Shadowing Practice: Twin Flames - A Romantic Short Film - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm sorry.
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What the fk?
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What?
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You assholes!
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You listen to me!
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I don't care about you!
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Don't ever call me again!
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Fk!
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Ow!
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Hey, are you alright?
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Do you think this is alright?
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What the fk is alright?
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Nothing is alright!
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Okay.
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I'm sorry.
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Sorry I latched out at you.
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Huh?
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Sorry I latched out at you.
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Oh, that's alright.
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Okay.
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That's okay.
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I didn't mean to.
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Yeah.
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Excuse me, can I use your phone?
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Mine is...
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Oh no, I don't have a phone.
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I mean I don't have it right now.
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Same thing happened to me yesterday.
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Your heel broke?
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I gave it to get it repaired.
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Actually, you can go there too.
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Service center is right around the corner.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Thanks.
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I'm sorry once again.
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Alright.
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Ow!
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Ow!
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Shit.
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Are you bleeding?
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I don't know.
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Yep.
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Here, take this.
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You just carry that hand?
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Yesterday was a bad day.
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Yesterday was a bad day.
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How do you girls walk in these?
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Beyond my understanding.
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This was the first time I wore them and probably the last.
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Oh!
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What?
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I have the same sneakers.
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Oh.
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Miss them so much right now.
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Though mine got burnt a day before.
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Burnt?
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What?
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Yeah.
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I stepped on an open wire during my shoot the other day, gaffer's fault.
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What?
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Mine was curling iron while I was on my shoot.
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Oh.
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You.. you are a filmmaker?
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Photographer.
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Okay.
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Well, I think as weird as this is, it can happen, right?
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Yeah, it can happen.
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I've been an accident-prone human since I was a kid and so far I can see so are you.
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Accident-prone human?
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That should be on a T-shirt, right?
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I mean, yeah, I would get in trouble a lot.
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I mean, I would fall off the bike a lot.
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And if you were playing cricket, the ball would find a way to hit me somehow.
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And after a few very severe burns when I was 10, I decided to stay away from firecrackers.
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I mean, there was literally a point when I started questing myself, like, what the fuck is wrong with me?
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I remember this gathering near my house and...
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And it was a small deal, right?
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There was just one dish they were serving.
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I was what, 12 or 13?
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About 100 people ate that dish.
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And I was the lucky one who got food poisoning and ended up in the hospital.
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Roughly for, you know...
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Two weeks.
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Yeah.
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How do you know that?
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Okay, this is freaking me out.
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No shit.
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Stop staring at me.
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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Where did you grow up?
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Huh?
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Where did you grow up?
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Here.
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I am in Ghattkopar.
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I swear you should have said Delhi.
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Anyway, your birthday?
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January.
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Thank God.
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Feb 5.
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22. Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equation.
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Equerius Tea or coffee?
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Coffee?
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Coffee?
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Morning person, night person?
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I usually wake up at noon
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Thank you.
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I'm afraid to ask you anything right now.
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I'm not
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enough.
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I am Nana.
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Hi, I am Nana.
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Oh, Aman.
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Nice to meet you.
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So, can you show me the way to the service centre?
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Shut.
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Oh, uh...
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Oh, uh, I saw it in a movie.
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I'm sorry.
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It was an impulse. So you broke it?
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I mean, where are you going?
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Service center is there.
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Hey!
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I'm sorry.
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Never mind.
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Okay.
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If I may ask, who was that poor guy you were lashing out at?
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Oh, some other time.
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Alright.
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I'm
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going to
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Twin Flames - A Romantic Short Film”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: equation, coffee, yesterday, mine. This video has 148 sentences and 600 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:45. The speaker talks slowly, about 62 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 35 of its 148 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| equation noun | /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/ | The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical). |
| latch noun | /læt͡ʃ/ | A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side. |
| prone adjective | /pɹəʊn/ | Lying face-down. |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| firecracker noun | /ˈfaɪəɹˌkɹækəɹ/ | A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang. |
| sneaker noun | /ˈsnikɚ/ | One who sneaks. |
| curl noun | /kɜɹl/ | A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet. |
| filmmaker noun | A producer or director of films/movies. | |
| impulse noun | /ˈɪmpʌls/ | A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels. |
| bleed verb | /ˈbliːd/ | To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. |
| heel noun | /hil/ | The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. |
| stare verb | /stɛɚ/ | To look fixedly (at something). |
| poison noun | /ˈpɔɪ.zən/ | A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. |
| noon noun | /nun/ | The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon. |
| gather verb | /ˈɡæðɚ/ | To collect normally separate things. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Do you think this is alright?
- Excuse me, can I use your phone?
- You just carry that hand?
- How do you girls walk in these?
- How do you know that?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was curling · were playing · were serving |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should be · should have |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | started questing · Stop staring |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: equation /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/, dish /dɪʃ/
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 equation, latch, prone.
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.