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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll unravel a journey of love and
Speaker 3: cultural tradition as Bram races against time to find the
Speaker 3: perfect gift for a heartwarming reunion.
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Speaker 5: hasta fol deep Blum stopped middy in it ollus turrent
Speaker 5: neither vitrinus hey was zeniwarter fondarches was the doctor Heisoskia,
Speaker 5: Saint frindin at Karnada ain't a luxeand muttu my ears
Speaker 5: must head perfected Cadolphinde Blon srudezeenhoft cass miss rint is
Speaker 5: simple then jute Bostope muilectavafur in Zen fervaring beldeheizen Hude
Speaker 5: friend willemope villem Ikapjao Whupnoder, said blanchhast in the telephone
Speaker 5: votreive exoscia villem Entward, Ruduldre kiss it her can barnaedelons
Speaker 5: miss rin and sechi Delf's blow. Blum knicked o Laustrand
Speaker 5: then hated that same freindreleg cut leave the four hull
Speaker 5: on the traditsis jousacre hood over comber met her new
Speaker 5: the vosperadenheit but half bronze. If neither winkle full Meddelft's
Speaker 5: blower product, then a blafe hunger upon steal daily kata
Speaker 5: troop of as Sahada presised the yaos to mix van
Speaker 5: eiler humsy and envout its perfect Martunza had a way
Speaker 5: for the cosa long the lung elka saconda fulled us
Speaker 5: an ure hay cake up the clock. Soskias flutsau Snell
Speaker 5: London tway for cropiennabine. What us hated the lad was
Speaker 5: broom be slowed Snell then footeburg to offer the floor
Speaker 5: the well henar the cosa sprinter opened that he obtates
Speaker 5: ozain me need to fold us an awhad my out
Speaker 5: angled batal de hay and hold. Thenither uncomstall met Cardo
Speaker 5: stav in sen hondo the don the uncome stall opened
Speaker 5: the metal flowstring and Darstonse Soskia hlimlacht and arhem her
Speaker 5: austral and von Fleurde welcome in Nederland. Je brohm t
Speaker 5: well hehir the father of Drede soskias o lichtor mio
Speaker 5: sem prat brom donkey in that moment bessived the hay
Speaker 5: that needed cado was not tell the marred faith that
Speaker 5: hair was up that moment blum klimlacht and unhelstahar the
Speaker 5: zora for duane as nail for the zoom out angeluk
Speaker 5: vosit the forbidding and knitted rushrink, the ech putake in
Speaker 5: his hot sriphole blev druc marbrum and saskia from the
Speaker 5: rust in Okar's and theiserhete het vos buhin from each moist.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 5: The wur fon verso cooffe men as I met laude
Speaker 5: font cooffers he offered a hug of floor from sriphole
Speaker 5: verde rutoco.
Speaker 3: The smell of fresh coffee mixed with the sounds of
Speaker 3: suitcases being dragged across the smooth floor of skiphole.
Speaker 5: Hetvos druk in the venkles laiserhurs hast as if to
Speaker 5: su direca full teepee snaed al on se producte.
Speaker 3: It was busy in the stores, travelers rushing between racks
Speaker 3: filled with typical Dutch products.
Speaker 5: Blooms midi in it allus tourent neider vitrinis.
Speaker 3: Bram stood amidst it all, staring at the displays.
Speaker 5: Hey vos zenuvarcht.
Speaker 3: He was nervous.
Speaker 5: Fonda voste dochtt Saskia, Saint frindin out Kannada and luksad muttu.
Speaker 3: Today was the day he would finally meet Saskia, his
Speaker 3: girlfriend from Canada.
Speaker 5: My earst mustaad perfect kadolfinde.
Speaker 3: But first he had to find the perfect gift.
Speaker 5: Blunt sr deesehenhoft.
Speaker 3: Bram shook his head. Gus cheez miss rinti simple, maybe
Speaker 3: too simple.
Speaker 5: Then hutabostube.
Speaker 3: A large bouquet of tulips muriect fervour, difficult to transport.
Speaker 5: Inz fervaring bel dehezen jude friend Willem Rope.
Speaker 3: In his confusion, he called his good friend Willem.
Speaker 5: Villiem keepa rupnade je blanchst in the telephone.
Speaker 3: Willem, I need your help, said Brahm hurriedly on the phone.
Speaker 5: Voltrifisovskia.
Speaker 3: What should I give Saskia villim entowar de ruduld kiss
Speaker 3: it ken barnadelons Willielm answered patiently. Choose something recognizably Dutch.
Speaker 3: Miss rien en sechy deelfs blau, maybe a set of Delft.
Speaker 5: Blue blanknichte alaustudent. They didn't dlcein frindrelai ca.
Speaker 3: Bram nodded as he listened, knowing his friend was right.
Speaker 5: Yiftefo hol on setradicis chausacre hout.
Speaker 3: Overcombe a love for Dutch traditions would surely be well received.
Speaker 5: Met knew de fosperadenheit behoff blums if neidervinkle full meddelf's
Speaker 5: blau producte.
Speaker 3: With renewed determination, Bram headed to the shop full of
Speaker 3: Delft blue products.
Speaker 5: Zen O Rublai Fehmer opened still daily kate tulpefas.
Speaker 3: His eyes lingered on a pair of delicate tulip faces.
Speaker 5: Sahade precis the yaus to mix from e la humsi
Speaker 5: and enfaut.
Speaker 3: They had just the right mix of elegance and simplicity
Speaker 3: het vosper ficht. It was perfect.
Speaker 5: Martunzarchee de rey for de cosa.
Speaker 3: But then he saw the line at the cash register.
Speaker 5: Long long, too long, too long, El cascun le fool
Speaker 5: de lsinuur.
Speaker 3: Every second felt like an hour.
Speaker 5: Hey, kick up the cloak.
Speaker 3: He looked at the clock, soskias flu sau Snell long
Speaker 3: Saskia's flight would land soon.
Speaker 5: Today full crop pien narbine. Doubt crept back in vot
Speaker 5: olsey tlat vos. What if he was too late, bloom
Speaker 5: beslowed Snell.
Speaker 3: Brahm decided quickly.
Speaker 5: Zeen fluteburg to offer the flor tervell heinnard de cossa
Speaker 5: sprint opened d'artel obtey tarzan.
Speaker 3: His feet pounded over the floor as he sprinted to
Speaker 3: the register, hoping he would be on time.
Speaker 5: Minito fooled us a ewerhet my out anglet buttal de
Speaker 5: hay and hold thenarda ahn comstaal met at cador. Stay
Speaker 5: for zenand.
Speaker 3: Minutes felt like an eternity, But eventually he paid and
Speaker 3: dashed to the arrival's hall with the gift held firmly
Speaker 3: in his hands.
Speaker 5: The deu renarda ah comstal opened and metam flowstring.
Speaker 3: The doors to the arrivals hall opened with a whisper.
Speaker 5: En darstoms and there she was, soaskiya himlach de narheim
Speaker 5: her ouroustra land.
Speaker 3: Fonfurte Saskia smiled at him, her eyes shining with joy.
Speaker 5: Vil coom in delnt je bram te vel hehar de
Speaker 5: fas au rende.
Speaker 3: Welcome to the Netherlands, said Bram as he handed her
Speaker 3: the vases.
Speaker 5: Sosquias o lichte normierop.
Speaker 3: Saskia's eyes lit up even more.
Speaker 5: Sezeen pratr brom donquier indt moment bessif de hey deltad
Speaker 5: nitaed cado vos d'artilde maret fat deltayer vos opd'at moment.
Speaker 3: They are beautiful, Brahm, thank you. In that moment, he
Speaker 3: realized that it wasn't the gift that mattered, but the
Speaker 3: fact that he was there.
Speaker 5: In that moment, bum glimlachte en ommelstehar.
Speaker 3: Brahm smiled and embraced her.
Speaker 5: Zen zour for dvane, I'll snail for de zoum.
Speaker 3: His worries melted away like snow under the sun.
Speaker 5: Out angluk voss the forbidding and knitted trushrink the ef badaignishalt.
Speaker 3: In the end, it was the connection and not the
Speaker 3: gift that truly had meaning.
Speaker 5: Sliphol blev druc Marblum and Saskia fum mu rust in
Speaker 5: Okar's aveserhet.
Speaker 3: Skiphole remained busy, but Bram and Saskia found peace in
Speaker 3: each other's presence.
Speaker 5: Het vossbuhin from itch.
Speaker 3: Mois it was the beginning of something beautiful.
Speaker 4: To Day's vocabulary words are coming up right after this
Speaker 4: commercial break. Here are to Day's vocabulary words, first in Dutch,
Speaker 4: then in English.
Speaker 5: Whore, where, whore, smell, hutroka, hutroc hutroker, dragged, clod, clother, clod, smooth, midha, midha, midha,
Speaker 5: amidst xenuart, xenuacht, xenuart.
Speaker 3: Nervous, boss, boss bos okay for fur, for fur, for fura, transport.
Speaker 5: Forvarting, forvarting, forvarting.
Speaker 3: Confusion, hood.
Speaker 5: Hoduld patiently, FoST baraden hate, FoST baraden hate, FoST baraden hate, determination,
Speaker 5: daily kato, daily kata, daily kata, delicate, belief in Hommer,
Speaker 5: belief in hammer, belief in Hommer.
Speaker 3: Linger, cossa, cosa, cossa, cash register, twayful, twayful, twayful, doubt, grope, grope, grope, crept,
Speaker 3: book to bookt doctor, pounded, sprinter, sprinter, sprinter, sprinted and
Speaker 3: comes tall, and comes tall, and comes tall, arrivals hall.
Speaker 5: Floistering, flowstering, flostering.
Speaker 3: Whisper fur flur fur joy.
Speaker 5: Umhelster, umhels the umhelster embraced for vene, for vene for vene,
Speaker 5: melted forbinding, forbinding, forbinding, connection and these height AMVs hate
Speaker 5: am the height.
Speaker 3: Presence but fin befin befin beginning, Rays Lays Lays Journey.
Speaker 6: Ricon, Ricon, Riacon Rock, Cado, Cado, Cado, Gift.
Speaker 5: London, London, London, Land Flut Flut, flut flight.
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