Shadowing Practice: Vi & Caitlyn Scene Pack 4K 60fps - Learn English Speaking with Video

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In what mad world would I trust someone like you?
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Someone like me?
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You enforcers are all the same.
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Just asshole criminals in fancy uniforms.
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You know what?
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Find Silco yourself.
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I will, thank you.
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Under City's gonna eat you alive.
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I heard the bathysphere has a nice view.
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that could be a good way to get a lay of the land too risky what
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welcome to the lanes you almost got me killed my little sister could do
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that when she was seven unless fisherfolk can don't you want to blend in No, thank you.
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I'm missing out.
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Are you going to question him? About what? About me?
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Definitely not a buff board.
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Silco, his connections.
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Isn't that why we're here?
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We're here because I'm hungry.
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Do you know what prison food is like?
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No, of course you don't.
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Unbelievable.
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I didn't break you out of jail to eat.
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Slop.
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I knew this was a terrible idea.
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You didn't have...
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How exactly do you propose we go about this?
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Let them think you work here.
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Excuse me?
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I will not.
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You know what your problem is?
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Please, tell me.
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You expect everyone to give you what you want.
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If you really want people to talk to you, you have to let them think you have what they want.
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And what do I have?
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You're hot, Cupcake.
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So what'll it be, man or woman?
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Um...
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Hi, I'm Pam.
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What's your name?
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Matilda.
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But you can call her whatever you want.
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I've only ever imagined the gardens.
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This is all I've seen.
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You're an alright shot.
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I'm an excellent shot.
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You gonna help me out, Cupcake?
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Stop calling me that.
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My name is Caitlin.
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But you're so sweet.
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Like a cupcake.
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Shut up.
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Silco's goons aren't far behind.
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We have to keep moving.
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Right.
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Just help me to the edge. Can you do this?
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What is this place?
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It's where the kind of people you top -siders don't want to think about wind up.
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I know you have your reservations about me, but this only works if we can trust each other.
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It doesn't work.
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It never has.
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You topsiders always find a way to screw us.
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I suppose topsiders to blame for all your misfortunes.
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No. Not all of them.
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Easy, easy, easy.
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We know.
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Right.
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Jinx, how could I forget?
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Who's Powder?
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My sister.
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I thought she died, but now...
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I have to try and find her.
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How do you not know if your sister is alive or dead?
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It's hard to check up on people from inside a concrete cell.
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What?
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You don't have parents?
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No. They were killed by enforcers.
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You What have you done with Vi Listen, let her go.
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I brought her here.
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It's me you want My hero, you'll...
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It's been real, Cupcake.
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Thanks.. for everything. Who lives here?
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Another counselor friend of yours?
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Present our case to the council.
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Tonight.
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You did all this yourself?
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Without even going down there?
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And I thought Powder could get obsessed.
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What happened to her?
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It's not your fault.
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When my parents were still alive, me and Powder used to share a bed like this, except maybe half the size.
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We played a game where we pretended to be bigger and bigger monsters.
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So she would say, I'm a slug monster with venom for ooze.
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And I would say, I'm a slug eating crap with razor spikes.
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Sometimes I...
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I'd get carried away and she'd get scared.
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I didn't want her to start crying and wake my parents up, so I pretended to chase my own monsters away.
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I'd say, no monster's gonna get you and I'm here.
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that a real monster showed up.
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And I just ran away.
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I left her.
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Thank you.
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Counselors, this is Vi.
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She was born in the Undercity.
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Even though we failed her in countless ways, She risked everything to show me what life is really like down there.
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Wait!
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Where are you going?
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I don't know.
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Back where I came from?
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Seems like that's what everyone up here wants.
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I can fix this.
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You can't.
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This is how things are, how they've always been.
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I was so stupid to think it could change.
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There must be something else we can do.
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Some other way.
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We'll make a new plan.
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We have to try.
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We tried, okay?
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It wasn't enough.
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Top sides and bottom, oil and water.
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That's all there is.
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What about us?
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Oil and water.
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Wasn't meant to be.
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You're just saying that.
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Do yourself a favor, cupcake.
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Go back to that big, shiny house of yours and just.. forget me.
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Okay?
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DROP THE GUN!
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No. Please.
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She is...
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No!
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Stop!
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Drop the gun!
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Wait!
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She's my sister!
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Vi, she's too far gone.
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No, no, no. Look out!
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What is she still doing here?
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Hey.
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You were right, Kate.
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Powder's gone.
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they can make this right
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if you get jace to fix the gauntlets i can do
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this myself no one else needs to get hurt no no
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more rogue mission no more reckless plans my mother was right
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my arrogance led me to take on more than i could handle and she paid the price
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they're sending all the enforcers off to jinx I'm going with them Please,
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I have to help You can There's one of us
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Kate, I can't wear this People are calling for blood The
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council won't stop them You can show they're not all of Zorn support's jinx We can show them together.
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I watched them kill my parents.
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Do you have any idea how that feels?
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Yes, I do.
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I thought you were on our side.
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You didn't think at all.
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They wanted the spectacle, right?
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They're trying to scare you.
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All they did is piss me off.
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You...
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You need to find a way to call off the invasion.
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What?
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This battle was on your soil.
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Down there, you'll be on their terms.
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None of this is on our terms.
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Maybe you should change that.
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Well, I don't know how, okay?
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She dies and leaves this giant hole, and I'm just supposed to fill it.
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Like she was never there to begin with.
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Hey.
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You won't the hole gets smaller
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but you never fill
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it I think we should
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cut the others loose listen if
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that he not idiot is telling the truth Jinx is gonna
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have surprises in store for us all the more reason to bring backup she'll smell their nerves a mile away
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and find a way to use them against us tell me
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i'm wrong i can't let her get away again are you
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sure you're my sister is gone there's only jinx now it has to end
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i'm so sorry about your mother i'm sorry i can't bring her back but please just Everyone in my life has changed.
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Promise me you won't change.
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I won't.
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I keep telling myself that you're different, but you're not.
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It's her blood in your veins.
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Then why are you the one acting like her?
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I'm a job, I see.
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You can't be here.
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You're like where I landed when this rich, unhinged mongoose just tackled me.
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Mongoose?
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Your hair.
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You look like an angry oil slick.
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Don't sugarcoat it, cupcake.
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I had a feeling I might find you here.
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I really believe she'd help.
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Say it.
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You told me so.
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I was an idiot to trust her.
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I went behind your back.
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I choose wrong every time.
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And because of it, I lost everyone.
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You really think I needed all the guards at the Hex gates?
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Sorry to say, you've grown a bit predictable.
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Listen, while you were gone, I saw someone.
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Kate, I don't fucking care.
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I'm out of plastic Don't you want someone crazy like me,
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baby I'm feeling amazing Fucking amazing I'm high as a kite
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You said you're pretty naked You just have to take it If you want someone crazy like me,
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baby I'm out of plastic Let's go.
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When I'm up here higher than God Is that singing?
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It's just a tune my mother used to hum.
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Are you still in this fight, Violet?
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I am the dirt under your nails, Cupcake.
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Nothing's gonna clean me out.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Vi & Caitlyn Scene Pack 4K 60fps”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cupcake, jinx, sister. This video has 213 sentences and 1374 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:21. The speaker talks slowly, about 75 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 42 of its 213 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
pretend verb/pɹəˈtɛnd/To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
scare verb/skɛɚ/To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
counselor noun/ˈkaʊnsələ(ɹ)/A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
gate noun/ˈɡeɪ̯t/A doorlike structure outside a house.
hungry adjective/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
chase verb/t͡ʃeɪs/To follow at speed.
concrete adjective/ˌkɑnˈkɹit/Real, actual, tangible.
naked adjective/ˈneɪkɪd/Bare, not covered by clothing.
soil noun/sɔɪl/A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
fancy noun/ˈfæn.si/The imagination.
uniform noun/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
tune noun/tjuːn/A melody.
dirt noun/dɝt/Soil or earth.
invasion noun/ɪnˈveɪʒən/A military action consisting of a large armed force of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the…
leaf noun/lif/The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
call off verbTo recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
carried away adjectiveMade excessively emotional or excited, so that one goes too far.
check up on verbTo examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition; to check out.
get away verbTo move away (from).
go back to verbTo stem from; to originate in.
go down verbTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
look out verbTo be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
miss out verbTo miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • Are you going to question him?
  • Isn't that why we're here?
  • Do you know what prison food is like?
  • How exactly do you propose we go about this?
  • You know what your problem is?

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer trueused to share · used to hum
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowI've only ever imagined · I've seen · they've always been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itwere killed · was born · Wasn't meant
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing formStop calling · keep moving · start crying

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 77 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: invasion /ɪnˈveɪʒən/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, fisherfolk /ˈfɪʃɚˌfoʊk/, sugarcoat /ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/
  • Long words — get the stress right: unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/

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 pretend, scare, counselor.

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.

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