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All right, there's a nuclear holocaust.
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I'm the last man on Earth.
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Would you go out with me?
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Eh.
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I've got canned goods.
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Hey, you guys, take a look at this.
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Check this baby out.
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Dug me a hole.
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Excellent hole, Joe.
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Oh, no!
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No!
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My hole!
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Ow!
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What?
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Ow!
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What?
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What is it?
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Jellyfish sting!
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No, it hurts!
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It hurts!
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It hurts!
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Can we help you?
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I want to take you back to the house.
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Oh, it's like two miles.
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Yeah, and I'm a little tired from digging the hole.
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Oh, damn the jellyfish!
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Damn all the jellyfish!
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I've got to do something.
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Well, there's really only one thing you can do.
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You're gonna have to pee on it.
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What?!
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Rose!
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Don't blame me.
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I saw it on the Discovery Channel.
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You know what?
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He's right.
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There's something like ammonia in that.. that kills the pain.
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Well, forget it!
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It doesn't hurt that bad!
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If you want some privacy, you can use my hole.
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Pass the cheese, please.
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My God, you can't even look at me, can you?
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No. Hey, it's Phoebe!
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We can talk to Phoebe!
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No, I'm too depressed to talk.
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I'll give you $1,000 to talk to us.
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Hey, you guys, what do you think about making that beach trip an annual thing?
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No!
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All right, that's it, you guys.
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What happened out there?
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What?
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We took a walk.
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Nothing happened.
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I came back, but nothing all over me.
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Come on, what happened, Joey?
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All right.
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No, Joey, we swore we'd never tell.
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They'll never understand.
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We have to say something.
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We have to get it out.
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It's eating me alive.
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Monica got stung by a jellyfish.
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All right.
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All right.
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I got stung.
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Stung bad.
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I couldn't stand.
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I...
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I couldn't walk.
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We were two miles from the house.
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I was scared and alone.
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We didn't think we could make it.
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I was in too much pain.
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And I was tired from digging the huge hole.
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And then Joey remembered something.
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I'd seen this thing on the Discovery Channel.
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Wait a minute, I saw that on the Discovery Channel.
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Yeah, about jellyfish and how if you...
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Ew.
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You peed on yourself?
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Ew.
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You can't say that.
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You don't know.
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I thought I was gonna pass out from the pain.
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Anyway, I tried.
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But I couldn't bend that way. So?
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Eww.
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That's right, I stepped up.
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She's my friend and she needed help.
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If I had to, I'd pee on any one of you.
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Only, uh, I couldn't.
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I got the stage fright.
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I wanted to help, but there was just too much pressure.
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So, so I, uh, I turned to Chandler.
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Woo-hoo!
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Joy kept screaming at me, do it now, do it, do it, do it now!
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Sometimes late at night, I can still hear the screaming.
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That's because sometimes I just do it through my wall to freak you out.
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Oi!
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What's with all this sand?
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Uh, yeah, Bob said there might be flood damage.
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Either that or he has a really big cat.
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Well, is everybody else having just the best time?
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Shh, Joey's asleep.
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After he passed out, we put the sand around him to keep him warm.
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Well, I assume the happy couple isn't up yet.
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Did you guys hear them last night?
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Oh, yeah.
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I don't know what they were doing, but at one point, sea turtles actually came up to the house.
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Good morning.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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How'd everybody sleep?
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Oh, great.
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Like a lot.
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Us too.
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I'm going for a walk.
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Good morning.
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Nice breaths, by the way.
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Oh, isn't this nice?
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It's so quiet.
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I could just lie here all day.
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Oh, no. Open your drapes.
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Open your drapes.
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So glad we got adjoining rooms.
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The sun is out.
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Hey, remember when I had corneas?
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Okay, listen, you go down to the pool and reserve the chairs, and I'll get the magazines and the lotion.
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Uh, ladies, Ross's speech is in 45 minutes.
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Oh, no!
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Damn it!
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Walls are pretty thin, guys.
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Then we have to weigh the data from recent MRI scans and DNA testing,
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which call into question information gathered from years of simple carbon dating.
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Look at that woman sitting out by the pool getting tan.
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She's all leathery and wrinkled.
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I'm so jealous!
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Finally, factor in the profusion of new species recently discovered.
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Gigantosaurus, Argentinosaurus, not to mention Coldsaurus.
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And that's just the herbivores.
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I'm not even going to discuss the carnivores.
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Their heads are already too big, which is ironic, considering their stunted cerebral development.
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Really?
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OK, come on.
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Daddy needs a new pair of electromagnetic microscopes for the prehistoric forensics department.
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Okay.
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Take Pinky Tuscadero up to inspiration point.
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Collect three cool points, yeah!
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Which gives me five, and let's see who is gonna lose their clothes.
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Um, I think I pick our strip poker sponsor, Mr. Joey Tribbiani.
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All right, relax.
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It's just a shoe.
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Oh, hey!
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Your band is playing at Arnold's.
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Collect three cool points, which means I have five, and that means I get Joey's boxers.
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Fine.
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Gang up on me.
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I got you all right where I want you.
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Come on, take them off.
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Actually, you know, it's kind of cold, So how about I keep my boxers on and give you all a peek at the good stuff?
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Yeah, how you doing?
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Yeah, hi.
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Hey, hey.
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You said you were going to wear a thong.
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Where's the thong?
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I didn't mean a thong.
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I meant thong.
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You really should have been more clear about that.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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You're never gonna guess who I just saw downstairs.
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Oh, uh, Britney Spears.
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Yeah, she never misses these conferences.
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No, I just saw Dr. Kenneth Schwartz.
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Oh, my God.
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I know.
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Did you talk to him?
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Yeah, what am I gonna say to Kenneth Schwartz?
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You could say, hey, Kenny, how come you're not Britney Spears?
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You ready to go?
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You gonna go now?
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I thought we could hang out.
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Oh, I can't.
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I have seminars all day, and i promised ross i'd look at his speech but um maybe we could have dinner later on the balcony
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be romantic will you wear a thong i will if you will you got yourself a very weird deal
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i'm good i i have dinner plans
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so you're gonna be okay yeah yeah i got i got
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tons of stuff i can do I'm gonna hit the beach, go swimming.
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Uh, Joe, have you looked outside?
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No. Why?
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Oh, man.
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There's an indoor pool.
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You could swim there.
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Yeah.
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I wasn't gonna swim.
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I was gonna dig a hole.
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Hey, what happened to you?
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Oh, uh, nothing.
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I just felt like hanging out here and reading.
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Oh, the water was so great.
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We jumped off this pier and my suit came off.
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Sorry I missed that.
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Yeah, Joey and Chandler sure are funny.
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I think I brought back half the beach in my hair.
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It was so much easier when I used to shave my head.
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You know, I gotta tell you, I just loved your look when you were bald.
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Really?
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Really?
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Because I think about shaving it all off again sometimes.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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I mean, you definitely should do that.
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You know what?
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I should do it.
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Yeah.
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You know what?
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Thank you, Rachel.
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You are so cool.
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Oh, stop.
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Come on.
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I'm gonna shave that head.
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Alright.
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Hey, everybody.
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Wow.
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Wow Look what you did You want to touch it no,
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but it's great Okay You can feel all the bones in your skull oh
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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I think, I think that may have missed the table. Do you?
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Uh, yeah. Do you?
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Uh, yeah. Do you?
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Uh, yeah.
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You really find this attractive on him?
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Oh, yeah.
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Are you telling me you're not even a little turned on by Monica right now?
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I think this is the first time in our marriage
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that I felt like the more attractive one all right come on Mike you can beat her knock
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that dog off her head
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damn it I sleep with him game point don't get too
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cocky remember I won the last one oh by the way how did
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that feel losing to a girl you know you should really look in the mirror before you call yourself that
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No, no, no!
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And that's how it's done.
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Hunky-doky.
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You've each won a game, and I've lost what's felt like a year of my life.
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So everybody goes home winner.
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Best out of three?
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That's what I'm thinking.
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Should I use my invisibility to fight crime or for evil?
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Serve them all, chump.
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You're a lot of champions.
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Okay, better comebacks, Mike, better comebacks.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 251 sentences and 1457 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:04. The speaker talks at a steady 111 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 |
|---|---|---|
| sting verb | /ˈstɪŋ/ | To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| shave verb | /ˈʃeɪ̯v/ | To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. |
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| dig verb | /dɪɡ/ | To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More… |
| 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. |
| comeback noun | /ˈkʌmbæk/ | A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance. |
| boxer noun | /ˈbɑksɚ/ | A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes. |
| bone noun | /boʊn/ | A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. |
| mirror noun | /ˈmiɹɚ/ | A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it. |
| thin adjective | /ˈθɪn/ | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. |
| romantic adjective | /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ | Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). |
| inspiration noun | /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing. |
| discover verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | To find or learn something for the first time. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bring back verb | /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ | To fetch something. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come off verb | To become detached. | |
| come up to verb | To approach. | |
| jump off verb | To move from an elevated place by one jump. | |
| pass out verb | To faint; to become unconscious. | |
| sit out verb | To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance. | |
| step up verb | To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | big, which is · points, which means |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should have · should do · should really look |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might be · may have |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna have · gonna pass · I'm not even going to discuss |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 58 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thin /ˈθɪn/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, cloth /klɒθ/, thong /θɔŋ/, leathery /ˈlɛðəɹi/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/, jellyfish /ˈd͡ʒɛliˌfɪʃ/, lotion /ˈloʊʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, electromagnetic /ɪˌlɛk.tɹoʊ.mæɡˈnɛ.tɪk/, prehistoric /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/
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 sting, swim, shave.
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.