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chaotic family dinner, where one uncle's challenge of remembering names

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Speaker 1: D' lu petty village de Saint Martin, rivere tai vee veximonte,

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fimote le meisson de fernie, angon pertimon, Pierre raveg devo

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e pleen du ville, plue der di plecopuft, d'arlaire epatur

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reni re re animationion, thibau, le charmond, mas sauvon distretunque

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e tarreve polarion, deferni, samission secret, pass rassin le may claire.

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If the tempression need to remonder, applon le prenando tou

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sinovenies soupondan magres a determination, Saint memoir, Luisius, souvon de tour, Juliette, ladles,

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Saint malicious, ave caamponchon pole farce, tampassionte a secret, tibaux

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or radimli preva deja do samisi hippi yes sofi latnt

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or genesi. He said this experiment the martineer Lord Rodnsegoius

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Pagay thibau arplan i you tilse de moyam lemo technique

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post discrete mondi questio pusion majoriete avecan niclea is piegid

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lisiu the sid the changel cart donon elat lvertim malicious

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males ticquete prayt about the spectacuity and resulte ladini a

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servido la grande sala mannges lenieur soon tolmi the cadrol

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familio e lettable leninos the corrido Versitancelau and donabrog carlatt

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tibaue confier his left portnd his core learcier de luis

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cher Marques Sophie command stelle monsignifi lessi hi paul Leier

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commands douce more as silviado la piers made Thibaux continue

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on courage per propose far as chaceunon lurier san pancifia,

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mosieur lesra sacunu finan mont is sarete troublemeer musepalis cladorier

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entourrola table lebruis a grandi leis en France, tour d'

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vier a man lasar due to nape containers clad de

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jois Tibau really is all a tourge parguliette declared to

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the ria sontour he left son vere a large surrerolere

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pour port decision tron denot the qui contes second nuissans

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enseme de clartille sanser a la fermi sogoy uco tou

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le monde left son Verria ensemble isvole moment unipa le

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brois e la mortfamirielle tibou are prickly detai the smpartu

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jose santiele se lancetempartegiqu conte remon in don the petty

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village de Saint Martin lever no sangames shook don s

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gommeson peen de ville.

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Speaker 3: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any part you

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may have messed down.

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Speaker 1: The petty village de Saint Martin leveretari vere vex se

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monteau blancisime me if humante.

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Speaker 3: In the small village of Saint Martais, winter has arrived,

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with its white coats and smoking chimneys.

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Speaker 1: Le Maison de fernie and combat timond Pierre ra ve

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de voules bleu eplein d' rill.

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Speaker 3: The family house, a large stone building with blue shutters,

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is full of life.

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Speaker 1: Pleu d'r de pre cou pieu freut d'arlais ipartur regne

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rie reni messieu.

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Speaker 3: The smell of hearty dishes floats in the air, and

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everywhere there are laughter and activity.

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Speaker 1: Tibeau le charmond mes suvon distretunque etai ripolar reignon de ferni.

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Speaker 3: Tibaut. The charming but often distracted uncle has arrived for

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the family gathering.

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Speaker 1: Saint mission Secrete pous rasson le mot Pierre yvetain precioni

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toule mond d'l raplon di prenand de tou sain Neuvenes.

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Speaker 3: His secret mission for this reunion is clear. He wants

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to impress everyone by remembering the names of all his

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nieces and nephews.

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Speaker 1: Soupondon Maigrisa di terminascion, Saint Memoi Ligiu souvn de tour.

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Speaker 3: However, despite his determination, his memory often plays tricks on him.

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Speaker 1: Julliet Le dou la sente Melicieusa vic ponchonpour fars tampascient.

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Speaker 3: Juliette the mischievous teenager with a penchant for pranks is

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impatient e.

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Speaker 1: Se g tibou or radi maili prevo de gad saemeisi.

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Speaker 3: She knows that Tibou will have a hard time and

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is already planning to have some fun.

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Speaker 1: Ipi yes sou fi le tontau gernisi hi is se

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disisperremon de mataiuner lordre dent seguyeuse peget.

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Speaker 3: And then there is Sophie, the organized aunt who desperately

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tries to maintain order in this joyful chaos.

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Speaker 1: Tibau en puin Tibo has a plan utilis de moyem

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nemo techniqi pus discrete mond quietio pugen.

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Speaker 3: He uses mneumonic devices and discreetly asks questions to the

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younger ones.

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Speaker 1: Megilliete avea nque is piegiod lisieux deci dechillquerte dono.

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Speaker 3: But Juliette, with a mischievous glint in her eyes, decides

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to swap the name cards e.

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Speaker 1: Lanter vertim melicius monlesitiquette preta valdu spectaci resura.

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Speaker 3: She slightly changes the labels, ready to see the ensuing spectacle.

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Speaker 1: Ludini e servi de la grand se la monge.

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Speaker 3: Dinner is served in the large dining room lenieur.

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Speaker 1: Soon, Tolmi, de cauer, Delfermilliu, elettable, nineuz de corri, de versitan,

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sudna prug glette.

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Speaker 3: The walls are adorned with family frames, and the table

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is bright decorated with sparkling glasses and scarlet red tablecloths.

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Speaker 1: Tibaux confien.

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Speaker 3: Tibo is confident is self porfernsis cour le sieur de l.

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He stands up to make a speech, looking sure of himself.

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Speaker 1: Cher marquisouffi, comns sill monni.

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Speaker 3: Dear marc and sofie. He begins meaning leslie and paul le'.

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Speaker 1: Rier, comns ducemnt as silvia la pierce me Tibau continu

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courage pre prossifer.

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Speaker 3: The laughter starts to slowly rise in the room, but

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Tibou continues, encouraged by his own efforts.

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Speaker 1: As che canon leurer, santancifier, monsieur, calesa secunu.

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Speaker 3: With each name, the laughter intensifies as the mistakes accumulate.

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Speaker 1: Finen mont y, serrete, toubre ne mus par descla de

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ville entour table.

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Speaker 3: Finally, he stops puzzled but amused by the bursts of

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laughter around the table.

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Speaker 1: Le Bruis Gonzi lisson fon souta de du vier enames Lisa.

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Due to nupe de joi.

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Speaker 3: The hubbub grows. The children are doubled over with laughter,

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and even the adults cannot contain their bursts of joy.

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Speaker 1: Tibou Real lison le tour jou pa Juliette eclat de

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vie ra son tour.

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Speaker 3: Tibau, realizing the prank played by Juliette, bursts into laughter himself.

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Speaker 1: Les son vert a la jurre role.

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Speaker 3: He raises his glass, a broad smile on his face.

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Speaker 1: Tourin porte de sign denot.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't matter if I get the names wrong.

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Speaker 1: Su qui comte secrenussin sensme de guertille saints.

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Speaker 3: What matters is that we are together. He declares, sincere

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a la ferni surgeois, you cau to family this joyful chaos.

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Speaker 1: Tou le mont de la son verrilla.

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Speaker 3: Everyone raises their glasses, laughing.

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Speaker 1: Ensemble yvo le moment, Nita le brois e la monfemurel.

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Speaker 3: Together they savor the moment, united by the commotion and

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family love.

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Speaker 1: Tibois pri quiri ditai nu son patu Joses Santel.

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Speaker 3: Thibaut has learned that the details aren't always essential.

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Speaker 1: Se lence tampartegi quicun remon.

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Speaker 3: It's the shared moment that truly matters.

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Speaker 1: D l Peuti villages du Saint Martin, le vere nousoneme

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sichu could'n sil gomesung plein de Ville, and.

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Speaker 3: In the small village of Samartai winter never seems as

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warm as in this big house full of life.

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Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.

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Here are today's vocabulary words, first in French, then in English.

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Speaker 5: Le villege, le villege, le vi lege, the village levere levere, livere,

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the winter.

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Speaker 1: La chemini, la chemini, les chemini.

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Speaker 3: The chimney live, la live lay live, the shutter, lau pla,

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la plain, le pla, the dish, l rassen lemon, l rassen,

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lemon l rass the gathering lea memoir, le memoir, le

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me moir, the memory, La farce, la farce, la farce,

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the prank led Dolisson bled do lisson, led lisson, the

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teenager blue le que le quo, the chaos.

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Speaker 1: Lu moyam limoux technique, Le moyam limoux technique, le moyam

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limo technique.

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Speaker 3: The mnemonic device.

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Speaker 1: Blackla blickla lickla, the guint blittiket, litiquet ritquet, the label

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louspectacluspectac lispectacluspectacle, lais le mange, las se le mange, las

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s le mange.

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Speaker 3: The dining room, bluecadre, blue cadre, le gather, the frame lenape, lenape,

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ln nap, the tablecloth.

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Speaker 1: Lorie lourie, leire, the laughter blere, lerere, lereer, the mistake,

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le breuer a le breuer, lebreu ah, the hubbubscool, the

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discour rediscour, the speech blickla, bleckla lick cla, the burst, blur,

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blur lord, the order lemissum, le missium, len messium, the

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mission ladye Termination, Lady termination, la determinaciu, the determination bliffo

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bliff live for the effort, lemism, lemism, len Mason, the house,

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blue dre, Liue, Dr lou Der, the smell Lenis lenies,

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len Yes, the niece lenoeuf lenouf leneuve, the nephew.

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