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Together, we can keep the world's stories flowing. 24 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: Zamo lem billie coospohatke listi herals latavo arudo palito staltamradik 25 00:01:57,359 --> 00:02:10,520 amaterski historic alda stopt ve camarat petre amisni provatslav ripo 26 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:18,520 clad then pripomin martinez vartek usa aslavis dobrim v m 27 00:02:19,879 --> 00:02:30,400 radek lub severils poitos radem petro nasoi to strata chiasso 28 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:40,599 sta kameni, and it's vat rical mo vejo dodl vatslavs 29 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:54,879 usim pro rosa and ras p vatslav ponai navt mohlob 30 00:02:54,960 --> 00:03:06,159 tambo nal petovs al radektikil nitsos vashtniro intuito postri kovala 31 00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:16,960 musimtosistit recrodlane za vili nashli kravichkus prastao pechki vnit beeldupis 32 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:24,680 star aksechki chetle potijo, dopis ho krival time stvi davni 33 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:34,960 pribus niebel dissipane marado radekt til mlo teno okamjikspoioval minulost 34 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:42,680 spritomnosti petre venkivl tag dobre as he exists, to vit 35 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:53,319 tersem levigil prepostil or chip on enovejo respecto avatslav yeoto popocladus, promila, 36 00:03:53,400 --> 00:04:01,840 ves veda, vost povlach spoty miims lonesta conchila radek snovia 37 00:04:01,879 --> 00:04:13,599 nabito duvi historitke instinctivedo, jetkove ner pretzstat tam strie hemstrem 38 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:24,439 tihima staime cashdi onchi oposna ni a patelsti vs dov 39 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:25,720 moham ichaso. 40 00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you 41 00:04:29,959 --> 00:04:30,600 may have missed. 42 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: Zamozrirad hora lemov ostini billie cos poatke. 43 00:04:42,639 --> 00:04:46,079 Speaker 3: The misty ruins of Dratka Alderup, framed by autumn hughes, 44 00:04:46,399 --> 00:04:48,000 were like something out of a fairy tale. 45 00:04:48,639 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: Listi heralos latavo arudo palato. 46 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,639 Speaker 3: The leaves played with a palette of golden and red. 47 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:06,319 Speaker 1: Stal tamradek amaterski historik al edai tistisvitku. 48 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 3: There stood Ladik an amateur historian searching for traces of 49 00:05:09,879 --> 00:05:11,319 his ancestors. 50 00:05:11,399 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: Vedla nye yo ceptki kamarat petre amistni provoevatslav yehosha na kritipoklat. 51 00:05:23,639 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 3: Beside him were his skeptical friend Pether and the local 52 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:30,040 guide Dautslav, whose eyes sparkled with hope for hidden treasure. 53 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: Den pripo mina satero martina swarteknepech usa aslaviz dobrimvinem. 54 00:05:40,319 --> 00:05:44,079 Speaker 3: The day resembled Swatomna, the holiday when goose is roasted 55 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,560 and celebrated with good wine. 56 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: Radek viril je obivi spoitosdem. 57 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 3: Raddik firmly believed he would discover a connection between his 58 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,120 family and the castle. 59 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: Petramiel al jin Nasoi. 60 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 3: However, pair had different opinions. Toy estrada chiasso, it's a 61 00:06:08,639 --> 00:06:09,279 waste of time. 62 00:06:09,879 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: Stare kameni anits vit ri cal poovachnie. 63 00:06:16,439 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: Old stones and nothing more, he said skeptically. 64 00:06:19,639 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 1: Moshna nai de menitu zaima vejo do del vatslavs usmvem. 65 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 3: Maybe we'll find something interesting, added Dautlov with a smile. 66 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: Projazeirospadli mihod bami ana narasiinazai prujot. 67 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 3: They walked through the crumbling corridors and suddenly came upon 68 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:44,000 a sealed passage. 69 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: Vatslav poninatcheni navratier. 70 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 3: Vautslov, full of excitement, suggested opening it. 71 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,199 Speaker 1: Mohlo bitambtneneh nale hal. 72 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:03,199 Speaker 3: There could be something valuable there, he urged. 73 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: Petresippovs decho ale Radic tikil nitus Vashtniro. 74 00:07:10,759 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 3: Petre sighed, but Radik felt something peculiar. 75 00:07:13,879 --> 00:07:16,959 Speaker 1: In tuitropos Trikhovala. 76 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 3: Intuition pushed him. 77 00:07:19,319 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: Moussimtosischit record, I must find out, he said determinately, zachvilin 78 00:07:28,079 --> 00:07:31,079 a shlikrabic ku sprastoro pechiki. 79 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 3: Soon they found a box with an ancient. 80 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: Seal auvnitbil dopis t stari aksechki. 81 00:07:41,079 --> 00:07:46,639 Speaker 3: Inside was a letter, old and fragile chetri Pochicho. They 82 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,079 read it silently, dopis. 83 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: Otkri val taeimstri d'avni tribusni bil grisipanemrado. 84 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 3: The letter revealed a secret. A distant relative was once 85 00:07:59,240 --> 00:07:59,879 the lord of the ca. 86 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,879 Speaker 1: Radek tchil yexemulo. 87 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,079 Speaker 3: Raddick felt his heart come alive. 88 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: Then to o comgik spooval minulos spritomnosti. 89 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 3: This moment connected the past with the present. 90 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,199 Speaker 1: Petre kivo. 91 00:08:21,519 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 3: Petro nodded in amazement. 92 00:08:23,319 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: Tabre a exist sui viter sem le vigil pripostill ochipon 93 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:32,879 noveo respecto. 94 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 3: All right, then perhaps there are things I haven't seen, 95 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,000 he admitted, his eyes filled with newfound respect. 96 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:48,279 Speaker 1: Avatslev and that's love yehoto vesvida vos. 97 00:08:51,799 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 3: His yearning for treasure transformed into curiosity about his own roots. 98 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: Sposi minim sluncemsiesta concila. 99 00:09:01,639 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 3: With the autumn sun. Their journey came to an end. 100 00:09:04,759 --> 00:09:12,399 Speaker 1: Radek snovia nabito duvios jistoritzke instincte videl jeehopretkov so. 101 00:09:13,919 --> 00:09:21,639 Speaker 3: Negretztat Raddik, with newfound confidence in his historical instincts, knew 102 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,600 that his ancestors were closer than he ever could have imagined. 103 00:09:25,159 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: Taemsti he Taem's theme quihim spo na priic staltime. 104 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 3: The secrets of the castle were now his secret, A 105 00:09:36,799 --> 00:09:38,279 silent connection across. 106 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: Centuries tesli caajhd on bohachi opozna ni aptra delsti kterevs 107 00:09:47,519 --> 00:09:49,559 dov moham ichaso. 108 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,039 Speaker 3: The three men parted, each a little richer in knowledge 109 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,519 and friendship that defied both the mists and time. 110 00:10:02,399 --> 00:10:06,519 Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. 111 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,360 Here are today's vocabulary words, first in check, then in English. 112 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:38,399 Speaker 1: Zamozine, zamojine, zamoje, misty ruins, lemovanne, lemovannee, lemovannee, framed, ostini, otstini, ostini, 113 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:53,600 use boatke, bohatke boat, fairy tale, balletto, balletto, balletto, palette, said, cool, said, cool, 114 00:10:54,080 --> 00:11:03,679 set cool, ancestor, Stiptitski, Stiptitski, set its ki, skeptical, provoze 115 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:14,080 provotz blue vote, did planui planui lan ulli sparkled tripo, 116 00:11:14,159 --> 00:11:25,120 menal pripo minal simple menw resembled nasoi, nasori, nasoi opinions 117 00:11:25,639 --> 00:11:36,399 rospadlimi rospadlimi, rospaimi, crumbled za pei za pei za pei. 118 00:11:36,919 --> 00:11:45,279 Speaker 3: Sealed, prout, prou hot brough, what passage, nale, hell nale. 119 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 1: Hell nale, hel urged, slashed, nihro, slashed, nihro, slashed, nihro, 120 00:11:54,080 --> 00:12:01,559 peculiar into it, into it, into it in tuition, lane 121 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:17,600 lane lane determinately pet Sey Cechy Sechy fragile ms three 122 00:12:18,919 --> 00:12:24,120 ms three, I am is there secret? Daviny pre bus knee, 123 00:12:25,159 --> 00:12:31,480 Daviny prebles knee, Daveney pre bus knee, distant relative banem 124 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:46,759 banem v M majestic O comsjack o comsick moment, amazed, 125 00:12:47,279 --> 00:12:58,000 respect to respect to respectful respect, dohah oh yearning via DeVos, 126 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:08,399 via DeVos, Zvina Vos, curiosity, Kozenech Kosenech, cozesnech roots. 127 00:13:14,639 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 2: We hope you've enjoyed this episode of Fluent Fiction Check. 128 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,240 Our team works tirelessly to bring you high quality, engaging 129 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,240 content that will help you to reach your goals, but 130 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,720 we can't do it alone. Your support is crucial in 131 00:13:27,879 --> 00:13:32,200 keeping our doors open and our content flowing. Please consider 132 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:36,159 becoming a premium subscriber. 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