Shadowing Practice: THE PEANUTS MOVIE Clip - "It's Flying" (2015) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Ah, Beethoven.
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Linus!
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Time to get up!
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You don't want to be late for school.
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- Get off!
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- Ah!
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Ah!
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My blanket!
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Hello?
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Snow day?
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Snow day!
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No school today!
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Dreams do come true!
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- Yay!
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- Yay!
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Woo -hoo!
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Woo -hoo!
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Woo -hoo!
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Woo -hoo!
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Woo -hoo!
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Franklin and Peppermint Patty are on my team!
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I got my hockey stick!
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I got my skeets!
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Who has the puck?
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Looking sharp today, Big Pen.
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Sorry I'm late.
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What's taking him so long?
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Come on, Charlie Mab!
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No. Not quite.
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That's the one!
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I've got my kite!
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Today's the day.
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I can feel it.
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A kite?
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Today?
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In the middle of winter?
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Come on, guys.
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It's only Charlie Brown.
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you A new kite?
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A perfect breeze.
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It all feels just right.
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Now that the kite eating tree is sleeping for the winner, We have nothing to fear.
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Oh, cool.
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- Let's die!
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Wait a minute.
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It's in the air!
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It's flying!
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Hey, guys!
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Look!
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Look, I did it!
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- - Ooh!
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Hey, Charlie Brown.
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Still no luck, huh?
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Now remember, it's the courage to continue that cow!
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- - Hey!
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Run away, Cuy!
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- - - - - - - No brakes!
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And now for my famous triple axel.
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Prepare to be amazed!
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- -A quadruple!
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-Bravo!
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- - Oh!
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Stupid kite -eating tree.
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Good grief.
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You blockhead!
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I should have known.
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What kind of a person tries to fly a kite in the middle of winter?
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Don't you ever know when to give up?
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You will never get that kite to fly.
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Why?
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because you're Charlie Brown.
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Oh.
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Thanks, Linus.
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Listen, Charlie Brown, ignoring what my sister Lucy says has enabled me to make it this far in life.
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What would I do without a good friend like you?
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- - Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Whoa Isn't he the cutest thing?
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Yee -haw!
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Give him, sir!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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- - Watch the curls!
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- - Hi!
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Thank you.
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Huh.
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I don't care what Lucy says.
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I may have had troubles in the past flying a kite.
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And I may have never won a baseball game.
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But it's not for the lack of trying.
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My pitching has to improve if I come out here to my trusty mound every day.
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Charlie Brown is not a quitter.
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Thank you.
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you - - Bottom of the ninth.
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Two outs.
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A strikeout here would make the pitcher an instant hero.
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- - It all comes down to this one pitch.
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Let's see if you can handle my fastball.
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Ole number one, the heater, the brown bullet.
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Oh...
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you you you Bye you
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “THE PEANUTS MOVIE Clip - "It's Flying"”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: kite, Charlie, brown, woo. This video has 198 sentences and 505 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:55. The speaker talks slowly, about 103 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 67% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| kite noun | /ˈkiːtɛ/ | A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. |
| pitch noun | /pɪt͡ʃ/ | A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. |
| ignore verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. |
| sharp adjective | /ʃɑɹp/ | Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded. |
| hockey noun | /ˈhɑ.ki/ | Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal. |
| instant noun | /ˈɪnstənt/ | A very short period of time; a moment. |
| courage noun | /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate. |
| triple adjective | /ˈtɹɪp.əl/ | Made up of three related elements, often matching |
| enable verb | /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/ | To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. |
| bullet noun | /ˈbʊlɪt/ | A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed. |
| grief noun | /ɡɹiːf/ | Suffering, hardship. |
| blanket noun | /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ | A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. |
| ninth adjective | /naɪnθ/ | The ordinal form of the number nine. |
| brake noun | /bɹeɪk/ | A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come down to verb | To reach by moving down or reducing. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. | |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| run away verb | To flee by running. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You don't want to be late for school.
- What's taking him so long?
- Don't you ever know when to give up?
- What would I do without a good friend like you?
- Let's see if you can handle my fastball.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like whoa, kite, pitch.
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.