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Discover how Luke navigates the challenges of a Parisian winter
to achieve not just academic success, but a deeper understanding
of life's quiet triumphs right after this commercial break.
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de chois d'espois Polernier.
Speaker 4: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any party may
have messed cheques.
Speaker 1: Matin Luc parte de Cheluis Sulobe Grisi das de river para.
Speaker 4: Every morning, Luke left his home under the gray and
icy dawn of the Barrizio winter, le Vi.
Speaker 1: Lentier, son let Prisonice, su zin Hin couche de givre, littre,
tour Brie came di biguturiu Lner di Metta.
Speaker 4: The entire city seemed trapped under a thin layer of frost,
and the sidewalks shimmered like forgotten jewelry in the morning light.
Speaker 1: Luc Sonsexio, Les pour Avonce, Grandpa vel Luisi, Marcel prouste
Anita blissman Plan de villeu Liisitia der Rie Ris de
l Promer.
Speaker 4: With his bag on his shoulder, Luke strode towards rece
Marcel puste, a lively school where laughter echoed from the
early hours.
Speaker 1: Juqi tea di termini curier de tuta pon.
Speaker 4: Luke was a determined student, curious to learn everything.
Speaker 1: Souspon dent le lunge disubligua.
Speaker 4: However, lately, the long study evenings were sometimes interrupted by
unexpected family obligations.
Speaker 1: Untolicurve eli distraction se consinc.
Speaker 4: Between chores and distractions. His concentration was crumbling.
Speaker 1: Somata la tonverse desert vitrefice.
Speaker 4: That morning, as he crossed the deserted streets, Luke was
deep in thought.
Speaker 1: Le veu re sierrave brixa mondo f trimes.
Speaker 4: He had a goal to ace the end of term exam.
Speaker 1: I preci professor di trochin burs ditude.
Speaker 4: He wanted to impress his teachers and secure a scholarship.
Speaker 1: Le foie mal de si juisidi nill levense.
Speaker 4: The cold bit his cheeks and fingers, but he pressed
on determined.
Speaker 1: Ise vegi ricolo free rufuchquelme propiice le consintracion chur too
lobe bien la ron la rive disle.
Speaker 4: He knew the school offered a quiet refuge conducive to focus,
especially at dawn, long before the arrival of other students.
Speaker 1: Oulici lu te tra titmn vid set.
Speaker 4: At the school. The hall was practically empty at that hour.
Speaker 1: Que guisile trenelle, rillon annettola premier sri.
Speaker 4: A few students lingered, laughing, waiting for the first bell.
Speaker 1: Ric su di rija ve la di bio tec son
pavred pe persl.
Speaker 4: Luke headed to the library, his personal haven.
Speaker 1: Mari Etien Sizni de toujou teach.
Speaker 4: Quelle, Mahie and Etienne, his lifelong friends, were already there,
bent over their notebooks.
Speaker 1: I le chiller ra ve can sur.
Speaker 4: They greeted him with a warm smile.
Speaker 1: Tue prepoin Luc, Are you ready for the exam? Luc
de Monda marion O sole Sourci.
Speaker 4: Asked Mahi, raising her eyebrows.
Speaker 1: Ui priisu moin prepon di luc.
Speaker 4: Yes, more or less, Luke replied.
Speaker 1: JUPONRESTI is su soir roussi poor vision, corrampeur.
Speaker 4: I think I'll stay here tonight too, to review a
bit more.
Speaker 1: Marie roche la tete comprehensive.
Speaker 4: Mahi nodded understandingly.
Speaker 1: Soupondan elira pla duce molla ports don petro souni.
Speaker 4: However, she gently reminded him of the importance of not
overworking himself.
Speaker 1: Nu blipa de torrepousi ditel an quiete quillsipise.
Speaker 4: Don't forget to rest, she said, worried he might exhaust himself.
Speaker 1: Le Jennie pes sin marquis par decourent tonsi de re
vision continni.
Speaker 4: The day passed, marked by intense classes and continuous revisions.
Speaker 1: Le frois alex Terrier Saint francifier.
Speaker 4: The cold outside was intensifying.
Speaker 1: Entampet de neche suden saberticiour paris oh marli risa praticable.
Speaker 4: A sudden snowstorm hit byhill, making the streets impassable.
Speaker 1: Mell creeste concentre.
Speaker 4: But Luke remained focussed a la fen.
Speaker 1: De la gionnie las b bliotec de vn son Santierra
lor crie les entrechisou and quiegie mouvetin.
Speaker 4: At the end of the day, the library became his
sanctuary as the students headed home worried about the bad weather.
Speaker 1: Ricreeste entourre de rivre dri bouillon de notte absorbe parciponci.
Speaker 4: Luc stayed surrounded by books, scribbling notes, absorbed in his thoughts.
Speaker 1: Lea tonpete d'Or conde mee lanterier y su sante to monquall.
Speaker 4: The storm outside roared, but inside he felt strangely.
Speaker 1: Calm ciety la ves de l xemein.
Speaker 4: It was the eve of the exam.
Speaker 1: Ric croisente in prescien croissante, ne jien deter mine en
nouve par pitter ri.
Speaker 4: Liq felt an increasing pressure, but a new determination pulsed
within him.
Speaker 1: Lea nitoenbet y d'ur la neche ton bellencour Serencius.
Speaker 4: Night fell, and outside the snow continued to fall silent.
Speaker 1: En fin iy feerma soon del yelliv re ent rachilie.
Speaker 4: Finally, he closed his last book and headed home.
Speaker 1: Ille teterrenti melle tierlegi.
Speaker 4: He was exhausted, but felt light hearted.
Speaker 1: Pumatin maigresson mont de saumee vi contramel la selle dixa
main ve cantuelle nouveau.
Speaker 4: In the morning, despite his lack of sleep, Luke entered
the examination room with a new found calm.
Speaker 1: Yepri in profunaspiracien sou souvenand le conseil e vizi de marie.
Speaker 4: He took a deep breath, remembering mahi as wise advice a.
Speaker 1: Pre lixaminy su sante vi de mes setis fe.
Speaker 4: After the exam, he felt drained but satisfied.
Speaker 1: Lee ved' ni l may el de vill meen. He
had given his best ten porto risuta ye veta prio
son precieus lamportons de ricilli brellropou u britiu di ri personelle.
Speaker 4: Regardless of the result, he had learned a valuable lesson
the importance of balance between work and rest, between study
and personal life.
Speaker 1: Ensurten de la selle ill reali zetti sg s person
mon dire site gue de nique maiden veritable ritour personelle.
Speaker 4: As he left the room, he realized it was not
only an academic success, but a true personal victory.
Speaker 1: Du la neche fun de lane mons sus sole timide.
Speaker 4: Outside, the snow was slowly melting under a timid sun.
Speaker 1: Dar las in promeise de praton.
Speaker 4: In the air, there was a promise of spring.
Speaker 1: Ricci luaigne le pe l chemande, la maison, luciermecredoidespo.
Speaker 4: Luke walked away, light footed, on the way home, his
heart filled with joy and hope for the future.
Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Here are today's vocabulary words, first in French, then in English.
Speaker 1: Blob blob, le'b.
Speaker 4: The dawn, lujievre, legievre, le gievre, the frost.
Speaker 5: Libiju tree, libiju tree, libiju tree, the jewelry, blepool, lepool, lepool,
the shoulder, La corvee, la corvi, la corve, the chore.
Speaker 1: Si friti, ci friti, si frithi to crumble, raisier revec brio,
reisier revecbrio, raissierre vec briou, taste, La boustitude, la boustitude,
la bous de'itude, the scholarship, La refuge, le refuge, le refuge.
Speaker 4: The refuge, pour piece, pour piece, pour piece, conducive.
Speaker 1: Trini, trine, prini, to linger, gribouis, gribouis, griboui, the scribble,
ve santuerre, ve santuere, the sanctuerre, the sanctuary, Laton pete,
latton pete, laton pete, the storm Gondi, Gondi, gondi, the roar, sipisi, sipizi, sipiezi.
To exhaust oneselflexamer lexamin lixa man, the examination, blade termination,
blade termination, la de terminacu, the determination, liconseil, liconseil, li conseil,
the advice bliky libra, lecky libra, lecky libre, the balance,
de cuchi, de cushy de kushi.
Speaker 6: To secure, le av le avre, le ave, the haven
atans antans antons intense appressioni appressioni APPRESSIONI to impress in
a tonji, in a tonji, in that tongji unexpected, Madre
madre madre, to bite bushy bushi ushi to nod Letton
pets Dunes, Letton pets dounees Letton pets Dunes, The snowstorm, yeshu, yeshu, yeshue,
the cheeks, leapricion, lepricion lapriciu, the pressure.
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