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Okay, here's a question for you.

How many times have you told the story of how you met someone you love?

It could be your partner, your spouse, your best friend.

I definitely don't have an exact number of this for myself,

but I'm pretty sure I've told the story of how I met my husband at least 9,231 times.

In fact, I just told it recently and I noticed something.

I noticed that when I tell this story, I always use very specific language.

And my guess is it's the same language

that you're looking for in English to talk about how you met the person you love,

when things got serious, and how you might talk about what your relationship is like now, 27 years later.

So in today's lesson, we're going to walk through the whole journey of a relationship from the first meeting to everything else that comes after.

And we're going to focus specifically on the exact phrasal verbs

that English speakers use to tell these stories so that you can tell them too.

So let's start at the beginning, the moment you met.

In English, how you describe that moment depends on one thing.

Was it chance or was it planned?

Let's start with chance.

This is where we use the phrasal verb run into.

To run into someone means that you meet them unexpectedly.

You didn't plan it.

You were simply living your life and then boom, there they were.

For example, I ran into him at a friend's barbecue and I almost didn't go that day.

I want to think about that for a moment to get a clear picture.

Imagine, for example, that you're just running outside getting some exercise.

You're listening to a podcast and you're so focused on listening to the podcast

that you don't really see a fence or a mailbox in front of you.

So you literally run into it.

That would be super unexpected and surprising, right?

And that's the same feeling we get when we use this phrasal verb in this way to describe how we met someone.

When we say we ran into someone, it always carries a little bit of that surprise.

and when you use it to talk about someone that you now love or care for, it also highlights a little bit of luck as well.

Now, meeting someone by chance is only the first step.

Something has to happen next.

Someone has to speak first, which is kind of scary.

And for that, we use strike up.

To strike up a conversation means to start a conversation with someone

and usually it's someone you don't know well or you don't know at all.

It captures that small moment of courage when one person decides to say something to someone else.

For example, we struck up a conversation while waiting in line for coffee.

20 minutes later, the line was gone, we had our coffee, and we were still talking.

I want to stop here for a moment and look at how these two phrasal verbs work together.

First, you run into someone, then you strike up a conversation.

That is the beginning of thousands of real stories.

But of course, not every story starts with chance.

Sometimes other people get involved.

Maybe it's a friend, a coworker, or in some families, it's everyone gets involved.

This is when we say someone sets us up.

To set someone up means to arrange for two people to meet

because you think they might be a good match or they might get along well.

For example, my co-worker set us up.

I almost canceled twice, but now we've been together for 10 years.

Now, if no one arranged the meeting and there was no chance or unexpected encounter,

then maybe you simply met through friends at work or online.

But to continue this story, we have to talk about what happened next.

What happens when that person starts to matter to you.

That's when we talk about falling for someone.

At this point, you've met.

And then you start to care for this person deeply.

Now, whether this happens quickly or slowly, we've got phrasal verbs to describe this process.

The fast version is the phrasal verb I just used, to fall for.

To fall for someone means to very quickly, very unexpectedly start to develop romantic feelings for someone and to do so very deeply.

It means to feel strongly attracted to them.

And with this phrasal verb, the word fall is really powerful.

I want you to think about what it's like to fall in real life.

This isn't something that you decide.

It just happens to you.

And that's kind of what this is about.

For example, I didn't plan it, but I completely fell for her on our first date.

Now, not only can you fall for a person, you can also fall for something specific about them, like a characteristic.

For example, to fall for her sense of humor.

or to fall for his kindness, to fall for the way he tells a story.

But of course, we don't always fall for someone.

That's not how relationships always start.

Some of the best stories start with nothing, no spark, no fireworks.

Maybe when you met that person, you even thought, this person is not my type.

This is not my usual person.

For that kind of story, English has the phrasal verb grow on.

If someone grows on you, you like them more and more over time.

And this happens slowly, almost without noticing.

For example, honestly, he wasn't my type at all, but he grew on me.

And now I cannot imagine my life without him.

Now, I want to stop here for a moment to focus on some grammar here because it often surprises people.

With fall four, you are the subject.

For example, I fell for him.

But with grow on, the other person is the subject.

He grew on me.

In both cases, the feeling that you're describing is still a feeling that happens to you, but the sentence flips.

Now, whether you fell for someone or someone grew on you, at this stage, someone has to take a risk.

Someone has to ask the other person out.

To ask someone out means to ask someone on a date.

It's as simple as that.

For example, it took him three weeks to ask me out.

And then if that first date goes well, there will likely be another and another.

So you start going out.

To go out with someone means that you're dating them.

It's our everyday way to describe a relationship that is happening,

but it may not be official yet or it may not be long term.

For example, we've been going out for about three months now.

Once you've hit this stage, once it's no longer just one or two dates, the story starts to change.

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It stops being about these individual dates and it becomes more about this person being part of your life.

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And this stage of the relationship often gets described through its milestones.

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For many couples, the first big one is deciding to move in together.

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To move in together means to start living in the same house as a couple.

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It's a phrasal verb that describes a rather significant moment.

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Sharing a home means sharing everything.

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It means sharing space, money, morning routines, and who's doing the dishes.

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For example, after two years, we decided to move in together.

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My books, his kitchen, all in one tiny apartment.

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The second phrasal verb for this stage is more than a milestone.

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It's a change in the entire direction of the relationship.

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The phrasal verb is settle down.

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To settle down means to move from a casual or independent life into a stable,

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committed, long-term one, often with a partner and often in one place, sometimes with a family.

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For example, for years, I wasn't interested in settling down.

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I wanted to travel and focus on my career, but then I met James.

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This tells us that once you've met that person, everything changed.

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Now, before we move on to the next section, I wanna pause here for a moment.

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Everything in this lesson is storytelling language.

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And there's something I know after more than two decades of teaching

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and working with thousands and thousands of students around the world.

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You can learn every phrasal verb in this lesson today.

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And then next week, when someone asks how you met your partner, those words can disappear.

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Knowing phrasal verbs and using them in real conversations are two different skills.

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The second one takes practice with real people.

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But if speaking English makes you feel super nervous, so you usually stay quiet, or if you don't have anyone around you to practice with,

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that's where a community that is designed to give safe, supportive practice is essential.

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And it's exactly why I created the Confident Women community.

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It's a women-only speaking community where you can practice telling real stories in English, just like this, in a safe, supportive place.

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It's what gives you the practice you need to lock these words into your active memory

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so that you can use them in conversations.

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And it's the practice that gives you confidence to do so.

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If that sounds like something you've been looking for, I'll share a link in the notes below where you can learn more.

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Now, of course, every long relationship has its challenges, challenges that no one plans for and no one wants, like an illness, a job loss,

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a period of time where you argue more than you laugh.

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And when English speakers tell this part of the story, there are two common phrasal verbs to use.

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The first is get through.

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To get through something means to survive a difficult period and to reach the other side of it.

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This isn't about fixing it instantly, and it's not that you enjoy it.

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It's just you keep going and going until you're past it.

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For example, that first year after the move was really hard on us, but we got through it.

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The second phrasal verb is stand by.

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To stand by someone means to stay loyal to them, to support them during a difficult time.

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For example, when I lost my job, she stood by me.

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I'll never forget that.

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Of course, you and I know there are a thousand and one reasons that some relationships end while others survive.

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This is true for romantic relationships and friendships.

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So next, I want to look at phrasal verbs for describing both.

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And we'll start with describing relationships that end.

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When we talk about this part of a friendship or relationship, the verb that we choose says a lot about how the relationship ended.

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Some relationships end with a decision, and that's where we use the very common phrasal verb to break up.

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One person makes a choice, or maybe both people agree to end the relationship.

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But sometimes there isn't a clear moment when a relationship ends.

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Nobody decides anything.

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It's just the phone calls get shorter or they're less often.

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Plans get made and they get canceled.

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And then one day, I don't know, it's simply over.

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And for that kind of ending, we use fizzle out.

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To fizzle out means to end slowly and quietly, losing energy little by little until there's nothing left.

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Now, to understand this word fizzle in the phrasal verb.

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I want to explain it because it's really more of a sound.

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Imagine this, someone lights a firework, the end or the wick of a firework.

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And the moment that you light it, you get that spark and you get a sound like, and then imagine that the firework never explodes.

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It never goes off.

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You just have all that initial energy at the beginning, the spark, the excitement, and it kind of fizzles out.

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It loses its energy over time, and then it is just gone.

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That's what this phrasal verb is describing.

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For example, we went out for a few months, and at first it was really exciting, but I don't know, it just kind of fizzled out.

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There wasn't a big fight or anything, it just ended.

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Now, however a relationship ends, whether it was a big unexpected or a slow fizzling out over time.

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The next part is feeling okay again.

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And there are two phrasal verbs that we use here.

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The first is get over.

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To get over someone means to recover emotionally, to reach a point where thinking about that person no longer hurts.

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It's really about dealing with the pain of a relationship ending, even if it's something you wanted.

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For example, it took me almost a year to get over him.

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And then the next one is move on.

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To move on means to emotionally leave the past behind and continue with your life.

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You've got new routines, new plans, maybe even someone new.

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For example, if you're talking about someone who you broke up with in the past, you might say, I think she's moved on.

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She seems to genuinely be happy now.

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We can use these last two phrasal verbs for relationships too.

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If you've lost an important friendship, it can be deeply, deeply painful to get over.

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But with time, you might move on from the loss of it.

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Now, there's an important difference between these two phrasal verbs.

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When we say, I got over him with the past simple, this is about looking backward and the pain that is finished.

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Then when we say I've moved on with the present perfect, this is about looking forward and recognizing that life continues and you're ready for it.

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So when we use these in real life stories, they follow a particular order.

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First, you get over someone and then you move on.

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And then, of course, there are the relationships that you're still in right now.

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The ones that last.

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When people tell these stories, especially relationships that span decades, there are two phrasal verbs that show up again and again.

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The first is stick together.

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To stick together means to stay united through everything, through the good times and the bad.

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This is true of romantic relationships and friendships as well.

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For example, it's been 25 years.

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We've lived in three cities, had two kids, and just finished one really difficult renovation.

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And we've stuck together through all of it.

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No matter what kind of relationship you might be describing, a long-term relationship is never 100% easy.

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So that's what makes to stick together such a great phrasal verb.

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When you hear it, you're hearing the story of survival, resilience, loyalty, and commitment.

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You're hearing all of that in just three words.

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The second phrasal verb is to put up with.

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This means to tolerate someone, to accept all of their habits without leaving.

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And I know that this doesn't sound romantic at all or even friendly,

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but often couples or close friends will say this with a smile and it might sound something like

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30 years and she still puts up with me

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that sentence is kind of a joke

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and kind of a love letter at the same time it says I know I'm not always easy

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and she stayed anyway when someone says this with a smile,

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it really is a compliment on the enduring love that they have for a partner or a friend.

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So when you tell the story of how you met your partner or your best friend, you might come back to this storyline.

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First, you run into someone or someone sets you up.

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You fall for them or they grow on you.

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You get through the hard chapters and maybe decades later, someone is still putting up with you.

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Now it's your turn.

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I want you to tell me your story and you can do this in the comments if you feel comfortable.

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I'd love to hear how did you meet your partner, your spouse, or your best friend?

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Which of these phrasal verbs today does your story need?

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I'd love to read it.

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And yes, I do read all the comments and I respond to as many as I can.

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Now one more quick thing.

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If you would love more lessons just like this, specifically to talk about your friendships, I've got a full lesson on how to talk about your friendships in English.

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And I'll leave a link to that lesson in the notes below.

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As always, if you found this lesson helpful to you, don't forget to subscribe or follow wherever you're watching or listening from today.

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Thank you so much for joining me.

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And I look forward to next time.

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Este vídeo tem 226 frases e 2811 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 18:44. O falante fala em ritmo natural, cerca de 150 palavras por minuto, próximo de uma conversa do dia a dia. 88% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é fácil de acompanhar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

15 palavras menos comuns do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:

verb /vɝb/ (substantivo) — verbo. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (substantivo) — lição. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/ (substantivo) — amizade. The condition of being friends.
deeply /ˈdi(ː)pli/ (advérbio) — profundamente. To a deep extent or degree; very greatly.
romantic /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ (adjetivo) — romântico. Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
settle /ˈsɛtəl/ (verbo) — resolver. To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/ (adjetivo) — inesperado. Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
spark /ˈspɑɹk/ (substantivo) — faísca, fagulha. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.
routine /ɹuˈtin/ (substantivo) — rotina. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
cancel /ˈkæn.sl̩/ (verbo) — riscar. To cross out something with lines etc.
podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ (substantivo) — podcast. A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on…
emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/ (advérbio) — emocionalmente. In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
arrange /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ (verbo) — arranjar, organizar. To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
spouse /spaʊ̯s/ (substantivo) — cônjuge, esposo. A person in a marriage or marital relationship.
milestone /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/ (substantivo) — marco miliário, marco miliar. A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of…

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

fall for (verbo) — cair em. To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
get over (verbo) — superar. To overcome.
look at (verbo) — observar, ver. To observe or watch.
look for (verbo) — procurar, buscar. To seek.
settle down (verbo) — acalmar-se. To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
stand by /ˌstændˈbaɪ̯/ (verbo) — esperar. To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verbo) — pensar em, pensar sobre. To ponder.
come after (verbo) — seguir. To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 58 contrações e formas reduzidas, como you're, don't, you've. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, dish /dɪʃ/
Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, unexpectedly /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/

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As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:

Estrutura	No vídeo
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — uma ação que começou antes e continua	we've been going · you've been looking
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora	I've told · we've been · you've met
Orações relativas who / which + oração — informação extra sobre uma pessoa ou coisa	first, which is · someone who you
Possibilidade com “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo possível, mas não certo	might talk · might be · may not be

O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.

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