Shadowing Practice: TIME to GET SASSY | White Chicks - Learn English Speaking with Video
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All right, let's go around.
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We'll get you all right.
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All right, that's right.
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Look, we're gonna get down here.
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I cannot hear.
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I must hear you.
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How about the girls coming from the club?
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All right, see that.
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Check it all down.
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All down.
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All down.
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All down.
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All down.
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All down.
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All down.
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All down.
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All down.
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Chief.
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They're here.
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All right, the girls are yours.
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Stick with them.
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Don't blow your cover.
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Come on.
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What's up?
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What's up, money?
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You got a problem?
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What you looking at my ass for?
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Hold my poodle.
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What's up?
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Y'all got a problem?
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Y'all want some of this?
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You want some of this, punk?
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What, boy, what?
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I take the both of you.
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Cut it out.
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Let's get out of here.
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You're looking at my ass like I'm some kind of girl, man.
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You are a girl.
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And you better start acting like one or you're gonna be an unemployed girl.
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Oh, damn.
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Should like to cut that cake.
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Hey, yo, hold it.
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Hey, yo, you trying to look at my lumps?
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I'll pull off my G-string and handle mine.
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Come on, let's go.
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I'll handle mine, dog.
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Get it.
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Let's go, man.
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Welcome to the Royal Hamptons Hotel.
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The bag's in the car, Jose.
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Uh, the name is Gomez.
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Whatever.
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Yeah, great.
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Here, and take baby.
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Clean out his bag.
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Poor thing just pooped everywhere.
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And teach you not to say que, to Taco Bell.
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Thanks a lot, Rico Suave.
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Grazie.
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Thanks, Julio.
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Right away, ma'am.
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Sweetie, you've got to slow up with those Cosmos.
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Brittany and Tiffany Wilson...
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Sorry, um, um, they're new.
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Dr. Dorfman did an amazing job.
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It feels so real.
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Hi.
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Yeah, I-I just, um, I need a credit card, please.
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And some ID, please.
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Credit card?
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ID?
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I'm so freaking pissed.
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Uh, ma'am, I- First of all, I go to Dr. Dorfman.
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He totally messes up my nose job.
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I ask him to make me look like Gwyneth Paltrow.
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I get off the surgery table looking like freakin' Shrek.
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Then I get here, and Mr. Harper makes me feel like I'm some dumb blonde with fake boobs.
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Going to a hinder party.
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No, no, I didn't mean to offend you, it's just, it's brutal.
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I'm gonna have a BF.
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Oh my God.
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She's gonna have a pitchfip.
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No, no, no, no. Don't have a BF.
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I want to speak to your supervisor.
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Better yet, I'm gonna write a letter.
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You are in big trouble.
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Dear Mr. Royal Hampton, I am a white woman in America.
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Ladies, is there a problem here?
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Yes.
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No, sir, no, no, there's no problem.
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These are two of our VIP guests.
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Issue them keys immediately.
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Hmm?
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Sure.
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VIP.
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Learn your acronyms.
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What a sweetheart.
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Here you are.
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Enjoy your stay.
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Has anyone ever told you you look just like Denzel Washington?
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Yeah, actually, I have heard it once or twice.
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What a beautiful chocolate man.
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Beautiful.
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Oh, my God. That was close.
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Are they waving at us?
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I don't know.
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What are we going to do?
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Just act friendly.
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My God.
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Well, don't act like you don't know us.
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Karen, Lisa, Tori.
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Oh, my God.
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I haven't seen you in forever.
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It's only been a year.
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Did you do something different to your hair?
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No. You gained weight?
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No. I know.
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You just had a birthday.
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Yeah.
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Totally.
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Total fireside.
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I knew it.
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Wait a minute.
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There is definitely something different about the two of you.
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Collagen.
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You little witch, how did you know?
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It's totally obvious your lips went from Cameron Diaz to Jay-Z.
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Hey, you got taller, too.
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Oh, um, we got our knees done.
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You can do that?
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You can do that?
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You should do that.
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Yes!
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Yes!
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Oh, well, it's really good seeing you ladies.
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Bye!
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Excuse me.
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Where do you think you're going?
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Um, to go freshen up?
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Yeah.
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The Hamptons Magazine reception just started, so let's hit it.
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I'm gonna take it for one second.
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Hey, check it out.
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Who's the Wilson sisters?
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More like the Wilt Chamberlain sisters.
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And I never noticed how big they are. But I'd still bone!
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Oh, my God.
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Where's he?
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Dude, are you hitting Karen Guglestein, this soap heiress, too?
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How'd you keep that shit dangling?
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I keep telling her I'm gonna break up with my girl.
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You better hope Heather doesn't find out.
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She won't.
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At least until I wrap up this big deal with your father.
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Hey, Mr. V!
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And look, there they are.
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The Fem-Fem twins.
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They're hot.
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What, are you blind?
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That's Heather and Megan Vandergilt.
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Your sworn enemy since you were, like, I don't know, eight?
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Totally forgot.
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Did I say hot?
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I meant not.
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Totally hate them.
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Did you guys hear about Megan?
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She got stopped by security at Saks trying to pull a Winona. So did you.
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Megan.
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Stop.
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Oh, God.
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Come on.
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Excuse me.
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This is gonna be fun.
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Move.
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Look who just flew in from the slums of Beverly Hills.
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It's the Beverly Hope Billies.
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Squeeze me?
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Oh, no, you dick.
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I'm sorry, but we just saw your new video.
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Yeah, they had a screening over at Saks Fifth Avenue in the security office.
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A kleptomaniac.
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Your mother shops at Saks.
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What?
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Oh my god, you wanna talk about mothers!
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Oh my god.
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You wanna talk about mothers!
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It's mother time!
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Okay, your mother's so dumb, she went to Dr. Dre for a pap smear.
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Something's wrong, Dr. Gray.
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My coochie's doing a peep box.
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Yeah?
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Well, your mother is so stupid, she exercises when she could just get, like, liposuction or something.
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Your mother's so old that her breast milk is powdered.
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You breastfeed like this.
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Your mother is so, like...
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She's so...
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M-Ming, you go.
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Your mother is so stupid that she goes to Barney's rooftop deck restaurant for lunch
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and orders a niçoise salad and calls it a Nikoi salad.
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Nikoi salad, right?
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Your mother's ass is so hairy, it looks like Don King's about to pop out and say, All in America!
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Your mother's so stupid that she goes into Gucci and she tries to buy, like, Fendi and stuff.
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Megan, Heather, come on now, girl.
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Is this any way to speak to your party guests?
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Wow, Brittany and Tiffany Wilson.
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Haven't seen you since you were.. smaller.
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Yeah, well, we're all grown up now.
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Yeah, I can see that.
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Ladies, I fully expect to see you later at the white party.
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I think it's gonna be the best one ever.
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We'll be there.
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Take care.
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Bye.
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Bye, Mr. B.
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Good seeing you again.
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This isn't over yet.
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This is a long weekend.
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You better watch your back.
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Ladies.
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Whatever.
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I can't believe you guys just did that to the Vandergelds.
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You know, they could take you off the scene just like that.
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Yeah, but it was so cool, you guys! So cool!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 225 sentences and 1166 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:27. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| salad noun | /ˈsæl.əd/ | A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often… |
| bone noun | /boʊn/ | A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. |
| deck noun | /ˈdɛk/ | Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop. |
| string noun | /stɹɪŋ/ | A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together. |
| breast noun | /bɹɛst/ | Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males. |
| twin noun | /twɪn/ | Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling. |
| knee noun | /ni/ | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| powder noun | /ˈpaʊ.dɚ/ | The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust. |
| reception noun | /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/ | The act of receiving. |
| punk noun | /ˈpʌŋk/ | A passive or effeminate homosexual man. |
| wrap verb | /ɹæp/ | To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. |
| soap noun | /soʊp/ | A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products. |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| brutal adjective | /ˈbɹuːtəl/ | Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner. |
| supervisor noun | /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/ | A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| clean out verb | To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| get down verb | /ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/ | To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down. |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| go around verb | To move or spread from person to person. | |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| mess up verb | To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 47 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: reception /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/, freshen /ˈfɹɛʃən/, liposuction /ˈlai.poʊˌsʌk.ʃn̩/
- Long words — get the stress right: supervisor /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/, kleptomaniac /ˌklɛptəˈmeɪniæk/
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 salad, bone, deck.
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 | have heard · haven't seen |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | Should like · should do |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | start acting · keep telling |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna get · gonna be · gonna have |
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.