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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll explore how siblings navigate the delicate

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Speaker 1: Le feydutnte pice, levni forte, moire u silverina teco entrepris

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famiel do utes a, la terrier de trof seta giere

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de poto de l'ar parens sorie, the pillioneur ric marceillal

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le bureau sett piendo chief read responsibility, setet aliso, derigimat

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nonclar paro at departy, vive rodalocut, poular rotred biamerite, elis

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el teta, sisar soon bureau trassan dezs kiss for a novel,

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companion publicIt there loc craniello mo y pansecretro de nouvo

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terisque de perture be larmonie de la sit elis contrere

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voletbusquellilei anject creativity, A modernist madame troupris is a Vederanian

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tou lejurspo disputed, the proge massauvon is the finice parade

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desa car k japans canupuve onto shin Pian Teleprusian arecin

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approtion meeric proposa elis elis nominated the tiel function de

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Jabian ret racluc joenovepapon rodoliscus in itil porton in that

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due to our important a prossa le jou the lasien

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de grass us as uni in error, previousio mmlar system

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Lancian Plano vesud repello problematter eliz tidia allourin the senouve

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strategy as sonansistence, we accept a de les sae lesser

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perse e tudo travaye coota court tonton said novel approach

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technology contre tuta tante la solution delis marcia meno suk

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sel satisfaction, the clear let saretta rede nns savecadne racium,

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the quart to have a resume di ti lanfa ifour

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par fabuscularly is abitude elis suri susanta atonji emoi jerealis

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rea telpol experience count agutaatell ensan it tru vera ni tradition,

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reno vascion, battison snir promettc corp left de la parent

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temn de de sur mourmont sn les suria peprice and

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si tamil clador de fey dutton utilis di couvrie renouvel

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fa son de dirigi in his son la force respect entrepris.

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Speaker 3: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any part you

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may have missed.

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Speaker 1: Le fey dutton ta pic leveni forte mon etire usilverina

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de niratch cor entrepris faiel de ut is.

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Speaker 3: The autumn leaves carpeted the brightly lit avenue where the

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building of Mittach Corps, the family business of Luke and

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Elise stood.

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Speaker 1: A lal terrierve santira la foi la modernite iletage.

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Speaker 3: Inside one could feel both modernity and heritage.

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Speaker 1: De troufi sentieeso lisita gieri de futo del parensurie de pirner.

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Speaker 3: Trophies gleamed on the shelves, and photos of their parents

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smiled down from the walls.

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Speaker 1: Lic marchie al bureau setet pien de chi fred responsa birriti.

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Speaker 3: Lick walked through the office, his head full of numbers

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and responsibilities.

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Speaker 1: Ceta li de di regi matinn r par te tartiri

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ro l'alusiut pola re tred bia meriti.

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Speaker 3: It was up to him to lead now that their

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parents had moved to the south for their well deserved retirement.

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Speaker 1: Elise el te te sisa son burou trassn dessquis poeneuve

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compagne pibli citre.

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Speaker 3: Elise, on the other hand, was seated at her desk

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sketching designs for a new advertising campaign.

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Speaker 1: Lic Trenellu.

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Speaker 3: Look feared change.

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Speaker 1: Yon denuvoter risque de percio be larmonie de la rey sit.

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Speaker 3: He thought too many new things could disrupt the harmony

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of their success.

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Speaker 1: Elis contre vule buscule antique gre tide PRIs.

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Speaker 3: Elise, in contrast, wanted to shake things up, injecting creativity

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and modernity into the company.

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Speaker 1: Zeve de rege mesuvon y sufinice.

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Speaker 3: Dec They had meetings every day to discuss projects, but

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often they ended in disagreements.

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Speaker 1: Ric jeponsqueuchin piente pugion ave nerique propos Elis.

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Speaker 3: Rick I think we can reach a younger audience with

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a digital approach, suggested a league.

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Speaker 1: Elise nomito zetie function rhetor luc.

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Speaker 3: Alise. Our current methods are already working well, retorted Luke.

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Speaker 1: Jeuenouve papon rod vis quintil.

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Speaker 3: I don't want to take unnecessary risks.

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Speaker 1: Fortin In that vito ache.

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Speaker 3: However, an important deadline was approaching.

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Speaker 1: Lu Jour de la sien de grass uni nerestem.

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Speaker 3: On Thanksgiving Day in the United States, an unforeseen error

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occurred in their system. Lancien the old plan wouldn't solve

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the problem in time.

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Speaker 1: Elisida alorindo senuves tragi as soon Nancistence, luc accepted de

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li Cilli.

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Speaker 3: Alise then studied one of her new strategies, and at

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her insistence, Luke agreed to try it.

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Speaker 1: Liser perse itud trevaer coute cout ton ton set nouvela

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proche tech no regique.

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Speaker 3: Hours passed and the two of them worked side by

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side attempting this new technological approach.

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Speaker 1: Contre toute la soulu sion de lis marcha meno suxe

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e la satisfaction di quilla.

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Speaker 3: Against all odds, Eliza's solution worked, leading to success and

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customer satisfaction.

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Speaker 1: Lit seeta reghe mansveq ne rasciun.

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Speaker 3: Luke stopped looking at his sister with admiration.

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Speaker 1: Juquoquitur verson ditirenfa.

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Speaker 3: I think you were right, he finally said.

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Speaker 1: Iffu par foibusculi le ries.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes you have to shake up old habits.

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Speaker 1: Elis suri sou sonto.

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Speaker 3: Alick smiled, feeling hurd.

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Speaker 1: Emi gurelis ree quel pol experience conte acute thel.

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Speaker 3: And I'll realize just how much experience counts.

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Speaker 1: She added, Ah song itru vera niki le bon traditioni

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novascion battissn sia navnir prometre po miretc corp.

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Speaker 3: Together they found a balance between tradition and innovation, thus

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building a promising future for me attach corp li.

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Speaker 1: Foutou de la parent tell mon de sur mourment son

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les sourier ent pepris.

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Speaker 3: The photos of their parents witnessing this moment seemed to

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smile a bit more, and.

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Speaker 1: Si tarmili zicia d'Or de fey dutn uqi relis di

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couvrie reneuvel fa sound di rigi in his son LaForce

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respect chat and succuilu tre porte lento Price.

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Speaker 3: Thus, among the golden glimmers of the autumn leaves, Luke

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and Alize discovered a new way to lead, uniting their

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strengths and respecting what each of them brought to the company.

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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 1: Le fe dutton, lefe dutton, le fey dutton. The autumn

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leaves levinue forte machiri levnue fort levni forte moii. The

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brightly lit avenue rita, lyritage, lyritage, the heritage litroufi, litrofi, litoufi.

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The trophies lisite lis lisita er, the shelves le responsibility,

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le responsibility, le responsbility, the responsibilities lare trette, lare trette,

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lare trette, the retirement, le bureau, le bureau, le burerou

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the desk lazis kis, lazis kis, lezis kis. The sketches

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like companion publicIt there, like companion publicIt there, like compangnie

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public sit there.

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Speaker 3: The advertising campaign, the change.

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Speaker 1: Larmony, larmony, lamony, the harmony LaRue sit LaRue sit larree

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s it. The success like creativity, like creativity, like creativity,

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the creativity bloo modernism, lemodernism, le modernism.

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Speaker 3: The modernity le proge, le proge, le proge, the projects.

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Speaker 1: Lady Zacho, Lady Zaco, lady Zacho.

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Speaker 3: The disagreements La.

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Speaker 1: Poche neric laproche neric, la poche merik. The digital approach

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le risk, le risk, leisk, the risks. Let that betoir,

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Let that betoir, let that vitoir. The deadline, lereer, lerere, lereer,

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the error lesistem lessist them, lessist them. The system, last trategi,

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last trategi, last trategi. The strategy lap la poche dick

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loque la poche dick no logic. The technological approach listtante

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listant Lisa don't the odds led me rasciu, led me, rascium,

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led mi rascium, The admiration lixperience, li sperience, licksperience, the experience,

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Blicky libra, licky libre, licky libra. The balance, let tradition,

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let tradition, let radisium, the tradition, bino vescion, lino vession, linovessiu,

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the innovation.

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