I Waited For You
Barbarian (2022)
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Characters
Keith
Tess
Transcript
[Keith]
Uh, hey. Uh, the laundry is still in the wash.
But, but I thought, um, well, I'm wide awake, so so, I um. It's going to be a bit, and I thought I'm going to have some of this here wine.
But I didn't want to open it before, um, you got out of the shower because I noticed you didn't drink your tea and w-well, I totally get that, by the way.
I mean, you don't know me and this is a really weird situation.
It makes total sense, um but I thought that, um you know, you might want some of this, but if I opened it while you weren't here, that um, that um I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, sorry, I'm rambling. Jesus Christ.
Um. I thought you wouldn't want any if you didn't see me open it. So, I waited.
[Tess]
I'm good.
Clip Context
Tess arrives at her rental house to find out that a man named Keith is also renting the house at the same time. Because it's late at night and raining heavily, these two strangers decide to stay in the house together and wait to contact the rental agency in the morning.
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Vocabulary
Read each word out loud.
wash
/wɑʃ/
noun
clothes or other items that have been, need to be, or are currently being washed
Example:
Do you have any dirty clothes you want to add to the wash?
wide awake
/ ˌwaɪd əˈweɪk /
adjective phrase
completely awake; unable or unwilling to sleep
Example:
Jack falls asleep easily, but Chris is always wide awake.
I get that
/aɪ ˈɡɛt ðæt/
phrase
used to say you understand or accept someone's point regardless of agreement
Example:
She said she didn't want to watch the horror movie I picked out because she's scared, and I get that.
by the way
/ baɪ ðə ˈweɪ /
phrase
used at the end of a statement to soften it or add reassurance
Example:
I didn't get the job, but I found a better paying job during my walk home, by the way!
makes sense
/ˈmeɪks ˈsɛns/
verb phrase
a phrase used to say that something is easy to understand or logical
Example:
Oh, you're from Spain? Now it makes sense why your accent sounds a bit Spanish.
ramble
/ˈræmbl/
verb
talking or writing in a long, unfocused, or confusing way, often going off topic
Example:
Instead of answering my question, he rambled about something completely different.
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Conversation Practice
Working with a tutor? Try asking or answering these questions out loud with them.
Working alone? Try speaking your answers out loud or write them in the lesson discussion below.
1. If you were in Tess's position, alone in a new city sharing a house with a complete stranger, how would you feel?
2. Do you ever ramble when you're nervous? What situations make you talk more than usual?
3. What do you think is the difference between being "awake" and being "wide awake"?
4. What is something you don't really understand but seems to make sense to everyone else?
Lesson updated:
September 27, 2026
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