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Together, we can keep the world's stories flowing. 24 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 5: Vetcher slatkem la misti ladalavovila za t la, dave aros, 25 00:01:54,719 --> 00:02:05,519 prostira it semes zduhem senes lav Mandarin neck Asvarenovina radek 26 00:02:05,519 --> 00:02:13,599 sta os, veos tanku the pro dava raki petvia as, 27 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:23,680 lasko vi robene A shagnez gikienis tanko see moshim alo Rida, 28 00:02:23,719 --> 00:02:33,719 Stavovali and okosekdal Ustankani Yanna, Senza stavela la a pretriku, 29 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:45,680 terzaks Milo valley, Rodina, nukila roshni soi tell zahovad qualitu, 30 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:59,879 terroniz aksnikijitar ratku potrebus doom loovit zachal conversadekvidal zayanovo izakiri 31 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:09,800 is to memus, tangko Yanna, lavo, Ratko vladi bhomtospolechny mam 32 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:18,680 napat namalo akti, mari bhomi, Pomozzi radexes a razel belotov 33 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:28,560 alejadralraju nasu ve on ayan as pologni posta viliprets vui 34 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:36,919 problem polo acti, the spol navano anna bidli svim zakas 35 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:45,719 nikums police, zakkum, senapat libel mavi bor ne pretvikis as 36 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:55,759 Vieno poizarov and Kopili ratkov, Rachko nakoni, vecea aktis mali 37 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:06,800 and nadruo Uvido Melisi Gemezis Nikolono tells the uspiru radekna 38 00:04:07,159 --> 00:04:26,639 test modernestrati, zakimov nova ju meotist namiest sesklidniro zakimovich av Vanko. 39 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you 40 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:32,319 may have missed. 41 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 5: Ve cher sebvant nostaromyist kemnamnisti. 42 00:04:40,439 --> 00:04:43,759 Speaker 3: The evening was approaching at the Christmas market on Stormiskanasty 43 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:44,879 Old town square. 44 00:04:45,519 --> 00:04:52,079 Speaker 5: Nad lavo seme shivitla zari ti nad dave aros prostira 45 00:04:52,399 --> 00:04:53,879 ti semes histori. 46 00:04:56,879 --> 00:05:00,639 Speaker 3: Lights gently spread overhead, shining above the crowd and stretching 47 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,040 between historical buildings. 48 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 5: Zdchem seneslavun escorte mandarinek asvina. 49 00:05:10,759 --> 00:05:13,639 Speaker 3: The air was filled with the scent of cinnamon tangerines 50 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:14,399 and mulled wine. 51 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:20,519 Speaker 5: Radek stal usveostam kurodava. 52 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:22,199 Speaker 1: Rachiki. 53 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 3: Radik stood at his stall where he sold hand crafted 54 00:05:26,519 --> 00:05:35,639 wooden toysvia aslasko virbene. All of them were meticulously and lovingly. 55 00:05:35,399 --> 00:05:43,079 Speaker 5: Made avagnes kumi sistam ku si motsliginhi malo. 56 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 3: Yet today, due to the stall's location, not many people 57 00:05:47,879 --> 00:05:49,040 were paying attention to them. 58 00:05:49,639 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 5: Ride astavovali and oko segdal ustam Kuyani. 59 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,519 Speaker 3: People were stopping just a bit further at Janastar. 60 00:06:00,759 --> 00:06:02,519 Speaker 1: Jenna Senza Stavela. 61 00:06:04,079 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 3: Yanna didn't stop. 62 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:12,399 Speaker 5: Nilak a pretti ku terza kazn milo Vale. 63 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 3: Her hands were full of cookies and pretzels that her 64 00:06:16,639 --> 00:06:23,319 customers Lovedestini. 65 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:23,759 Speaker 1: Sosen. 66 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,079 Speaker 3: Nevertheless, her family was urging her to expand her business, 67 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:31,519 which worried Jana. 68 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 5: Zahova terza Kazniki. 69 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,199 Speaker 3: She wanted to maintain the quality that was important to 70 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:43,360 her and her customers. 71 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 5: Ratku domvid Zachel conversikl zayano. 72 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,639 Speaker 3: Radik. We need to talk. Radik began the conversation as 73 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:57,720 he approached Jenna. 74 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: T voyizakzs hissni prist moustaank. 75 00:07:05,079 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 3: Your customers are making it difficult to get to my stall. 76 00:07:08,439 --> 00:07:16,319 Speaker 5: Yennaiva la lavo. Janna nodded ratku zva bhumto. 77 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:19,839 Speaker 3: Raddik. We could manage this together. 78 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: Mam napatna malo aktsee. 79 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 3: I have an idea for a small event. 80 00:07:26,759 --> 00:07:28,639 Speaker 1: Mole bihum sipomzi. 81 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 3: We could help each other. 82 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:42,959 Speaker 5: Radik szazil Raddick hesitated birotovajne Alejatrausiu. 83 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,199 Speaker 3: It was bold, but he was torn between the possibilities 84 00:07:47,199 --> 00:07:48,439 of success or failure. 85 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:55,399 Speaker 5: Nas Lui ti ve on ayennasposvuli problem. 86 00:07:57,279 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 3: The next evening, he and Jana confronted their problem. 87 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:10,879 Speaker 5: Together posado akse navan and nabidli svimza casnikum spoi. 88 00:08:13,519 --> 00:08:16,959 Speaker 3: They organized a small event where they collaborated. They came 89 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,720 to the Christmas market and offered their customers a joint package. 90 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 5: Za casnikum senapatl bil moor bretzki zasvirozeno poizaro venkopiratko. 91 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:38,759 Speaker 3: The customers liked the idea. They could taste jana as 92 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,720 delicious pretzels at a discounted price if they also bought radigas. 93 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:49,919 Speaker 1: Toy nakone vecira posh akseli nadru. 94 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 3: At the end of the evening after a successful event, 95 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,159 they both smiled at each other. 96 00:08:56,799 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 5: Uvi doo mirisiko nove telstmki u spiru. 97 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,159 Speaker 3: They realized that a new friendship had blossomed between them 98 00:09:10,639 --> 00:09:13,039 and that collaboration was the key to their success. 99 00:09:13,879 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 5: Radekna beestra zakim sooarov novaju mesik ako. 100 00:09:28,399 --> 00:09:31,159 Speaker 3: Raddik found a way to modern commerce without losing his 101 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:35,559 traditional values, while Yana found a balance between quality and quantity. 102 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 5: Stomaisti sesklidmiro zakima vicheva. 103 00:09:45,759 --> 00:09:53,879 Speaker 3: Avrimvamm star Old town Square calmed down as they sat 104 00:09:53,919 --> 00:09:56,799 together on a bench, captivated by hope and the warm 105 00:09:56,879 --> 00:09:58,159 Christmas spirit around them. 106 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. 107 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,879 Here are today's vocabulary words, first in check, then in English. 108 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:27,399 Speaker 1: Blee gill, blee, gill, bleezi ill, approaching, yemne yemne ye 109 00:10:27,519 --> 00:10:36,919 migne gently rosprostira ti rosprostirai ti ros rostira ti stretching, 110 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:47,840 scot it scott it scot cinnamon, svatn evina, svatvina, svajna 111 00:10:49,039 --> 00:11:00,879 mould wine ruchnievirabion eh Ruchnivirabira, handcrafted, Betlivia, Betlivia, Petisch Livier 112 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:13,879 meticulously Stanku, stanku, stanku, star, nutilla, nutilla, nutigila, urge rossi 113 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:19,159 it ros ross it expand. 114 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:23,399 Speaker 5: Zarazil, zarazil, Zarazil. 115 00:11:23,919 --> 00:11:36,639 Speaker 1: Hesitated, audvage, audvage, audvage, bold, Postavili Pastavili, Postavili, confronted, spolo, 116 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:43,559 brazzo Vali, spolo, brazzo, Vali, spolo, prazzo Valle, collaborated, sniklo 117 00:11:44,559 --> 00:12:01,360 v sniklo, snikolo, blossomed, uh segni, uhun u h segni, captivated, Nagi, Nadia, Nadia, hope, duhem, duhem, 118 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:13,919 dum spirit qualito, qualitu, valito, quality, actsi, aktsi, aktsi, event. 119 00:12:14,159 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 5: U spirhu u spirhu oof speirhu success, tradichnikh, tradichnikh, tradichnikh. 120 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: Traditional, opodovaani, opodovaani ophodovaani, commerce, zakhovat, zakhovad zakhovat, maintain rovnovahu 121 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:54,879 rovnovahu rovnovahu balance za khaznitzi, za khaznitzi, Zakaznizi. Customers pretrici, pretrici, pretriki, pretzels, 122 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:02,679 mandarin neck, mandarin neck, mandarin neck, tangerines. He stood it schime, 123 00:13:03,639 --> 00:13:07,759 he stood it scheme is stud it schi me historical. 124 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:14,320 Zvihodnin no zvihodna, no zv hodnyin no discounted. 125 00:13:20,519 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 2: We hope you've enjoyed this episode of fluent Fiction Check. 126 00:13:24,159 --> 00:13:27,120 Our team works tirelessly to bring you high quality, engaging 127 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,080 content that will help you to reach your goals, but 128 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,600 we can't do it alone. Your support is crucial in 129 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:38,039 keeping our doors open and our content flowing. Please consider 130 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:42,000 becoming a premium subscriber. To day you'll get more stories, 131 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:47,480 no ads, custom episode requests, and more. 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