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Speaker 1: In this episode, we'll explore the poignant journey of reconnecting
Speaker 1: with a hometown that has evolved, revealing the timeless bonds
Speaker 1: that define true belonging.
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Speaker 5: kopsteinflasta des kleine caffe and der eke em belipta tref
Speaker 5: pontfi diinvarna fashporta and envoligendrishkaputemkaffee, lucas sas an anim der
Speaker 5: titian nidem fensta fondat asconte edifa trauten atenzanahaimach dot petrachten
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Speaker 5: vedahered susign lucas wadifi and faender roman their stadt off
Speaker 5: gafine noyegeshefte gerender de strassen fremde gesichta dor en vames
Speaker 5: kafildus fluted the inn iszier daran dachte like anikat sudrafn
Speaker 5: the wadi let stefabindom Susanna can't hide here Anika had
Speaker 5: dish dat nipha lasen the leebtemid era familiar vita in
Speaker 5: here on arbe tete and anem kleinenburg laden zva gluplech
Speaker 5: on tasvas our was Lucas sefizi Emma gwynch hatter idd
Speaker 5: gloco ibadetur des cafe is clinger shout the lucas off
Speaker 5: Anika came haraen here browns halfield locker of iroshuitan, the
Speaker 5: trog anandicken re strichten schal passened so habst lichen kate
Speaker 5: elecha and wavam on fatraut gnawdas was Lucas gebratate on
Speaker 5: sannen navosite soulindan Lucas reef the is suzanam tishking on
Speaker 5: in hartzlich on mte as is zoshun dich suzene as
Speaker 5: is ashun dich suzen anika vida de lucas zino on
Speaker 5: the herid courts forebadened the that's the bustelton heisen Cacao
Speaker 5: and kohen on begun and supplowdan Lucas at theeta vansan
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Speaker 5: aleipt hat anika he alf maximsu or lucas continished anders
Speaker 5: at subermarten vizi manschmenacht englishwerkt ishmus Diazagendi anders fueler zak
Speaker 5: the lukas chli slichtsugant dieze shtad ist menisht mezova traut
Speaker 5: alice hartzeke ended anika nichte ie blick wazant aba beshtimmed
Speaker 5: phil like hatze tish datfa ended abanished alice istnoy the
Speaker 5: inner Roman bliben lukas voiterevidersprashen doer anika four fourth wistu
Speaker 5: does leave me here is einfa abbas ist manzoause yea
Speaker 5: fortred marked mebevost we weard for declining dinnecent ont escaped
Speaker 5: immaor mentioned here dizi freuen dijsuzin lukas mosta, dizi dan
Speaker 5: baffe ire earlich kite hechtarkte iwayan ausenseeta abba philaitliktestaran dauza
Speaker 5: of ender Roman concentriet habe anika lejet man can't buy
Speaker 5: the sheetzen dasnauyer on das alte the a n achmetag
Speaker 5: fagin v m fluke the minsam buruten, the are inner
Speaker 5: Roman and freer redzitan, lahten iber altewitze on and standing
Speaker 5: shprachba iritzu koft the site and cafe shin lucas sohfn
Speaker 5: aron wigsofinten the ingefield hatter angefuelf on sohauser das iron
Speaker 5: art is on an unmentioned abundanist lukas for upsheeded dies
Speaker 5: if on anikahmed infashbrashen sech bitevida zudrefn il cia osteen kafe,
Speaker 5: trat fresh osanna ineran krisa fushtad weniga framed an yeah
Speaker 5: enda aba ibn zohte air indieza faiender room lak einshdek
Speaker 5: designer fabindom sofa gangenheit a frichte onsuglichfestechte, philist vaheimke, nichts
Speaker 5: vida a laendes eiteen sondandas fintendesnoin indem vasfat.
Speaker 1: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 1: may have missed.
Speaker 5: Ironlicht, wind wet strassender kleinstadt on, verbert bunte, helbsplitter, vades kopstein, flasta.
Speaker 1: A gentle wind blew through the streets of the small town,
Speaker 1: swirling colorful autumn leaves over the cobblestones.
Speaker 5: There's Kleine Caffe under ech iron belipta tref pontfu di
Speaker 5: iron warna fashpreute anden wohligenduftfon frischkabrutem Cafe.
Speaker 1: The little cafe on the corner, a popular eating spot
Speaker 1: for the residents, exuded a cozy scent of freshly brewed coffee.
Speaker 5: Lucas sas and anim dee titi nadim fensta fondot as
Speaker 5: conte de di fa trauten etten zen ahaimach dat petrachten
Speaker 5: dierfojer ran pha lasenhte.
Speaker 1: Lucas sat at one of the tables near the window,
Speaker 1: from where he could look at the familiar corners of
Speaker 1: his hometown, which he had left years ago.
Speaker 5: As futis He sat sam and vide hiitsu sign.
Speaker 1: It felt strange to be back here, Lucas.
Speaker 5: Vadi fih in faender Roman der stadt alfgefain.
Speaker 1: Lucas had noticed the many changes in the town.
Speaker 5: Neye geshevte gender tstrassen frem de gesichte.
Speaker 1: New shops altered streets, unfamiliar faces, do.
Speaker 5: En vamas gefudu flute ti inn dachte lech Anika tsutrefen.
Speaker 1: Yet a warm feeling washed over him as he thought
Speaker 1: about meeting Anika soon.
Speaker 5: Zivad letstefabindom Susanna quintaitia.
Speaker 1: She was the last connection to his childhood here.
Speaker 5: Anika hat di shtat nifah lassen.
Speaker 1: Anika had never left the town.
Speaker 5: Zilipta mitra famie vita hhire and a vetete in an
Speaker 5: inkleinenburg Laden.
Speaker 1: She continued to live here with her family and worked
Speaker 1: in a small bookstore.
Speaker 5: Ziva gluklich on desvas our vas Luca sifuzi imma gevunshtat.
Speaker 1: She was happy, and that was what Lucas had always
Speaker 1: wished for her.
Speaker 5: At Digloko uberdetur des cafe is clinger chaute Lucas auf.
Speaker 1: When the bell above the cafe door rang, Lucas looked up.
Speaker 5: Anika came haraen yea brown as hafi looka of iroshuitan.
Speaker 1: Anika entered, her brown hair falling loosely over her shoulders.
Speaker 5: Strok anendieten gestrichten shy passen shab slichen kete.
Speaker 1: She wore a thick knitted scarf fitting for the autumn chill.
Speaker 5: I eleachien va vam on fatraut Genaudas vas Lucas gebratate
Speaker 5: umzan and navozite sulin dan.
Speaker 1: Her smile was warm and familiar, exactly what Lucas needed
Speaker 1: to ease his nervousness.
Speaker 5: Lucas Lucas reef si as suzannam tishking on inhatzlich ummte, she.
Speaker 1: Called as she walked over to his table and hugged
Speaker 1: him warmly.
Speaker 5: As iszoshun dittsuzin, It's so nice to see you, as
Speaker 5: is ourshun dij suzen. Anika vida de Lucas zeno unzi
Speaker 5: schahat kotzvabagend.
Speaker 1: It's nice to see you too, Anika, Lucas replied, briefly,
Speaker 1: hiding his uncertainty.
Speaker 5: Zizzich bushtetten heisen kakao and kuchen on beganen suplowden.
Speaker 1: They sat down, ordered hot cocoa and cake and began
Speaker 1: to chat.
Speaker 5: Lucas at setafanzanen reisen von stetten die gazene hatter antin
Speaker 5: arbentoyen diar eliptate.
Speaker 1: Lucas told her about his travels, the cities he had seen,
Speaker 1: and the adventures he had experienced.
Speaker 5: Anika herta alf maxim tsu. Lucas continistas at subermerten vizi manachtenkte.
Speaker 1: Anika listened attentively, but Lucas couldn't help but notice how
Speaker 1: she sometimes seemed thoughtful.
Speaker 5: Is mustas fule zak de Lucas schli schu gant.
Speaker 1: I have to tell you I feel different, Lucas finally said, hesitantly,
Speaker 1: diez stat is.
Speaker 5: Traut.
Speaker 1: This town no longer feels familiar to me.
Speaker 5: Alice hartzichke endat everything has changed, Anika nichte ieblik vast abashtimt.
Speaker 1: Anika nodded her gaze gentle but firm.
Speaker 5: Philetat feenda alis is.
Speaker 1: Maybe the town has changed, but not everything is new.
Speaker 1: The inner roman bleiben, the memories remain.
Speaker 5: Lucas vo t videsh preshen Anika four fought.
Speaker 1: Lucas wanted to object, but Anika continued.
Speaker 5: Rise to the sleeven. Here is einfa abba is man soohause.
Speaker 1: You know life here is simple, but it's my home.
Speaker 5: Yida fortred macht merbevost we wed for declinending isn't.
Speaker 1: Every progress makes me aware of how valuable the little
Speaker 1: things are and escaped.
Speaker 5: Ima Nch mentioned here, dizi freuen disuzine.
Speaker 1: And there are still people here who are happy to
Speaker 1: see you.
Speaker 5: Lucas Mosta dizi danpa fire Elichkait.
Speaker 1: Lucas studied her grateful for her honesty.
Speaker 5: Ischtacht Ishvea and austen Zeta Abba philistic Testaransuzia of in
Speaker 5: the Roman Concentriet.
Speaker 1: I thought I was an outsider, but maybe it's because
Speaker 1: I focused too much on changes.
Speaker 5: Anika lechee Anika smiled man can bideshetzen dasnoie on taste.
Speaker 1: You can appreciate both the new and the old.
Speaker 5: The nachmetak fagin v m fluke.
Speaker 1: The afternoon flew by the.
Speaker 5: Minds at inner Roman and freur titan Latavi Stanzo koonft.
Speaker 1: Together they touched on memories of earlier times, laughed over
Speaker 1: old jokes, and conversations about their future arose the site.
Speaker 5: M cafe shin lukas sohefn anen viktsofinten de ingeft arongufu
Speaker 5: fon sohauser and art sod and and mentioningebundenist.
Speaker 1: The time in the cafe seemed to help Lucas find
Speaker 1: a path he had been missing, a feeling of home
Speaker 1: that is not tied to a place, but to people.
Speaker 5: Lucas fa apshi deDion Anika met im freshprechen batda tsutrefen.
Speaker 1: Lucas said goodbye to Anika with the promise to meet
Speaker 1: again soon.
Speaker 5: At ostimkafe trat frish o senna ineran kris fut veniga
Speaker 5: frempt an.
Speaker 1: As he stepped out of the cafe, fresh from his
Speaker 1: inner crisis, the town felt less foreign.
Speaker 5: Yeah zizia ended aba ibn zohte er.
Speaker 1: Yes, it had changed, but so had he.
Speaker 5: And in deezer for ender rum lak an shteke dezagna
Speaker 5: fabindumsofa gangdenheit frisht onsuglachfestechte.
Speaker 1: And in and that change lay a strength that refreshed
Speaker 1: and simultaneously solidified his connection to the past.
Speaker 5: Fileichtwaheim knichtas vide a langendes eten sondandsfintendesnoin endeem vasfatrautva.
Speaker 1: Perhaps returning home wasn't about regaining the old, but about
Speaker 1: finding the new in what was familiar.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in German, then in English.
Speaker 5: Leicht, leicht, leicht gentle, vilbitter verbitter, vilbitter, swirling does Kopstein,
Speaker 5: Flesta does Kopsteinflasta does kopsteinflasta, cobblestones, FECh prute, feche brute, fechprute, exuded, gebrutum, gebrutum, gabrutum, brood,
Speaker 5: fremd frem de frem de unfamiliar, zugant, zurugant, zeugant, hesitantly, gehendette, gehendette, geendete, altered,
Speaker 5: dear blique de oblique, dear blique, gaze zanft zanft zanft
Speaker 5: gentle d e inner Roman, d er inner Roman d
Speaker 5: e inner Romen memories viatfoyl viaetfoyl viat foil valuable dea eusenzeta,
Speaker 5: dea ausenzeta, dea ausenzeta outsider, the Maden, the maden bem
Speaker 5: noticed fraeuin feuen fraeuin eager carriat, carriat carreat plaid the
Speaker 5: guy'stat the guyst the guys that thrilled, Vida heiter vida,
Speaker 5: heiter vida heater echoed. Dibelustigon, Dibelustigung, de Belustigung, amusement chatzen
Speaker 5: chetsen schetzen, appreciate di fabindng di fabin dong di fabin
Speaker 5: dong connection, dibich detigung, dibich detigung di bech deti gung reassurance,
Speaker 5: delich nadenklich nah denglich thoughtfully, compact, compact, compact, compact, Festichte, festichte, festichte, solidified,
Speaker 5: Prempt frempt, fremped Foreign effrition, effrition, effrition, refresh, dear fautrit,
Speaker 5: dear fautrit, dear fortreit. Progress, decrease, decreas a decrease, a crisis, passant, passant,
Speaker 5: passant fitting.
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