Shadowing Practice: The funniest moment from every episode of gravity falls - Learn English Speaking with Video

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And here we have rock that looks like a face rock.

The rock that looks like a face.

Does it look like a rock?

No, it looks like a face.

Is it a face?

It's a rock that looks like a face.

Over here, Google Stan!

For the fifth time, it's not an actual face.

Want to hear a joke?

Here goes.

My ex -wife still misses me, but her aim is getting better.

Her aim is getting better.

you see it's it's funny because marriage is terrible what here goes nothing sorry but we don't serve minors

Gideon Charles Gleeful clean up your room this instant I can buy and sell you old man fair enough

the future is in the past onward Mabel

Mabel tape is already in there you can just hit any press and hold you listen to Icelandic pop group

Baba I love

Baba I thought I was the only one.

All the Manators make fun of me because I know all the words to the song Disco Girl.

Oh, you mean...

Disco Girl Coming through That girl is you

Ooh -ooh Ooh -ooh

Okay, one more.

One more clone.

Four Dippers.

This is a Four Dipper plan.

Uh -oh.

Paper jam.

come on you're not gonna make me partner up with him are you don't be rude hey buddy hey

it's okay yeah I am needed elsewhere just know

that I'll always be right here on the negative twelve dollar bill whoa

this is worthless it's less than worthless my boy if you could guess 15 pounds

and yes i am a witch well time to round up a mob no i have no looking up animation

What should I do?

Roll him up and put him on my wall?

Dude, we should rock, paper, scissors for him.

Prepare for the wrath of Gideon Glee.

Gideon Glee.

I don't even know how to respond to this.

No. Stop it.

Look, uh, kid, I think this rivalry thing is getting to you.

I understand.

I mean, I'm a formidable foe.

What can I say?

No!

Hey, now, come on.

You'll get me one of these days.

Maybe, you know, run your evil plan by some friends next time, huh?

Workshop it.

But first, get your issues in order there.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

this shack is filled with wonders never before seen by human

eyes behold the horrible giant question baby am i a man am i a baby these are legitimate questions

i can't believe this nonsense magic tonics seuss winning at something where do you come up with this stuff

i'll tell you a good story

it's called grunkle stan wins the football ball mr pines i thought old folks were useless

but you taught me

and my gloating friends a lesson yeah here's your football winning trophy mr pines thanks beautiful woman

but i couldn't have done it without my sidekick foot bot thank you for I love you, Stan.

Boo!

How I miss them.

Mermando, why don't you just leave the pool?

I tried only once, but escaping this pool required a plan that was bold and daring.

Ah, sleeping under the stars.

Not bad.

This is still better

Okay girls, have you all practiced your obsessed boy band scream?

Just gonna ignore it

Look, a fairy!

Oh sorry dude, I killed that fairy

One nightmare coming up!

Nightmare?

I hope it doesn't mean that British dog man I'm always dreaming about.

Hello, hello, hello!

Who's quack for a stink of the pudding?

Ah!

It's everything I ever feared!

Rock bottom.

No friends, no family.

Stuck watching infomercials for whatever that is.

Are you sick of piles of owls constantly blocking your driveway?

Well, then you gotta get owl trowels!

Dudes, stay calm.

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I've been training for this moment my whole life.

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With all the horror movies I've seen, I know literally everything there is to know about how to avoid zombies.

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Second thought, gonna flip the script. Can I?

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Eat your brains, yay or nay.

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Seeing some yay faces over here.

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Let's get out of here, dudes.

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You think you're so clever, don't you, Dipper?

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But you have no idea what you're up against.

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You will never find the author.

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If you keep digging, you'll meet a fate worse than you can imagine.

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And this will be the last form you ever take!

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Good luck sleeping tonight

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Minor hole I wonder what cute silly things are going on down there Stop!

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You can't go in there

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There's been a gas leak

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Anyone who goes in there will die

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Oh, Big Henry I will take it No!

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Don't go, Big Henry.

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We need you.

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Go home, Polly.

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Come on, Big Henry.

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You can do this.

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You deserve a prize.

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Here, have a head that's always screaming.

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My purse?

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Oh no. Undo.

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Undo.

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You can't undo who you are.

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Well, I think today we learned that you can remold your fears.

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I'm just glad none of us got turned into clay.

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Holy Toledo!

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Who wants to see me change into most anything?

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Do -do -do -do -do, da -da -dee, I can walk through walls.

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Whoa, whoa!

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We're safe now, kids.

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Am I blanching, girl, we blanching?

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I live up in a mansion.

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Am I blanching, girl, we blanching?

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I live up in a mansion.

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I can't get the terrible song out of my head.

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Oh, you mean

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Straight Blanching by Lil' Big Dog?

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It's the catchiest song of the summer.

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What is blanching?

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Rappers can't just make up words.

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Rappers are visionaries, Wendy.

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If they told me to eat my own pants, I would do it.

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Eat your own pants, eat your own pants, yeah.

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I guess I have no choice.

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Do -do -do.

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Da -ba -dee, da -ba -dee -doo.

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Yeah!

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Look out, Broadway.

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Here I come.

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This dream goes nowhere, Toby!

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Oh, I'm mark.

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Finally done.

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When these idiots see this balloon, they'll understand that I love young people.

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I heart kids.

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All right, let her rip!

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Oh, no!

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A let her rip!

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What the H?!

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Huh?

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I eat kids, but we're kids!

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It's heaven's punishment for our terrible taste in everything!

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Mommy, is the floating head going to eat us?

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Yes, Charlie!

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Yes, he will!

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In case you've already forgotten, Pacifica Northwest is the worst.

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And that's not just jealousy talking.

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I'd say that to her face.

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I need your help.

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You're the worst.

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Oh, no, Stan, you didn't.

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Don't panic.

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That could be anyone in that suit.

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Hot Belgian waffles!

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Wait, I'm alone!

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I can swear for real!

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Son of a - Explain what's going on here.

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You're acting like mom after a tenth cup of coffee.

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Listen, there isn't much time.

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I've made huge mistakes, and I don't know who I can trust anymore.

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Hey, easy there.

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Let's talk this through, okay?

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I have something to show you.

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Something you won't believe.

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Look, I've been around the world, okay?

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Whatever it is, I'll understand.

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There is nothing about this I understand.

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You want to break a record, Ford?

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You already got it for world's nerdiest old man.

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Hey, at least I'm not all keyed up to watch a kid's show.

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I'll have you know that Ducktective has a big mystery element and a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads.

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I don't get a lot of it, but I like animals and human situations.

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It's a tad strange.

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Except, ironically, Tad's strange.

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Hi, guys.

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Tad's the name, and being normal's my game.

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Loving you, Tad.

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And I love bread.

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Money!

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Okay, Seuss, remember what your grandma taught you.

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When you get lost, stay exactly where you are, and don't move.

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Don't move.

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You know, I would make a really good scarecrow.

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That's not the only good news coming up.

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In one week, my senior citizen ponytail kid is coming in the mail.

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I'm...

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I'm kind of going through some things.

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In one week, my grandma is finally letting me eat crackers on my bed.

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Oh, no!

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Hey.

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Hey, you.

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Hey, I want to talk to you.

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I want to talk to you about going inside my mouth.

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I think you want to get in here.

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Hey, you.

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Hey, I'm talking to you, man.

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You don't have to make a big deal out of this.

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Hello?

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Hello?

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Why are you just ignoring me?

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That's seriously rude to just ignore someone like this.

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That's why I prepared a backup dipper with a more supportive attitude.

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Whoa!

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Yeah!

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Wiggity -wiggity, what's up, dude bros?

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I'm Dippy Fresh.

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I like skateboarding, supporting my sister, and punctuating every sentence with a high -five.

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Oh, don't mind if I...

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I'm sorry, I can't leave him hanging.

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Yes!

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You're dead to me, Seuss.

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Plans to stay in here and eat brown meat until we run out.

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Then I vote we eat the gnomes.

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Hey, I'm short, not deaf!

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Shh, shh!

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Stress will make you chew.

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Ah, you know what?

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Forget it!

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I lived with this pig all summer.

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Now your parents are gonna have to.

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Hey, bus guy!

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This pig is coming with the kids!

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Now, hold on a second.

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Bringing animals aboard a moving vehicle is strictly prohibited by...

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Welcome aboard.

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You can sit in the front row, pig.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “The funniest moment from every episode of gravity falls”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eat, kid, rock. This video has 249 sentences and 1738 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:54. The speaker talks at a steady 135 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
ignore verb	/ɪɡˈnɔː/	To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
pants noun	/pænts/	An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
undo verb	/ʌnˈduː/	To reverse the effects of an action.
rude adjective	/ɹuːd/	Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
nightmare noun	/ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/	A very unpleasant or frightening dream.
aboard adverb	/əˈbɔɹd/	On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
scream verb	/skɹiːm/	To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
grandma noun	/ˈɡɹænmɑː/	Grandmother.
pine noun	/paɪn/	Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
mansion noun	/ˈmæn.ʃən/	A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
rapper noun	/ˈɹæpɚ/	The knocker of a door.
worthless adjective	/ˈwɜːθ.ləs/	Having no worth or use; without value.
baba noun	/ˈbɑːbɑː/	A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
lesson noun	/ˈlɛs.ən/	A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come up verb	To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
clean up verb	To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
come through verb	To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
come up with verb	To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go over verb	To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
go through verb	To travel from one end of something to the other.
look out verb	To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Roll him up and put him on my wall?
Mermando, why don't you just leave the pool?
Who wants to see me change into most anything?
Am I blanching, girl, we blanching?
Mommy, is the floating head going to eat us?

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've seen · There's been · you've already forgotten
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is filled · is strictly prohibited
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the catchiest · the worst
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should I do · should rock

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 62 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: worthless /ˈwɜːθ.ləs/, tenth /tɛnθ/, wrath /ɹæθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: mansion /ˈmæn.ʃən/, punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/, animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, infomercial /ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/
Long words — get the stress right: legitimate /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/, animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, ironically /aɪˈɹɑnɪkli/, formidable /ˈfɔɹmɪdəbəl/, infomercial /ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/

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 whoa, ignore, pants.

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?