Shadowing Practice: Waiter papa | Sanju Sehrawat 2.0 | Short Film - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This is the menu here.
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Now tell me what you eat.
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Mr. Bapa, I'll meet my father.
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Sanju, this is your father?
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No, my father...
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Yes, I'm going to work with my own job.
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You said something to me?
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What did you say?
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There are many restaurants of your father's.
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I didn't say something to me foreign foreign
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foreign and
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I don't need to call me.
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Papa, you told me that you are a waiter.
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Oh, you're a pig.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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But why, Papa?
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When you're the owner of the house, why are you a waiter?
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I didn't see.
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Just like he knew that you're a waiter here, how did he get out of love?
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Like the girl's face.
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I didn't love him no one loves your money
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but I don't have money but you are a fool you are a fool who is my own,
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it's your own son, many more girls do this, one girl with a child with a child who is married
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why? because she doesn't want to do anything in her life I am so proud of you.
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You have so much work, how much standard you have.
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In love, it's the meaning of that that people love each other's feelings.
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How much love each other?
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But the truth is that people are very low in the world.
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That's right.
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If someone loves me, then it's okay.
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If someone doesn't love, then they'll get out of money.
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That's right.
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I'll give you a help.
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Look, I teach the son and his father's father's words.
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You have to do whatever you want, that's it.
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You're here.
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Yes, look, this is my boyfriend.
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He's a manager in the restaurant.
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How soon he made a boyfriend?
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No, he he was a very fast man.
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He was a very fast man.
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He was a very different man.
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I was a very fast man.
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You are fast man.
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You have to be fast.
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You don't give me a father.
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Where are you?
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I want to call him.
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Tell me.
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I'll take the order.
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No, I'll call him.
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Tell him.
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I'm here.
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I'm sorry
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sir Oh, you are sorry, you are what did you do?
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I am sorry, I am really sorry.
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One second, you said that you are the waiter?
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I said that I am the waiter?
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No, that's not the wrong thing.
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I didn't say that I am the waiter.
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You said that you are the waiter.
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I did not say that.
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So why did you say that?
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Yes, I did because I had a career in my career as a waiter's job.
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I am going to get my customers, order and order.
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The most important thing is that I am in my customers in direct touch.
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That's the most important thing that I am in your business.
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I mean Mr. Sanju has said that you have a 10-12 restaurant.
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10-12 restaurant?
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That means Sanju has said that you will have a year before.
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You will not know that you will have 18 years now.
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Uncle, I'm sorry for that.
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Please forgive me.
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He was angry at me.
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I'm so sorry.
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Sanju, please forgive me.
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Please call all my mistakes.
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Why?
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We forgive you.
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Really?
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So what can we start again?
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Really?
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Is this your boyfriend?
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This?
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I will leave him for now.
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It's been 2-4 days.
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I love you always.
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I love you from me.
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When you thought that I have a restaurant in the beginning, you would love me from me.
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When you thought that my father is a waiter, you would be afraid of me.
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You made a boyfriend of a manager.
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And when you knew that I had a good feeling, you would love me from me.
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You wouldn't be able to do anything.
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Please don't forget that.
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Do you want to do it or go?
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I am going to go.
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oh oh oh oh I don't I
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don't I don't I don't I
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You are so very friendly in boyfriend's car.
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Today, you can get a bus with 11 number and no 11.
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I'm Vinny Sarichar.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 112 sentences and 698 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:16. The speaker talks slowly, about 85 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% 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 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
waiter noun/ˈweɪ̯təː/A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
forgive verb/fɚˈɡɪv/To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
uncle noun/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
menu noun/ˈmɛn.juː/The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
restaurant noun/ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
boyfriend noun/ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
customer noun/ˈkʌs.tə.mə/A person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant or intends to do so.
mistake noun/mɪˈsteɪk/An error.
teach verb/ˈtiːt͡ʃ/To pass on knowledge to.
angry adjective/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/Displaying or feeling anger.
friendly adjective/ˈfɹɛnd.li/Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
manager noun/ˈmæn.ə.dʒəɹ/A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
beginning noun/bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort…
direct verb/daɪˈɹɛkt/To manage, control, steer.
touch verb/tʌt͡ʃ/To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.

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 nowhas said
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a groupThe most important
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionI'll meet · they'll get · I'll give
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see comingI'm going to work · am going to get · am going to go

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 42 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. 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 waiter, forgive, uncle.

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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