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reveal the true value of friendship over fortune right after
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Speaker 4: Let's take another Listen. Listen closely to any part you
may have missed.
Speaker 1: Souleriull brant de Paris and creb sugre abrite in Sant
san Ulier.
Speaker 4: Beneath the vibrant streets of Barhill, a secret club housed
a singular scene in.
Speaker 1: Pierce feblemnt e pierre, envelope de fime abrite in tablu
de po pierro couverte de de feu trever.
Speaker 4: A dimly lit room enveloped in smoke held the poker
table covered in green felt.
Speaker 1: De neurmell de ges fute la lare nelli uta mon de.
Speaker 4: Vere Murmurs of jazz floated through the air, mingled with
the clinking of glasses.
Speaker 1: Ici Etienne an artistan difficulti ceceeller a Vecinian sucrete.
Speaker 4: Here Ecien, a struggling artist sat with a secret mission.
Speaker 1: Gen Ye said, pertis de pu quer.
Speaker 4: Win this poker game, pay ye side, pay his debts,
er jn tier so nier secure his future.
Speaker 1: You see le coupierro je person distribute vexter re markab.
Speaker 4: Lucille. The croupier with piercing eyes dealt the cards with
remarkable dexterity.
Speaker 1: Eiseli sucre de jour Comlissien.
Speaker 4: She knew the player's secrets as well as her.
Speaker 1: Own, Asadrete Mathieu len nidnf de Tiene, Lances de Blais,
Yoli Susi de son Ani.
Speaker 4: To her right, Macio Etienna's childhood friend made jokes, unaware
of his friend's worries.
Speaker 1: Le Toncione lo callinice sec.
Speaker 4: The tension mounted as the bets piled up.
Speaker 1: Le ris de lesreguer sufusit pisans.
Speaker 4: Faces grew tense, gazes became more intense.
Speaker 1: Etienne Sonte son gerbertrefort.
Speaker 4: Etienne felt his heart pounding.
Speaker 1: Leve de Gergni ne fa sourgour Chevroni lecell en te timens.
Speaker 4: He needed to win, but faced with seasoned players, the
challenge was immense.
Speaker 1: Soudan as soufu cour pienre.
Speaker 4: Brissour Suddenly a short gasp than a dull third.
Speaker 1: Mathieu sefuondre sigeur Tonson voulon tou sence.
Speaker 4: Matieu collapsed on to the table, his chips scattering everywhere.
Speaker 1: Le Tonson lea Sareti.
Speaker 4: Time seemed to stop etien.
Speaker 1: Soufigia an chois de valli.
Speaker 4: Etien froze a choice before.
Speaker 1: Him, Contini lu jieu ui de son.
Speaker 4: Ani continue the game, or help his friend.
Speaker 1: Sans digiti yu prisi pita Vermetieu.
Speaker 4: Without hesitation, he rushed to Matio.
Speaker 1: Vitilis oli gieutun campuen de priscion Etien fid sone purte
birisi son Ani.
Speaker 4: Using the chips as pressure points, Ecien did his best
to stabilize his friend.
Speaker 1: Usi la plai li sou cour son quel ma bituele chance.
Speaker 4: Lucille called for help, her usual calm shaken by the urgency.
Speaker 1: Le ninit parire deser nern fin les da riva.
Speaker 4: The minute seemed like ours, but finally help arrived.
Speaker 1: Mathieu tell ne rivon futrins Bertiello pitel.
Speaker 4: Matio. Pale but alive, was taken to the hospital.
Speaker 1: Etienne episi nes sou la gi sontin mansieur.
Speaker 4: Etienne, exhausted but relieved, felt a hand on his shoulder.
Speaker 1: Lucille remerciennas surier.
Speaker 4: Licio thanked him with a smile.
Speaker 1: Bience Le partier continues sally Etienne regretia.
Speaker 4: Though the game continued without him. Etienne had no regrets.
Speaker 1: L reespe de montred cre de fete.
Speaker 4: The respect of the club members compensated for his loss.
Speaker 1: Priterre Mathieu rocones proposa deli di financer.
Speaker 4: Later, Macio, grateful and healthy, offered to help him financially.
Speaker 1: Etienna veste di le parti nileve diencris.
Speaker 4: Ecien had indeed lost the game, but he had gained
much more.
Speaker 1: Leni e lanti grittervilli bien precious gelerchon.
Speaker 4: Friendship and integrity had proven far more valuable than money.
Speaker 1: I relizaveli vere parisienduscheller.
Speaker 4: He realized that these values were what truly mattered. Lighting
up the Barizio winter with a gentle warmth.
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: Blue club, blue club, la club, the club, listen, listen
less sen the scene, lattist, lattist, latiste, the artist, lemission,
le mission, lensium, the mission, pleaded, blade, laid dead, the
deaths Leavinier, lavinier, Latnier, the future, like Hoopier, like Upier,
like Hoppier, the Crewpier Ledexteriti, Ledexterity, l Dexteriti, the Dexterity, Latonsi, Latonsi, latonsium,
The tension, leguirelesuire, leguire, the prayers, the challenge, the challenge,
the challenge, the challenge, Le souffle souf, les souf, the gasp,
lebri libri, lebrie, the third, Leisure toun leisure toun, leisure, tune,
the chips, lat table let, table let table, the table, lechois,
le chois, le choi, the choice, lispue depression, lespond de pression,
lispue depression, The pressure points lead lead lead, the help jence,
li jeens, li jeens, the urgency, Blue p teal, leup tell, lupitel,
the Hospital, Bleepool, lepool, lepool, the shoulder, lu surier, lesurier,
le surier, the smile, Le Regrey, le regrey, le re grey,
the regrets, le respe, le respe, le respe, the.
Speaker 4: Respect, les Man, le montre, les man, the members.
Speaker 1: Ladi fete, ladi fete, leddi fete, the worse, let me
tie let me, tie let me ti, The friendship lanti
gritty latigritti, laanti gritti.
Speaker 4: The integrity, le Veller, le veller, le Veller, the values,
la cheller, la chelle, la cheleer, the warmth.
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