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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll uncover the truth behind a mystical
painting and explore the budding connection it sparks between an
art historian and a talented artist amidst folklore and Christmas charm.
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pieblian articti non sant martetler la verite nero dona lucie,
la valeercel merit eten confierriore sequesta venturnequ debidin bella nici
upetetre cocus dupre avecusille listois di ne vie seleste de
villen LeJean bartegi nformeliria an protagoniste.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
may have missed.
Speaker 1: Don sain ni verigur de normonsi le fellaise di tretasu
dres magestieusmn ro couverte de givre.
Speaker 3: During a harsh winter in Normandy, the Falaci's diatrotat stand
majestically covered in frost le vent froi.
Speaker 1: Sufre delge a portvecu de noormiur Diestoisiennes.
Speaker 3: The cold wind blows in from the sea, carrying whispers
of ancient stories.
Speaker 1: Said Tissi don soupisgipus tu fu cucommensusven montisterie.
Speaker 3: It is here in this breathtaking landscape that our mysterious
events begin.
Speaker 1: Etienne, an historian darpassion marche lane mons predi bor de felaise.
Speaker 3: Etien, an art historian with a passion, walked slowly near
the edge of the cliffs.
Speaker 1: Y Pens Liucille Let tallentius artiste de la region.
Speaker 3: He thinks of Lucille. The talented local artist led.
Speaker 1: Niur seesere npre de mounsieur de du courls mem sibucunili comprenta.
Speaker 3: He admires her works, filled with emotion and color, even
though many do not understand them.
Speaker 1: Lusia Resa mon pinetoil tent annevier nvide de lucielle rudu
sieur de felaise.
Speaker 3: Recently, Lucille painted a strange canvas, a ship sailing in
the sky above the cliffs Tu su.
Speaker 1: De monde la pousible.
Speaker 3: Everyone wonders if this is possible.
Speaker 1: Ma anjour meelis de tu joun queerte de viti dut
de lutniciti de sou tableau.
Speaker 3: Mark, a journalist, always in search of truth, doubts the
authenticity of this painting.
Speaker 1: Y pens ce l.
Speaker 3: He thinks it is a hoax.
Speaker 1: Sou bon dent puritien said panurre Priquin saint prere.
Speaker 3: However, for eighten, this painting is more than just a
work of art.
Speaker 1: Ell E tin pi po de couvri que couchus du
grand peutetre pos proche du Lucille.
Speaker 3: It is a key to discovering something great and perhaps
to getting closer to Lucille.
Speaker 1: Etienne de sid don quietien.
Speaker 3: Sucre Eten decides to investigate in secret c.
Speaker 1: Mos parrocherchi disisd'n dancien du quimo.
Speaker 3: He starts by looking for clues in old documents.
Speaker 1: I la ent visita Lucille non sonaturier qui don sour
le maire.
Speaker 3: He visits Lucille in her studio overlooking the sea.
Speaker 1: Usil antrigue par la facinecon ditien partee sizens piracion.
Speaker 3: Lucille, intrigued by Aten's fascination, shares her inspirations El parre.
Speaker 1: D'a re vetan wel voye sona vie voulie.
Speaker 3: She talks about a strange dream where she saw the
ship flying.
Speaker 1: Etienn souson yier el pu germel parravon.
Speaker 3: Etienne feels more connected to her than ever before.
Speaker 1: Ne marque nebondon pa.
Speaker 3: But Mark does not give up.
Speaker 1: Is souchec piste pre pru vecu toutefou.
Speaker 3: He follows every lead, ready to prove that it's all false.
Speaker 1: Y confutetien isellen de di couvrier sus anton chu.
Speaker 3: He confronts Aten, trying to uncover his intentions.
Speaker 1: Etien da gerrit de mon.
Speaker 3: Aten must act quickly, but cautiously leave De.
Speaker 1: Noel tutie comino, tico, rasson vili fe silibre.
Speaker 3: On Christmas Eve, the whole community gathers on the snowy
cliffs to celebrate.
Speaker 1: Enfeu de joietierre la ni froide.
Speaker 3: A bonfire lights up the cold night.
Speaker 1: Etienne nervu me de termini pola.
Speaker 3: Parole nervous but determined, Aten speaks.
Speaker 1: L couvert.
Speaker 3: He describes his discoveries at.
Speaker 1: Traverse rocher Lsio renouncien le jean lecale.
Speaker 3: Through his research, he reads about an ancient local legend.
Speaker 1: El piteen moudi dole nell cheques noel.
Speaker 3: It speaks of a cursed captain whose ship shone in
the clouds every Christmas. Tou le mon de silancieu, everyone
is silent.
Speaker 1: Etien so yea gerne puvolxison de surreci.
Speaker 3: Eten pulls out an old page from a notebook proving
the existence of this tale.
Speaker 1: Marc am preci de rocher rocune la vera cit ten
de la pantieur.
Speaker 3: Mark, impressed by the depth of the research, acknowledges the
truth of the painting's theme.
Speaker 1: Y ded ra conte risto non so journalese rendo justice
so tell'n de Lucille.
Speaker 3: He decides to tell the story in his newspaper, Doing
Justice to Lucille's talent.
Speaker 1: La magi de noela ha prochquer.
Speaker 3: The magic of Christmas brings Heart's closer.
Speaker 1: Etienne on the coul regin de la partieur de couve
rosicus sonti montl partegi.
Speaker 3: Etien, in discovering the origin of the painting, also discovers
that his feelings for Lucille are mutual.
Speaker 1: En song z merely feles rev du tre fabulousistoire partegi.
Speaker 3: Together they admire the cliffs and dream of other fabulous
stories to share.
Speaker 1: And si marqueeblia artique qui nons mon et la veriti
nero don Lucille la velle nerit.
Speaker 3: Thus, Mark publishes an article that not only sheds light
on the truth, but also restores the value that Lucille deserves.
Speaker 1: Etienne confieru secull iti upe tetreus dupre Avecusille.
Speaker 3: Eighten confident and happy, knows that this adventure is just
the beginning of a beautiful friendship or perhaps something more.
Speaker 1: With Lucille listois genevie seleste de villen LeJean bartegi nfors
Germeilie an protagoniste.
Speaker 3: The story of the celestial Ship becomes a shared legend
forever strengthening the bonds between our three protagonists.
Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Here are today's vocabulary words, first in French, then in English.
Speaker 1: Rivert, LeVert, livert, the winter, Piguru, pigouru, rigouru, harsh li feleas,
le falaise, les falaise, the cliffs, magestusmo magestusmon magestius, majestic, legivre, legivre, legivre,
the frost, Levon, Levon, leuvan, the wind, lemieurmeur, lemiremur, le neeremur,
the whispers Epus to flint, epus, to flan, epus, to flan, breathtaking,
le bourg de falaise, le bour de falaise, le bours
de falaise, The cliff edge, Latiste, lartiste, latiste, the artist, latox, latoal, latoal,
the canvas, Lenavie, Lenavie, lenavier, the ship, leciel lecielle, le siel,
the sky, I can you la I? Can you la? I?
Can you lar? A hoax blue tont citi, loutnt citi,
lou tonticiti, The authenticity Lisani's lis as lesnis, the cruise,
lidou quimo, lidou quimo, le du quimo, The documents later ye,
later ye led to ye. The studio lerelerev, lerev the dream,
swivering peaste, swivering peaste, suivering beeaste, to follow a lead, lisantnsi,
lisantonsiu lisan.
Speaker 3: The intentions dem pre de mon pre, de mon cautiously.
Speaker 1: Leve de noel, leve de noel, leve de noel Christmas Eve,
the bonfire, lepiten, let epiten, leque piten, The captain, lineage, lineage, liniuage,
the clouds, licilence, licilance, li cilence, the silence, litternae, litternae
letterne the notebook. La profound lea profundre, la profund depth, latici,
latici latici the article.
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