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Speaker 3: a serene spring morning transforms friendship into new possibilities.
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Speaker 1: De rueur Falente bloomer fil de rester medbag destor, de
Speaker 1: takahne deeveld b hets molent my desponding dish fin and
Speaker 1: marieke ying asen dunko walk over the strata. Swen and
Speaker 1: Marica stundle up the stoop for the house. For Marika
Speaker 1: hun razichte vare responder varum happy had no it foretelled
Speaker 1: Swen f Marica her oak string and zukund my oak
Speaker 1: meten fleur hiquets by hat swenzurchte diep equist nitou iket
Speaker 1: must had fooled us of elkamanier fault sauseen harafetu inhauden
Speaker 1: tewel hey neither hond cake hey hatzig altad obzer makrofold
Speaker 1: by Marika zehat maner Varobzehemberg shape, zumba datter veil war
Speaker 1: de oder mar did was onders, Marica slew her armor
Speaker 1: over okr eer They think hi matu Suvon's waist says
Speaker 1: zacht my stem thrilled the von Emosi varon nudon bell
Speaker 1: the town beth house for Marika was a lafe and
Speaker 1: the repleq and back of a rust my new leg
Speaker 1: selves desarchis rouse in the winter, spawning a Nito kuno Sussu.
Speaker 1: Marika Rismir mumbled the sven nan Stilt Varina laying the
Speaker 1: forecos of the after ron soomer ik Mucchi its honders
Speaker 1: for teller Saint Stembrock had moment folded the wire bena
Speaker 1: onenhaldbar what is Ardnkhmer Marika Keke came on her news
Speaker 1: here had fomented angst for whatsocoma the reims inner height
Speaker 1: to Onzeka had had Therefore the door hard Doctor Sven
Speaker 1: haled the deep Adam and caker aintlet in the ochre
Speaker 1: I been long for lived Opie say Snell as of
Speaker 1: the Snell Height, the lost conferminer an ikros bang dot
Speaker 1: alasov rounder Osiktzauzech, the wild lake stiltastan Elkrelaud Lake to
Speaker 1: Fredwine Barholfa had Bonzevon. Sven's heart headwas and sward Stilt
Speaker 1: who filled metal on outro spoke Angster and hope from bade.
Speaker 1: Marika starred in ar heem her og rode and full
Speaker 1: metro doctor disrenvegna for aband, the stilteverd ainelok door broke
Speaker 1: ton s diep adam halder and inclines stopna for a
Speaker 1: date swenn dat ja dervtezech but taken veil for says
Speaker 1: a long sum also of the elk wortz or fuldrore
Speaker 1: once friends rop is belungreker on velkreim don oak DeVore,
Speaker 1: the varadr russ stelling these neat hotder for hope, sustunddar
Speaker 1: under the blue in the bloomer and the varme lentelert
Speaker 1: tway free, the de frends from relazzi op mu ondctin
Speaker 1: and her stairca outclamor hatraeim was need longer remuerdi sinhen
Speaker 1: in plaids darvon verte tembrug from bergrip and neumo legade
Speaker 1: schwendchimlacht ma o xaneywarchter over what the tucomsta bringer ni
Speaker 1: delt ain de le coross opre clart.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: The hur van lente bloomer filled de lochte in the
Speaker 1: roostre made boum en zoon the bout wag.
Speaker 3: The scent of spring flowers filled the air in the
Speaker 3: quiet tree lined suburb.
Speaker 1: The zone schinzachchies tore the tacker heim te vel de
Speaker 1: bloomabhono tebleuye.
Speaker 3: The sun softly shone through the branches as the flowers
Speaker 3: began to bloom.
Speaker 1: Had rossin mooy lentortent my desponding tissu fen and Marique
Speaker 1: ying alsain don krovoc over the strata.
Speaker 3: It was a beautiful spring morning, but the tension between
Speaker 3: Spin and Marique hung like a dark cloud over the streets.
Speaker 1: Sfen and Marique stundo of de Stoup for a house
Speaker 1: for Marique.
Speaker 3: Spin and Marique stood on the pavement in front of
Speaker 3: Marique's house.
Speaker 1: Hun rauschte var rospone.
Speaker 3: Their faces were tense, varmappiered no it furteilt Sfen, why
Speaker 3: didn't you ever tell me?
Speaker 1: Spen fur Marique are o string and zuquind my oak
Speaker 1: matu fleur hiquetspar eight.
Speaker 3: Marik asked, her eyes stern and searching, but with a
Speaker 3: hint of vulnerability.
Speaker 1: Spensurte diep.
Speaker 3: Spend sighed deeply.
Speaker 1: Iquistnit Ike musse.
Speaker 3: I didn't know how to say it had.
Speaker 1: Fooled the also of el Kamanier fout sause hafe too
Speaker 1: Inhouden tevel hey Neider hond Cake.
Speaker 3: It felt like every way would be wrong, he admitted,
Speaker 3: holding back as he looked at the ground.
Speaker 1: Hey Hartzi alte o macro folt be Marique.
Speaker 3: He had always felt comfortable with Marik.
Speaker 1: Zeh haltemner varopzehemb shape Zunda datter fiel wor denode.
Speaker 3: She had a way of understanding him without many words
Speaker 3: being needed.
Speaker 1: Mardtro was.
Speaker 3: But this was different.
Speaker 1: Marique slechar Arma over looker.
Speaker 3: Marie crossed her arms.
Speaker 1: Erze Finchi mediciplesveised says zocht mahar Stim trilled the fonimo Si.
Speaker 3: There have been no secrets between us, she said softly,
Speaker 3: but her voice trembled with emotion.
Speaker 1: Thou Renudomville. Why now the turn made house for Marique,
Speaker 1: vos Lee and Replich and back of a Roust.
Speaker 3: The garden at Marik's house was a lively place, a
Speaker 3: beacon of peace.
Speaker 1: My Niu laik selves desarchius Rousen devint desponding a Nito
Speaker 1: goo asisson.
Speaker 3: But now even the gently rustling wind seemed unable to
Speaker 3: calm the tensions.
Speaker 1: Marika erismir mampldes finnans stilt varin alain de fong.
Speaker 3: Mariqu there's more, Spn mumbled, after a silence in which
Speaker 3: only the birds sang in the background.
Speaker 1: Ik Mucci eats endless fritel.
Speaker 3: I need to tell you something else.
Speaker 1: Zey Stembrock had moment fool the tesvar bena unhauldvar.
Speaker 3: His voice cracked, the moment feeling too heavy, almost unbearable.
Speaker 1: What is her del noch mier, what.
Speaker 3: Else is there?
Speaker 1: Marika keke cam on her news here, hate for maintment,
Speaker 1: angst for votsokomme.
Speaker 3: Marique looked at him, her curiosity mixed with fear of
Speaker 3: what was to come.
Speaker 1: The reim zinnerchte do lzeiker hate had erfolled the d'Or her.
Speaker 3: Darte, the mystery, the uncertainty swirled through her thoughts.
Speaker 1: Sfin howled the deep adam and kai khar ain't likin
Speaker 1: the o'.
Speaker 3: Spen took a deep breath and finally looked her in
Speaker 3: the eyes.
Speaker 1: It been a long f Liftopiu say Snell alsof to
Speaker 1: snell height the lost conferminre.
Speaker 3: I've been in love with you for a long time,
Speaker 3: he said quickly, as if the speed could lessen the burden.
Speaker 1: Enikos bang delt al asau for rondre al sikitzauzer.
Speaker 3: And I was afraid everything would change if I said it.
Speaker 1: De virot lake still to stand.
Speaker 3: The world seemed to stand still.
Speaker 1: El kreloud leach de ferdvain e Barolfa had bon sefon
Speaker 1: Sfinn's heart.
Speaker 3: Every sound seemed to disappear, except for the pounding of
Speaker 3: Spen's heart.
Speaker 1: Hertlosen zvia stilt refilled metal, unautra spoke angst and hope
Speaker 1: from bed.
Speaker 3: It was a heavy silence, filled with the unspoken fears
Speaker 3: and hopes of both.
Speaker 1: Mariek starred in arhim her ow hat and full metrd'rt
Speaker 1: disna for the bound.
Speaker 3: Mark stared at him, her eyes wide and full of thoughts,
Speaker 3: trying to find their way forward.
Speaker 1: Distill severt ain't loke door bloke tun sedib adam alde
Speaker 1: and inclinest stop now for the date.
Speaker 3: The silence was finally broken when she took a deep
Speaker 3: breath and stepped forward a little.
Speaker 1: Sfinn duty d'ervtezeh. But take and feel for me, says
Speaker 1: along Sam. Also sir elk forts or filled roh Spen.
Speaker 3: The fact that you dare to say it means a
Speaker 3: lot to me, she said, slowly, as if she weighed
Speaker 3: each word carefully.
Speaker 1: Oun sefrieens hop is blungleiker donvel kreim don oak.
Speaker 3: Our friendship is more important than any secret.
Speaker 1: Devoor de vara der russ stelling these finn net had'eu
Speaker 1: for hope.
Speaker 3: Those words were the reassurance Spen had not dared to
Speaker 3: hope for sustundedar.
Speaker 1: Only de Bluis and the bloomer and de var melentelt
Speaker 1: tway free de de de friends from the lazzi op
Speaker 1: mieux onndichten and a stairca outclam.
Speaker 3: They stood there beneath the blooming flowers and the warm
Speaker 3: spring air, two friends re exploring the boundaries of their
Speaker 3: relationship and emerging stronger.
Speaker 1: Hatraimvs need Lamar murtisan.
Speaker 3: Hen The secret was no longer a wall between them.
Speaker 1: In plastevon verte tembru from the ship and new more legade.
Speaker 3: Instead it became a bridge of understanding and new possibilities.
Speaker 1: Schinchimlachte maxart for vatukomssau bring new de luchtin de lecross opreclart.
Speaker 3: Sven smiled, relieved, but also nervous about what the future
Speaker 3: might bring now that the air had finally cleared.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: Rheur Where where scent bouten, egg bouten, egg bouten, egg suburb, spawning, spawning, spawning, tension, stoop, stoop, stoop, pavement, string, string, string, stern, gritspar, hate,
Speaker 1: gritspar hate, gritspar hate.
Speaker 3: Vulnerability, half to.
Speaker 1: Half to.
Speaker 3: Half to admitted, trilled, trilled, thrilled, trembled.
Speaker 1: Blacken, baken backon beacon, lauchende, lausende, lauchende.
Speaker 3: Rustling sus.
Speaker 1: Sus, sush come block, block, block, cracked, unholdbar, unholtbar, unholdbar,
Speaker 1: unbearable news Here of hate news, heer of hate news,
Speaker 1: here of hate, curiosity, onseacre hate onseaker hate, onseacre hate, uncertainty. Therefore,
Speaker 1: do theerefolder therefold this world, lost, lost, lost, burden, bonze bonze, bonze, pounding,
Speaker 1: horus stelling, horus stelling, horus stelling, reassurance, rinse, hense, rinse, boundaries,
Speaker 1: eroud glamor, aeroud, clam, eroud.
Speaker 3: Glamor, emerging.
Speaker 1: Out, relieved, Zene, new water, Zene, new wachter, Zene, new wart.
Speaker 3: Nervous, bruch yeh buch bridge. The sheep, the sheep, the sheep, understanding, more, lackad,
Speaker 3: more locked, more lickad possibilities and the look, a look.
Speaker 1: And the look.
Speaker 3: Finally, for Vaine, for Vaine, for Vaine, disappear, vo vo
Speaker 3: voch wait trill, trill, trilled, trembled. We hope you've enjoyed
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