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For three minutes, you can put anything in the grocery cart for free.
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That was really good.
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I did not know there were the jewelry store here
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Sorry to bother you dude, do you think you could help me out with some food?
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You don't even have to give me any money
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if you just want to like buy me a loaf of bread or something
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Yes, please actually, you know what I changed my mind instead
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I'm gonna give you an unlimited credit card for three minutes at the end of the three minute timer
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We're gonna swipe it and you're gonna get everything for free
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Let's do it and my brother brother nice to meet you.
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Let's get a cart
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and then we'll start the timer in the middle of a store I'm gonna hit the timer now and go
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He's done this before
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Oh, you've seen this before
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Five four three two one and stop that was really good
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that was you guys are smart you guys went straight to the meat
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i hope you got a big freezer let's go pay for this what were you guys coming for here originally
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oh you pay your rent through the store yeah okay okay nice nice how long have you guys been doing
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this uh a long time now uh we've been running the channel for like 10 years over 10 years now
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it's called that was epic any guesses on how much this is going to be what's your guess $4 .20.
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I wonder why you picked that.
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Like, I've had people come up with, like, $4 .50.
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Oh, wow, okay.
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So you definitely know.
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Yeah.
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Oh, you were close.
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It's for $4 .60 already.
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Yeah.
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It's all the damn pork.
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$658 .95 in three minutes.
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I think that's pretty good.
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Oh my card got declined
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Gentlemen, thank you so much
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All right, bro, thank you so much for your time.
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Oh, yeah guys enjoy yourself
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So if you guys could help me out I just with some a few groceries
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It's okay, I totally understand have a good one.
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Have a good one.
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I'm sorry about it I'm sorry.
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Excuse me?
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I'm sorry to bother you.
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I was just wondering if you could possibly help me out with some groceries.
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What would you like?
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A sandwich.
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Okay, I can give you some.
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Thank you so much.
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You know what, actually, I changed my mind.
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Instead, I'm gonna give you an unlimited credit card for three minutes.
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We're gonna set a three minute timer.
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At the end of the three minutes, I'm gonna buy everything that's inside of your cart.
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Really?
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Yes.
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What do you want to grow for you?
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I just wanted to make sure you're a kind person first before I gave you an unlimited credit card for three minutes.
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I mean, that's so kind of you.
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What's your name?
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Kiyosha.
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Kiyosha?
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I'm Juan.
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Thank you.
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Pleasure to meet you.
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So, I don't care if it's $100 ,000.
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Whatever's in your cart, we'll go check out and select the cart.
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I don't need much.
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Hey, take advantage of me.
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Please.
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I don't want to fill up my cart.
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I have carts tomorrow.
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And for myself, I would just like to get some potatoes just so I can eat some food.
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What about fill up the cart and then give some of it away to people that need it?
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That's fine.
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Let's do that.
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Yeah.
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but who would i give it to i live far
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if you want to either fill up your own fridge
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and then slowly give it out maybe go to the church
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if you feel too guilty to keep it all
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but really i'm i'm trying to fill up your fridge
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and then you can do whatever you want oh you ready
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i'm gonna start the timer three two one okay nice
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and casual i mean i have no videos i don't want i i understand
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Can I go to, like, the veggies?
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You can go to anything.
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All right, and one minute has passed.
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Two more minutes.
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So, how long have you been vegan?
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For five years.
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Wow, okay, that's cool.
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I've tried it before for a couple months, you know, due to my mom.
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Oh, yeah?
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But it's hard.
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I think that's it.
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You still got a minute.
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A minute 15.
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That's it.
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No, no. You sure?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Keep going.
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Yeah.
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Give back to people.
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You're tapping out.
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Yeah, you want to stop the timer.
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You don't even want extra time to be kind and generous, you know, and to be honest,
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I feel like this is enough for the people
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that I see all the times on the streets and I give them food and everything.
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That's seriously so beautiful.
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They're so grateful and I'd rather somebody else have.
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That's honestly so beautiful.
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Honestly, that you're a very kind person okay it's really hard for me to do
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because i never really have people do nice things like really for me how the kindness of their heart so sometimes
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when i'm on the giving end it's hard it's hard to accept
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i see okay well you deserve this you deserve this you deserve a lot more thank you okay
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so if you actually guessed one price correctly then we'll give you a full grocery cart as well.
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So we're going to do a bunch more.
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So with this all on here, guess your price.
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Pretty much.
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Some avocados.
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It's going to be $124.
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$124.
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You're like halfway there.
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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Tim, in three minutes, you spent $124.
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So you're getting $100 back too.
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so you can fill up another cart for yourself
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yeah well thank you for your time that was a lot of fun
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and uh enjoy the food yeah thank you have a good day bye
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i'm sorry to bother you do you think you could help me out with some groceries
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i got five i want to do you know what i i changed my mind instead
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i'm going to give you my unlimited credit card at the end of a three minute timer
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we're going to go swipe it
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and you can take anything in your cart for free serious
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oh yeah yeah for real what's your name uh emmanuel manual
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i'm juan one yes pleasure to meet you dude you got you coming on the spot
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because i'm right here with my pops just trying to get food man
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i can get food for all yes save it for somebody who really needs are you sure yeah
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so you're kind of in a hurry yeah hey i feel
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that hey thank you for offering to help me though no yeah man be safe
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you too excuse me do you think
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you could help me out with some groceries just like some bread
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you need the food one yeah oh 20 is this is it oh wow real hey i'm just kidding
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so i actually want to give you an unlimited credit card for three minutes for three minutes
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you can put anything in the grocery cart for free and i'll buy it
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yeah are you down okay let's let's do it what was your name by the way
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gustavo my name's juan you're from mexico yeah
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i was born in cancun guatemala nice nice where do you
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want to start should we start more in the middle or do you want to start anywhere right here
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okay three two one go I see you like Spongebob where's the sense of urgency
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you're doing good you're doing all right you're acting like you've done
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this before this is just another day for you huh 30 seconds you're real picky about your meat, huh?
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15 seconds?
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Yeah.
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I'll tell you what, you know what?
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Since I like to give just like I like to give in Hay Day, I'm going to give you one extra minute. And go.
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Hay Day is one of those games that just gets the vibe right.
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Yeah, it's a colorful farming game, but not the stressful kind.
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There's no deadlines, no pressure, and no consequences.
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You get to run your own farm.
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You can make bread, make jam, and even bacon.
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But here's the fun part.
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You're not farming alone.
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You actually have neighbors.
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There's real people and during
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Valentine's and Hey Day, you get to help each other out and make stuff happen.
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It's wholesome, it's fun, and you're all working together as a neighborhood.
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So if you want a cozy game you can play without thinking too hard, then Hey Day is right for you.
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You can download it right now.
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The link is at the top of the description.
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Build your farm, find your people, and enjoy the rest of the video.
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15 seconds?
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That's it?
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You got 10 seconds?
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If you want to grab anything else? nine eight seven all right
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that's time all right let's uh let's go pay for it now okay
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you know i'll get the fish for you still
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i see you came from work yes what do you do i did a drywall finishing for like 10 years Drywall,
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I'd run the bazooka, the skims, everything, everything.
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It's hard for you to get money.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
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You both of you get a chance to guess exactly the price.
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Whoever gets closer this time gets a grocery cart full of groceries.
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So how much do you think the total is going to be?
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I'd say like 140.
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140?
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140?
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Wait, you heard like 16.
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No, no, you're calculating, you have to guess.
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Okay, 130.
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130, okay, let's do it.
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and then he says uh fish oh oh that's what might do that's what might get to get it to the 140.
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oh my gosh i paid this are you sure yes are you sure yes that changes everything now she
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you won now all right uh add a hundred dollar gift card and then you can keep it
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damn he screwed you he's like you know what no all right yeah well
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it was a pleasure doing business with you
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and uh hey you have a good day thank you have a good one thank you bye
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excuse me sorry to bother you i was wondering if you could help me out with some groceries
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whatever like just like sandwich material yes what thank you
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so much what's your name yeah erica thank you
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so much my name is juan okay actually i changed my mind
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i'm actually going to give you an unlimited credit card for three minutes at the end of the timer
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we're gonna swipe it
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and buy you anything you want for free okay three minutes three minutes okay
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so try to spend like ten thousand dollars
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if you can please are you ready yes okay let me get you a cart
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a little jewelry store yeah um technically yeah you know okay
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i did not know there was a jewelry store here all right we're gonna start it in three two one
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You're so smart, I swear.
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A gold shop and a grocery store, what are the chances, boys?
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10, 9, 8, 7, 6,
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5, 4, 3, 2, 1, over.
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That's a lot of gold.
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we'll see what happens any guesses any guesses um i'm guessing 3 500.
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this has never happened to me this has never happened to me either well
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this is going to a big cause oh
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so what are you doing with it i work with some healers in west africa oh wow
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and they're really good people okay
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but a lot of times you know there there's poverty and
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so one of the biggest things that i want to do that i've been doing talk to you is how can I.
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So this is going to be useful.
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That's so cool.
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I love it.
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So you might be like, well, why don't you go get groceries, you know, and things like that.
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Well, you can sell those and do something with the cash.
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That's the thing.
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Thank you.
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So this is going to bless a lot of people.
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That's good.
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I'd love to hear that.
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Thank you so much.
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You thought I was in a decline, huh?
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No, I just, like I said, I've seen YouTubers like you and different, because this is, you do YouTube, right?
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I don't do this just for personal use.
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Yeah, and I'm still a shop.
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thank you for taking my money
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and thank you also wow you know last night i was in bed
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and i was thinking about how can i make something happen for my people
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and people i care about
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and this is just you sent the energy out into the universe
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and found us this is just crazy yeah so thank you
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so much you're welcome i'm sure i'll go to a good use though all right well enjoy your day
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all right guys thank you so much for watching this video hope you enjoyed it
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if you did please hit that like button for me
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if you didn't like it hit that like button for me anyways it helps thought with the algorithm.
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I started a non -profit organization called Live Epic.
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The link is in the description.
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You can now support us.
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100 % of the money goes back to making videos like this and helping people all over the world.
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So if you want to support us, link is in the description.
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I'll see you guys next time.
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Hey man.
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How are you?
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How are you doing?
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You're good, man.
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Have a good day.
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You too, you think?
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Yeah.
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You can, man.
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Thanks for watching.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “This Store Is FREE For 3 Minutes”. This video has 254 sentences and 2256 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:49. The speaker talks at a natural 176 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cart noun | /kɑɹt/ | A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than… |
| timer noun | /ˈtaɪmɚ/ | A device used to measure amounts of time. |
| groceries noun | /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/ | Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store. |
| unlimited adjective | /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/ | Limitless or without bounds; unrestricted. |
| grocery noun | /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ | Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies. |
| bother verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| swipe verb | /swaɪp/ | To grab or bat quickly. |
| decline verb | /dɪˈklaɪn/ | To move downwards, to fall, to drop. |
| epic noun | /ˈɛp.ɪk/ | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. |
| sandwich noun | /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ | A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food. |
| poverty noun | /ˈpɑːvɚti/ | The quality or state of being poor; lack of money |
| select verb | /sɪˈlɛkt/ | To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. |
| whoever | /huˈɛvɚ/ | Who ever: an emphatic form of who. |
| grateful adjective | /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ | Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful. |
| manual noun | /ˈmæn.j(u)əl/ | Synonym of handbook. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fill up verb | To make (something) completely full. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. |
| get back verb | Return to where one came from. |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
| work together verb | To be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I think that's pretty good.
- What do you want to grow for you?
- Can I go to, like, the veggies?
- I'll tell you what, you know what?
- If you want to grab anything else?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | we've been running · i've been doing |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've seen · I've had · has passed |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was just wondering · was wondering · was thinking |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might do · might be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 87 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/
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 cart, timer, groceries.
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.