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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “You Can't Escape Me EP 1-9”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Ian, married, cops, patient, blood. This video has 205 sentences and 1023 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:46. The speaker talks slowly, about 87 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 78 of its 205 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:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cop noun | /kɑp/ | A police officer or prison guard. |
| bride noun | /bɹaɪd/ | A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| curious adjective | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. |
| unusual adjective | /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/ | Not usual, out of the ordinary. |
| designer noun | /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/ | A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession. |
| ghost noun | /ɡoʊst/ | A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death. |
| trash noun | /tɹæʃ/ | Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. |
| illness noun | /ˈɪl.nəs/ | An instance (episode) of a disease or poor health. |
| marry verb | /ˈmæɹi/ | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| nurse noun | /nɝs/ | Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession. |
| bother verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| settle verb | /ˈsɛtəl/ | To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc). |
| divorce noun | /dɪˈvɔːs/ | The legal dissolution of a marriage. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Who told you to treat him without permission?
- Hey, what do you think you're doing?
- It's because I found out he's a hemophidic?
- You're going to marry me and stay?
- You're getting married to a nobody like her?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has ever lived · He's been · I've already given |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | man who just · those who cooperate |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 40 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, trash /tɹæʃ/, transfusion /tɹænzˈfjuʒən/, commotion /kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, cooperate /kəʊˈɒp.ə.ɹeɪt/, kindergarten /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹt(ə)n/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cop, bride, vegetable.
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.












