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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll unravel a gripping art heist in Rotterdam,
Speaker 3: where a curator and a restorer must set aside differences
Speaker 3: to restore a stolen masterpiece before the museum's reputation fades away.
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Speaker 1: Uvale from the Colexi and at Freeze condere Putazzi from
Speaker 1: the Museum Ernstrasgrade Sona musted Snell, Oplauser Blom and Rupashoner.
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Speaker 1: constall Brachte and it's Hildereikir, the failure to pass and
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Speaker 1: brum and sonna obnudes hot comer from rotter Dam posreblev.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you
Speaker 3: may have missed in.
Speaker 1: The Leni zone from Rotterdam by the bloomer in blue
Speaker 1: stone endestat four lee of us Stonte Constall tots to
Speaker 1: de modern Achbau.
Speaker 3: In the spring sun of Rotterdam, where the flowers were
Speaker 3: in bloom and the city was full of life, stood
Speaker 3: the constaal proudly among the modern buildings.
Speaker 1: Bin in it Museum vas edruk met bezukers did Echtet
Speaker 1: and tom stelling Abavunde.
Speaker 3: Inside the museum it was bustling with visitors admiring the
Speaker 3: contemporary exhibitions.
Speaker 1: The kloss and Stalknstrucci filleded around just met held Licht
Speaker 1: deevel bowted the tulp and oscleurrekevachters the income side.
Speaker 3: The glass and steel construction filled the spaces with bright light,
Speaker 3: while outside the tulips adorned the entrance like colorful sentinels.
Speaker 1: Open dach to media from of Tredraus consummer be Fosperado
Speaker 1: curator from the gunstal metemproblem tiste.
Speaker 3: One day amidst the hustle and bustle, San the determined
Speaker 3: curator of the constall faced a problem.
Speaker 1: Then booms Hilda was.
Speaker 3: Ferdune, a famous painting had disappeared.
Speaker 1: Hetz Hilderay was in Juveille from the Collexi and at
Speaker 1: Freeze Condere Budazzi from the museim Ernstrade.
Speaker 3: The painting was a jewel of the collection and its
Speaker 3: loss could severely damage the museum's reputation.
Speaker 1: Sonna musted snell oplos.
Speaker 3: Sen had to solve it quickly.
Speaker 1: Bum L Bashonier the restauratur the the oak in the Gunstaal.
Speaker 3: Brahm, a passionate storer, also worked at the consteal.
Speaker 1: Hey vos ret anad ferdvane is Hilderee oppemaner de niemand Mderspuheve.
Speaker 3: He was attached to the missing painting in a way
Speaker 3: that no one else understood hert.
Speaker 1: Vos foremer denn kunstwerg Hetvosen Inspirasiboem.
Speaker 3: To him, it was more than a work of art.
Speaker 3: It was a source of inspiration.
Speaker 1: Bluem Wildetz Hildere Costevot, Costefine marfol for dot imont mdersta.
Speaker 3: Date Brahm wanted to find the painting at all costs,
Speaker 3: but especially before anyone else did.
Speaker 1: Develle's son Lador de mainto feel her ouim zinner brom Sijdreux.
Speaker 3: As San moved through the crowd, she noticed how secretive
Speaker 3: Brahm was acting.
Speaker 1: Hey kiek Stemsehin also fey it's pobearded to forbear.
Speaker 3: He kept shyly looking around, as if he were trying
Speaker 3: to hide something.
Speaker 1: Son beslowed him in the hat of the how.
Speaker 3: San decided to keep an eye on him.
Speaker 1: Bloom obse Bert had beslow to ehspirto to start and
Speaker 1: under for sutil sen Koli has obsukna amazing.
Speaker 3: Bram in turn decided to start his own investigation and
Speaker 3: subtly questioned his colleagues for clues.
Speaker 1: The date Dron and the druk obsnam to Metadach.
Speaker 3: Time was running out and the pressure on San increased
Speaker 3: with each day.
Speaker 1: So beslowed that the date was brom to confrontire.
Speaker 3: She decided it was time to in front.
Speaker 1: Brahm operlustrefunt tun de lichte in the haliay dim de
Speaker 1: and the lads, the Bezukers for Troc sarsn of Bram
Speaker 1: Richtingen Forebo the r Biglobe.
Speaker 3: On a quiet evening, when the lights in the galleries
Speaker 3: dimmed and the last visitors left, San saw Bram heading
Speaker 3: towards a restricted area in.
Speaker 1: Still to fort de sehem Nard Keelder and plats var
Speaker 1: alained pershu nil met specialatu stemming.
Speaker 3: Mortcombe Silently, She followed him to the basement, a place
Speaker 3: where only staff with special permission could go.
Speaker 1: Lucir vos chimay baise say some of metzec lton in
Speaker 1: her stem.
Speaker 3: So this is what you've been up to, said Sam,
Speaker 3: with a certain tone in her voice.
Speaker 1: So for srikt Bram the snell um cake.
Speaker 3: She startled Brahm, who quickly looked back.
Speaker 1: Son ikommeth outlech.
Speaker 3: San, I can explain.
Speaker 1: Ic poberitz hildee tefinde bauhom bram metens soul rubric.
Speaker 3: I'm trying to find the painting, Brahm began with a
Speaker 3: guilty look.
Speaker 1: Missrien mutevet sam am Bacher still the son of fur.
Speaker 3: Maybe we should tackle this together, San suggested.
Speaker 1: Umdhangs de de ferensis mustas is sam vic omitzhilde rey
Speaker 1: op de Spor.
Speaker 3: Despite their differences, they had to work together to track
Speaker 3: down the painting.
Speaker 1: Meetun kochte rabunault hondetis nd signedisa a son de lukover Droolftrazin.
Speaker 3: With their forces combined, they discovered clues they had overlooked individually.
Speaker 1: Bloom del de zeen Ginnis from the gunstenars Envarratz Hilderee
Speaker 1: so gud.
Speaker 3: As Brahm shared his knowledge of the artists and where
Speaker 3: the painting could.
Speaker 1: Be vel son Nahar intuitzibraugte lay did amzignnarm for borram
Speaker 1: to innigelder.
Speaker 3: As San used her intuition, the clues led them to
Speaker 3: a hidden room in the basement en dar tis ou.
Speaker 1: The frames and for hate gunstug Lad for mistus Hilderee
Speaker 1: feil Oproborg.
Speaker 3: And there, among old frames and forgotten art pieces lay
Speaker 3: the missing paintings, safely tucked away.
Speaker 1: Vell Blum and Sonna nasked as hildere stomle besifed as
Speaker 1: Zoupe longleg for traw of Us.
Speaker 3: As Bram and Sand stood next to the painting, they
Speaker 3: realized how important trust was.
Speaker 1: Blumez in d'l sainmmevere Camier, Brint Donard Naya from Berchet
Speaker 1: Luca Forlons.
Speaker 3: Bram saw that collaborating brings more than chasing personal desires.
Speaker 1: Sont makre rennie jee khete in her instincte.
Speaker 3: San gained newfound confidence in her instincts.
Speaker 1: Hete mousei m consendur revedo phau de for de faye
Speaker 1: bezukurs di de len and added Constaalblachte and its hillrei
Speaker 1: qiir de fay t nachenireblats.
Speaker 3: The museum could keep its doors wide open to the
Speaker 3: many visitors that spring brought to the Consteal, and the
Speaker 3: painting returned safely to its place of honor.
Speaker 1: Matuzun So Lachan di deheimol Orgne and Rosecur Hilda Vista
Speaker 1: Constall built it dump Sebrum and some Opmudes hot Garmer
Speaker 1: from Rota dam Vos.
Speaker 3: With the sunset painting the sky in orange and pink hues,
Speaker 3: the Constall knew that thanks to Brahm and san it
Speaker 3: had once again remained the treasure house of Rotterdam.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: Bluey, bluey, bluey, bloom, trouts, trouts, trouts, proudly, Dluke, dluke, druc, bustling.
Speaker 6: Buvunderde beuvunderde buvunderde admiring, agentates, eigentates, agentates.
Speaker 3: Contemporary, si de si de.
Speaker 1: Si de adorned, fossparade, fosperade, fosparade, determined, currator, courator, curator.
Speaker 7: Curator, ernste ernstef ernstef severely srade, srade, srade.
Speaker 3: Damage, ripashonni rupas neared, ripas need passionate.
Speaker 1: Restore that tour, Restore tour, Restore that tour, Restore in spiracy,
Speaker 1: boom in spiraci, boom in spiracy, boom inspiration, swifter, swulter, swifter, shyley,
Speaker 1: hejeim zener heim zener, hejeim zener secretive, duke, the luke drouke, pressured, confrontier, confrontier, confrontier,
Speaker 1: confront forebod forbaude, forboude, restricted, suldere suldre suldere guilty soup
Speaker 1: till soup till soup till subtly bound, leah bounde le
Speaker 1: bound leah combine over theetoft trezene O for thetof trusine
Speaker 1: over theetoftrusine overlooked Intoitzi intuitzi, intuitzi, intuition, amveisinger, amveising amveisinger,
Speaker 1: cloes forborge, forboorg, Forboorge hidden, fortrauen ftroughen fortrouen, trust nah,
Speaker 1: jach nahjach nah, jach, chasing forlongenz, forlorenz forlongenz, desires Zieker height,
Speaker 1: zeker hate, zieger height, confidence, shot, gammer, shought, gmmer shot, gammer,
Speaker 1: treasure house.
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