Shadowing Practice: The Roulette of OP Weapons in Minecraft! - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Let the games begin!
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Today, we're using this stadium for some PvP roulette.
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We got a lot of cool stuff set up.
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Mikey, check out that big glass house!
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Oh, fancy!
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What's this thing?
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Huh?
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It looks like it could be a mysterious gate somewhere.
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Awesome!
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It's enormous!
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This could fit a whole village inside it!
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This looks like a nice little beach.
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Oh, I didn't bring my bathing suit!
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We don't have to worry about that right now.
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See this?
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This is a gigantic fountain!
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Awesome!
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It's very pretty!
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Actually, there is something really amazing about this fountain!
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What's that?
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You said there's something amazing?
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Yeah!
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Try pressing this button here!
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Push it!
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Oh, okay!
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Whenever you're ready!
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It's not gonna hurt me, is it?
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Three, two, one...
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Whoa!
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JJ, do you see the fireworks?
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I sure do!
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Sweet!
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They just keep going and going. So pretty.
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Now that we've had a taste of how much cool stuff is in store, we have to make the most of it and start our gun roulette PVP.
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What do you say?
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Should we get started?
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The time has come.
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Great.
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Let's play our first roulette round.
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How exactly does this thing work?
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The color you shoot your arrow on is the same color of the equipment you have to use.
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I'll kick things off.
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Hmm.
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Um, brr, ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba
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-ba -ba -ba
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-ba -
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Put the bows and arrows back and move along.
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Climb aboard!
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Huh?
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Come on!
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Oh!
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Whoa!
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This is fun!
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Let's go again!
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We will, but first it's time to find the houses with our corresponding colors and collect all the equipment from inside.
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You're purple, I'm red.
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What if it's a trap?
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It's not a trap.
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I'm just saying, you never know.
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All right.
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Let's see what we've got to work with.
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What?
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No way!
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Wow!
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I don't believe it! Am I dreaming?
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I'm gonna cry!
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It's okay!
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This is amazing!
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I'm a samurai!
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You're wearing some of the strongest armor in the whole game!
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There's no way I can top that!
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Only one way to find out!
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I just need to set my expectations low, so no matter what I get, I'm happy with it!
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Hmm.
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Oh.
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Huh?
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What's that?
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A bow and arrow.
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Okay.
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Not bad.
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Oh.
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You're not going to believe this.
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Believe what?
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This is a really rare item.
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It's a lucky bow.
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I guess it's better than a regular bow, right?
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Even still, all it is is a pointy rock, a bendy stick, and a string.
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There's no way you'll be able to fight me in this legendary armor.
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I wouldn't be so sure about that.
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See, this bow has a secret ability.
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Oh, JJ, you're so cute.
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You think you can actually beat me, don't you?
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Why don't we test this in the PvP arena?
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Fine, let's do it.
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Round one.
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In one corner, we've got Mikey and his legendary samurai armor.
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And in the other corner, JJ and his lucky bow.
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Who will win?
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Easy.
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I already know the answer.
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And JJ, try not to cry when I totally destroy you, okay?
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Ready, set, go.
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It's on.
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Don't just stand there.
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I want to test out my secret ability on you.
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Your what?
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Nothing.
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It sounded a lot like you said secret ability. Who cares?
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Bring it.
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Hang on.
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These aren't arrows.
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Cut it out.
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Stop.
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That's the most annoying weapon I've ever seen in my life.
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Lava.
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What?
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Wait.
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How did you do that?
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Go, creeper.
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Go.
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No, no, no, no, no. No, fair.
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You can't even get close.
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What the?
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Quit it! Had enough?
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Never!
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With this bow, you never know what you're going to fire.
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All you can do is hope for something lucky.
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Aw, come on!
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Jealous?
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Let's go!
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Look out!
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Give me a break!
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Hot!
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Hot!
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Burning!
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I just need to get close to you and then I can win!
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Good luck with that!
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That's the last straw!
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I'm not holding back!
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Ah!
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I'm running out of health!
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This isn't good!
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Uh -oh!
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If I lose any more health, then I'm as good as...
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Gotcha!
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What?
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I lost?
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Game over!
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Turns out my lucky bow is pretty strong.
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Pretty strong?
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Take a look around.
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You almost blew up the entire map.
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Oh, I hadn't noticed.
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Hopefully next round is something a little more fair.
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Time to pick what colors we want next.
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Great.
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I'll go first.
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Sure.
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Uh, what color are you aiming for?
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Hmm, not sure yet.
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Boo!
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Woo!
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Yay!
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Ta -da!
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What?
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I got it.
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Sky blue?
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Yep.
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My favorite.
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Out of all the colors, that one's definitely the prettiest.
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It's such a nice shade.
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Thanks.
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Now that you've picked yours, I need to figure out which one I want.
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Oh, so many options.
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Yeah.
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This one.
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Yellow it is.
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I hope it's good.
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Let's start with yours again, Mikey.
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My little blue box.
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I hope I get some kind of projectile launcher this time.
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Open it up and see.
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Three, two, one.
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Huh?
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No way!
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This rocks!
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Is that a TNT set?
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Now that's some good equipment.
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I know exactly what to...
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I mean, I don't know exactly what to do with this.
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I definitely don't have any good ideas for what to do with this TNT.
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Okay, Mikey.
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That's not suspicious at all.
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What are you hiding?
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Huh?
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Me?
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Hiding?
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No, I'm not hiding anything!
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I'm just...
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Ouch!
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What the?
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Who put that fire there?
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Let's forget about the secrets and the fire and move on.
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I picked yellow, right?
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I think so.
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I hope I have something good in here.
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Your TNT will be tough to beat.
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Here goes nothing.
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Whoa.
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Jackpot!
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What?
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I hate to break it to you, but I'm winning this round.
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How?
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See this?
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A goss rifle.
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One of the most advanced weapons to ever exist in Minecraft.
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Plus, I got a grappling hook.
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Oh, well.
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Good for you.
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You're going to need all the help you can get if you want to stop my secret plan.
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I mean, what secret plan?
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All right, let's get started.
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Are you ready?
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Wait, I want to say it this time.
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I want to say it this time.
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Let me say it.
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You got to say it last time.
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Go ahead.
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Just need to set up.
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Set up?
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I'll stand a little bit closer to you.
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There.
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Ready, set, go!
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Oh, nice.
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Now I see your secret plan.
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That's not all.
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There's way more secret plan where that came from.
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You're not the only one with a secret plan.
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Go ahead and light the TNT.
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Huh?
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Are you sure?
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Yep.
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Sounds fishy.
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Bye -bye, JJ!
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Bye -bye, Mikey!
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Careful with that TNT, Mikey!
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I've got a grappling hook, so it's super easy to get away!
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Woohoo!
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It's so hard to keep up with you!
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Does it work on trees?
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Quit hopping around!
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Stay still and let me blow you up!
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No thanks!
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Hey!
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I could do this all day!
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Come back!
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I can still win!
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I just have to play it smart!
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Could I climb up there?
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No!
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Now it's the time for my secret plan!
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Ugh!
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You've gotta be kidding!
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Get down here!
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Sweet!
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I'll get you!
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I can see the whole arena from here!
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You climbing that big square was a part of my plan too!
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It went exactly like I thought it would!
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I got you right where I want you!
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Are you for real?
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I'm 100 % for real.
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Don't worry, it'll be over soon.
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What are you digging?
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I'm not digging anything.
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Really?
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Those look an awful lot like landmines to me.
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Of course not.
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I should remind you that the weapon I'm using is designed specifically to fight against enemies from far away.
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You can talk all you want, but your words mean nothing to me.
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Once I've surrounded your position in landmines, I mean, um, surprises, then it'll be game over.
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You'll never be able to come down.
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Here's where your plan is flawed.
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Why would I need to come down? Because! Because!
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Hey, Mikey, say goodnight.
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Goodnight?
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Boom!
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Ah!
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Ha ha ha!
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All a part of the plan!
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How did you do that?
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I just took the shot!
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Only one shot?
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I didn't think it would be that strong.
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That's not fair!
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You were so focused on your landmines, you forgot to hide!
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Oops!
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I wasn't supposed to do that!
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Run for your lungs!
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Get out of the way!
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My bad!
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Whoa! Are you okay?
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I'm fine.
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And I'm the official winner of round two.
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Congrats.
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Should we move on?
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Yeah.
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It's the third and final round.
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You're going down.
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You sure about that?
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More sure than I've ever been.
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Ready?
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More ready than I've ever been.
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Great.
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Where to shoot, where to shoot, where to shoot.
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Whoa, watch where you're aiming.
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Boo!
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Dirt!
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It may look plain, but I have a feeling it's going to be the strongest color yet.
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Interesting.
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Your turn.
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I wonder if I should try the same strategy as you.
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That's not a bad idea.
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Wait, what strategy?
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I'll pick the last color I'd normally pick and hope for the best.
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Oops.
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Look out.
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Boom, got it.
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Woo, you picked pink?
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Yep.
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Nice.
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Whatever's inside, I'm sure it'll still come in handy.
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Let's go.
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Hey, the dirt and pink sheds are right next to each other.
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Careful around the fire.
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It's real.
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Okay, here we go.
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Actually, now that I'm standing in front of it, I feel like dirt may have been the wrong choice.
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Is it too late to trade colors?
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I bet green is ten times stronger.
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You could at least take a look.
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Alright, I'll look.
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Huh?
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No way!
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No way!
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No way!
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Awesome!
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Awesome!
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Awesome!
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An alien blaster?
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Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -some!
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That's not all.
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A jetpack?
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Yep, I can fly.
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This is the greatest thing ever to happen in the history of anything ever.
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I'm unstoppable, JJ!
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That looks even stronger than my grappling hook and sniper rifle from the last round.
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Oh yeah, way stronger!
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I can't believe you got a jetpack and an alien blaster.
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I can feel the power surging through me.
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I'm invincible, JJ.
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Invincible!
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And to think you wanted to switch colors at the last minute.
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I better check what equipment I have in mind.
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You're gonna need a real miracle.
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Come on, come on.
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Please be good.
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Huh?
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What's that?
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Show me!
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Show me!
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See this?
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Is that a rocket launcher?
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Not bad, not bad.
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But not good enough.
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I'm just too hard to catch.
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How are you going to hit me when I'm flying around the whole time?
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You got a point.
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This will be a tricky one.
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I think I might be hard for you to hit.
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Hang on a second.
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I think that there's something I'm forgetting.
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What is it?
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Well, I'm not 100 % sure, but I think this rocket launcher has a really useful special ability.
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That's great and everything, but I can literally fly, so I can just dodge your rockets every time.
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This round is as good as done.
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Okay, let's get it over with then.
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Sounds good.
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This will be our last battle, no matter who the winner is!
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It's me, by the way!
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The winner's gonna be me!
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I've got a jetpack, an alien blaster, and the geniusness of a genius!
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Sorry in advance for annihilating you!
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Are you done yet?
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Can we get started?
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I'm done!
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Let's do this!
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Whoa, that was close!
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This is tough!
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Hey, Mikey!
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What are you running from?
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I'm not running!
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I'm flying!
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Not for long!
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Ha!
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Easiest dodge of my life!
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Ah! So close!
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Good try!
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La la la la la la!
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Maybe this'll help!
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Come on, get him!
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Fireworks?
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I'll just dodge them all!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Yes, it worked!
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Ha ha!
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There's too many!
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Retreat!
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Retreat!
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Stay still!
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Boom!
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Boom!
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Pew!
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Pew!
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Whoa!
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Close one!
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Phew!
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Where'd you go?
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There you are!
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Oh, I can't hit him.
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He's too fast.
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Boo -hoo!
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Too sad.
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You left me no choice.
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I have to use my ultimate technique.
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You'll never hit me.
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No matter what kind of ultimate technique it is, it'll never hit.
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Oh, yeah?
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Hey, Mikey.
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Dodge this.
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Huh?
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Ah!
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What?
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How?
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Gotcha!
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That's what you get!
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For some reason, I couldn't dodge it!
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That's because my special ability activated my homing rocket function!
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Seriously?
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Try it again!
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Are you sure?
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It's just gonna be the same result as last time!
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Ha ha!
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I'm already locked on!
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Game over! Do it!
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I dare you!
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Huh?
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This time I'll dodge it!
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Wait and see!
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There was nothing I could do That rocket launcher is way too strong Oh, man.
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Once I'm locked on, no matter where you are, the rockets will come and find you.
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Like this.
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See?
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Not bad, huh?
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I know I said this a million times today, but that's not fair.
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Better luck next time.
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Let's do one more round.
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Are you sure?
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I mean, I guess we could try out the rest of the storage sheds we never used.
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Close.
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I missed.
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There we go.
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Nice.
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Wow.
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I guess that means it's time to check out the TNT shed.
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Ooh, fun!
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Uh… Haha, we broke it!
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Now then, ready… Open!
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Ah!
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We'll see you next time!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “The Roulette of OP Weapons in Minecraft!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: color, secret, Mikey, round. This video has 491 sentences and 2337 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:03. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 92 of its 491 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 |
|---|---|---|
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| rocket noun | /ˈɹɑk.ɪt/ | A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light… |
| dodge verb | /dɑd͡ʒ/ | To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. |
| boom verb | /bum/ | To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. |
| arrow noun | /ˈæɹəʊ/ | A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow. |
| hook noun | /hʊk/ | A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. |
| dirt noun | /dɝt/ | Soil or earth. |
| climb verb | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). |
| armor noun | /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/ | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| technique noun | /tɛkˈniːk/ | The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. |
| arena noun | /əˈɹiːnə/ | An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for… |
| trap noun | /tɹæp/ | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. |
| legendary adjective | /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/ | Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends. |
| 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… |
| rifle noun | /ˈɹaɪfəl/ | A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| look out verb | To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger. | |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You said there's something amazing?
- It's not gonna hurt me, is it?
- JJ, do you see the fireworks?
- You think you can actually beat me, don't you?
- How did you do that?
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 come · I've ever seen · you've picked |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is designed · is flawed |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most of · the strongest · the most annoying |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | Should we get · should remind · Should we move |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 96 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, shade /ʃeɪd/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: legendary /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, mysterious /mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, invincible /ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/
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, rocket, dodge.
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.