Shadowing Practice: The Ones with Chandler's Sarcasm | Friends - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I thought Joey and I would be okay once we hung out, but it's like we don't even know how to be with each other anymore.
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I know it's tough now, but things will get better.
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How do you know that?
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What if it just gets worse and worse and worse, to the point where we can't even be in the same room with each other?
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I'm not great at the advice.
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Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?
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Some cheese.
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Honey, why is the Bruce Springsteen CD in the Cat Stevens case?
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Let's just say if I can't find the right CD case, I just put it in the nearest one.
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Okay, well, where is the Cat Stevens CD?
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In the James Taylor case.
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Where's the James Taylor CD?
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Honey, I'm gonna save you some time.
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200 CDs, not one of them in the right case.
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Hey, I hear that you and Joshua are going out to dinner with Ross and Emily, and I think that's...
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I think that's really cool.
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Yeah, Rach, I think you're handling that really well.
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Okay.
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Handling it?
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I mean handling it, there's nothing to handle.
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You know, maybe I would have a problem with this if it wasn't for me and Joshua.
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You know, they're not gonna get married anyway.
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What?
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Come on.
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They rushed into this thing so fast, it's ridiculous.
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I mean, they're gonna be engaged for like, what?
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A year.
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Somewhere along the way, one of them is going to realize what they've done, and they're going to call the whole thing off.
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I'm telling you, you're gonna be dancing at my wedding before you're dancing at theirs.
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You know, I don't dance at weddings.
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- Why not?
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- Because weddings are a great place to meet women.
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And when I dance, I look like this.
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Hey, man.
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Hey.
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I just don't want you to think that we're animals who do it whenever we want.
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Well, I don't think that.
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Before today, I never thought of you two having sex at all.
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It was a simpler time.
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The truth is, Dad, we're...
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We're trying.
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What?
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Yeah, we're trying to get pregnant.
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Oh my God, this is so exciting.
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Well, get back in there.
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I'll guard the door.
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It's okay, Dad.
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We can wait until later.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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I don't think so.
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Aren't you ovulating?
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Daddy.
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Well, you gotta get at it, princess.
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When your mother and I were trying to conceive you, whenever she was ovulating, bam, we did it.
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That's how I got my bad hip.
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It's funny.
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This conversation is how I got the bullet hole in my head.
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Joey, what's going on?
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Why didn't you tell us you work here?
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What?
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- I love this.
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It's kind of embarrassing, you know?
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I mean...
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I was an actor, now I'm a waiter.
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It's supposed to go in the other direction. So is your apron.
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You're wearing it like a cape.
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I mean, the job's easy and the money's good, you know, and...
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I guess I'm gonna be hanging out here anyway.
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I might as well get paid for it, right?
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Just-- I feel kind of weird serving you guys, you know?
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- Happy birthday.
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- Joey, come on.
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I did it and it was fine.
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Yeah, why would it be weird?
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Hey.
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Joey, can I get some coffee?
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Okay, I guess it doesn't seem that weird.
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Seriously, I asked you before, you still haven't gotten it.
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And now it's weird again.
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I think it's great that you work here.
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You're gonna make a lot of money, and here's your first tip.
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Don't eat yellow snow.
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215 Coffeehouse.
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Hey!
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Hi, Bubbles.
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Manly.
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Well, I just thought I would drop by and let you know how it went with Joey.
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You told her?
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She pulled it out of me.
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She's like a conversational wizard.
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How did it go?
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Well, you were wrong.
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He doesn't like me.
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what yeah how would you like it
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if i sent you to lee major's house and i told you
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that he liked you and you went down there
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and you found out that he didn't like you how would you feel I don't think I'd care.
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Really?
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Lee Majors is hot.
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Hello?
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We're in the bathroom!
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Why?
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Because it's a relaxing and enjoyable time.
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What are you guys doing in here?
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Oh, my God.
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A friend he's looking at differently But it's wrong.
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It's Rachel!
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You like Rachel?
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Hey, look, it's no big deal, okay?
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Phoebe and I talked about it.
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It's just a crush.
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It's gonna go away.
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Dude, you gotta rearrange your bubbles.
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Whoa.
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No, that's all tough.
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Hey!
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Oh, hi!
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Hey!
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Ross and I were looking for you!
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What are we all doing in here?
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Oh, my!
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Honey, cover it up with a boat.
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Hello?
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Yes, we're all in here and we'd love for you to join us.
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Hey, what's going on?
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Ooh, cool boat.
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Oh, no. Hey, did you tell us?
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-No, I was waiting for you.
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-Tell us what?
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We're having a girl.
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Oh, wow!
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I'll get you!
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Oh, wow!
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I'll get you!
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Oh, on a date.
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Yeah, I met this girl on the train going to a museum upstate.
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- Oh, yeah, I can meet her.
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- Which museum?
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No. Answer his.
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Okay, it was just me and her at the back of the train, and I sat near the door, so she'd have to pass by me if she wanted to, like, switch cars.
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She was totally at my mercy.
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Were you so late because you were burying this woman?
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Well, I'm getting back now because she lives in Poughkeepsie.
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She seems really great, but she's like two and a half hours away.
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How can she be great if she's from Poughkeepsie?
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Okay, that joke would have killed in Albany.
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You know that girl you went to college with who became a movie director?
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Oh, yeah, Dana Keystone.
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She was in my movement class.
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What's a movement class?
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It's Chandler's way of pretending he didn't take mime.
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No, well, listen, anyway, she's directing the new Al Pacino movie.
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You gotta get me an audition.
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Oh, I don't know, man.
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I haven't talked to her in, like, ten years.
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Oh, no, no, please, please, Chandler.
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You do owe me so much.
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You owe me $3 ,400.
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Why are you changing the subject?
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What?
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Will you make the call or what?
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- Okay, I'll try.
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- All right, thanks.
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You're the best.
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Now listen, the last day of auditions is Thursday, okay?
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So I gotta get in there by Thursday, okay?
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Just remember Thursday.
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Thursday.
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Can you remember Thursday?
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Yeah, so Tuesday?
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Thursday.
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Look, if you need help, remember, just think of it like this.
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The third day, all right?
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Monday, one day.
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Tuesday?
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Today.
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Wednesday? When?
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Huh?
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What day?
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Thursday!
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The third day.
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Okay?
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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- Thank you.
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- Thank you.
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Thank you.
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- Thank you.
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So I guess this is it.
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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I guess so.
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Thank you.
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This is harder than I thought it would be.
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Well, it's gonna be okay.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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Come on.
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Thank you.
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- Do you guys have to go to the new house right away or do you have some time?
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- - Thank you.
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- Okay.
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We got some time.
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Okay, should we get some coffee?
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Sure. Where?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Ones with Chandler's Sarcasm”. This video has 206 sentences and 1218 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:06. The speaker talks at a natural 150 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 55 of its 206 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| ovulate verb | /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/ | To produce eggs or ova. |
| audition noun | /ɑˈdɪʃən/ | A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent. |
| bubble noun | /ˈbʌbəl/ | A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid. |
| coffeehouse noun | An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café. | |
| conceive verb | /kənˈsiːv/ | To have a child; to become pregnant (with). |
| conversational adjective | /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/ | Easy in conversation, chatty. |
| embarrass verb | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | To disrupt someone's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely. |
| excite verb | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement. |
| phoebe noun | /ˈfiːbi/ | Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis. |
| rearrange verb | /ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/ | To change the order or arrangement of (one or more items). |
| upstate noun | /ˈʌp.steɪt/ | The northern section of a state. |
| sarcastic adjective | /sɑɹˈkæs.tɪk/ | Containing sarcasm. |
| waiter noun | /ˈweɪ̯təː/ | A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar. |
| manly adjective | /ˈmænli/ | Having the characteristics of a man. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| get back verb | Return to where one came from. |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. |
| 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:
- How do you know that?
- Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?
- I mean, they're gonna be engaged for like, what?
- Why didn't you tell us you work here?
- Joey, can I get some coffee?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 61 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gonna, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, crush /kɹʌʃ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like whoa, ovulate, audition.
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.