pet peeve
A particular small thing that repeatedly annoys someone. Informal
“Okay it doesn't make sense I'm just trying to think of any other pet peeves… You have whenever I touch you with a cold foot…”
Shadowing lesson · Couples Talking About Habits, Pet Peeves and Memories
Couples Talking About Habits, Pet Peeves and Memories — English shadowing practice
Practise everyday conversation for comparing personalities, sharing annoyances, remembering experiences and explaining differences.
Level: B1 · Intermediate 154 lines 1 minute of speech 165 words a minute About 36 minutes
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B1 · 22-minute practice 22 Minutes of Intermediate English Listening Practice with Native English Conversation
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I'm absolutely addicted… Who is tidier legs are just everywhere…
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The clip provides reusable language for describing personality differences without making every judgment sound absolute.
- The clip provides reusable language for describing personality differences without making every judgment sound absolute.
- It includes natural ways to discuss annoyances, disagreements and compromises in close relationships.
- Learners also encounter extended personal stories about gifts, ambitions and everyday difficulties.
- 154 complete, word-timed practice lines.
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- B1 placement is vocabulary-led; 2% of caption tokens were marked above the dominant B1 vocabulary level.
- Speed
- 165 words a minute across the prepared speech.
- Longest line
- 35 words in 10.5 seconds.
Where it gets hard
The most obnoxious looking jacket I've… Ever seen in my life Who the hell's is… That and I was like oh that was my… Christmas present to will because it was… A very bright red…
Say to me oh hold up your fingers like that but it's still it's the fact that I don't immediately know most people just…
Phrases worth keeping
Useful English from this exact clip. Hear each phrase in context, then make one sentence of your own.
laid back
Relaxed and not easily worried or stressed. Informal
“Thank you no laid back I would say I've always… Been laid back yeah in a good way though…”
agree to disagree
Accept that two people have different opinions and stop trying to settle the disagreement.
“What do they call it agree to disagree… Do you think I'm untied yet I think I'm… Slightly better… I'll accept that…”
for the sake of
To protect, help or achieve something considered important.
“For the sake of the video no for the sake of our marriage… From when you claimed you think too…”
spot on
Exactly correct or accurate. Informal, especially common in British English
“That's spot on although with sports and taking risks… Maybe you're you never you never come to…”
white lie
A small lie usually told to avoid hurting someone or causing trouble.
“I don't think I've ever really lied… Unless it's like really no I think it's… Just like you have the odd white lie…”
on my bucket list
Something you strongly hope to experience or accomplish in your lifetime. Informal
“Against the southern hemisphere whether… It's South Africa Australia and New… Zealand and it's something that's on my… Bucket list of going on one of their…”
Sounds to notice
Copy the rhythm, strong beats, and linking used in this clip.
Grammar you can reuse
Patterns the speaker uses naturally, ready for your own sentence.
Gives a personal judgment while making it sound less absolute.
Emphasizes that something is the strongest example within someone's experience.
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Why did they start using a shared calendar?
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They were receiving many invitations and sometimes had several on the same weekend or day. The conversation describes too many invitations before mentioning the shared calendar.
Why was the red jacket an especially significant Christmas present?
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He had wanted the jacket, delayed buying it, then discovered it was gone before receiving it as a present. He says he really wanted the jacket, returned after deciding to buy it and found it gone; later it appeared as his Christmas present.
What specific difficulty makes driving harder for her?
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She has trouble immediately identifying left and right and is also unsure about priority at roundabouts. She directly describes uncertainty at roundabouts and needing to check which side is left or right.
Why did she once think plastic surgery would suit her?
Show answer
She enjoyed making faces out of clay and connected that interest with reconstructing people's faces. She links her childhood interest in making clay faces directly to the career idea.
Make it yours
Answer these real situations out loud, then compare with one possible answer.
A friend asks whether you or your partner is more relaxed. Give a softened comparison.
laid backI would say + clause
You and a friend have argued about the same minor issue several times. End the discussion without pretending you now agree.
agree to disagreefor the sake of
Friends are talking about small behaviours that annoy them. Describe one recurring annoyance.
pet peeve
Someone asks what experience you hope to have one day. Mention a personal ambition.
on my bucket list
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- 010:00I'm absolutely addicted… Who is tidier legs are just everywhere…5.7s
- 020:05I've lied to you what is my worst habit there's a conversation killer I'm just trying to…7.3s
- 030:13Think of any other pet peeves you have that's not true… It's the most obnoxious looking jacket… I've ever seen in my life I can't keep up with myself no I'm crying at all…9.8s
- 040:22Right… Hello lovely students and welcome back… To English with Lucy today…8.8s
- 050:32William and I because you may have noticed that my husband is here with me… Hello everyone we've got a listening…7.6s
- 060:39Slash conversation lesson I think it's going to be interesting for you but also… For us we might end up learning something about each other maybe…9.0s
- 070:48Hopefully not because we've been… Together for nearly six years so we're going to have a conversation on camera…6.6s
- 080:55And for your benefit on screen as we are talking interesting vocabulary words and phrases will appear I have also created…10.1s
- 091:05A free ebook for you it contains the Full transcript of this conversation all…6.3s
- 101:12Of the key vocabulary along with the pronunciation the definitions and examples and a quiz so you can put what… You've learned into practice it's going…9.7s
- 111:21To be an awesome resource if you would… Like to download that free ebook where… Do they have to click… Here…7.3s
- 121:29Nowhere to this oh down there yes… Just down there on the link in the description box you then enter your what…9.1s
- 131:39Email address and your name okay… Do you ever watch my videos you then… Join my mailing list and the ebook will…9.7s
- 141:48Come directly to your inbox and then… After that you've joined the PDF Club… You will automatically receive all of my… Free weekly PDFs and ebooks along with…10.0s
- 151:58All of my course updates offers and general emails it's a free service and you can unsubscribe at any time okay I'm…7.7s
- 162:06Really excited to start this me too but I have no idea what the questions are going to be well neither do I because… One of my lovely teachers prepared them…8.2s
- 172:14Okay I'll go first what is my favorite… Food…4.3s
- 182:21Fruit as a as a general answer fruit but to be specific…5.5s
- 192:27Watermelons yeah oh there's nothing like a good watermelon and part of the fun of… A watermelon is that they're not grown… In England and you can't you can't…9.5s
- 202:36Access them so when you go abroad and there's a great watermelon I sound like a total weirdo don't I watermelon you can't access them I don't know I I think…9.8s
- 212:46The majority of people whenever they go… Abroad and come to an exotic fruit… I mean…6.1s
- 222:52Coconuts for me oh yeah will love the coconut this isn't my question no so…5.6s
- 232:58Don't take over sorry okay that was a really easy one I've made no secret of… The fact that I'm absolutely addicted to… Fruit total fruit burn well I also…10.3s
- 243:08Normally buy a watermelon every birthday… And Easter because you don't like chocolate eggs I do like chocolate eggs…6.6s
- 253:15But I prefer I'd prefer a watermelon I mean you can get chocolate anytime but a good in season watermelon in the UK… That's a luxury…9.7s
- 263:25What did will wear on your first date… I know this like the back of my hand…9.3s
- 273:34Because I remember calling my mum… Afterwards and be like he's so nice but he wore a fleece because I thought that was so weird but there's this brand of…9.3s
- 283:44Fleece that only farmers seem to wear… Called a truffle I had all show full I'd… Never seen it before it's it's a very…9.7s
- 293:53Soft fleece with a leather trim… And I just thought I just I'd never been… Out with the farmer before and I thought… That's a farmer you'd also just come…9.4s
- 304:03Back from Spain yeah so if they were selling them in Spain I would have said… That they're in the wrong Market yeah…6.1s
- 314:09That's true okay my turn what was the first film we saw together… Oh I do know this because it was our…8.5s
- 324:17Fourth date uh Beauty and the Beast yes… It was it was and do you remember how I impressed you on that date actually I did it in two ways yes you brought beer…9.7s
- 334:27To the cinema that didn't serve any alcohol… I brought my only one for you because… I'd also just passed my driving test by…10.0s
- 344:37That point it was February and I drove… You there in my little car and it was… Traumatic so I wasn't a very confident…7.7s
- 354:45Driver but I brought you a beer to have to relax after I traumatized you that was very thoughtful oh this is a tough…7.6s
- 364:52One Howard will describe himself in one word… Laid back… Yeah predictable…9.4s
- 375:03You're very late no it's in predictable… Answer yeah or chilled chilled yeah okay… With Children what would you say to…8.6s
- 385:11Describe myself in one word trying to… Think of the longest word I know… Good spontaneous…6.7s
- 395:24Thank you no laid back I would say I've always… Been laid back yeah in a good way though…8.7s
- 405:32It's better than being uptight… Yes Opposites Attract…5.2s
- 415:38You look you're looking at me like to work on yeah yeah no I'm I wouldn't… Say I'm particularly uptight but I'm… Definitely not as laid back I mean…9.9s
- 425:48You're horizontal to be fair… Um but I do I like it you're very you bring a lot of balance to the relationship…7.8s
- 435:56Yeah life is all about balance… Okay my turn who is better at remembering important dates…8.1s
- 446:08You why because…3.4s
- 456:12My memory is appalling no it's not appalling uh my mind thinks very quickly so when I think of something unless…9.1s
- 466:21I write it down five minutes later it might have drifted off and something… Else has come in and replaced…6.7s
- 476:28It I forgetful you said I think…4.0s
- 486:36I think life cannot keep up so many ideas…5.5s
- 496:44When you come from laid back to you think too quickly yeah I just can't keep up with myself no…9.6s
- 506:53I'm crying… God the lights are bright aren't they like you've just punched me in the face…6.5s
- 517:00Yeah oh don't say that it'll start reading no so when we started going out… You're a farmer I mean you didn't leave… The farm there was there was no option…9.6s
- 527:09Really yeah my social calendar was empty… And it was only when we moved away that… We started having lots more options lots… More lots more opportunities to see…10.1s
- 537:19Other people go away and then we almost… Went through a phase where there were… Too many invitations and too much going… On and there were multiple invitations…8.8s
- 547:28On each weekend and so I put in place a shared calendar yeah but then we've had… Issues with you agreeing to things but not particularly the shared calendar…8.6s
- 557:37I've gone the other end of the spectrum… Haven't I just said yes to everything yeah there were quite a few times where you'd… Suddenly realize that you'd said yes to…9.9s
- 567:47About three different people on the same… Day but you know what it's good problems… To have look at us complaining about having too much fun too popular yeah… Who is tidier…9.7s
- 577:58Now that's a hard one yeah I'm wondering… What your answer's gonna be yeah so am I I say that we are like swans okay…8.6s
- 588:08We Glide along… Beautifully like that everything looks… Fine it looks just like a swab but underneath…8.6s
- 598:16The surface of the water it's like legs are just everywhere and I feel like that's what our personal life is like our business life it's all about tidying…9.4s
- 608:26Here I'm getting there okay from the outside the house looks tidy and amazing…5.3s
- 618:31But if you dare to open a cupboard a load of crap I think I think a lot of… People can relate to that I hope so…8.1s
- 628:39Um I hope a lot of people can relate to… That yeah I think probably part of my… Problem growing up was I had the the tidiest mum on Earth and I almost…7.7s
- 638:47Rebelled against it I feel like your mum was very tidy as well she was she had to… Look after three boys…7.2s
- 648:55So so we were spoiled and we never we never learned to tidy for ourselves I would say we're both pretty similar on… Tidiness as in like both quite untidy… What do you think…10.3s
- 659:07What do they call it agree to disagree… Do you think I'm untied yet I think I'm… Slightly better… I'll accept that…10.0s
- 669:18For the sake of the video no for the sake of our marriage… From when you claimed you think too…10.2s
- 679:28Quickly yeah cool oh this is a good one who is… More adventurous…9.3s
- 689:41Oh so in general I would say you would… You I feel like diving into something…8.3s
- 699:49New you're a little bit more up for it compared to me but when we actually get… There I feel like I probably then take… The Reigns…9.6s
- 709:59I think this could describe our whole… Relationship… I feel like I'm very quick to go for something and adapt to it and then you end up doing it better in the long run…8.6s
- 7110:08And I'm thinking of every board game… I've ever learned I he's learning… Instructions really quickly and I win… For like the first 10 rounds and then…10.0s
- 7210:18You get it and then you like absolutely take over… Um yeah I would agree with that I think…7.7s
- 7310:25That's spot on although with sports and taking risks… Maybe you're you never you never come to…7.6s
- 7410:33The start line no no what is Will's pet… Peeve or biggest pet peeve…7.5s
- 7510:43When people say a hundred and ten… Percent yes…3.1s
- 7610:48Yeah I understand the idea sorry I'm taking over now no I love that you're so… The way the question is would you be…10.2s
- 7710:58Even on that right I'll take over from… Here… Um yes I just think people take it too… Far you can't give more saying no people…10.3s
- 7811:08They use it in every Apprentice video… Under the Sun oh so this is a TV show in… The UK and America where people compete… For a job position I remember you coming…10.1s
- 7911:18Back from trying to I think you'd gone… With your dad to buy a new car or something for the farm it was a new farm… Vehicle and I remember you coming back…9.5s
- 8011:28And said everything we asked him the guy… Just said 110 110 mate do the wheels…5.1s
- 8111:33Work 110 how good is the engine 110 and it just comes across as an insincere… Yeah it's just it doesn't make sense…8.6s
- 8211:42Okay it doesn't make sense I'm just trying to think of any other pet peeves… You have whenever I touch you with a cold foot…7.0s
- 8311:49I think every guy can relate… Do you hate it when I touch you with a cold foot… Because we need to talk…8.5s
- 8411:59Who is more is more honest… I would say it's a 50 50 split… People you want me to elaborate…10.2s
- 8512:10Yes…0.8s
- 8612:20This morning… Just the students are waiting they know…8.3s
- 8712:2850 50 split I know… I can't think of a time where I've lied…6.4s
- 8812:35To you ah but this was years ago what was that and this was when I pretended to be on the farm when I was actually going to London…9.5s
- 8912:44To collect the engagement rings yes… What a terrible lie yeah…7.7s
- 9012:53I don't think I've ever really lied… Unless it's like really no I think it's… Just like you have the odd white lie…7.3s
- 9113:00Don't you yeah you know but nothing… Serious but I think more as like honesty is a personality I'm not one of those…8.8s
- 9213:09People that will you know not be able to… Sleep unless unless I tell the absolute… Truth and how I'm feeling in every… Single conversation if someone asks me…9.6s
- 9313:18Do you like my dress and I don't like it I'm not going to cause a scene and tell… Them that I don't but I know some people…6.2s
- 9413:25Stand by that and and think no if I don't like something I'm going to say it um I'm quite good at letting things go… I'm quite tolerant…9.0s
- 9513:34Yeah that's another word I would use to… Describe you tolerant tolerance that…5.1s
- 9613:39Makes me sound like a nightmare yeah I was gonna say the word you would go for is tolerant and me tolerable…7.1s
- 9713:48Persistent this is a good question… Who is Will's celebrity crush… Oh Jennifer Aniston…9.4s
- 9813:58Yeah Jennifer Aniston like I had to tell… You that I thought you were going to say a different answer what was I gonna I I would like to think Scarlett Johansson…8.8s
- 9914:07Although she never really has messaged… Me… I've never really was come up in… Conversation I think she's mine okay if…9.1s
- 10014:16I had a female one… Um yeah Jennifer Aniston… Yeah Jennifer Aniston okay this is a good one what's the first gift I ever…9.3s
- 10114:25Gave you I think it was a red British and Irish… Lions Rugby jacket I went to the end of…8.5s
- 10214:34The Earth for that and by the end of the Earth I mean Luton… The jacket itself so the British and Irish lines for those of you who don't…8.0s
- 10314:42Know it is a combination of England… Scotland Ireland and Wales and they play… Every four years rugby rugby…10.3s
- 10414:53Against the southern hemisphere whether… It's South Africa Australia and New… Zealand and it's something that's on my… Bucket list of going on one of their…10.5s
- 10515:04Tours it lasts two weeks to a month… And I've always followed them ever since… I was a young child I always wanted…8.9s
- 10615:13Their kit and there was one jacket in… Particular that I saw that year which I really really wanted and I almost bought… It for myself…8.7s
- 10715:22But when I went to purchase it online on… A website and it said there's one left…5.5s
- 10815:27In stock I said you know what I'm gonna buy it tomorrow and I went back the next day… And it had gone… And I was distraught…9.0s
- 10915:36And this must have been two weeks before Christmas Day and Christmas day came and I opened up my…8.7s
- 11015:45Present from Lucy and there was this… Bright red British British and Irish… Lions Rugby jacket and you then told me…10.3s
- 11115:55The story of how you got it it was… Really hard to get in time for Christmas… But then the even better part of the story is that we went to a friend's…8.3s
- 11216:03House to stay over and there was this… Really obnoxious guy… Who saw the jacket hanging on the back… Of a chair and was like oh my God that's…10.0s
- 11316:13The most obnoxious looking jacket I've… Ever seen in my life Who the hell's is… That and I was like oh that was my… Christmas present to will because it was… A very bright red…9.8s
- 11416:24He said if I could put a percentage on… How much I hate that it would be a hundred and ten percent… What song did you dance to for your…9.5s
- 11516:34First dance… Smack My Up by The Prodigy Lucy… That's not true…9.2s
- 11616:44Say a little prayer by Aretha Franklin… Yes it was amazing beautiful romantic… What is my worst habit…7.0s
- 11716:52Where do you start oh this is a conversation killer I think we'll make… It the last question I think your worst…8.3s
- 11817:00Habit barking orders…2.4s
- 11917:04What terrible way of saying it will barking…9.7s
- 12017:14Orders well I do say that to you yeah it's true yeah I don't bark no I've…6.7s
- 12117:20Got a good one actually okay worst habit was probably lack of driving that you're… You're reluctance to try and overcome… Your driving fears…10.0s
- 12217:32I'm better yeah…1.6s
- 12317:34I I still when I approach a roundabout and I get there I am still not 100 sure who goes first and it's like an innate thing it comes from…9.2s
- 12417:43Naturally I do not know… Whether my letter what side is my left… And what side is my right and you can…6.1s
- 12517:49Say to me oh hold up your fingers like that but it's still it's the fact that I don't immediately know most people just…4.8s
- 12617:54Do you just know what side of your body is your left and what is your right yes… I have to check and then that takes me a second and then by that point someone's…8.2s
- 12718:03Already beat me behind in the car… And then I'm freaked out oh yeah just… Yeah just but it's always been that way… I mean even when I'm working on Excel…9.5s
- 12818:12And it's like delete left column delete… Right comment column I always have to be… Like left right one two okay it's that…5.9s
- 12918:18One that needs to be deleted see I believe if you practice something enough… Whatever it is you will overcome it it just depends how long it takes you to…9.9s
- 13018:28Then overcome it you have witnessed me… Struggle with my lefts and rights it's something more than just a lack of… Practice you're perfect…7.3s
- 13118:36Don't beat yourself down manipulative… Okay you can ask me one more question…7.0s
- 13218:43Okay what did will want to be when he was younger… Ah there are various things I think… I remember once you met your friend's…9.3s
- 13318:53Dad who was an investment banker and was… Really rich and cool so you wanted to be… An investment banker for one night yeah…7.3s
- 13419:01Um I know that you wanted to be a farmer… For quite a large part of your childhood did you ever want to be a rugby player…10.5s
- 13519:12Yes you want to be a rugby player as… Well was it what about when you were a little… Child did you ever want to be like a fireman or something…6.9s
- 13619:19I think it was probably something to do… With farming yeah yeah growing up on a farm helps do you know…6.6s
- 13719:26What I wanted to be when I was a child I know you wanted to work… In makeup but that was later on no it wasn't… Makeup what reconstructive plastic…8.7s
- 13819:35Surgery I did not know that you didn't… Know that that's the first question in… All of this that I didn't know…6.3s
- 13919:41I when I was younger I really loved making faces out of clay and so I thought the perfect job for me would be… To be a plastic surgeon…9.7s
- 14019:51Because but I wanted it to be a reconstructive one so like people in car… Crashes and stuff I could like make… Their faces okay you know look the way… They did…10.0s
- 14120:02Um and so I even did chemistry and biology and things at a levels because… To carry on this until I realized no I don't have a medicine degree in me I'm…9.2s
- 14220:11Not dedicated hard working or possibly intelligent enough to do that so then I went to do marketing and now I'm a YouTuber… Progression…9.3s
- 14320:21My parents are so proud… Okay that's it from us I hope you enjoyed learning a little bit more about… Both of us but more importantly I hope…9.9s
- 14420:31You learned lots and lots of interesting… Vocabulary if you would like to read the full transcript and get a full list of…7.9s
- 14520:39All the vocabulary we used all of the pronunciation the examples the definitions we've included some listening comprehension questions we've… Got a quiz on the vocabulary download…10.3s
- 14620:49The ebook I know you're getting ready to… Point in the right direction where do… They click just here yes… Yes you click just down here you sign up…8.1s
- 14720:57For the mailing list and it will come… Automatically to your inbox and you'll… Be signed up to my newsletter you'll get…5.0s
- 14821:02All my future PDFs my news updates and offers don't forget to connect with me… On all of my social media I've got my… Instagram and my Facebook I've also got…9.4s
- 14921:12My website where I've got loads of… Lessons and a free interactive… Pronunciation tool where you can click… On phonemes and hear how they're…7.6s
- 15021:19Pronounced and hear me pronouncing words containing those phonemes I've also got…4.6s
- 15121:24All of my English courses now and will has helped create these it's been an amazing project it's a team effort yeah… Because we actually work together now…8.3s
- 15221:32And it's been really awesome… Um so we've got a B1 program the B2…5.2s
- 15321:38Program our pronunciation program and our c1's coming out in May it is I'll… Leave a waiting list down below or if…9.7s
- 15421:47It's already out then I'm sure we'll put… A link somewhere and we've got our… Challenges as well… Um I think we'll see them soon for another lesson bye.9.0s
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