don't know.
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Hmm.
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Jihad Gere, you are not Ilhan Tepele's son.
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Tepele had kidnapped you and demanded ransom.
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At the meeting, your father, Eran Karbala, was murdered by Ilhan Tapela, hence two men.
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One of your father's murderers is Erjan Sanir, a .k .a.
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Kava, and the other is Iskandir Okai.
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These images show the moment of your real father's murder.
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Tapella took you in and raised you.
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Your father's murderer is the person you call dad.
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Newton, Abla, come here for a sec.
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Yes, sweetie?
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Abla, were you there when I was born?
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Me?
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Yes, my dear.
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I remember that your father had an enemy back in those days.
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Never gave your dad a moment to breathe.
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We couldn't leave the house.
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When we couldn't get to the hospital, Your late grandma and I helped deliver you.
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You were born in my arms, Giangir.
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You weighed three kilos.
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Do you remember my dad's enemy?
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His name, or...?
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No. Could it be Ankar Balut?
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I wouldn't know.
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Why'd you ask?
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No reason.
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Just wondering.
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It's fine.
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Oh, Yuzhang, yeah.
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It's late.
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Go to sleep.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “The Circle - Episode 1”. This video has 551 sentences and 3484 words to shadow. The speech runs for 44:37. The speaker talks slowly, about 78 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. 114 of its 551 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
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15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| murderer noun | /ˈmɝdɚɚ/ | A person who commits murder. |
| killer noun | /ˈkɪlɚ/ | One who or that which kills. |
| bullet noun | /ˈbʊlɪt/ | A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed. |
| gear noun | /ɡɪɚ/ | Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| footage noun | /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/ | An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something, or the content of the recording. |
| gather verb | /ˈɡæðɚ/ | To collect normally separate things. |
| distribute verb | /dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/ | To divide into portions and dispense. |
| soccer noun | /ˈsɑk.ɚ/ | Association football. |
| chase verb | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | To follow at speed. |
| tape noun | /teɪ̯p/ | Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. |
| marry verb | /ˈmæɹi/ | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| disaster noun | /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/ | An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent… |
| fate noun | /feɪt/ | The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. |
| trap noun | /tɹæp/ | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
| mess up verb | To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. |
| calm down verb | To become less excited, intense, or angry. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| come down to verb | To reach by moving down or reducing. |
| come forward verb | To offer help or information, especially about a crime. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I mean, does she know what we know?
- Why do they want us to know?
- Are you who I talk to?
- Aren't you supposed to care about me?
- Do you remember my dad's enemy?
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 | I've been working · I've been doing · has been working |
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If you care about your future, you'll quickly · if we lose anyone, it won't be · If somebody told me that, I'll be |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was kidnapped · was closed · been reopened |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | kid who dropped · person who sent · man who got |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 144 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, breathe /bɹiːð/, ether /ˈi.θɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: transcription /tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, certificate /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/
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 murderer, killer, bullet.
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.