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Trick or treat!

Oh, oh, can I give out the candy?

I really want to be with the kids right now.

You know, ever since I got pregnant, I have the strongest maternal instincts.

Trick or treat!

Just a minute!

Wha - Oh!

Look at you guys!

Wow!

You are a very scary witch.

Thank you.

And you are a very funny clown.

Thank you.

And you are so in style right now.

You know, I work at Ralph Lauren, and the whole fall line has got this, like, equestrian theme going on.

I don't suppose you saw the cover of British Vogue.

Can I just have the candy?

Yeah, for sure.

Get your treat.

Oh!

Oh, well, you're just the prettiest ballerina I've ever seen.

Thank you.

Oh, wow.

That deserves another piece of candy.

Thank you.

Well, I have to say that earns two -two pieces of candy.

I love you.

Oh, oh!

Oh.

Oh, honey, here, take it all.

Monica, we need more candy.

What?

There's only been, like, four kids.

Yeah, I know, but one of them just said that she loved me, so I just gave her everything.

No wonder you're pregnant.

Butterscotch?

No one?

All right, you'll be sorry later.

Who sold the story to Archie Comics?

Oh, my God!

That's so great!

Oh, wow!

You're a Polish writer!

I wish I had a present for you.

Wait a minute.

My last kid can't get more.

You want to share it?

Okay!

Hi, Chandler Bing.

I have a reservation.

Welcome to the Chesson Inn, Mr. Bing.

So where are you joining us from?

New York.

The Big Apple.

I'm sorry he's a little bit wound up.

We had to stop at every maple candy stand on the way here.

I ate all my gifts for everybody.

I'm sorry, Mr. Bing.

There's no record of your reservation in the computer.

Well, that's impossible.

Can you check again, please?

Check again, please.

I'm sorry.

It's not here.

Not there.

Let me get this straight.

I called yesterday to try to cancel my reservation.

I was told it's not refundable.

Then we drove six hours all the way up here, and now you're telling me that we don't have a reservation?

I don't know what to say.

She doesn't know what to say.

Just give us the cheapest room you have.

Well, unfortunately, the only thing we have available is our deluxe suite.

The rate is $600.

That's insane.

It's totally insane.

Dude, let's drive home.

We'll hit all the maple candy stores on the way back.

And if they're closed, then maybe we'll tap a tree and mix them ourselves.

Does that room have a closet I can lock him in?

We'll take it.

Great.

Look, they are totally ripping us off.

Dude, don't worry about it.

I know how we can make your money back.

This is a nice hotel, you know, plenty of amenities.

We just load up on those, like those apples.

Instead of taking one, um, I take six.

Great.

At $100 an apple, we're there.

Come on, you get the idea.

You know, we'll make our money back in no time.

Dude, you're shaking.

I think it's the sugar could you hold the apple oh my god what there's there's something new in the bowl

look we have enough just walk away no but i want i want the pine cones

there's a forest right outside it's not the same okay go quick Oh, go!

Thank you for a delightful stay.

My maple candy!

Hey, what are you guys doing?

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Making holiday candy for the neighbors?

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I'm sorry, who?

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I'm gonna hang this basket on the door, and then when the neighbors walk by, they can all take a piece.

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But we don't know the neighbors.

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I do.

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There's, uh...

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What's a guy with a mustache?

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Smokes a lot, lady.

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Two kids I've seen.

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And a red -haired guy who does not like to be called Rusty.

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See, this is exactly why I'm making this candy.

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We can learn their names and get to know our neighbors.

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Wouldn't it be easier if we just moved? Who is that?

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Don't worry, I'm brave.

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I am brave.

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I am brave.

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No, no, no, no, no. Can you tell me who is there, please?

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My name's Gary.

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I live upstairs.

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Hi.

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Hi.

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Do you know what time it is?

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It's candy time.

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My roommate says that they taste like little drops of heaven.

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Oh, please. Did you hear that?

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Little drops of heaven.

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4 a .m.

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So, can I get some candy?

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I am sorry, but some of us have to get up early and go to work.

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He does not know that I am not some of us.

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Um, listen, I'm sorry, but I'll put some out first thing in the morning.

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Well, okay, I'll swing by later.

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You live in this building?

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Mm.

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Mm!

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Seems like I would have remembered you.

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Mm!

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Nightcare!

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Mm!

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Thank you, Dr. Patata.

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Excuse me.

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It says to call this number if you're not completely satisfied with this candy bar.

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Well, I'm not completely satisfied.

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Listen, it's kind of an emergency.

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Well, I guess you'd know that or we'd be in the predicament room.

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Hold on.

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Fill these out.

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Sit over there.

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Look, look, look.

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Look, I don't want to make any trouble, okay? but I'm in a lot of pain here, all right?

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My face is dented.

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Well, you'll have to wait your turn.

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Well, how long do you think it'll be?

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Any minute now.

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I'm happy.

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Happy, really?

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I've never had any.

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Ever?

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Well, I think my mother was too busy planning her suicide to provide saltwater treats.

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Thank you.

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So what, are you just never gonna tell her?

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Oh, no, no, no, I will.

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I just want to butter her up first, you know?

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I'm going to take her to an amazing

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Valentine's dinner, do all this romantic stuff, and then just when she thinks I'm the best boyfriend in the world,

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then I'm going to tell her that my pregnant ex -girlfriend is living with me.

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If I haven't said it before, she's a lucky, lucky lady.

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So, where are you going to...

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What the mother of crap is up with this stuff?

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Oh, God, is it gum?

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Is it food?

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What's the deal?

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Oh, it's nice.

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May I try a pink one?

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Hey, what's going on?

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I found a note on my door.

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Come to Monica's quick.

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Bring champagne and a Three Musketeers bar?

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Yeah, I'll take that.

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What's up?

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Monica and I are engaged.

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Oh, my God.

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What's going on?

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Congratulations.

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Where is she?

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I'm engaged!

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I'm engaged!

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Yeah, she's been out there for 20 minutes.

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I'm surprised you didn't hear her on the way over.

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I thought it was just a kid yelling, I'm gay, I'm gay.

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Hey.

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Hey.

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Huh?

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Oh.

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Thieves?

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Huh?

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Skull?

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Oh, yeah, it's my mom's.

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Oh, my God!

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No, no, no, it's not my mom.

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It belonged to my mom.

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Yeah, no, she used to put it out every Christmas to remind us that even though it's Christmas, people still die.

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And you can put candy in it.

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Hey.

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Hey.

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Hey.

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Licorice?

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Sure.

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Hey, I just found out I get

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Ben for the holidays this year.

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Oh, that's great.

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Are you gonna dress up as Santa?

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Nope.

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I mean, I know Susan does every year, but I think I want to take this year to teach them all about Hanukkah.

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And maybe I could teach

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Ben about the Christmas skull and how people die.

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You may need to use this year to teach

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Ben about Phoebe.

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Mm.

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Call for flight 009.

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Emily!

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Oh, my God, what are you doing here?

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I just...

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I had to see you one more time before you took off.

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You are so sweet.

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Oh.

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Yeah, that's a big candy bar.

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I had the most amazing time with you.

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Me too.

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This is the final boarding call for flight 009.

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Well, that's me.

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Here, have this.

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I'm only allowed one piece of carry -on anyway.

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Wait, uh...

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Listen, I -I have to tell you something.

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Um, I've been thinking, I'm just gonna come out and say it, okay?

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I...

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I think...

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I love you.

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Oh.

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Thank you.

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It's no problem.

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Well, I mean, what about friends of your grandmother's?

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Wouldn't they have the recipe?

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Well, you know, I may have relatives in France who would know.

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My grandmother said she got the recipe from her grandmother, Nestlé Toulouse.

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What was her name?

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Nestle Toulouse.

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Nestle Tollhouse?

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You Americans always butcher the French language.

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Phoebe, is this the recipe?

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Yes!

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Oh.

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I cannot believe that I just spent the last two days trying to figure out

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that recipe in it with my cupboard the whole time.

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I know.

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You see, it is stuff like this, which is why you're burning it now.

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Oh, wait.

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Is everything okay?

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Yeah, everything's fine.

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What, your page said come to the hospital.

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What, what was it?

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What happened?

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It's something called Braxton Hicks contraction.

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Oh, oh.

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Thank God, that's no big deal.

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Most women don't even feel them.

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Okay, no uterus, no opinion.

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Hey, uh, what's with the candy?

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Oh, when you beat me, I was online at the concession stand at the movie theater.

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Oh, you went to the movies by yourself?

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No, Mona!

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Oh, I gotta go back in there.

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What, why?

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Is it, what's wrong?

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No, everything's fine.

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I just gotta go back in there.

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No, really, you tell me, what, what's up?

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Look, I forgot my underwear.

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So, thanks so much for bringing her to the hospital.

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Oh, hey, don't worry about it, man.

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Don't worry about it.

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No big deal.

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Yeah, but still, I mean, it should have been me.

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I'm the dad.

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Uh, if you have any questions, here's some information on Braxton Hicks.

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Oh, thanks.

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Oh, and by the way, you did the right thing by bringing her in.

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You're gonna make a wonderful father.

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Oh, uh...

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Hey, not as good as this guy.

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He brought Twizzlers.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “The Ones with the Candy”. This video has 291 sentences and 1680 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:02. The speaker talks at a steady 129 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 60 of its 291 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
candy noun	/ˈkæn.di/	Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
recipe noun	/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/	Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
reservation noun	/ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/	The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
engage verb	/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/	To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
brave adjective	/bɹeɪv/	Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
maple noun	/ˈmeɪpl̩/	Any member of any species of genus Acer, characterized by (usually) palmate, five-lobed leaves and winged seeds, and often grown for syrup or wood
trick noun	/ˈtɹɪk/	Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
insane adjective	/ɪnˈseɪn/	Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
grandmother noun	/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/	A mother of someone's parent.
satisfy verb	/ˈsætɪsfaɪ/	To be enough (for)
earn verb	/ɝn/	To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
relative noun	/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/	Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
romantic adjective	/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/	Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
butter noun	/ˈbʌtɚ/	A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
congratulations	/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/	Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
dress up verb		To put on special or fancy clothes.
figure out verb		To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
find out verb		To discover, as by asking or investigating.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
give out verb		To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
sit over verb		To move along a seat or bench to make room.
take off verb		To remove.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Can I just have the candy?
You want to share it?
Can you check again, please?
Wouldn't it be easier if we just moved?
No, really, you tell me, what, what's up?

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 ever seen · There's only been · I've seen
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was told · be called · is dented
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	guy who does · this, which is
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the strongest · the prettiest · the cheapest

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 71 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, thief /ˈθiːf/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, concession /kənˈsɛʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, amenities /əˈmɛn.ə.tiːz/, equestrian /ɪˈkwɛs.tri.ən/, predicament /pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/

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 candy, recipe, reservation.

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?