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In this episode, we'll discover how a broken coffee machine
led two young entrepreneurs to a surprising discovery and taught
them lessons in creativity and resilience with a hint of
coconut milk right after this commercial break.
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Speaker 1: Danza qua Nimi Dinville, frances An antibetter de starte, burden dectii,
tablu di paie, fute risi etableau blancouvert de musi, facifone
lydica at du six s etiena rilou sola, prongeno, le papier,
preparoller pitch, cruciale poor anavestis ar potential le printonella perfumepa
in those breeze at travilafnete front rouvert mezzaguache plan soolar
group e tn M, le cafe no ilador, the Cafe
di suvon carbon Espresso and le carbon cd Neogiorgi la
machinas presod lanquibater tong bompane avecanniclea, the vper preoccupine to
le monde d' la piers, sarette, le cal ponte, le
budesoni mancio lette, visage de confi, the developer sageit solar
those cotidian, the caffeine cell a panic lilu pragmatic commaso
labitude radherbtien avecan suri ras the tantiete par etienne gene
need a detail el dispareno acquisin pau rovini ravequi gute
the ledo couco etien francis sourci ledo coco pournt place
le cafe we prepri on lilu ave conference, Jeffery Quez,
schemoi savonu sovet el prepa and wos a trencher vcio
leedo coco equus apiece etienne is it pipri and George
in where's your pronounce breed ancews you sone passimal bon
travaill la tonsiltibate bease a lartetu's gutta s at nouvelle
de couvert armed de lar posion, exotique etienelilius or rometal
lattache l'arsi de smeton place clire preceis le jeu de
la present a sur arive fasos arestiser etien parallec passion
and spirrepala raventur ina tonji lilu accorded I used to
lead the taievec precision ensengles ill forming he keeps solid
with Jacques moo conte las avestsi or suri prono denot
and trigue Parsetti, kip kinesipas ortire de sntier bertiu alaphand
is the mountin sogndron contrepo disputed, the term the tienne
liluen reguar, victorio en sortain di bertimo e tien espire
pro fundement, mercy lilou chore curcular solution, so RedANT aquisin
delri parfois il sufisius to do reguardo, tour de sois
setan sikil marsh velorism prepol approchabe do la raventprenariale convent
cueve campauda, geniosity ebucoud le de cuckoo tu te po sible.
Speaker 4: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
may have missed.
Speaker 1: Dancin jin nim digrille francese ancubeter du starte bourdon dec tiiti.
Speaker 4: In a lively corner of a French city, a startup
incubator buzzes with activity.
Speaker 1: Tabl di pa rell fute en voulo, risi itableu blancouverte
de musi facifon ludico de giennquete de sixe.
Speaker 4: Mismatched tables, worn velvet armchairs and white boards covered with
eraised words formed the backdrop for young entrepreneurs in search
of success.
Speaker 1: Etien ne ri lu son la pluie pepi preparol picic
crucielle pour na vesticerciel.
Speaker 4: Ecien and Rilou are there immersed in papers, preparing their
crucial pitch for a potential investor.
Speaker 1: Leu prencere la perfetta induce bris trevert.
Speaker 4: Spring is here scented with a gentle breeze through the
slightly open windows.
Speaker 1: Plan sol group.
Speaker 4: But a cloud hangs over their group.
Speaker 1: Etienne m leu kefi.
Speaker 4: Een loves coffee.
Speaker 1: No ll do le cafe.
Speaker 4: No he adores coffee I dis He often says that
a good espresso is the fuel for his ideas.
Speaker 1: La machines crisou de qubeterre.
Speaker 4: But today the espresso machine at the incubator breaks down
with a concerning burst of steam.
Speaker 1: Tu le mon ded' la pierce serette le cal ponte
le bud.
Speaker 4: Everyone in the room starts chaos at the brink.
Speaker 1: Monsieur let tete visage de confi les de vos.
Speaker 4: Perseegit hands on heads dismayed faces. The developers stir.
Speaker 1: Sole dous courtidien de teffeine sell Panique.
Speaker 4: Without their daily dose of caffeine. Panic ensues li Lu pragmatique,
camasun reder de tien a vecan suris lelou pragmatic as usual,
looks at a tienne with a reassuring smile.
Speaker 1: Ne ten tieta etien, don't.
Speaker 4: Worry it tiene geni de ditel I have an idea,
she says, e disperen.
Speaker 1: Le cuisin poer ravekinute de le de cucu.
Speaker 4: She disappears into the kitchen and returns with a bottle
of coconut milk.
Speaker 1: Detien franc.
Speaker 4: It frowns les.
Speaker 1: Dou cuckou coconut milk pourn pi.
Speaker 4: To replace coffee.
Speaker 1: Ui prep ve confience, Yes.
Speaker 4: Lilu replies confidently, chimis savusuvi. I did some experiments at home.
It will save us.
Speaker 1: El prepa and cucu que cusi piece.
Speaker 4: She prepares a strange drink with the coconut milk and
some spices.
Speaker 1: Etien is it pipon gagi.
Speaker 4: Etien hesitates, then takes a sip.
Speaker 1: Ronces you.
Speaker 4: A surprising gleam shines in his eyes.
Speaker 1: Soune persimel it's not that bad, BOONI.
Speaker 4: Okay, Let's get back to work.
Speaker 1: La tonciurna l quibertebez a lequetus guta set nouvell di couvert.
Speaker 4: The tension in the incubator lowers as everyone tastes this
new discovery.
Speaker 1: Ahmed de la possieur exutiq etienili lu sur remete retche.
Speaker 4: Armed with their exotic potion, Etien and Rilou get back
to the task l si des.
Speaker 1: Meten prece pierrere precis.
Speaker 4: Their ideas fall into place, clear and precise.
Speaker 1: Le jour de la present asirive.
Speaker 4: The day of the presentation arrives.
Speaker 1: Fassos a resticur Etien pa la rectacion a spirrita revent netni.
Speaker 4: Facing the investors, Ecien speaks with passion, inspired by their
unexpected adventure.
Speaker 1: Li lu a couti de rill ag just delidtae vict precisiu.
Speaker 4: Lelou next to him, adjusts the details with precision.
Speaker 1: En son ifon nquip sulid uchacques MoU counte.
Speaker 4: Together they form a solid team where every word matters.
Speaker 1: Lisa vesticier suri pronan de no antrigue barsetquip guinisit pay
sor tier de son tiberti.
Speaker 4: The investors smile, taking notes, intrigued by this team that
doesn't hesitate to venture off the beaten path.
Speaker 1: A la fan yil de monin so gond ren con
di terme.
Speaker 4: In the end, they request a second meeting to discuss terms.
Speaker 1: Detier nel Luisen reger victorieu.
Speaker 4: Ecien and Rilou exchange a victorious look.
Speaker 1: Ohn sortn yibertimn itzienes fer.
Speaker 4: Leaving the building, Etienne takes a deep breath. Merci lilu,
thank you, lilou, quio.
Speaker 1: Re criqui la sol lan te cusin.
Speaker 4: Who would have thought the solution would be in your
kitchen de la rie?
Speaker 1: She laughs, bar fois yieu figs de de regul diu
tour de sois.
Speaker 4: Sometimes you just have to look around.
Speaker 1: Set siquil machevell lo risum treplielle convent ceve cami ibucu
de le de cucu tu te pu sible.
Speaker 4: And so they walked towards the horizon, ready for the
next step in their entrepreneurial adventure, convinced that with a
bit of ingenuity and a lot of coconut milk, anything
is possible. Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after
this commercial break. Here are today's VOCs fabulary words, first
in French, then in English.
Speaker 1: Lanky bettel the startup, lanky bettel the startup, lank quebetter.
Speaker 4: The start tep startup, incubator.
Speaker 1: And co animei and qu animi and co animi.
Speaker 4: Lively corner, littablu de.
Speaker 1: Littablue, de pay, littabu.
Speaker 4: Die mismatch tables.
Speaker 1: Lisfoute vs lifoute, volusi, lisfoute.
Speaker 4: Voluisi, worn velvet armchairs.
Speaker 1: Litta blue blanc, Litta blue blanc, Litta blue blan, white bards,
liss entrepreneur, liss entrepreneur, lissentre brenere entrepreneurs, anvestiser, potential a
navestsertill and navestis potential investor, an yuash plan an yuash plan,
any yush plan, cloud hangs, lu pitch, cricielle, Lu pitch,
cricielle Lu pitch, crisiel crucial pitch, la machine nice presso,
la machineice crisso le machine nice presso espresso machine, aniclai
de vapeur aniclaide vapeur ani cladeva peer burst of steam,
bluekel le que le ke, chaos, cele panique, cele panique,
cele panni, panic ensues, pragmatic, pragmatic, pragmatic, pragmatic and souria
ras and sourier, ras and suri has reassuring smile like uisin,
like quisin, like cuisin kitchen le letdo cuckoo, liletdo cuckoo,
the lead do cuckoo, coconut milk, lazy piece, lazy piece,
lazy piece, spices, This is it, this is it is
It hesitates in gauge, in gauge, in gauge, steps, your
in's yourn in, your's, your.
Speaker 4: Pronounce, surprising gleam.
Speaker 1: Lattonsium, bess lettonsium, bess lettonsium, bess tension, lowers lapus your
exotic lapus, your exotic lapus, exotic exotic portion, preces, prices, preces,
precise in It keeps solid in, It keep solid in,
It keeps solid sour team sortire de soti, beti soortier
de sonti, beti soortier de.
Speaker 4: Bet you venture off the beaten path.
Speaker 1: Areder victorieu areder victorieu a red'er victorieu victorious Look Respire, Respire,
Respire Deep, breath Less, solution less solution Less solution solution
Lageniusiti La Geniusiti, Lageniusiti Ingenuity.
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