Shadowing Practice: WE WENT TO A SPICY BUTLER CAFE (Ft. MOO) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hey everyone, it's me, Hono, and today I'm excited to welcome the Hono Bread Channel's first ever live guest.

You've seen her in my college party video, you've heard her voice, you've seen her faceless cameos in my other videos.

That's right, let's give it up for Morda!

Hi!

Okay you guys, this is Morda, but for the sake of this video, we'll be calling her by her nickname, Moo.

What is up, Moo?

What up?

What are your fans called?

For now, I'm going to call them the little crimmies.

Hi crimmies.

Okay, sure, we'll go with that.

So I brought Moo here today, my old roommate and partner in crime of bad decisions in college.

The bad decisions did not end in college.

Yeah, that's true.

And that's what we're going to tell the story today.

We'll be talking about the chaotic story of the time we

went to an 18 plus butler cafe in Anime Expo otherwise known as dark romance

so moo how did we end up in this mess we were joking it was a whole group of us

that went and the boys were like let's go to a maid cafe

but like you know what's more spicier is the dark romance

butler cafe the adults only after dark butler cafe you saw

that on the website and you were like yep this is the one exactly well okay

so as as a good friend of yours oh god

and as your advocate what ran through my head is

that like you know we could go to a basic ass maid cafe

or we could go to like the butler during romance so

that you have more fun stories for your youtube channel it's

a career move a career move right we thought this was

going to be an event where the both of us would

be cheering on these amazing butlers as they gave us like

a bl type performance yeah like we we didn't think this was an actual serious event

because like by the pictures it was giving like orange high

host club vibes it was a little meme -y like

if you look at the picture like how can you i don't know yes the the poses the poses

i was like let's do it for hono's career no no a couple of friends went with us

but for the sake of the story we'll just mention lilith

and rory so we went as a group

and we were like in group casual cosplay

or whatever ax is just an ugly experience

because it's super hot it's in la it's super packed

so people are like kind of rubbing against you

while you walk around i'm just trying to paint the picture of like why we would feel

so gross and like the food is shit yeah the terrible food we ate

that entire day very much contributed to why this story went wrong What did we eat again?

We got this Miku bento with like a blue drink Wait was the burger blue too or was I imagining things?

No, you're imagining things you were delirious

So we were basically both malnourished throughout this day

because we only had a McDonald's hash brown in the morning

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This waffle was just the right amount of sweet and yummy.

I always buy cake -like desserts like this, so of course, I loved it.

It was definitely my favorite, and I wish they gave me two.

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After a long day of walking around the expo, we decided to head back to Lilith's house to rest a little since the Butler Cafe was a late night evening event.

So after napping a bit at Lilith's house, we were preparing to leave again to the convention center for the cafe.

Okay, this is where we talk about the thing.

We come from a place where we took a visit to Rainbow Road.

Let's just be blunt.

Lilith offered us some special candy.

There was no pressure.

Let's say that.

Yeah, did we think about it properly?

Did we think about the consequences?

No. Now before you guys start typing up a whole essay

in the comments talking about how we're a bad influence for

using this platform to make jokes about doing something seriously dangerous and stupid, I'd like to clarify that first of all, you're right.

We still make mistakes and we're really not trying to make light of our actions

or portray this experience to be something that was fun and crazy.

It was one of the most dumb

and miserable times of our lives where we had to learn our lesson the hard way.

So just enjoy us sharing our experience and coping with it through laughing about it.

This is a lot of disclaimers.

We haven't even talked about.

Today's society is so scary being cancelled online that we're just like, let me tell you something.

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Let me tell you something.

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Just FYI, Rory was our designated driver.

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He did not cross Rainbow Road with us.

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Yeah, yeah, we're not that irresponsible.

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So we arrived at the convention center, but we still had a bit of time to spare before we could line up for the cafe

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So we decided to meet up with our other friends at this manga library room

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Which was a place where people could relax

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and read manga in a nice and relaxing quiet environment So since Mo and I are both artists, one of our friends suggested we draw Since there was a table with free paper

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and art supplies for anyone to use We go up, grab our little materials, head back to our seats

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And we decided to play a game The game was to draw Pokemon from memory Honno and I,

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as we were drawing Our busted ass Pokemon were vibrating

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And it was at this moment when we both realized We had completely lost it

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And fully crossed Rainbow Bridge The group that we like met up with Were like looking at us They're just like, it's not that funny It's not that funny Like it's funny,

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but it's not that funny And then they noticed it when we went outside They were just like, wait a fucking minute.

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They're not with us right now.

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They are not like us.

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They're different.

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We leave the manga library and we head over to line up for the dark romance cafe. In line.

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We were just standing, but like my legs felt like jello.

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And like, I just kind of stood there.

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And like my face apparently looked very, very worried.

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I just looked afraid.

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Yeah, you just stopped responding to everyone and looked like everyone was out to get you or something.

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we got ushered in as a group

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and then there's like a set amount of people

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that sit at a circular table

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and they presented our two butlers for the evening let's call them naruto

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and sasuke after naruto and sasuke introduced themselves to us they led us to our table

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and we started off with an icebreaker where they had us introduce ourselves

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and then name our favorite body part my name is hono

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and my favorite body part is the neck and my name is mu

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and my favorite body part is the face after the icebreaker all the butlers gathered on stage

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and we're asking for volunteers to come up for some special service

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so all the tables were foaming at the mouth and going rabid

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so that someone from their table could be chosen

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and of course our table is doing the same for this

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one girl who sat with us one of our table mates

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was like a very let's just say it she was down

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bad for this event she was living her best life being

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here yeah she was a fun time she got called up on stage

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and she got a little dancey dance okay this was not

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some ordinary cute dancey dance these butlers were insanely talented dancers

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but also unexpectedly really lewd i mean i know we signed up for an 18 plus adult event

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but these guys were grinding on the ground

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and the main butler dancer he spread the legs of the girl from our table

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and then started grinding against her like they were going full on magic night

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and everyone in the room was elucidated yeah basically i'm like how do i react to this yeah

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so they were very very very explicit about consent yes they did ask for our consent in the beginning

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and gave us the option to leave at any time

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if we were ever uncomfortable

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but anyways yeah i had been holding my vomit since we were outside

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and all the stimulation of loud music

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and flashing lights took me to my breaking point

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so i took my tote bag grabbed this plastic bag from inside

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that was holding some merch i bought earlier took the merch out threw up inside the bag under the table

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and behind rory rory realizes i'm throwing up and he's he's disgusted

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but like a true homie he still tries to hide me

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rory really is the mvp of this this whole evening You're the best.

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Yeah, thank you for hiding me while I was throwing up behind your back.

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So after the performance, it was time to play our first real game.

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And the games that we played were all like punishment based.

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So you would have to do something embarrassing if you messed up.

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Naruto was the one explaining this game to us where the

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person who is it will have to say a letter from A through D.

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And then each letter has a corresponding hand sign.

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You and everybody else need to do a hand sign different from what was said out loud.

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I was the first one, it.

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The letters flashed before me.

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And then what came out was E, which was not one of the letters.

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And they were like, what?

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I think you need to get punished.

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But before Moo actually gets punished, I'm freaking out.

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Like, I don't have the brain cells to keep up with what's going on right now.

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So if I get punished, I'm definitely going to freak out and then throw up in front of everyone.

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So I just get up and...

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You slithered out of there.

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I slithered over to Sasuke and I'm like, yo, I gotta go I don't even explain why I have to go I'm just like,

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I gotta go I book it for the door and everyone's looking at me like Damn, that girl must have been uncomfortable or something No, I mean, I was But like, it's because I had to throw up

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And then I started fighting for my life in the hallways

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Because I couldn't find a bathroom to throw up in All

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the bathrooms in the area were closed off for cleaning

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So I ended up just finding some dark corner and vomiting in my bag again I'm sitting there almost passed out Like,

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oh no, everyone is leaving the convention center right now And if I stay here,

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someone's gonna see me half dead And then call an ambulance And I can't afford an ambulance We live in California Woo, American healthcare system

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I decided

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that I would try to just book it back to the

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parking lot To where our car was I was lucky enough

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to somehow find my way back to the car After violently

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throwing up all over the bushes on the way back But now, I was out of the picture, and Moo was about to get her spicy punishment.

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My punishment was to moan as loud as possible.

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I'm like, how does one moan?

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So, I went and did a...

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They were like, okay.

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The fact that you were able to even follow directions, like, good job.

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I can't remember the exact play -by -play that happened after that.

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I think we played a few more rounds there was a

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show this was the only time they performed like an anime song

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that i recognized it was go fighting dreamers from like naruto

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and that's when i was looking for you

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because i'm like hono this is our jam wait that's a long time after i left

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and you only just noticed i was gone

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and i was like i really want water but i'm afraid

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that if i get up i'm just gonna topple over

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so i just sat there with cotton mouth later on there was another game i can't remember

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if it was the same like abcd hand gesture thing

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but i was once again punished

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but this time i messed up with the super enthusiastic girly

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naruto had the idea he's like i want you to walk me like a dog i get up

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and the other girl starts to get on all fours herself

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and i was like am i supposed to go down too

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but then naruto stops her and was like no no no you're walking me

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so then he gets on all fours

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and in my head i'm like what is walking him mean am i supposed to grab his foot

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and you grab the other foot is that kinky

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but no that's not what happened she didn't grab his legs we just grabbed pretend leashes

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while he walked on all fours

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and i'm like this is such a weird punishment i honestly

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cannot remember the rest of the night the show ended

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and we're like okay we need to go find hono we knew somehow

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that you were by the car

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and you were on the floor dying the rest of our group we didn't take any pictures really

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so they were taking like outfit pictures

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while you were dying on the floor priorities am i right

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priorities eventually we were on our way back to lilith's place we got in

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and out on the way home and mu

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and i ended the night sitting on lila's balcony having our mouse moment eating

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and regretting our existence so mu what did we learn here be responsible

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that if you're going to be not coherent for whatever reason

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and you have a choice do it in a very safe

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and stable environment yes but if for whatever reason you do find yourself making this mistake in public, make sure your friends are aware of your condition

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and allow them to help you even

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if it means messing up plans for the night because at the end of the day, your life and safety is much more important than anything else.

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Thank you guys again for getting this far in the video.

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If you guys enjoyed listening to the story with Moo

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and you'd like to hear more about our chaotic stories throughout college because there's a lot of them, then let me know down in the comments.

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See you guys next time!

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Bye!

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In case you guys missed it earlier, this month, Sakura Co and Tokyo Treat are having a giveaway for a free ticket to Japan.

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You can check out the links below

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or use my code to get $5 off for your first box and a chance to experience Japan in person.

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Thank you again, Tokyo Treat and Sakura Co for sponsoring today's video.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “WE WENT TO A SPICY BUTLER CAFE”. This video has 240 sentences and 2921 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:22. The speaker talks fast, about 190 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 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

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
butler noun	/ˈbʌt.lɚ/	A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
café noun	/ˌkæˈfeɪ/	A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the…
snack noun	/snæk/	A light meal.
naruto noun		A type of kamaboko.
punish verb	/ˈpʌnɪʃ/	To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action…
sponsor noun	/ˈspɒn.səː/	A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or…
mango noun	/ˈmæŋɡəʊ/	Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
dancy adjective		Ready to dance.
icebreaker noun	/ˈaɪsˌbɹeɪkəɹ/	A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.
lilith noun		A type of female Mesopotamian demon, typically seen as coming to men in dreams and as endangering women during pregnancy or childbirth.
merch noun	/mɝt͡ʃ/	goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
moan verb	/moʊn/	To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
slither verb	/ˈslɪðɚ/	To move about smoothly and from side to side.
waffle noun	/ˈwɑf.əl/	A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
vomit verb	/ˈvɑmɪt/	To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
throw up verb		To vomit.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
check out verb		To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
mess up verb		To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
walk around verb		To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
get off verb		To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.

Sentences worth repeating

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

What are your fans called?
Did we think about the consequences?
We haven't even talked about.
They're not with us right now.
I'm like, how does one moan?

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is themed · being cancelled · could be chosen
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	box which is · tableware, which is · person who is
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	You've seen · haven't even talked

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 56 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: slither /ˈslɪðɚ/, authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/, cloth /klɒθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, usher /ˈʌʃəɹ/, hash /ˈhæʃ/, stimulation /stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, delirious /dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, elucidate /əˈlusəˌdeɪt/, violently /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/, irresponsible /ˌɪɹ.əˈspɑn.sə.bəl/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like butler, café, snack.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

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