Shadowing Practice: The Ones Where Ross Is Heated | Friends - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Chandler!

I saw what you were doing through the window!

I saw what you were doing to my sister!

Now get out here!

Well, listen, we had a good run.

You know, what was it, four, five months?

I mean, that's more than most people have in a lifetime.

So goodbye, take care, bye -bye then.

What are you doing?

Oh, I'm going on the lam.

Come on, Chandler, come on.

I can handle Ross.

Hold on.

Hey, Ross, what's up, bro?

What the hell are you doing?

Hey, what's going on?

Well, I think, I think

Ross knows about me and Monica.

Dude, he's right there.

I thought you were my best friend.

This is my sister.

My best friend and my sister.

I cannot believe this.

Look, we're not just messing around.

I love her.

Okay?

I'm in love with her.

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

I'm sorry, but it's true.

I love him, too.

My best friend and my sister.

I love her.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!

I'M SORRY, YOU GUYS WANT TO PROBABLY GET SOME HUGS IN TOO, HUH?

BIG NEWS!

NO, THAT'S OKAY.

WE 'VE ACTUALLY KNOWN FOR A WHILE.

WHAT?

YOU GUYS KNEW?

YOU ALL KNEW AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?

WELL, ROSS, WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT YOU, OKAY?

WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU WERE GONNA REACT.

you were worried about you didn't know how I was gonna be okay all right what do you say

we all clear out of here

and let these two lovebirds get back down to business hey hey hey

I'm just talking here he's the one doing your sister i'm pregnant ross

ross okay whenever you're ready

And you're the father, by the way, but you got it.

Can I get you some water?

I'm good.

Ross, there is no pressure on you, okay?

I mean, you can be as involved as you want.

Yeah, I, uh, I'm just, I don't know.

I don't understand.

Um, how this happened.

We used a condom.

I know.

I know, but, you know, condoms only work, like, 97 % of the time.

What?

Well, they should put that on the box!

They do.

No, they don't!

Well, they should put it in huge block letters!

Okay, Russ, come on.

Let's just forget about the condoms.

Oh, well, I may as well have.

Listen, you know what?

I was really freaked out, too, when I found you.

Well, hey, I'm not freaked out.

I'm indignant as a consumer.

You know what?

Let's talk later.

No, no. I want to talk now, okay?

In fact, I want to talk to the president of the condom company.

Okay, you know what?

Maybe I should come back.

Shh.

Yeah, I'll press one.

Hey, I'm here.

Hi.

Oh, my God.

Do you like it?

Oh, my God.

It's my new apothecary table.

Ross, Phoebe's gonna be here any second.

She cannot see this.

Oh, why not?

She'll love it.

It's the real thing.

I got it at Pottery Barn.

I know you did.

I bought the same one.

And if she sees your table, she's gonna know that I lied to her.

I told her that ours was an original.

Why did you do that?

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Because she hates Pottery Barn.

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She hates Pottery Barn?

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I know, I know.

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She says it's all mass -produced, nothing is authentic, and everyone winds up having the same stuff.

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So come on, she's gonna be here any second.

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Can we please just cover this up with something, please?

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What?

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No, no. I am not gonna hide it from Phoebe.

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Ooh, although I did get some great

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Pottery Barn sheets.

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Oh!

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Oh, I forgot they made sheets.

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Yeah.

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I still can't believe she hates Pottery Barn.

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Ross, get over it.

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It's not like she hates you.

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Yeah, but Pottery Barn.

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You know what I think?

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She's just weird, you know?

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It's because she's a twin.

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Twins are weird.

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Ross, she's not weird.

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She just likes her stuff to be one of a kind.

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You know what's not one of a kind?

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A twin.

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Hey!

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Hi.

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Oh, Phoebe's here.

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Okay, so let's turn out all the lines and we'll just watch the movie.

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Okay.

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Hey, ooh, cool little sheet.

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Oh, you like it?

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You wanna know where I got it?

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Sure.

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They got it at a flea market.

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You bought your sheets at a flea market?

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Ross, come on.

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You gotta loosen the purse strings a little.

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Hey, babes, can you please not put your feet up on my new old sheet?

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My apothecary table!

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What?

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No!

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Oh, no!

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Ross, where did you get this?

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I got it at Pottery Barn, okay?

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Oh, my God, Phoebe Pottery Barn has ripped off the design of our antique.

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Wow.

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Oh, my God.

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Well, if they've ripped off our table, ours must be worth much more than $1 .50.

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Well, this doesn't even smell like opium.

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Of course not.

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It smells like wine, which you spilled.

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And thanks for wrecking my sheep, by the way.

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Oh, Ross, calm down.

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I'll give you the 80 cents.

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You'd kick who's ass in a fight, you or Ross.

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There's no question.

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So you think Ross, too?

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You picked Ross?

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Ross is really strong, okay?

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He's the strongest out of all three of you.

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Except for Joey.

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I cannot believe you didn't pick me.

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Uh, in her defense, she's right.

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I am stronger.

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I would destroy you.

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Oh, really?

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You think you're stronger?

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Why don't you prove it?

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Oh, I'll prove it.

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I'll prove it like a theorem.

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Wait, wait, wait.

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Stop it.

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Stop it.

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Stop.

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Now, there's no one's gonna fight in this apartment.

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Hey, Monica, people came to see a fight.

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Let's give them what they came for.

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Hey, you guys could arm wrestle.

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Yeah, listen to the slutty nurse.

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You're going down.

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Oh, yeah, you're going further down, downtown.

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Seriously, guys, the trash talk is embarrassing.

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Hi.

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You, uh, wanted to see me?

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Yeah.

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Uh, here's a box of your stuff.

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What?

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Uh, you know, it's just, like, hats and shirt and CDs, just sort of stuff that you've left here.

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What are you doing?

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Are you trying to hurt me or something?

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No. Ross, it...

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It just seems that, you know, it's time we, you know, move on.

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I mean, don't you think?

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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Yes, I do.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I really do.

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Hey.

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This was a gift.

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Ross, you got that for free from the museum gift shop.

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It's still a gift.

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I got it from the gift shop.

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Okay, all right.

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Give me the mug.

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I'll keep the mug.

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No. You know, you know, don't do me any favors.

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In fact, where...

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Where's the rest of my stuff?

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Huh?

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Like, like my, um...

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Hey!

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This book is mine!

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And, and, and, and that T -shirt you sleep in, I'd like that back, too.

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Yes, I do.

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You know how much I love that T -shirt.

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You never even wear that T -shirt.

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I'm just trying to help you move on.

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Oh, you are a petty man.

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You are a petty, petty, petty, petty, petty, small...

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You are

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so just.. doing this out of spite oh no no no

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I'm I'm gonna wear this all the time I love this shirt you have not worn

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that t -shirt since you were 15 it doesn't even fit you anymore oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah okay

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if you don't mind

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I'm gonna take the rest of my stuff and relax in my favorite shirt you have a pleasant evening

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okay here we go Oh, well.

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Yeah.

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I think I'm gonna take off.

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Huh?

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Oh, you guys.

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This was an amazing night.

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Thank you so much.

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I love you.

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Good night.

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What?

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I don't get a goodbye lucky bastard

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she says goodbye to everyone but me well maybe she thought

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that with all of your history it could be you know implicit well

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it needs to be plicit all right let's think about this I mean

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there's got to be an explanation uh did you do anything to make her mad no I don't I don't think

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You know, maybe she was just really spent from our talk.

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It was pretty intense.

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Yeah, mine too.

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Mine was a humdinger.

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Okay.

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I mean, don't I deserve anything?

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I mean, a few tears, a cursory hug?

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Not from you!

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Ross, if you're this upset, you should go and talk to her.

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Oh, and say what?

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You owe me a goodbye?

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I mean, she's got more pride than

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that the hell I do I don't get a goodbye what everyone gets a goodbye

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but me what do I got to do to get a

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goodbye huh uh be best friends with you go out with

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you have a baby with you wait a minute wait a minute I did all those things

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maybe I'm just not giving you enough credit I mean

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it is difficult to say goodbye to five people uh goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye

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it's physically impossible that's it i cannot make this decision it is too difficult

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so i'm just gonna leave

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it entirely up to the gods of fate a magic eight ball well

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you can't be serious you can't make this decision with a toy oh

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it's not a toy I don't know what else to do I mean I either keep my wife

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and lose one of my my best friends or I keep my friend

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and get divorced for the second time before I'm 30 so

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so if anyone else has has a better suggestion let's hear it

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because I got nothing all right don't be shy any suggestion will do you.

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Okay, then.

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Here we go.

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Magic 8 -Ball.

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Should I never see Rachel again?

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Ask again

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later later is not good enough ask again later

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this is broken it is broken let me see will chandler have sex tonight don't count on it wait a minute

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Wait a minute.

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You hated the name Ruth.

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Why would you change your mind?

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Unless you know we're never going to have to use it.

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You did see the folder.

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You know it's a boy.

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I didn't see anything.

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I actually changed my mind about the name.

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Oh, I don't think so.

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You're just giving me

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Ruth, so you'll get to name him when it's a boy.

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And then that's when you'll swoop in and name him

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Heath or Blaine or Sequoia.

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I would...

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Oh, yeah.

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Veto.

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Fine.

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Unless you anticipated that I would figure all this out and you know that it actually is a girl.

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And you really do want her to be named Ruth.

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Well, I'm not falling for that.

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Okay?

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Ruth is off the table.

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But, Ross, you want the name Ruth.

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Not like this.

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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 Ones Where Ross Is Heated”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: ross, goodbye, Pottery, Barn, shirt. This video has 300 sentences and 1810 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:26. The speaker talks at a steady 117 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 58 of its 300 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
ross noun		A swamp.
goodbye	/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/	Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
sheet noun	/ʃit/	A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
chandler noun	/ˈt͡ʃændlɚ/	A person who makes or sells candles.
twin noun	/twɪn/	Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
rip verb	/ɹɪp/	To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
suggestion noun	/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/	Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
explanation noun	/ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/	The act or process of explaining.
trash noun	/tɹæʃ/	Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
downtown noun	/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/	The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
nurse noun	/nɝs/	Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
string noun	/stɹɪŋ/	A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
intense adjective	/ɪnˈtɛns/	Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
lifetime noun	/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/	The duration of the life of someone or something.
divorce noun	/dɪˈvɔːs/	The legal dissolution of a marriage.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
rip off verb	To pull off by ripping.
calm down verb	To become less excited, intense, or angry.
come back verb	To return to a place.
find out verb	To discover, as by asking or investigating.
get back verb	Return to where one came from.
get out verb	To leave or escape.
get over verb	To overcome.
go down verb	To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

Sentences worth repeating

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

You know what's not one of a kind?
Why don't you prove it?
I mean, don't you think?
Where's the rest of my stuff?
I mean, don't I deserve anything?

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	has ripped · they've ripped · you've left
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was really freaked · was just really spent · is broken

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 83 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, heath /hiːθ/, theorem /ˈθiərəm/, apothecary /əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɹi/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sheet /ʃit/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, trash /tɹæʃ/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/
Long words — get the stress right: explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, apothecary /əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɹi/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like ross, goodbye, sheet.

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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

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