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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll explore how Santiago's struggle with a
Speaker 3: Migraine network turns into a tale of camaraderie and success,
Speaker 3: showcasing the power of teamwork in overcoming personal and professional hurdles.
Speaker 4: Right after this commercial break.
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Speaker 1: yel free the fora Contrastava color the less Santiago de
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Speaker 1: la lous grise alex terrior sevil trava traves de las
Speaker 1: grandez ventanas projectando sombra, sensus critorio Santiago savillake conzu project
Speaker 1: was to vira listo par call la junta directiva, ira
Speaker 1: clave parela santo sonyava, perola, pression elestres commence, sarnas re
Speaker 1: pasarlo al mediodia, commensoas and tirlas pusada familiar grama runa saadasia, concada,
Speaker 1: minutoke passava, nunca via permitido kel dolrlo de tu via
Speaker 1: porloke sido to marun and al hesiko ubi and cargado
Speaker 1: esperando kees o s dia suficiente Lucia companera ya miga cercana,
Speaker 1: sepercato de ke, Santiago, al cami Naraci la machina de
Speaker 1: cafe Santiago estasbien pregunto procupada, biendo la palides and sur
Speaker 1: rostro see solo canzado, respondoel intentandos on ar comfiadosava parakeel,
Speaker 1: the lord is minojera cine embargo amedda kelasas trans Korean,
Speaker 1: La Migrania, sevol villa, macevera, la pantagupta, dot navavor rosa
Speaker 1: difficult concentrace savie ke via Septa, judas a momento critico,
Speaker 1: Santiago selevantvalan tebusco a Lucia Kenestava revizando documentos and solugar
Speaker 1: Lucia creoceno terminares to solo nessito a juda subosa, penace
Speaker 1: and susurro perogontia to dalagence frustrasisentia Lucia, the Holo, cestavasi
Speaker 1: and sala de des Canso, tomatun momento Aki Carlosigiopo de
Speaker 1: mossegir conel project don rato tusalu de simportante di jo
Speaker 1: confirmesa agradecido jun poco avergonzado, santiaguacepto, ela que tu de
Speaker 1: la salla don del ruido alexteror savisava descanso on momento
Speaker 1: pocua poco, la pression and sucaveza and pesoa seder trasuna
Speaker 1: media rade reposo says intilosuficient dementevi and como para volver
Speaker 1: and control Lucia Carlos travajando dilijen demente conuna nova perspectiva
Speaker 1: Sunia agos estavesa poiendo s and sus coolegas paracompletlata de
Speaker 1: manera ficiente la noche jego if in almente el projecto
Speaker 1: estuvollisto Santiago miro a susamigo's congratitude a villa prendido on
Speaker 1: alexia maliosa aveses reconno cerlos propious limites jacepta juda selverdadro
Speaker 1: cabino alexito conel travajuregado jus too tempo, Santiago cinti pastero
Speaker 1: keto villaspirava la censo a viat quirido albo muco mas profundo,
Speaker 1: la staa clavia le varsee.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: E la plant alta di ficio de ficinas Santiago stava
Speaker 1: frentem dora suzels so rel telado.
Speaker 3: On the upper floor of a modern office building, Santiago
Speaker 3: sat in front of his computer, his fingers flying over
Speaker 3: the keyboard.
Speaker 1: E la viente dintro de les pasoa vito un marder
Speaker 1: rudo telef so navan impressora sumbava nilos compagneos, comber savan
Speaker 1: and mourmulos.
Speaker 3: The atmosphere inside the open space was a sea of noise.
Speaker 3: Phones rang, printers hummed, and colleagues che murmurs e.
Speaker 1: Rein vierno yelfriu de fora contrastava cal de lis fske
Speaker 1: Santiago de di cavl projecto ke de villa con.
Speaker 3: It was winter, and the cold outside contrasted with the
Speaker 3: heat of the effort that Santiago dedicated to the project
Speaker 3: that had to be completed before the end of the day.
Speaker 1: La LUs grisel sterrior travese lasd vias project then doo
Speaker 1: sombra sin sus Gritorio.
Speaker 3: The gray light from outside filtered through the large windows,
Speaker 3: casting shadows on his desk.
Speaker 1: Santiago savilleke con seq su projects tu vira list pa,
Speaker 1: junta dictiva reclave pare la.
Speaker 3: Santiago knew that making sure his project was ready for
Speaker 3: the meeting with the board of directors was key to
Speaker 3: the promotion. He so dreamed of.
Speaker 1: Perola precie list tresco mien sernasolo.
Speaker 3: But the pressure and stress were starting to overwhelm him.
Speaker 1: Al melliovilla comensoa stilassas familiar.
Speaker 3: By noon, he began to feel the familiar throbbing of
Speaker 3: a migrainea sa minuto kesava. It was an unpleasant sensation
Speaker 3: that grew with every minute that passed.
Speaker 1: Nunca via permitido ke via porloke maruna aljsiko junka fe
Speaker 1: carrado esperando que so serrie suficiente.
Speaker 3: He had never allowed pain to stop him, so he
Speaker 3: decided to take a painkiller and a strong coffee, hoping
Speaker 3: that would be enough.
Speaker 1: Lucilla combe ya mia cerca ceti minerai la machina de cafe.
Speaker 3: Lucilla, a colleague and Cloe friend noticed that Santiago was
Speaker 3: staggering as he walked toward the coffee machine.
Speaker 1: Santiago is tas vien prevunto pro cupada, biendo la paides
Speaker 1: and surrostro.
Speaker 3: Santiago, are you okay, she asked, worriedly, seeing the paleness
Speaker 3: on his face.
Speaker 1: See solo canzado respond viol intentando sonar confiedo miquel dor
Speaker 1: dis minujerra.
Speaker 3: Yes, just tired, he replied, trying to sound confident while
Speaker 3: praying the pain would.
Speaker 1: Lessen sinembargo amevida kila soros transcurien la mine vie ma severa.
Speaker 3: However, as the hours passed, the migraine became more severe.
Speaker 1: Le penta rosa difil concentrace.
Speaker 3: The screen of his computer became blurry, making it difficult
Speaker 3: to concentrate.
Speaker 1: Savie keve villa seuda.
Speaker 3: He knew he had to accept that he needed help.
Speaker 1: In Momento critico, Santiago sevan valente vuscoa Lucia quenestava revisano comentosluga.
Speaker 3: At that critical moment, Santiago stood up shakily and sought
Speaker 3: out Lucia, who was reviewing documents at her desk.
Speaker 1: Lucilla cre mines to solo nisito ajuda subosa and susurro
Speaker 1: peroence frustra q.
Speaker 3: Centia, Lucia, I don't think I can finish this alone.
Speaker 3: I need help. His voice was barely a whisper, but
Speaker 3: it contained all the urgency and frustration he felt.
Speaker 1: Lucia dejlu kees tava sien la de vescanso.
Speaker 3: Lucilla stopped what she was doing and took him to
Speaker 3: a small break room.
Speaker 1: Doma tellun momento a qui Carlos sigiopo de moseegirconel projec
Speaker 1: don rato tu salu de simportente di jo confirmesa.
Speaker 3: Take a moment here, Carlos and I can continue with
Speaker 3: the project for a while. Your health is important, she
Speaker 3: said firmly.
Speaker 1: Agra decido jun pocoa vergonzado Santia jua seto.
Speaker 3: Grateful and a little embarrassed, Santiago accepted.
Speaker 1: E lequie tu de la sella don del ruido de
Speaker 1: lixterior sesa viceva des cansol momento.
Speaker 3: In the quiet of the room, where the noise from
Speaker 3: outside was softened, he rested for a moment.
Speaker 1: Poco poco la precion and suca vesa and psoa.
Speaker 3: Sever Little by little, the pressure in his head began
Speaker 3: to ease.
Speaker 1: Trasuna me via rad reposo, sacintiolo sufi sin temente vienkomo paavolve.
Speaker 3: After half an hour of rest, he felt well enough
Speaker 3: to return in.
Speaker 1: Contro Lucia Carlos, tra vajando di li jinemente.
Speaker 3: He found Lucia and Carlos working diligently.
Speaker 1: Conula nova perspectiva sunoa agius ista eno susco legas para
Speaker 1: comp de manere ficiente.
Speaker 3: With a new perspective, he joined them, this time relying
Speaker 3: on his colleagues to complete the task efficiently.
Speaker 1: Leno chejego ifilmente el projectostvo listo.
Speaker 3: Night fell, And finally the project was ready.
Speaker 1: Santiago mido a susa migos congratitu.
Speaker 3: Santiago looked at his friends with gratitude A.
Speaker 1: Via prindido alexi maliosa aveses recono serlos propios limtiactera juda
Speaker 1: is silverdadro ca mino Alexito.
Speaker 3: He had learned a value lesson sometimes recognizing one's limits
Speaker 3: and accepting help is the true path to success.
Speaker 1: Conel trava, jus tempo, santiergro sintia, vacintrio.
Speaker 3: With the work delivered just in time, Santiago felt an inner.
Speaker 1: Peace quiva la cinzo a viet quirido, albo, mucho mas
Speaker 1: profundo la sera.
Speaker 3: Although he still aspired to the promotion, he had gained
Speaker 3: something much deeper, the certainty that teamwork is the key
Speaker 3: to rising.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Spanish, then in English.
Speaker 1: De la since so elacenso e lascenso promotion, La junta directiva,
Speaker 1: la junta directiva, lahunta directiva, board of directors, peles ferso
Speaker 1: eles forso elis forso effort, la priscion, la brission, la precion, pressure, pelistrice,
Speaker 1: elistris alis, trice, stress, plaspoon sadas, laspoonsadas, laspoon, savas, probing, blam, grana,
Speaker 1: lami grana, la migrana, migrain, pe leanaljsico, ellan aljsico, elan, aljsico, painkiller, bla, palides,
Speaker 1: la palides, la palides, paleness, borosso borosso borosso florry, black, concentracion,
Speaker 1: la concentracio, la concentraci concentration, blaur hensia, laurugensia, laurus hensi, urgency, blaff, lustracion,
Speaker 1: blaf flustration, la frustracion, frustration, tell alivio, el alivio e
Speaker 1: l alivio relief plas a louth las a louth lass
Speaker 1: a louth health black, your tooth, luck, your tooth, lack,
Speaker 1: your tooth quiet, El ruido, el ruido, el ruido, noise,
Speaker 1: l riposo, l riposo, l reposo.
Speaker 3: Rest.
Speaker 1: La perspectiva, la perspectiva, la perspectiva perspective el colega, el colega,
Speaker 1: el coleega call it blavil heensia, blavil heensia, lavilhensi, dilligence, black,
Speaker 1: gratitooth lagrati tooth lagrati tooth gratitude. Plalexion, plelexion, la lexion
Speaker 1: listen limite e limite e limite limit place hertsa placetesa,
Speaker 1: la certesa certainty elexito elexito a laxito success bla pass,
Speaker 1: blad pass lave pass peace plus biracion plus biracion las
Speaker 1: piracion aspiration ltravajueneqipo l travajueneqipo ltravajuenequipo teamwork plus Vintana's Las
Speaker 1: Vintana's Las Vintana's Windows.
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