Shadowing Practice: 🤩 What Is the CAPSTONE? | NUMEROLOGY - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello, everyone.

It is Felicia Bender, the Practical Numerologist.

We are continuing our series on how to understand the numerology of your name.

So we have several in this series, first name, middle name, last name.

And right now we are going over the capstone.

Okay.

So there is a number in numerology called the capstone, and it is the last letter of your first name.

Okay, so what does this bring to us?

The capstone indicates how you might tend to finish things up.

How do you finish something that you start in your life?

So interestingly, that last letter can give you an indicator.

So we're going to start with the full name as it appears on your birth certificate because as a reminder, we are using Pythagorean numerology here.

There are other numerologies.

What you are learning today comes from Pythagoras.

So here is the, here is the, the, the, what the tool to translate the chart,

um, one through nine, where we are going to translate each letter into a number.

Uh, this is the very basic way to do that take a look at it, pause for a minute.

You could write it down.

It'll be in the description box below.

You can take a screenshot, whatever works for you.

And yet, if you're going to go over this series on the numerology of your name, you will need this chart.

And it also helps you to, if you're interested in your soul urge number,

if you're interested in your expression or your destiny number in numerology.

This is the tool that you're going to need to, uh, to do that math.

All right.

So, um, let's look at a couple of examples here, just two.

All right.

Uh, because what we'll, what we'll do is, I don't know, just walk and talk through it.

So the last letter of the name Margaret obviously is a T and the T, if you reference that, uh, that chart that we just,

that we just showed on screen.

T is a number two, okay?

So the last letter of the name Thomas, if your name is Thomas, if you know someone named Thomas, the S is a number one.

So, okay, here we're going to do an encapsulization here, an overview.

So that capstone, last letter, the first name, here you've got those letter values over there on this infographic.

The meaning of it is

that this number really shows you how you might approach following through with projects with activities

and with commitments together with the cornerstone which we'll have

that in a separate video you can determine how you tend to start something

and then how you tend to finish it

so the capstone is is a word

that you can you know

you can derive its meaning simply by the word itself even in the academic world you can do a capstone seminar.

It basically is encapsulating all you've learned, right?

That sort of thing.

So a capstone basically is a culmination here.

So what I've attempted to do and not easily done, and this, again, please understand this is a short snippet, okay?

Numerology has depth and breadth that is really phenomenal.

So we're taking it in little bits and bytes.

So if you look here and, uh, look at the last letter of your name.

Uh, if it's a one, it's about all of the attributes of the number one.

It's assertion, independence, leadership, originality, pioneering, right?

The two is about relationships, sensitivity, intuition, um, learning how to, how to really galvanize who you are and,

uh, from the inside out, right?

Because the two tends to have tendencies to be more of a peacekeeper, more of a shapeshifter in terms of pleasing others.

The three is about words, creativity.

It's about emotional expression, creative self -expression, all of those things.

The four, when I say fear slash control here, I want to be really clear.

It's about, the four is about, you know, systems, it's about security, it's about stability.

And so anything that kind of moves outside of

that trajectory for the four is it makes it makes anyone who has this for kind of nervous.

Because it's like the four wants wants it all laid out.

It's yes or no, it's right or wrong.

It's this or that it's black or white, right?

So the fear comes around fear of the loss of control or the fear of the chaos.

uh around so the the four is always learning to be a little bit more flexible uh with life

and with problem solving and with everything else

so the five is about responsible freedom constructive use of freedom adventurousness uh fearlessness all the things

that go with the five the six love acceptance the the

key words for the six love uh home family love duty

service those sorts of those sorts of energies the seven is uh is spiritual wisdom trust it's also the analyst

and the seeker okay the eight the money number money power control authority the nine is about compassion humanitarianism forgiveness

it's uh altruistic highly creative it's a very sacred uh pathway as all pathways are

and yet the nine uh particularly so then

if you have an 11 a 22 a 33

that is a considered a master number those are the repeating

you know the double one is the 11 double two double three

and so on and yet in this context the 11 22

and 33 is the most common to show up

so again the uh

if you take a look at this it'll give you a

basic idea about how you may tend to finish something so

if we were to do just a again a brief example uh with margaret she has the capstone is a two.

So ultimately, this would indicate that she completes her projects, the actions, experiences that she has with the good of everyone in mind.

She's sensitive, intuitive, and is focused on keeping the peace.

She's very loving and supportive.

Now, always, always remember that in numerology,

we're always going to have some more substantial challenges in those areas that we're working with, right?

And that we're working on and working toward.

So whenever I talk about these things, really always keep in the back of your mind that it could be just the opposite.

So I know, I know some, one Margaret in particular, who had kind of a surface level of this,

and yet underneath it, it was a little bit of the opposite.

So again, we have to also understand that that's part of the process of life.

We're always, we don't get plopped in on planet earth being these perfect little beings, How boring would that be?

So we always have to take that into consideration for both ourselves and for others, right?

For other people, it helps us really understand other people better as well.

So if your name is Thomas, that last letter is an S.

The S is a number one.

He might complete projects, the actions, the experiences that he might have with the desire to win, to be in the lead.

He is ultimately confident, innovative, and is focused on obtaining his own wants and needs.

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And he's independent and, you know, in the scheme of things, a little bit disruptive, hopefully, in a positive way.

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Once again, we're going to be working with the opposite whenever it shows up.

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So to close, to in conclusion, so the cornerstone indicates how you start things.

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You can take a look at that video.

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And the capstone indicates how you finish it.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “🤩 What Is the CAPSTONE?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: capstone, letter, numerology, tend, finish. This video has 104 sentences and 1279 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:28. The speaker talks at a natural 151 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% 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:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
litter noun	/ˈlɪt.ɚ/	Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.
indicate verb	/ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt/	To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
chart noun	/t͡ʃɑɹt/	A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
translate verb	/tɹænzˈleɪt/	To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
pathway noun	/ˈpæθˌweɪ/	A footpath or other path or track.
sensitive adjective	/ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/	Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
commitment noun	/kəˈmɪtmənt/	The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
solve verb	/sɒlv/	To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
conclusion noun	/kənˈkluːʒən/	The end, finish, close or last part of something.
obtain verb	/əbˈteɪn/	To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
spiritual adjective	/ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/	Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
substantial adjective	/səbˈstænʃəl/	Having a substance; actually existing.
stability noun	/stəˈbɪlɪti/	The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
wisdom noun	/ˈwɪzdəm/	An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
certificate noun	/səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/	A document containing a certified statement.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
show up verb		To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
come around verb	/kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/	To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
go over verb		To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
going over noun		An inspection, examination, review, or investigation.
lay out verb	/ˌleɪ ˈaʊt/	To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.
talk through verb		To tell (someone) step by step how to do something.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, you're, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: pathway /ˈpæθˌweɪ/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, breadth /bɹɛdθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, substantial /səbˈstænʃəl/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/, screenshot /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/
Long words — get the stress right: stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/, certificate /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, innovative /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/

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 litter, indicate, chart.

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