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<v Speaker 3>sometimes being good enough is perfectly perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>The clock dictum forbids, condor and sons Hetos and kaundach

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<v Speaker 1>about to predict and duns ladustup bin and vas druc

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<v Speaker 1>mensa Haastsla's the face stillack incopor to doom to the hour.

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<v Speaker 1>From then Nald and the Frower caches from carest for

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<v Speaker 1>seeing stump Brown met absorbed the black bloom, who can

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<v Speaker 1>ye now for hate esne on new Yar's carter to

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<v Speaker 1>copper four Sonat travails them at her hunt takes an

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<v Speaker 1>arm tiicte she was all ted orghan his ear from

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<v Speaker 1>the tway and who welds a whist the Bromwell Faker

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<v Speaker 1>belong wrecked Iner for hot poor Beard as a hemp

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<v Speaker 1>to help her Bloom howled and showlders up equated ned

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<v Speaker 1>Sona allus hings O snelled the jar sona zuchte and

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<v Speaker 1>tokham manard rek mad charter cake be happen nat filled

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<v Speaker 1>tight often Courtiechi sloudt tot the cosa had reck was

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<v Speaker 1>baying a lais the master character Warren all out for

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<v Speaker 1>court and the ses the overblafer ar a neat papaled

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<v Speaker 1>brom stale hey yield von character met in persol luktage

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<v Speaker 1>my newly ach dot or norluk the well had or

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<v Speaker 1>the character bladdered fool, the hay that drunk from the clock,

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<v Speaker 1>what dachie vondas four's son vas and open card met

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<v Speaker 1>in simple text lucer you are bloom trock resist Suzanne

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<v Speaker 1>well heel simple clak. The hay married is new of

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<v Speaker 1>neid says son of usperade kiss havone eats songs is

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<v Speaker 1>a beta on neat perfect design, bloom knicked the out

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<v Speaker 1>ain't look and packed and stample from the over blafer character. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>ye have treleag latvonhan met Norman vampiremi neut to overtod

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<v Speaker 1>slouting state has igna the casa the casir bon au

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<v Speaker 1>obtramer markhimlacht fling de luctum brom de cart near lefte

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<v Speaker 1>hey rakeing the smell of oprelucht dot hate obtained red

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<v Speaker 1>tons in our bout stopped and the cow de vinten

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<v Speaker 1>berhutte fool the broms oplucht bedunct sona don't say yaohpik

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<v Speaker 1>the Minster Charcter jay Hey saying Adam sifbar in the

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<v Speaker 1>frise lute, son of Glimlachte, Fulnar Kopis Ravone and vig

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<v Speaker 1>Earder Okay brom Lochte and Knikte dot below Vick Beethos

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<v Speaker 1>comes to King brom Mattin and the slack on persol,

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<v Speaker 1>the boat shopper of the carter the safer headas need

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<v Speaker 1>perfect Maratois Renaud d jar had leered dot So Snell, Humbler,

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<v Speaker 1>belongre istm Angelos, Trefle and zo Niar for Broum metivates

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<v Speaker 1>rap dot net alasper ficht huftuzin unto Jutuzain.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you

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<v Speaker 3>may have missed.

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<v Speaker 1>The clock ticked um forbid lick in the post contur

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<v Speaker 1>of aar Brum and son Ostmle.

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<v Speaker 3>The clock ticked inexorably in the post office where Brahm

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<v Speaker 3>and Shanna stood.

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<v Speaker 1>He To Tossenko de vinterdach and bow to Bedict and

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<v Speaker 1>Duna snail la tustup.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a cold winter day, and outside a thin

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<v Speaker 3>layer of snow covered the sidewalks.

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<v Speaker 1>Bin and vos a druc mensasties on lat's the face

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<v Speaker 1>to lick InKo put doun.

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<v Speaker 3>Inside. It was busy people hurried to do their last

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<v Speaker 3>festive shopping.

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<v Speaker 1>Tudhuur fondennal the and the fro the grecious for gerst

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<v Speaker 1>for see ring stone brom.

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<v Speaker 3>Blick amidst the scent of pine needles and the cheerful

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<v Speaker 3>remnants of Christmas decorations. Bram stood with a worried look.

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<v Speaker 1>Bloom, who can ye now for hatez n on Mure's

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<v Speaker 1>carter to.

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<v Speaker 3>Gob Brum, how could you forget to buy New Year's cards?

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<v Speaker 1>Four sontvels met her hunt ten armed Tikte.

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<v Speaker 3>Asked Shahna, tapping her hand against his arm.

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<v Speaker 1>Sivos Alte tornised from the tree and juvel sevist the

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<v Speaker 1>blumvel fac or blumbrekadina for hot poor beard a shm

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<v Speaker 1>to help.

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<v Speaker 3>She was always the organized one of the two, and

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<v Speaker 3>although she knew Brahm often forgot important things, she tried

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<v Speaker 3>to help him.

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<v Speaker 1>Bloom howl des ends how the.

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<v Speaker 3>Soup Brom shrugged equi ne son I don't know, Shauna.

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<v Speaker 1>Alas hing zo snelldjar.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything went so fast this year, son.

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<v Speaker 1>And tokh maindrich met carte.

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<v Speaker 3>Shan asighed and pulled him over to the card rack.

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<v Speaker 1>Cake they had been neat filted.

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<v Speaker 3>Look, we don't have much time, o.

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<v Speaker 1>Land courtiercie slow to se di cosa.

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<v Speaker 3>The register closes in fifteen minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>Hetrich frosby Nelli.

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<v Speaker 3>The rack was almost empty.

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<v Speaker 1>The master Carter Varron all out for courte and the

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<v Speaker 1>opsisty O for blev varn neat pbalt brom Stel.

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<v Speaker 3>Most of the cards were already sold out, and the

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<v Speaker 3>remaining options weren't exactly Bramese style.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey yield foncarte mete him perchol lukotage my new yeichluk.

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<v Speaker 3>He liked cards with a personal touch, but now that

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<v Speaker 3>seemed impossible.

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<v Speaker 1>Turvell heyedor de card to blather the fool the hey

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<v Speaker 1>de drucu fond cloak.

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<v Speaker 3>As he flipped through the cards, he felt the pressure

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<v Speaker 3>of the clock.

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<v Speaker 1>Vot dr chiefondees.

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<v Speaker 3>What about this one?

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<v Speaker 1>Four son, They isn't open card mat A simple text

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<v Speaker 1>ruluk you are.

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<v Speaker 3>Shauna asked, pointing to a card with a simple text

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<v Speaker 3>Happy New Year.

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<v Speaker 1>Bloon troczitt.

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<v Speaker 3>Brum made a face.

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<v Speaker 1>Suzanne ville heel simple clach de.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, they're so simple, he complained.

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<v Speaker 1>Marit is neu offnud say some of us bade.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's now or never. Shauna said, determinately, quis savone

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<v Speaker 3>eats just choose something sons is a beta omnet perfect desay.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes it's better not to be perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>Blum knicked out a look and bucked and staple from

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<v Speaker 1>the overble carte.

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<v Speaker 3>Brahm eventually nodded and grabbed a stack of the remaining cards.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, jeheb treleg. Okay, you're right, lat von m Let's

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<v Speaker 1>just go met nom ramparmi new to to overtaled slouting

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<v Speaker 1>state hastus as if nearder casa.

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<v Speaker 3>With only a few minutes left until closing time, they

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<v Speaker 3>rushed to the register.

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<v Speaker 1>The casir ba al obtram marchhim la freeing de l

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<v Speaker 1>tum brom de cart near lefte.

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<v Speaker 3>The cashier was already tidying up, but smiled kindly when

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<v Speaker 3>Brahm placed the card down.

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<v Speaker 1>Heyakn the smell off opret t'tte top tettrit.

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<v Speaker 3>He quickly paid, relieved that he had made it in time.

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<v Speaker 1>Tomsenarbou to stop the and the cow de vintemburute fool

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<v Speaker 1>de bromc.

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<v Speaker 3>As they stepped outside and the cold wind greeted them,

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<v Speaker 3>Brahm felt relieved, bedunct son, thanks, Shauna, don't say.

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<v Speaker 1>Yo hpicte mince the carte say hey, saying adam sichbar

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<v Speaker 1>in the frise lute.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks to you, I at least have cards, he said,

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<v Speaker 3>his breath visible in the fresh air.

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<v Speaker 1>Sonchlim Lochte. Shanna smiled fulnier COOPI servon and vag eardr

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<v Speaker 1>Okay next year, just by them a week earlier. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>blum Lochte and Knikute.

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<v Speaker 3>Brum laughed and nodded.

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<v Speaker 1>Dot bolofick I promise betos comst King Blum meetin and

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<v Speaker 1>the slough um persol look boats hop up the car

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<v Speaker 1>to Tesreef.

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<v Speaker 3>Once home, Bram immediately got to work on writing personal

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<v Speaker 3>messages in the cards.

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<v Speaker 1>Hetvos need perfect maretvos renaul.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't perfect, but it was enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Dit jar Hatte leered, dot so snell homdola bolongeiker is

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<v Speaker 1>dom ain de loos tree.

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<v Speaker 3>This year he had learned that sometimes acting quickly is

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<v Speaker 3>more important than endless pondering and.

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<v Speaker 1>Zho bhujar for brum metivates, rap dot net a las

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<v Speaker 1>perfict uftuzein unto hutu sein.

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<v Speaker 3>And so the new year began for Brahm with the

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<v Speaker 3>knowledge that not everything has to be perfect be good.

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<v Speaker 3>Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.

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<v Speaker 3>Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.

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<v Speaker 1>Um forbid, look um forbid, look um forbidd, look inexorably, stunle, stunlein,

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<v Speaker 1>stun stood, d luke, duluk, duke busy, has to hasten,

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<v Speaker 1>haste hurried, face to lookor face to looker, face to

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<v Speaker 1>loquor festive, InCoB incopen, incope, shopping, Where where where scent

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<v Speaker 1>dinanald and now the dinner nal, the pine needles, flow, look, flow,

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<v Speaker 1>look flow, look, cheerful, racious, racious, racious remnants, girst for searing,

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<v Speaker 1>gurst for searing, curst for seering, decorations, bersoorte bersoort, berzoort, worried,

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<v Speaker 1>organisiered organisier or honeysiered organizational. How does sensholders up? How

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<v Speaker 1>does ensholders up? How does ense holders up, shrugged, zurchte, zuurchte,

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<v Speaker 1>zuchte side cosa cossa, cossa, register, slouting, state slouting, state slouting, states,

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<v Speaker 1>closing time, bladder, bladerin, blade flipped through, DRUC druc, drug pressure, fosparade, fosparade, fastparade, determinately, guisu, kisin, guise, choose.

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<v Speaker 3>Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, obdo rama, obto roma, obdur rame, tidying.

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<v Speaker 1>Up, obrelucht oprelucht obrelucht relieved, berhutte, berhutte, bhute.

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<v Speaker 3>Greeted, guiness, guiness, guinnis, knowledge.

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<v Speaker 1>Tuefle tuefeln, tuefule.

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<v Speaker 3>Pondering, cleard cleared, cleard, learned, hondoleu hondele hande leu acting.

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