Shadowing Practice: timestamped quiet & productive day in my life - Learn English Speaking with Video

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That's the way I fell back

to sleep for 40 minutes Little hack for you While you do your makeup Really let the dry shampoo

marinate into your hair and you know what's criminal about this i washed my hair yesterday

but it was one of those days where i put too much product in my hair

but it needs to make it at least today too you know it's a good day

when your skin woke up and shows peace

cheek combo it's been my favorite every day road freckle

and piggy right next to each other it's like the perfect summer shade

and then westman atelier highlight in lit up just dab a little bit right here

so good wait okay go

If you're wondering why you feed her on a cat stoop,

it's because she needs something elevated to eat on but I don't have like a Tray

Good morning everyone.

Welcome back to the vlogs.

I thought I had intro'd this but I hadn't.

How rude of me.

It is currently 9.34 to be exact and today I am doing a timestamped day in my life.

Penny and Theo are playing and Penny always just looks like a lunatic trying to play with him.

He just slaps her and she thinks it's a really fun game.

I'm going to do my best to let you be a true fly on the wall for my day.

Penny!

She walked two miles this morning and she's still this hyper.

I have never done this before might suck and be boring It might be the best idea ever.

I have no idea.

I might never do it again, but I thought we could try it I do timestamp videos on instagram

and tiktok pretty frequently And I think they're

so satisfying to be able to see like the actual time of someone's day as they go

So i'm gonna try it on youtube.

I am going to Film a little video.

I got a bag in from etsy a work bag

So basically I have a mango work bag that I love to use.

It's my black mango toe I get questions about it all the time.

I'm always linking it It is like my favorite work bag that I have ever found.

It was like 75 bucks It fits so much and the straps are like genuinely so comfortable.

So it's not like heavy on my shoulder

Or uncomfortable wanted like one other to switch with it depending

on like my mood the occasion I also kind of wanted one

that like doubles as a purse

and I have been on like the side of social media

that keeps showing me the chanel maxi flap obviously i wasn't gonna buy the chanel maxi flap

but i did find a dupe for it on etsy

that still has like high quality leather so

if you're still paying for quality

but it's also not like crazy out of budget i am gonna like do a changing of the guards

and switch from my mango work bag over to that bag

and we're gonna try it today

because i'm gonna head to the library you guys know i

got a library card at the end of last year

and i'll kind of go sporadically but last week i went

and like really worked there and i had the time of my life

so i'm gonna go again this morning we are like five to six weeks out from the wedding

which means i need to start writing my vows i genuinely

don't know how people do it 10 minutes before their wedding day

that would freak me out it would send me into like an ocd spiral

so i'm starting a month ahead and i already feel kind of late on it

but i just want to get some ideas on paper hi

okay it is 9 56 i'm going to film this video hopefully it doesn't take me longer

and then 10 to 15 minutes.

Sometimes I trip up over my words when I'm filming,

so it might be double the time so I'm heading out.

So this is what it looks like inside.

It has like this really gorgeous red leather on the inside.

It's like a smooth leather.

I love it so much.

It's much more of like a purse style bag

which is what I was looking for because my other one's like a tote Brooklyn bag.

It is from Etsy so I'll link it down below.

I'm wearing this top from Cuckoo Intimates.

I have on my jean shorts from mango and my black loafers

and i am so ready to head to the library and get some work done

just got to the library 1105 i brought a nectarine i'm gonna eat it before i go in

because i ate like a protein waffle this morning.

I just don't really like breakfast so I'm trying to eat throughout my morning so I am not just eating nothing.

Superior fruit.

I kind of sabotaged myself yesterday and as soon as I did it I knew I did.

I went to bed like I was in bed at 9 30 full intention of falling asleep before 11

but at 5 p.m before I went to the gym I

don't know what possessed me to chug almost a full bloom

and i never ever finish them i usually drink half before the gym

so even drinking like three-fourths of it more caffeine than i usually intake i get to the gym

and i'm so jittery and i was like this was the wrong decision i was

so anxious like as if someone was chasing me

while i was working out also the workout was really hard

so you know when you feel shaky from your workout

but you also feel shaky from caffeine

and then you're like am i dying right know then i get home

and i am not tired i take melatonin not tired that's

when you know i was fully awake at midnight like it

was to the point where i was like should i just open my laptop

and do work right now and just sleep in later tomorrow

and get work done right now so

that way i don't like wake up behind in the morning

but then i was like no that's a bad idea

because then i'm gonna be up easily until like 3 a.m

and anyways i got up at 8 15 which isn't like awful but i was in bed by 9 30.

I was in bed so early like there's no reason I should have been up that late. so I'm

going to

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go to the next episode.

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Time for a lunch stop.

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I'm craving a burrito.

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So I came to find a burrito.

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Oh my god, they closed down.

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Wait, no way. Did they?

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Oh, just kidding.

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I'm not gonna eat here.

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I think I'm gonna order jersey mics.

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Okay, they had a notice on the door that they have had outbreaks with the jalapeno recalls.

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Yeah, no, I think that was a sign for me to not get a burrito.

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Okay, let's try this again.

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Also, look at this adorable powder puff keychain.

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I'll get a regular sized turkey and provolone.

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Okay, lunch secured.

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I'm gonna go home and eat it.

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I accidentally bought a cookie.

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I don't know why I thought when he was asking me if I wanted a cookie or a brownie, he just posed a question in a way that made it seem like he meant for free.

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I thought they were like giving out cookies.

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I don't know, my brain glitched why would he give me a cookie like

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that makes no sense obviously he was asking

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if i wanted to buy a cookie or a brownie

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and i said sure a cookie thinking

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that he was offering it to me for free so i paid 150 for a cookie dessert

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3 30 before i can finish out the day

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and working i want to clean the house

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because it's messy from the animals

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so i'm gonna vacuum everything i also have some laundry stuff i need to put away swiffer the entryway

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okay guys it's 4 23 i'm gonna make my second coffee i wasn't gonna do this

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and i know i complained about how i drank caffeine too late yesterday just let's not talk about

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that recently i have been liking equal amounts kind of espresso to milk

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and then i've been dabbling in creamer

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which i never usually do for my lattes so

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because i'm using less milk i feel like i'm enjoying the

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cream more i'm gonna edit a tiktok i filmed a little

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video i was at the library of me writing my vows I try and post a tiktok once a day.

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Some of them are bigger edits.

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Some of them are just like really random quick posts This is a random quick post.

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It is 4 33

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It is 5 17 and I just finished the little tiktok made two versions

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don't know which one i'm going to post yet

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but sometimes even just those small things take forever and something

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that maybe people are surprised by when they like start editing videos

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and stuff is like how long the small stuff takes to

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every single video is an entire creative process within itself just it varies how big

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or small it is but it's still a process i mean there's decisions

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and i feel like recently within like the past few months

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especially like I feel like it's really evident on YouTube

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but also just on my other channels I have just been enjoying the creativity behind it

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and really trying to raise the bar honestly I just like especially

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when there's like storytelling involved I feel like every single choice

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matters like you know how you decide to edit the video

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the song you put behind it the text in what order

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the clips go the speed of the clips how many clips to include

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so it's just like an entire process and that's why

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that little video took me I think like 40 minutes next I have a list

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that I need to check because I actually don't know what I'm doing next

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but it is 5 19 I hope you guys are enjoying

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the timestamps I literally have no idea how this is going to come together okay

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so I'm going to check off that I edited that TikTok I also returned a package that needed to be returned.

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Penny outing.

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I have to do two things on my laptop.

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I have to do some replies for my CPA

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because I switched CPAs recently and they basically need like a bunch of documents and information from me.

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I need a good system going so I got a good CPA.

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I haven't finished work though.

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I need to make a thumbnail and I don't even think I have a thumbnail for this video.

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I hate when I do that.

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I hate when I film a video and I don't take any photos for a thumbnail.

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I need to place a order for a sponsorship.

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I think those are my last two like really work things.

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Things I need to do right now are make the thumbnail for the video that's going up tomorrow

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and I'm so picky about my thumbnails like that.

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One thing is I won't put up a video

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if I don't like the thumbnail like genuinely i can say i have never put out a video

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that i hated the thumbnail i've put out videos i don't maybe like love the video

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or i'm not like super proud of it

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but i've never really put out a video where i'm not proud of the thumbnail

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Thank you.

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thumbnail done it is 6 p.m i think i need to stop working

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because i'm tired

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so i'm gonna go lay in bed for a bit wait for the sun to go down

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and i might take miss penny on an outing yeah I'm just gonna scroll.

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She is doing so well.

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Few barks here and there, but overall people passing in front of us.

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I feel like this is the most signature girl dinner.

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Some goodles, some butter, and some cheese.

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Also, I like hurt my back and I'm pretty sure, I was trying to remember what it could be from, lifting Penny into the car.

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Yep, I just did it so carelessly.

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I get so annoyed with myself when I do that

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And now my upper back just is bothering me

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But my friend asked

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if I want to go to pilates with her mat sculpt

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at 7 30 tomorrow I feel like i'll be fine

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So i'm gonna risk it and i'm gonna do it It's not like

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that bad like I can like move and stuff It's just like

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when I put my head back it kind of hurts

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But I feel like I can sleep it off I really want to go to mat sculpt.

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Can you tell?

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I said I was having this dinner because rena is working late

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and I just like wanted a girl dinner But realistically even if he wasn't working late, I was gonna eat this.

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I've been craving it I do wish it was spaghetti

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because I feel like that's the more satisfying noodle shape That looks so good.

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I'm gonna eat this Do I have coke zero?

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Happy girl dinner

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I'm in bed it's 9 15 i'm about to eat my melatonin

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and read i have 20 left in my book

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so i'm gonna try

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and get through it i'm icing my back i'm laying on

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ice you can't really tell i am determined to make it to matt pilates tomorrow with kendall

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because we found like our new favorite spot if you're in the area

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nico pilates i think that's how you say it neko nico

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i don't know it's downtown it is the most gorgeous spot I've found.

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It legit like could give some of the New York spots a run for its money.

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It's so so so so pretty.

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Their mat room is so gorge and the way the sun comes in at 7 30 is so pretty.

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And then there's a really good coffee shop next to it so we I think are gonna go grab a coffee,

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grab a taco after and chat and I'm so pumped but that means I have to go to bed.

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And my back like kind of hurts

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but I'm kind of just betting on the fact I think it could be fine by the morning.

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I feel like she's gonna watch this and text me

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and be like girl you're crazy why didn't you just tell me

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but I'm like no because I'm gonna be fine that's why.

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I'm still reading Lisa Jewel's book

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but I checked out lessons in chemistry from the library

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so I'm trying to finish that so I can read the library book.

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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 226 sentences and 2505 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:20. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

cookie /ˈkʊki/ (noun) — A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
penny /ˈpɛni/ (noun) — In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
edit /ˈɛdɪt/ (verb) — To change a text, or a document.
mango /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/ (noun) — Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
leather /ˈlɛðɚ/ (noun) — A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier…
clip /klɪp/ (noun) — Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/ (adverb) — In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.
caffeine /ˈkæfiːn/ (noun) — An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.
gorgeous /ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/ (adjective) — Sumptuously dressed.
laptop /ˈlæp.tɑp/ (noun) — A laptop computer.
workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/ (noun) — An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
satisfy /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ (verb) — To be enough (for)
purse /pɚs/ (noun) — A small bag for carrying money.
craving /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/ (noun) — A strong desire; yearning.
vow /vaʊ/ (noun) — A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

put out (verb) — To blind (eyes).
check off (verb) — To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example…
check out (verb) — To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
close down /kləʊzˈdaʊn/ (verb) — To stop trading as a business.
come together /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ (verb) — To assemble; to congregate; to combine.
do for (verb) — To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
fall back (verb) — To retreat.
finish out (verb) — To finish up, to complete, something previously started, particularly a time frame.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 115 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, smooth /smuːð/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, thumbnail /ˈθʌm.neɪl/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: wash /wɑʃ/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/, shade /ʃeɪd/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
Long words — get the stress right: genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/

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 cookie, penny, edit.

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	have been liking · i've been dabbling · have just been enjoying
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	it's been · have never done · have ever found
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was looking · was working · was asking
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might suck · might never do · might be

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