Shadowing Practice: Vaulter rejects Waystar's billion dollar offer – Succession (2018) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten From the batteries to the top of Manhattan Asian, Middle Eastern and black and black White,
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New York, you make it happenin' Brown stalls, water towers, trees, skyscrapers Wright fighters and Wall Street traders We go together on the subway cars Whoa.
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What's up, man?
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We're here, Mr Roy.
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This is it.
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This is the day we make it happen for Grant.
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You're the man, Mr Roy.
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You're the man.
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I think I think he's done.
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We good?
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Jesus Christ.
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Hey, hey, hey, buddy.
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Good to see you.
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So, we ready to fuck or what?
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Yeah, okay.
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Look, I'm really sorry, but it looks like there's an issue.
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Come on, I came all the way up here, dude.
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Yeah, I'm sorry, dude.
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Okay.
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Listen, you know I love what you do, right?
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I mean, I'd love to keep you and your team in place, Lawrence.
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I think Volter is the shiz. Where the shiz?
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Yeah.
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What's it gonna take?
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You want me to send a vintage Jaguar over to your house today?
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I'll do it.
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Um, sure, look, um, I just think bottom line, I can deliver a lot more value for our shareholders.
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I hope we haven't inconvenienced you.
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I see you.
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I see this.
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We appreciate your interest in our little outfit, but I think that's it.
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Come on.
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That's it?
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That's not it.
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What the fuck happened?
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Yo, hang on.
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Hold up, hold up.
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You get the message?
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What?
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I'm not letting you Neanderthals in to rave my company.
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Ever.
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I'm sorry?
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A bunch of bloated dinosaurs who didn't even notice a monkey swinging by till yesterday.
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Well, fuck you, daddy's boy.
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Hey, come on, don't blow this up.
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I got a track record from founding one of the most exciting new media brands in the world.
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What do you got?
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Track marks?
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Shooting junk?
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Thanks for coming down.
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It's great to meet you.
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Sorry this isn't going to work out.
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No, it's gonna work out.
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No, it isn't.
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Take care, dude.
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Fuck.
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What the fuck, Frank?
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All right.
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How can we salvage this?
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You still want to pursue this?
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Yeah, of course I want to pursue it.
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I want to announce this is part of the whole thing.
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This is the secret sauce.
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Do we need to sweeten the offer?
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You want to bump the offer another point?
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Do you want to call your dad?
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Do I want to call my dad?
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No, I don't want to call my dad.
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Do you want to call your dad?
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No. No?
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Do you want to call your dad?
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Does anybody want to call their dad?
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Okay, nobody wants to talk to their fucking dad.
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So, we've started.
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So, let's buy this fucking company.
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I'm pushing the bid to 120, okay?
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Okay.
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How's it going?
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Yeah, I'm right in the middle, Dad.
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Did you close?
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Yeah, it's okay.
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We're not quite closed.
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I'm going to 120. So, that's good.
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And are we still good for the announcement?
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Uh-huh.
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Great, because obviously I'm soft-bloating to, you know, like Frank and Rava, and there's gossip getting soft-bloated. By who?
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Uh, by the ether.
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I don't know.
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Hey, hey, happy birthday, old geezer.
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Look, it's exciting.
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This is gonna be great for you, Dad.
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Mm-hmm.
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I'm excited.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Vaulter rejects Waystar's billion dollar offer – Succession”. This video has 98 sentences and 557 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:51. The speaker talks at a steady 115 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 31 of its 98 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
bloat verb/bloʊt/To cause to become distended.
excite verb/ɪkˈsaɪt/To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
skyscraper noun/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/A very tall building with a large number of floors.
sweeten verb/ˈswiːtən/To make sweet to the taste.
rave verb/ɹeɪv/To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
shareholder noun/ˈʃɛəˌhəʊl.də(ɹ)/One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
inconvenience noun/ɪnkənˈvinjəns/The quality of being inconvenient.
trader noun/ˈtɹeɪdɚ/One who earns a living by trading goods or securities.
dinosaur noun/ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
stall noun/stɔːl/A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
gossip noun/ˈɡɑsɪp/Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
bump noun/bʌmp/A light blow or jolting collision.
junk noun/d͡ʒʌŋk/Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
subway noun/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
monkey noun/ˈmʌŋki/A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
hold up verbTo wait or delay.
work out verb/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/To calculate.
come down verbTo descend, fall down, collapse.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • How can we salvage this?
  • You still want to pursue this?
  • Do we need to sweeten the offer?
  • You want to bump the offer another point?
  • Do you want to call your dad?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 26 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 bloat, excite, skyscraper.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →