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Speaker 1: Fluid fluent dorg.

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Witness a suspenseful poker night in Paris where high stakes

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reveal the true value of friendship over fortune right after

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Speaker 1: Souleri vill Bons de Paris and club sucre abrite in

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Saint saintlier In, Pierce feble mort e, Pierre en lupe

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de fime, abrite, dablu de pou, Pierre couvert de feu,

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trevert demurmere di gesflute, la laer mellio, tints montevert is

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ci Etienne an artist on difficulty, ceesayer a Vecinician socret

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Geni said parti de po care pei esidet Gerontier, Sonarnier,

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you sill like roupiero du person distributally cartavec Indexterite, remarkable,

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econissell secret, jour, Commelisia, Assadrat Mathieu, Lennie, dan Fons, Detienne Longside,

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the blag in your Holy Sausido Sonanni Latnci Monterellor, Calinis, sacimule,

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levis age, sutante, lesreguardef pisantans Etienne, Sante son carbertrefar leavebeuzoon

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de gueni nefas sougour Chevroni the challenge attetimens soudan an

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soufo cour pierre Brisso, mathieu, sefondrasco la table seige ton

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saint volont sans the towns, la sarette etien sufijia achua

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de valuis continue le jou we de son ani sans

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cite is a precipita vermathieux vitilis alegi to campound depression

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etien fido son p stabilis sonni You sell a plale

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so cour son calmabitueles le ninite parire deser meranpha leda riva, mathieu, palme, rivon,

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futransportiello pitale et en episi mes sulages santine, monsieur son nepole,

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you sell remercian and sourer bi unc la partier continuous

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sally etien regretia. The recipe de montbrody cleb compounces a

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defect Twitter mathieux reconnaissance jen bonconte propos a de l

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de financiermon etienna veserte per di la partis ni la vega,

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nidian price leniti e la tegriti se terrevilli bien pu

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precious delarchon ilreali zac se valer retremont illini ver paris

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jan jindous cheller.

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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: Souleriull brant de Paris and creb sugre abrite in Sant

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san Ulier.

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Speaker 4: Beneath the vibrant streets of Barhill, a secret club housed

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a singular scene in.

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Speaker 1: Pierce feblemnt e pierre, envelope de fime abrite in tablu

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de po pierro couverte de de feu trever.

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Speaker 4: A dimly lit room enveloped in smoke held the poker

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table covered in green felt.

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Speaker 1: De neurmell de ges fute la lare nelli uta mon de.

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Speaker 4: Vere Murmurs of jazz floated through the air, mingled with

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the clinking of glasses.

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Speaker 1: Ici Etienne an artistan difficulti ceceeller a Vecinian sucrete.

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Speaker 4: Here Ecien, a struggling artist sat with a secret mission.

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Speaker 1: Gen Ye said, pertis de pu quer.

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Speaker 4: Win this poker game, pay ye side, pay his debts,

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er jn tier so nier secure his future.

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Speaker 1: You see le coupierro je person distribute vexter re markab.

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Speaker 4: Lucille. The croupier with piercing eyes dealt the cards with

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remarkable dexterity.

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Speaker 1: Eiseli sucre de jour Comlissien.

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Speaker 4: She knew the player's secrets as well as her.

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Speaker 1: Own, Asadrete Mathieu len nidnf de Tiene, Lances de Blais,

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Yoli Susi de son Ani.

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Speaker 4: To her right, Macio Etienna's childhood friend made jokes, unaware

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of his friend's worries.

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Speaker 1: Le Toncione lo callinice sec.

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Speaker 4: The tension mounted as the bets piled up.

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Speaker 1: Le ris de lesreguer sufusit pisans.

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Speaker 4: Faces grew tense, gazes became more intense.

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Speaker 1: Etienne Sonte son gerbertrefort.

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Speaker 4: Etienne felt his heart pounding.

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Speaker 1: Leve de Gergni ne fa sourgour Chevroni lecell en te timens.

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Speaker 4: He needed to win, but faced with seasoned players, the

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challenge was immense.

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Speaker 1: Soudan as soufu cour pienre.

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Speaker 4: Brissour Suddenly a short gasp than a dull third.

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Speaker 1: Mathieu sefuondre sigeur Tonson voulon tou sence.

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Speaker 4: Matieu collapsed on to the table, his chips scattering everywhere.

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Speaker 1: Le Tonson lea Sareti.

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Speaker 4: Time seemed to stop etien.

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Speaker 1: Soufigia an chois de valli.

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Speaker 4: Etien froze a choice before.

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Speaker 1: Him, Contini lu jieu ui de son.

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Speaker 4: Ani continue the game, or help his friend.

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Speaker 1: Sans digiti yu prisi pita Vermetieu.

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Speaker 4: Without hesitation, he rushed to Matio.

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Speaker 1: Vitilis oli gieutun campuen de priscion Etien fid sone purte

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birisi son Ani.

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Speaker 4: Using the chips as pressure points, Ecien did his best

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to stabilize his friend.

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Speaker 1: Usi la plai li sou cour son quel ma bituele chance.

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Speaker 4: Lucille called for help, her usual calm shaken by the urgency.

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Speaker 1: Le ninit parire deser nern fin les da riva.

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Speaker 4: The minute seemed like ours, but finally help arrived.

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Speaker 1: Mathieu tell ne rivon futrins Bertiello pitel.

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Speaker 4: Matio. Pale but alive, was taken to the hospital.

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Speaker 1: Etienne episi nes sou la gi sontin mansieur.

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Speaker 4: Etienne, exhausted but relieved, felt a hand on his shoulder.

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Speaker 1: Lucille remerciennas surier.

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Speaker 4: Licio thanked him with a smile.

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Speaker 1: Bience Le partier continues sally Etienne regretia.

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Speaker 4: Though the game continued without him. Etienne had no regrets.

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Speaker 1: L reespe de montred cre de fete.

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Speaker 4: The respect of the club members compensated for his loss.

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Speaker 1: Priterre Mathieu rocones proposa deli di financer.

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Speaker 4: Later, Macio, grateful and healthy, offered to help him financially.

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Speaker 1: Etienna veste di le parti nileve diencris.

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Speaker 4: Ecien had indeed lost the game, but he had gained

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much more.

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Speaker 1: Leni e lanti grittervilli bien precious gelerchon.

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Speaker 4: Friendship and integrity had proven far more valuable than money.

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Speaker 1: I relizaveli vere parisienduscheller.

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Speaker 4: He realized that these values were what truly mattered. Lighting

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up the Barizio winter with a gentle warmth.

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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: Blue club, blue club, la club, the club, listen, listen

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less sen the scene, lattist, lattist, latiste, the artist, lemission,

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le mission, lensium, the mission, pleaded, blade, laid dead, the

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deaths Leavinier, lavinier, Latnier, the future, like Hoopier, like Upier,

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like Hoppier, the Crewpier Ledexteriti, Ledexterity, l Dexteriti, the Dexterity, Latonsi, Latonsi, latonsium,

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The tension, leguirelesuire, leguire, the prayers, the challenge, the challenge,

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the challenge, the challenge, Le souffle souf, les souf, the gasp,

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lebri libri, lebrie, the third, Leisure toun leisure toun, leisure, tune,

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the chips, lat table let, table let table, the table, lechois,

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le chois, le choi, the choice, lispue depression, lespond de pression,

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lispue depression, The pressure points lead lead lead, the help jence,

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li jeens, li jeens, the urgency, Blue p teal, leup tell, lupitel,

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the Hospital, Bleepool, lepool, lepool, the shoulder, lu surier, lesurier,

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le surier, the smile, Le Regrey, le regrey, le re grey,

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the regrets, le respe, le respe, le respe, the.

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Speaker 4: Respect, les Man, le montre, les man, the members.

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Speaker 1: Ladi fete, ladi fete, leddi fete, the worse, let me

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tie let me, tie let me ti, The friendship lanti

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gritty latigritti, laanti gritti.

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Speaker 4: The integrity, le Veller, le veller, le Veller, the values,

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la cheller, la chelle, la cheleer, the warmth.

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