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Okay, places, everyone.
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Come on, come on, get in position.
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Wait!
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I can't find my other eye!
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Alright, whose foot's in my face?
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It's mine, give it back.
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You saved our lives.
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We are eternally grateful.
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Shhh!
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Buzz, mind if I squeeze in next to you?
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Yes.
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No. I mean, why would I mind squeeze in next to you?
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Is it hot in here?
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Oh!
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Here they come!
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Sarge, you got it?
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Mission accomplished!
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Hurray!
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Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, careful, careful.
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All right, guys, we got one shot at this.
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Everyone ready?
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We're ready, Woody.
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Let's do it.
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Okay, Laj, make the call.
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Target is on approach.
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Just like we rehearsed it, guys.
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Hello?
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Hello?
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Anyone there?
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Molly, stay out of my room.
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I wasn't in your room.
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Then who was messing with my stuff?
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It wasn't me!
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Well, that went well.
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Oh, he held me!
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He actually held me!
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Oh, this is just sad.
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Who are you kidding?
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The kid's 17 years old.
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We ain't ever getting played with.
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Uh, guys, hey, hold up.
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We need a staff meeting.
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Everyone, a staff meeting?
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Oh, not again.
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Oh, come on, Slink.
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Gather everyone up.
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Uh, we are gathered, Woody.
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Okay.
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Uh, first off, we all knew Operation Playtime was a long shot.
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More like a misfire.
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But we've always said this job isn't about getting played with.
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It's about being there for Andy.
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We know.
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But we can try again, right?
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I'm calling it, guys.
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We're closing up shop.
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What?
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Andy's going to college any day now.
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That was our last shot.
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We're going into attic mode, folks.
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Keep your accessories with you at all times.
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Spare parts, batteries, anything you need for an orderly transition.
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Orderly?
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Don't you get it?
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We're done, finished, over the hill.
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Hey, hey, hey, now, come on, guys.
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We all knew this day was coming.
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Yeah, but now it's here.
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Look, every toy goes through this.
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No one wants to see...
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Hey, Sarge!
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What are you doing?
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War's over, folks.
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Me and the boys are moving on.
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Moving on?
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You're going AWOL?
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We've done our duty.
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Andy's grown up.
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Let's face it.
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When the trash bags come out, we army guys are the first to go.
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Trash bags?
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Who said anything about trash bags?
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It has been an honor serving with you.
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Good luck, folks.
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You're gonna need it.
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No, no, no!
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Wait, wait, wait, wait!
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We're getting thrown away!
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No, no one's getting thrown away!
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How do you know?
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We're being abandoned.
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We'll be fine, Jesse.
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So why did Sarge leave?
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Should we leave?
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I thought we were going to the attic.
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Oh, I hate all this uncertainty.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on now, wait a minute, quiet.
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No one's getting thrown out, okay?
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We're all still here.
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I -I mean, yeah, we've lost friends along the way.
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Wheezy and Etch and Bo Peep.
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Yeah, even, even Bo.
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All good toys who've gone on to new owners.
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But through every yard sale, every spring cleaning, Andy held on to us.
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He must care about us or we wouldn't be here.
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You wait.
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Andy's gonna tuck us in the attic.
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It'll be safe and warm.
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And we'll all be together.
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Exactly!
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There's games up there and books and...
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The race car track.
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The race car track, thank you.
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And the old TV.
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There you go, the old TV.
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And those guys from the Christmas decorations box, they're fun, right?
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Yeah.
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And someday, if we're lucky, Andy may have kids of his own.
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And he'll play with us then, right?
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We'll always be there for him.
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Come on, guys.
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Let's get our parts together, get ready, and go out on a high note.
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I'd better find my other eye.
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Where'd you leave it this time?
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Someplace dark and dusty.
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Come on.
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Let's see how much we're going for an EB.
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Don't worry.
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Andy's gonna take care of us.
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I guarantee it.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 131 sentences and 660 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:40. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

  • whoa /woʊ/ — Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
  • trash /tɹæʃ/ (noun) — Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
  • folk /foʊk/ (noun) — People, persons.
  • attic /ˈætɪk/ (noun) — The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or…
  • gather /ˈɡæðɚ/ (verb) — To collect normally separate things.
  • squeeze /skwiːz/ (verb) — To apply pressure (to something) from two or more sides at once.
  • transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/ (noun) — The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
  • guarantee /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ (noun) — Anything that assures a certain outcome.
  • grateful /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ (adjective) — Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
  • toy /tɔɪ/ (noun) — Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
  • spare /spɛɚ/ (adjective) — Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
  • accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ (verb) — To finish successfully.
  • buzz /bʌz/ (noun) — A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
  • someday (adverb) — Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future.
  • uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/ (noun) — Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

  • come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
  • play with (verb) — To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.
  • move on (verb) — To continue; to proceed; to go on.
  • throw away (verb) — To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
  • close up /kləʊzˈʌp/ (verb) — To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
  • come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To be discovered; to be revealed.
  • get in (verb) — To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.
  • go for (verb) — To try for, to attempt to reach.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 35 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, gonna, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: trash /tɹæʃ/, transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Long words — get the stress right: uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, accessory /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/, eternally /ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like whoa, trash, folk.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowwe've always said · We've done · has been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itare gathered · being abandoned
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the pastwas messing · was coming
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around noware you kidding · I'm calling · We're closing

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