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Speaker 3: Experience Eloie's transformative journey from stage fright to singing with serenity,

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Speaker 1: Lu sole mons, la firm delois, le ferceuvre di eloise

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insient persion tern fani avetel lleve, Mathieu, sumeer rani, guitar

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roma a sebastian the nouvelle left, talentieux piano, Elois, vulet

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disesperremnchentelle spectacular de talondele call me jacques fourtel saie de

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le fer de vlesout eli te petrifide, peerre, mathieu avetujo,

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demo gent tipolar reconforte, thetaquiet par elois to chant Marius, mombia,

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diesetille esellan de chassisse peer count sebastian e tarrivially call

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Ila immediate, mont voulueede iljuet de piano, magist ralmont I,

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vuayell potenciel de lois anjour, la siegerre porqueno babratikei a

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la fern set anand raquel Eloisa accepte Esperenquez chang mond

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of ione, moidre don la grange entourre de beaus du foi,

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elois a prix Granards, piracion, Mathieu, a commisiergeoieneer duco said guitar,

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conditque Sebastian and provice dii piano latmos fair pissible de

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la ferme pisi e looise e la fermeilisieux so con

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sainte ronceol a music ei, la presence rachierrand to de

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Sisanni Soudan, elois a commonsier Chanti, savoir cristallinisieur araisonae at

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traver la grange, paula premier foi and the ponce puis

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as serpeerres el ponce l a music a, Mathieu, sebastian

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a la duse campaigne, tordell l chantelli, Bramon sontesitacu le

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jaux de spectacle, The tallattarreve l'ascennete grande illllinear brillante Mailois

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sous sainte Prett Matthew, Sebastian yell and co monseill or

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performance la music yelois a chantelle conference the public, The

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captiv Ye la fiando la chanson desapredis monchal ran pre

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la salle delois reione du bonnair ela ve per grasus

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sutano and ni ye la pe de la ferme e

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la pria fer conference a capacity el fronticeper said nouve

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conference on ell la campaignree biondo de lad spectacul de talent.

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

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may have missed.

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Speaker 1: Plus soles pantai brie du mons la ferme de lois.

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Speaker 3: The spring sun gently shown on alois farm.

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Speaker 1: Le fer souvre diffusion and parfranc.

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Speaker 3: The flowers a and spreading a sweet fragrance in the air.

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Speaker 1: Alois icien teri fier eli did monte scenes souve.

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Speaker 3: Eloise. A high school student passionate about singing but terrified

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of performing on stage, found herself in her family's barn.

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Speaker 1: Avetel ye ve metieu sonmee rami guita roma Sebastien le

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nouvelle le piano.

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Speaker 3: With her were Matthew, her best friend, guitar in hand,

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and Sebastian, the talented new student on the piano.

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Speaker 1: Elois voulet diesperemu spectet de tell de LeCour me cheques

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fol de le ferd eli te petrichi du.

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Speaker 3: Perre Aloise desperately wanted to sing at the school talent show,

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but every time time she tried to do it in

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front of others, she was petrified with fear.

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Speaker 1: Mathieu a vetujo de mo gent tipol re conforte.

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Speaker 3: Matthew always had kind words to comfort her. The ten

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quiete pa Eloise, don't worry, Eloise, Ti chan marrillus mon

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bien dilletill ise de perre. You sing wonderfully, he would say,

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trying to chase away her fears.

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Speaker 1: Con sielbastie ta rie li gull la immedie mon.

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Speaker 3: When Sebastian arrived at the school, he immediately wanted to

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help y.

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Speaker 1: Joul di pieno maggestral mon de loise.

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Speaker 3: He played the piano masterfully and saw eloise potential.

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Speaker 1: Ajour leireti la ferme.

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Speaker 3: One day, he suggested, why not practice here at the.

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Speaker 1: Farm stand raquel. It's a quiet place, elois a excti esperon.

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Speaker 3: Alois agreed, hoping this change of environment would help.

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Speaker 1: Don la grange montour de baus de foi elois a

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prien granas piraci.

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Speaker 3: In the barn, surrounded by heybales, Aloise took a deep breath.

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Speaker 1: Madieur comnserdu diitter don piano.

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Speaker 3: Matthew began to play a soft tune on his guitar,

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while Sebastian improvised on the piano.

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Speaker 1: Let's mouse fer pisi bue de la ferma pisi lois.

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Speaker 3: The peaceful atmosphere of the farm soothed Eloise.

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Speaker 1: Ela fermilisieux sous con sin prancisque le prison.

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Speaker 3: She closed her eyes, concentrating on the music and the

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reassuring presence of her friends.

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Speaker 1: Soudan eloise a courm chanti.

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Speaker 3: Suddenly, Eloise began to sing.

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Speaker 1: Savoi Cristellini sieur.

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Speaker 4: T la.

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Speaker 3: Her voice, crystalline in shore resonated through the.

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Speaker 1: Barn poula premiere fois le pere.

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Speaker 3: For the first time, she was no longer thinking about

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her fear.

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Speaker 1: Elisque a mathieu isbas a la duce compeign tour dell.

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Speaker 3: She thought about the music, about Matthew and Sebastian, about

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the gentle tryside around her.

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Speaker 1: El chante les bremon seciu.

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Speaker 3: She sang freely without hesitation, Le jour.

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Speaker 1: De spectaci de te laeta rivi.

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Speaker 3: The day of the talent show arrived, La.

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Speaker 1: Snite grande illine brillante me louis soussante prete.

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Speaker 3: The stage was big and the lights bright, but Eloise

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felt ready.

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Speaker 1: Mathieu Sebastian yell cour monsielle performance.

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Speaker 3: Matthew Sebastian and she started their performance.

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Speaker 1: Le music fete d'las yellois a chentill ve conference.

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Speaker 3: The music floated in the air and Aloise sang with confidence.

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Speaker 1: Le public te captive ye la fando, la chanson dieseppe

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dis monche le ump pies sell.

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Speaker 3: The audience was captivated, and at the end of the song,

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warm applause filled the room.

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Speaker 1: Elis red.

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Speaker 3: Eloise beamed with happiness.

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Speaker 1: Ella vegrasu e pe de la ferme.

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Speaker 3: She had overcome her fear thanks to the support of

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her friends and the peace of the farm e la

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prie fer confe. She learned to trust her abilities and

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to face her fears.

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Speaker 1: Sid nouve conference bien spect.

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Speaker 3: This new confidence in herself would accompany her far beyond

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the talent show.

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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.

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Speaker 5: English dussent, dousc, dussment.

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Speaker 1: Gently, lagrange, lagage, lagrange.

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Speaker 3: Farm barn, petrifi, petrifi, petrifi petrified.

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Speaker 1: De moi de mogenti.

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Speaker 4: De mo.

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Speaker 1: Kind words, maggis, tremo, maggist tremo, maggis tremo, masterfully, le putentiel,

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le putentiel, le putentiel, potential, sijieve, sigieve, sijieve suggested, l'an

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viern moan, l'anevierron mon, l'an vironman environment, bingn espiracion, bingnaspiraci,

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bingneespiracion deep breath an erdeux an er d'Eu an erdeu

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soft tune a provis a, provis aprovis improvised let, most fair,

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pisible lets, most fair, pisible let, most fair, pisible, peaceful atmosphere.

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La prisons rescirant, la prisons reciant, la prisons.

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Speaker 3: Resiurrant reassuring presence.

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Speaker 1: Christelen, Christelen, Christeline, crystalline, brisoni brisoni brisony resonated, laeduce, compagnon,

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laeduce campaigne ladouce compaignon sweet countryside, busy test, busy test you,

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busy test, hesitation respectacue de tellent lispectaque de tellon, respectacie

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de Tellent Talent Show, Lumire Brillant, Lumia, Brillant, Lumire Brillante,

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Bright Lights, La Conference, La Confiance, La Conference, Confidence Captiv,

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capt TV, capt Tiv, Captivated, the the Zepp monch.

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Speaker 3: The warm applause.

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Speaker 1: Hey, you need to Hey, you need to burn Hew,

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you need.

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Speaker 3: Beamed with happiness.

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Speaker 1: Cheer Monte, Cheer Monte, cher Monte overcame Le Sutia Blue

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Sua l Sutia Support A pre a Fair Conference, a

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pria Affair conference, a pri afair conference. Learn to trust

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the capacity, the capacity, the capacity, Affni Afferns, Affron Face Fears,

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sit Neuve Conference, sit Neuve Conference, sit Neuve Conference, New

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Confidence A compare a Compagne.

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Speaker 3: A compare a Company.

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