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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll discover how a last minute dash
Speaker 3: for New Year's cards turns into a heartfelt reminder that
Speaker 3: sometimes being good enough is perfectly perfect.
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Speaker 1: about to predict and duns ladustup bin and vas druc
Speaker 1: mensa Haastsla's the face stillack incopor to doom to the hour.
Speaker 1: From then Nald and the Frower caches from carest for
Speaker 1: seeing stump Brown met absorbed the black bloom, who can
Speaker 1: ye now for hate esne on new Yar's carter to
Speaker 1: copper four Sonat travails them at her hunt takes an
Speaker 1: arm tiicte she was all ted orghan his ear from
Speaker 1: the tway and who welds a whist the Bromwell Faker
Speaker 1: belong wrecked Iner for hot poor Beard as a hemp
Speaker 1: to help her Bloom howled and showlders up equated ned
Speaker 1: Sona allus hings O snelled the jar sona zuchte and
Speaker 1: tokham manard rek mad charter cake be happen nat filled
Speaker 1: tight often Courtiechi sloudt tot the cosa had reck was
Speaker 1: baying a lais the master character Warren all out for
Speaker 1: court and the ses the overblafer ar a neat papaled
Speaker 1: brom stale hey yield von character met in persol luktage
Speaker 1: my newly ach dot or norluk the well had or
Speaker 1: the character bladdered fool, the hay that drunk from the clock,
Speaker 1: what dachie vondas four's son vas and open card met
Speaker 1: in simple text lucer you are bloom trock resist Suzanne
Speaker 1: well heel simple clak. The hay married is new of
Speaker 1: neid says son of usperade kiss havone eats songs is
Speaker 1: a beta on neat perfect design, bloom knicked the out
Speaker 1: ain't look and packed and stample from the over blafer character. Okay,
Speaker 1: ye have treleag latvonhan met Norman vampiremi neut to overtod
Speaker 1: slouting state has igna the casa the casir bon au
Speaker 1: obtramer markhimlacht fling de luctum brom de cart near lefte
Speaker 1: hey rakeing the smell of oprelucht dot hate obtained red
Speaker 1: tons in our bout stopped and the cow de vinten
Speaker 1: berhutte fool the broms oplucht bedunct sona don't say yaohpik
Speaker 1: the Minster Charcter jay Hey saying Adam sifbar in the
Speaker 1: frise lute, son of Glimlachte, Fulnar Kopis Ravone and vig
Speaker 1: Earder Okay brom Lochte and Knikte dot below Vick Beethos
Speaker 1: comes to King brom Mattin and the slack on persol,
Speaker 1: the boat shopper of the carter the safer headas need
Speaker 1: perfect Maratois Renaud d jar had leered dot So Snell, Humbler,
Speaker 1: belongre istm Angelos, Trefle and zo Niar for Broum metivates
Speaker 1: rap dot net alasper ficht huftuzin unto Jutuzain.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: The clock ticked um forbid lick in the post contur
Speaker 1: of aar Brum and son Ostmle.
Speaker 3: The clock ticked inexorably in the post office where Brahm
Speaker 3: and Shanna stood.
Speaker 1: He To Tossenko de vinterdach and bow to Bedict and
Speaker 1: Duna snail la tustup.
Speaker 3: It was a cold winter day, and outside a thin
Speaker 3: layer of snow covered the sidewalks.
Speaker 1: Bin and vos a druc mensasties on lat's the face
Speaker 1: to lick InKo put doun.
Speaker 3: Inside. It was busy people hurried to do their last
Speaker 3: festive shopping.
Speaker 1: Tudhuur fondennal the and the fro the grecious for gerst
Speaker 1: for see ring stone brom.
Speaker 3: Blick amidst the scent of pine needles and the cheerful
Speaker 3: remnants of Christmas decorations. Bram stood with a worried look.
Speaker 1: Bloom, who can ye now for hatez n on Mure's
Speaker 1: carter to.
Speaker 3: Gob Brum, how could you forget to buy New Year's cards?
Speaker 1: Four sontvels met her hunt ten armed Tikte.
Speaker 3: Asked Shahna, tapping her hand against his arm.
Speaker 1: Sivos Alte tornised from the tree and juvel sevist the
Speaker 1: blumvel fac or blumbrekadina for hot poor beard a shm
Speaker 1: to help.
Speaker 3: She was always the organized one of the two, and
Speaker 3: although she knew Brahm often forgot important things, she tried
Speaker 3: to help him.
Speaker 1: Bloom howl des ends how the.
Speaker 3: Soup Brom shrugged equi ne son I don't know, Shauna.
Speaker 1: Alas hing zo snelldjar.
Speaker 3: Everything went so fast this year, son.
Speaker 1: And tokh maindrich met carte.
Speaker 3: Shan asighed and pulled him over to the card rack.
Speaker 1: Cake they had been neat filted.
Speaker 3: Look, we don't have much time, o.
Speaker 1: Land courtiercie slow to se di cosa.
Speaker 3: The register closes in fifteen minutes.
Speaker 1: Hetrich frosby Nelli.
Speaker 3: The rack was almost empty.
Speaker 1: The master Carter Varron all out for courte and the
Speaker 1: opsisty O for blev varn neat pbalt brom Stel.
Speaker 3: Most of the cards were already sold out, and the
Speaker 3: remaining options weren't exactly Bramese style.
Speaker 1: Hey yield foncarte mete him perchol lukotage my new yeichluk.
Speaker 3: He liked cards with a personal touch, but now that
Speaker 3: seemed impossible.
Speaker 1: Turvell heyedor de card to blather the fool the hey
Speaker 1: de drucu fond cloak.
Speaker 3: As he flipped through the cards, he felt the pressure
Speaker 3: of the clock.
Speaker 1: Vot dr chiefondees.
Speaker 3: What about this one?
Speaker 1: Four son, They isn't open card mat A simple text
Speaker 1: ruluk you are.
Speaker 3: Shauna asked, pointing to a card with a simple text
Speaker 3: Happy New Year.
Speaker 1: Bloon troczitt.
Speaker 3: Brum made a face.
Speaker 1: Suzanne ville heel simple clach de.
Speaker 3: Hey, they're so simple, he complained.
Speaker 1: Marit is neu offnud say some of us bade.
Speaker 3: But it's now or never. Shauna said, determinately, quis savone
Speaker 3: eats just choose something sons is a beta omnet perfect desay.
Speaker 3: Sometimes it's better not to be perfect.
Speaker 1: Blum knicked out a look and bucked and staple from
Speaker 1: the overble carte.
Speaker 3: Brahm eventually nodded and grabbed a stack of the remaining cards.
Speaker 1: Okay, jeheb treleg. Okay, you're right, lat von m Let's
Speaker 1: just go met nom ramparmi new to to overtaled slouting
Speaker 1: state hastus as if nearder casa.
Speaker 3: With only a few minutes left until closing time, they
Speaker 3: rushed to the register.
Speaker 1: The casir ba al obtram marchhim la freeing de l
Speaker 1: tum brom de cart near lefte.
Speaker 3: The cashier was already tidying up, but smiled kindly when
Speaker 3: Brahm placed the card down.
Speaker 1: Heyakn the smell off opret t'tte top tettrit.
Speaker 3: He quickly paid, relieved that he had made it in time.
Speaker 1: Tomsenarbou to stop the and the cow de vintemburute fool
Speaker 1: de bromc.
Speaker 3: As they stepped outside and the cold wind greeted them,
Speaker 3: Brahm felt relieved, bedunct son, thanks, Shauna, don't say.
Speaker 1: Yo hpicte mince the carte say hey, saying adam sichbar
Speaker 1: in the frise lute.
Speaker 3: Thanks to you, I at least have cards, he said,
Speaker 3: his breath visible in the fresh air.
Speaker 1: Sonchlim Lochte. Shanna smiled fulnier COOPI servon and vag eardr
Speaker 1: Okay next year, just by them a week earlier. Okay,
Speaker 1: blum Lochte and Knikute.
Speaker 3: Brum laughed and nodded.
Speaker 1: Dot bolofick I promise betos comst King Blum meetin and
Speaker 1: the slough um persol look boats hop up the car
Speaker 1: to Tesreef.
Speaker 3: Once home, Bram immediately got to work on writing personal
Speaker 3: messages in the cards.
Speaker 1: Hetvos need perfect maretvos renaul.
Speaker 3: It wasn't perfect, but it was enough.
Speaker 1: Dit jar Hatte leered, dot so snell homdola bolongeiker is
Speaker 1: dom ain de loos tree.
Speaker 3: This year he had learned that sometimes acting quickly is
Speaker 3: more important than endless pondering and.
Speaker 1: Zho bhujar for brum metivates, rap dot net a las
Speaker 1: perfict uftuzein unto hutu sein.
Speaker 3: And so the new year began for Brahm with the
Speaker 3: knowledge that not everything has to be perfect be good.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: Um forbid, look um forbid, look um forbidd, look inexorably, stunle, stunlein,
Speaker 1: stun stood, d luke, duluk, duke busy, has to hasten,
Speaker 1: haste hurried, face to lookor face to looker, face to
Speaker 1: loquor festive, InCoB incopen, incope, shopping, Where where where scent
Speaker 1: dinanald and now the dinner nal, the pine needles, flow, look, flow,
Speaker 1: look flow, look, cheerful, racious, racious, racious remnants, girst for searing,
Speaker 1: gurst for searing, curst for seering, decorations, bersoorte bersoort, berzoort, worried,
Speaker 1: organisiered organisier or honeysiered organizational. How does sensholders up? How
Speaker 1: does ensholders up? How does ense holders up, shrugged, zurchte, zuurchte,
Speaker 1: zuchte side cosa cossa, cossa, register, slouting, state slouting, state slouting, states,
Speaker 1: closing time, bladder, bladerin, blade flipped through, DRUC druc, drug pressure, fosparade, fosparade, fastparade, determinately, guisu, kisin, guise, choose.
Speaker 3: Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, obdo rama, obto roma, obdur rame, tidying.
Speaker 1: Up, obrelucht oprelucht obrelucht relieved, berhutte, berhutte, bhute.
Speaker 3: Greeted, guiness, guiness, guinnis, knowledge.
Speaker 1: Tuefle tuefeln, tuefule.
Speaker 3: Pondering, cleard cleared, cleard, learned, hondoleu hondele hande leu acting.
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