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Speaker 1: Fluid fluent Dorg.

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In this episode, we'll unravel a vibrant tale of intrigue

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as a young artist and a skeptical curator uncover the

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secrets behind a mysterious painting, forever changing their view of

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Speaker 1: Montmartre, rivo oh Prazon learisen Plende Colaire les fleur lis

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artist de dar liturists set de ville de mister now

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impettit gallery there in twelve mysterious at a pare persons

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suevia l o d et Injian artists, elador lesis to

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arcaschet sont reve de di couvri loregen the sert Pantheo

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mysterious Julian lepurateur de la gallery a sceptic Pauli setting

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fast in a padot perd me elodi penso tromo, elodi

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de sid dominaisonanket cell shacques matter esro a la gallery,

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Alexamine la panteo sututi coutier a scherch des and this

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anjour roderdando puipre elodi de coovera cacachous in signor tire

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miniscu Christie ferse son cerbavit la signet to as Seldo

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an artist the disparide pilon person naverantin de parade red

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avexcept de couvert elodie, precipite Virgilia Julien as your premier

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septic in the pepacuar de couvert soireel electsamine longemon finan

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mon vola veritesu ses you grasa elo d la penteo

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mysterius do vien celebre le journalistaienne belpreende photo the secret

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des artiki Julian the pepus in your relevidance. He comments

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are precillo, mister re lanconni elodgen you conference on el

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el realist cases and stanson precieux Julian ui Jean Josi

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he con promptide they shows do la rique in the

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pepietrix pty sans premont Amonmartre, le planton continued leux le

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cafe lis artists toutella listois de la panio mysterious de

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villen LeJean lecale elodie vecnuvou regard lfe Colard come ville

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a plan de sieur PRIs.

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Speaker 4: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you

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may have missed.

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Speaker 1: Montmartre Rivon.

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Speaker 4: Monmartre is alive.

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Speaker 1: Paul plantin leus soon plain de Coulaires.

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Speaker 4: In the spring. The streets are full of colors.

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Speaker 1: Les fleur lis artist de d rux, les tourists.

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Speaker 4: The flowers, the street artists, the tourists.

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Speaker 1: Set en plan de ville de missterre.

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Speaker 4: It is a place full of life and mysteries.

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Speaker 1: No zin petit gellerie there intoine nis terius e ta parie.

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Speaker 4: In a small art gallery, a mysterious painting has.

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Speaker 1: Appeared persons sidu ria.

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Speaker 4: No one knows where it came from.

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Speaker 1: Elodi Etinjian artists. Elodi is a young artist eldor lesisour Queschi.

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Speaker 4: She loves hidden stories.

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Speaker 1: Son reeve de di couvrier la regin de set pantio mysterious.

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Speaker 4: Her dream is to discover the origin of this mysterious painting.

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Speaker 1: Julien leturatel de l gellerie e setic.

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Speaker 4: Julian, the curator of the gallery, is skeptical.

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Speaker 1: Polis setin farts. For him, it's a joke in napad

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to perd. He has no time to waste may eludiment.

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Speaker 4: But Alodi thinks otherwise.

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Speaker 1: Eludi de si de minisseulnquetzel.

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Speaker 4: Alodi decides to conduct her investigation.

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Speaker 1: Alone cheques matin es gellerie.

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Speaker 4: Every morning she goes to the gallery.

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Speaker 1: Elix Mil la pantur Coutier.

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Speaker 4: She examines the painting meticulously.

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Speaker 1: Des chers desis. She looks for clues ajour roderden de

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pue pre eludi de courva que cachus.

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Speaker 4: One day, while looking more closely, Alodi discovers something.

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Speaker 1: In signeto minesquieu crisque fessi, a tiny signature, almost erased

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sonc Barite.

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Speaker 4: Her heart beats quickly.

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Speaker 1: La signetur selda artiste disparid.

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Speaker 4: The signature is that of an artist who disappeared long ago.

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Speaker 1: Person na vellentons de ridu pi desni.

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Speaker 4: No one had heard of him for years.

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Speaker 1: Avexi di couvert eld se precipite Vergilia.

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Speaker 4: With this discovery, a Lodi rushes to Julian.

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Speaker 1: Guia sieur prima septique.

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Speaker 4: Julian is surprised but skeptical.

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Speaker 1: Die pupacroi que de couvert de soirrell.

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Speaker 4: He cannot believe that this discovery is real.

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Speaker 1: Elix Mill.

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Speaker 4: He examines it at length.

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Speaker 1: Finan mont Vola vie disu sisiu.

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Speaker 4: Finally he sees the truth with his own eyes.

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Speaker 1: Grace elud la panchio mysterius de viencee lebre.

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Speaker 4: Thanks to allodi, the mysterious painting becomes famous.

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Speaker 1: Le jion neelis dee vien. Journalists come di prend de foutout.

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They take photos, discri desertiquie. They write articles guillen p relividance.

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Julian can no longer ignore the evidence icoms a precister.

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Speaker 4: He begins to appreciate the mystery and the unknown.

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Speaker 1: Elu di dell confience elles.

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Speaker 4: Aldi gains confidence in herself.

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Speaker 1: El re elis queis pres.

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Speaker 4: She realizes that her instincts are valuable.

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Speaker 1: Gullien rei chan jou si.

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Speaker 4: Julian changes too.

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Speaker 1: Y con propiller des chous de la riqui pietres peti

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saint premont.

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Speaker 4: He understands that there are things in life that cannot

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be explained simply.

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Speaker 1: A moon mart Le panton Contini.

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Speaker 4: In mont Matra, spring continues.

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Speaker 1: Leu, le cafe, lis artiste, tutela.

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Speaker 4: The streets, the cafes, the artists, everything is there.

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Speaker 1: Listois de la panthio mysterious de vien ye Jean le gale.

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Speaker 4: The story of the mysterious painting becomes a local legend.

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Speaker 1: Elodien j Veca nouveau reguer, Alodian, Julian look at their

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surroundings with a new perspective. Yfuela comrie.

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Speaker 4: They know that art, like life, is full of surprises.

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Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.

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Here are today's vocabulary words, first in French, then in English.

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Speaker 5: Momart, momart, momart, mamarra, le pantin, le panson, le panon.

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Speaker 1: The spring, livy, livy, livy, The streets, life, life, life,

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the flowers, Blae tourists, Blea tourists, Blae tourists, the tourists,

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Blinis there, blinice there, Blinis there, The mysteries leaguell Rida

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le geller Rida, legell Rida, The art gallery, Latoell, latoel Latoell,

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the painting, blacktist, blatist, blacktist, the artist. La signeture, la signetu,

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la signeture, the signature bl Curate, blue Curate, b curate,

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the curator Blondie Bland, this Bland, This is the clue.

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Lady covert, Lady covert, Lady covert, the discovery, Blue Care,

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Blue Care, blue Care, The Heart, le Verite, le Verite, leverite,

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the truth, Lejonellist, Lesionalist, Legionellist. The journalists Lifuto, Lifuto, lifutu.

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The photos lasertici, lasertiti, lasertki. The articles Believe Dance, Believe Dance,

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Believe dance. The evidence, La confience, la confience, la conference,

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The confidence, lipisege lepisge lipisege.

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Speaker 4: The surroundings lereguer, lereguer, leareguer, The perspective.

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Speaker 1: Lisier Pries, lisieur Pries, Lisier Pries.

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Speaker 4: The surprisesnister You Nis, the Younister You, Mysterious, siptiq, siptik, siptiq.

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Speaker 1: Skeptical, Chrisieu, Chrisieux, Chrisieu.

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Speaker 4: Precious Mini Mini Mini, conduct, Blunkett, Blunquet, Blunkett, investigation, defesc

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defesc defesc erase dupiuntal, dupiuntaldupiuntal long ago.

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