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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll explore how two strangers at a
Speaker 3: bustling Amsterdam market find more than vibrant tulips, sparking a
Speaker 3: budding friendship and shared vision for sustainable urban living.
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Speaker 1: heterosent orten bightevarm to come from the men city, hast
Speaker 1: from cram cram centered, the lutrosult on vers rebac a
Speaker 1: broad peter recase and the bitter prick from coffee. This
Speaker 1: the halaude van kreble and de manse and the zarte
Speaker 1: music in the Achtergronde stunned, the brom and anukpe theself
Speaker 1: the bloomgram broum and grafis a werper annad bahin from
Speaker 1: the dert hot boslought szata that unders the bestade, the's
Speaker 1: from the computer. Obsukna erte inter axis. ANUK journalist met
Speaker 1: him pussy for durzam Lev strounded the marks of obsugna
Speaker 1: knew idea for her article hun honde stretched ihle tied
Speaker 1: out neither lads, the bostbe oh pardon ze brom tervell
Speaker 1: has en hunt to rushtainste Haig cake Flevnard anuk diz
Speaker 1: embrikopfing el him lachte hain problaim entward anuk Frindileuk the
Speaker 1: cake naad smelt the snail deck of the bladder from
Speaker 1: the tube tupasenzo moy selves in the winter blum knichte
Speaker 1: hei wilde Jachmerzech mar Warder froontelostre out angelech now enkla
Speaker 1: seconde von arselin wachte He and poching Ikpobier may lay
Speaker 1: about in the internet on the forag ikwerk fil mede
Speaker 1: fitale builder my needs con stronhead from the natur fervarma
Speaker 1: anuk cakham news here ahn x s rave over durzamhit
Speaker 1: and turneer in steady the Conkaveinger miss rin hebevevel Meermain
Speaker 1: on the denker Blum fooled the en Warmer route in
Speaker 1: zembag Here was Imont's design interesseble shape ikwerk samer met
Speaker 1: and remains hops down knit fair. From here thee hey
Speaker 1: zemmudfzamlen as she wield kunyan kir Lungskoma had his act
Speaker 1: inspirerend anuk docht evena sahten ears the indur God from
Speaker 1: brom ain't concepticism my neusach dot oprechtwas miss hin condoselkar
Speaker 1: helper ixaued heilha villesine entwardes Oblucht had come mesacher helper
Speaker 1: met main folk the article Samlippus the marked out the
Speaker 1: tulpetus henin de Lieucht was frizz and an adam wolkis
Speaker 1: in the Kauderlucht formed the klaan. The plukis rogue blum
Speaker 1: foolded that he it's hot over woman in herself. Anuk
Speaker 1: percepted that openhite sums the moist de conzebracht the yielde
Speaker 1: pass halt by the outrunt from the mo marked lochened
Speaker 1: and brattened over plane on the town to bezuk. The
Speaker 1: dach bohom met an unfavard on mouting and angered the
Speaker 1: method for outsi from its noise hun honde did the
Speaker 1: tulpa stay for fasteielder marquis and at bahin from a
Speaker 1: newer friends hub claire onteblujer als the bloomer disi basic
Speaker 1: true in a leaf from the stud tisten it Rousimus
Speaker 1: and the hour from the marked from the Brahm and
Speaker 1: Anuko car what Bohm was in simpler Cope from Tulpa
Speaker 1: angered the osen stop in a newer richting peersolek and
Speaker 1: rosamelek ensemo eas moist latter Rouye.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: The winter zone Shane Blake over the druga marked from Amsterdam.
Speaker 3: The winter sun shone pale over the busy market of Amsterdam.
Speaker 1: Headsenko, the chten mad a worm to clumb from the
Speaker 1: men city Haste from Cram b Cram slintered.
Speaker 3: It was a cold morning, but the warmth came from
Speaker 3: the people who hurriedly strolled from stall to stall.
Speaker 1: De luchtos reveiled miteur fon Ver's rebacca broat peter recase
Speaker 1: and the bitter bric fon coffe.
Speaker 3: The air was filled with the scent of freshly baked bread,
Speaker 3: spicy cheeses and the bitter touch of coffee.
Speaker 1: This the loud de fankreble and desert musique in the
Speaker 1: Achtergnte stunned de Brom and anukpe his elf to bloom
Speaker 1: a gram.
Speaker 3: Among the sounds of chattering people and soft music in
Speaker 3: the background, Brahm and Anuk stood at the same flower stall.
Speaker 1: Bloom l raafish on vereper annad buffin from the derte
Speaker 1: hot Burslow to Sinzata the hunders to bestaded.
Speaker 3: Bruhm, a graphic designer in his early thirties, had decided
Speaker 3: to spend his Saturday differently.
Speaker 1: The on the computer obsuknar echte inter axis.
Speaker 3: Away from the computer in search of real interactions.
Speaker 1: Ahnuk njournalist metem Possi fordur Zamlev stranded and marked off
Speaker 1: obsukh nai nieu i dee for her article.
Speaker 3: Anuk, a journalist with a passion for sustainable living, was
Speaker 3: scouring the market in search of new ideas for her article.
Speaker 1: Hun hoande straight le tied out neider last Bousteub.
Speaker 3: Their hands simultaneously reached out for the last bunch of tulips.
Speaker 1: Oh pardom oh pardon ze broum te vel heesen hans trufteenste.
Speaker 3: Said Brahm as he withdrew his hand.
Speaker 1: Hey kik fle Anuk, he's emblikopfing elchimlachte.
Speaker 3: He looked shyly at Anuk, who caught his gaze and smiled.
Speaker 1: Hein problame on toward the Anuk.
Speaker 3: Friniluk no problem, Anuk replied kindly.
Speaker 1: Sigk now it smelt in the snail deck up the
Speaker 1: bladd tulb.
Speaker 3: She looked at the melting snow cover on the leaves
Speaker 3: of the tulips.
Speaker 1: Tulpaszo mooi zelves in the winter.
Speaker 3: Tulips are so beautiful even in winter.
Speaker 1: Blunknikte brum nodded, Hey, Vilda mirzech marvoor de fonte loste.
Speaker 3: He wanted to say more, but found words difficult.
Speaker 1: Out angeluk now ankles sekunde from arseling vacht hei impoing.
Speaker 3: Finally, after a few seconds of hesitation, he ventured a try.
Speaker 1: Ikpobier may lay about in it internet, onto Freig.
Speaker 3: I'm trying to enrich my life outside of the internet.
Speaker 1: Ikwerk fil mede fital beilde my nets con snhet from
Speaker 1: the net for vum.
Speaker 3: I work a lot with digital images, but nothing can
Speaker 3: replace the beauty of nature.
Speaker 1: A nuk keik hemmushi am.
Speaker 3: Anuk looked at him curiously.
Speaker 1: Igs reef verdur sam heite and Turner instead de l.
Speaker 3: I write about sustainability and gardening in urban environments.
Speaker 1: Miss sen hebevevel mirchmein do the dienk.
Speaker 3: Maybe we have more in common than we think.
Speaker 1: Bloom fool the envormer flute In Zemburg.
Speaker 3: Bram felt a warm glow in his stomach.
Speaker 1: Here us emmont dejn interessible shabe.
Speaker 3: Here was someone who understood his interest.
Speaker 1: Igwerkxamer mete remains hobstaun neet fair from yir ze hey
Speaker 1: ze moutferzhamelens.
Speaker 3: I work with a community garden not far from here,
Speaker 3: he said, gathering his courage.
Speaker 1: Els wilt kunyan kir lungskommbe.
Speaker 3: If you'd like, you could come by some time.
Speaker 1: Hetis ert inspirerens.
Speaker 3: It's truly inspiring.
Speaker 1: Ahnuk dort evena.
Speaker 3: Anuk thought for a moment.
Speaker 1: Sahoten ears to indri grat from Bram einfelseeptis sisme manu
Speaker 1: sa d'lte o brethos.
Speaker 3: She had a first impression of Brahm one of skepticism,
Speaker 3: but now she saw that he was sincere.
Speaker 1: Miss ring kundez el kr help.
Speaker 3: Maybe they could help each other ich saut.
Speaker 1: Hila villesine entor Desauplucht.
Speaker 3: I would love to see it, she answered with relief.
Speaker 1: Had come mesacher help emet main fuln the article.
Speaker 3: It can definitely help me with my next article.
Speaker 1: Sam malipis de marked out the tulpetition henin.
Speaker 3: Together they walked out of the market, the tulips between them.
Speaker 1: De l'echtros fries and un adem volkis in the cou
Speaker 1: de Lucht formed the clay de pluchis rogue.
Speaker 3: The air was fresh, and their breath formed small puffs
Speaker 3: of smoke in the cold air.
Speaker 1: Blume fool de d'hte ich hat oh for Volna in syrself.
Speaker 3: Bram felt that he had overcome something in himself.
Speaker 1: Annouk perseve the dot openhite suns, the moist de conseebracht.
Speaker 3: Anuk realized that openness sometimes brought the most beautiful opportunities.
Speaker 1: Seiel the bas haltbed out, hung from the marked lachen
Speaker 1: and bratent over blomme Um the town to Bezuque.
Speaker 3: They came to a stop at the market's exit, laughing
Speaker 3: and talking about plans to visit the garden.
Speaker 1: De d'ach bauhom meten um fer Vacht Undmuting and angerte
Speaker 1: metad forautzicht for itch mois.
Speaker 3: The day began with an unexpected encounter and ended with
Speaker 3: the prospect of something beautiful.
Speaker 1: Unhande di de duel pastey for fastilde marquis den at
Speaker 1: bachin from a new friend's hup clar m toebleuye osteblumdi
Speaker 1: sebet sir trug.
Speaker 3: Their hands tightly holding the tulips marked the beginning of
Speaker 3: a new friendship, ready to bloom like the flowers they
Speaker 3: carried with them.
Speaker 1: In it laye from the stadt, isn't it rusmus and
Speaker 1: from the marked fun de bram and anukokar.
Speaker 3: In the life of the city. Amidst the buzz and
Speaker 3: aromas of the market, Brahm and Anuk found each other.
Speaker 1: What bahm us in simple cope fon tulpe and I
Speaker 1: usen stop in anwarichting beersholuk and zameluk o sam eas
Speaker 1: moist lata juya.
Speaker 3: What began as a simple purchase of tulips ended as
Speaker 3: a step in a new direction, personally and collectively to
Speaker 3: grow something beautiful together. Today's vocabulary words are coming up
Speaker 3: right after this commercial break. Here are today's vocabulary words.
Speaker 3: First in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: Blake Lake, Blake, pale, haster, haster, haster, history, slinter, the
Speaker 1: splintered slinter, the strolled, cram, cram cram stall, cribbling, cribbling,
Speaker 1: the quibbling, chattering, news here, news here, news here, curiously, arzling, arzling, arziling,
Speaker 1: hesitation vah venture for reken freken for reke enrich do exam,
Speaker 1: do exam, dorsam, sustainable stround, the off stround, the off stround,
Speaker 1: the off scouring, colecta colected legg simultaneously to tu lurdins,
Speaker 1: to withdraw, septy sisma, septy sisma, septy sism, skepticism, Obricht, Obricht,
Speaker 1: Obricht sincere for outshift four outshift for outsift, prospect route
Speaker 1: root root glow over vulner over vulner oh for vulner overcome,
Speaker 1: open height, open height, open height, openness, rush amos, rush amos,
Speaker 1: rush amos, buzzin uren ruren aromas, Staver, staver stay tightly
Speaker 1: for longer, for lomma for long wonder in their oxies,
Speaker 1: inter oxies, in their oxies, interactions deftal defital, deftal digital
Speaker 1: down down down garden inspirent inspirient, inspirient, inspiring, besif besif
Speaker 1: besif realize, Marked, Marked, Marked Market, on mooting, mooting and
Speaker 1: mooting encounter.
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