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Speaker 2: on the ice, where a spirited teen discovers newfound confidence
Speaker 2: amidst the shimmering holiday magic.
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Speaker 5: up before mere Afternhause states as Nemon's cake toch knew
Speaker 5: what momentar was foolded, the skrats a foot plot selingksvah
Speaker 5: An families and Stelechius scratched the hunt in hunt for
Speaker 5: bay lochand and signant. The sphere was full folk and
Speaker 5: warm unlongst the cow de Lerchte look full of the
Speaker 5: ogrevhan Emma and Noah open fricht off miss hind veldef
Speaker 5: on either rain of the drug as bahan Elka stop
Speaker 5: fool the ozen audarchin elke chlay osen test Marluke caught
Speaker 5: its paslaughter he must signed latter off Laider had haloud
Speaker 5: from Spail and the kindred and Bratton the Folozene where
Speaker 5: doctor Aftergrond dropped the wellhas if concentriato osen adam Ahlin
Speaker 5: Heiber long Sam Terrader the focus and ob the bevering
Speaker 5: the hot ovens Matzen oh Ralph slowered taken the wind
Speaker 5: Zetta has herself off and ripped over the ban long
Speaker 5: Sam Marsacre fontaise and Ritmatuurch the plank lay on for
Speaker 5: beaghammers for fat as snail, the omber varmers on smold
Speaker 5: Hey wild Emma tone that head come and ton Date
Speaker 5: had long Sam before has an armor on hog and
Speaker 5: spin in a super dry and peruett so as he
Speaker 5: alaine in sandroma d'urvdun the veld on'em haine for wachte
Speaker 5: from parseconde had ayes the lichte de manse others dry
Speaker 5: the summer in a practre held the circle turn the
Speaker 5: dry stopped cake herecht in the frosto or von Emma.
Speaker 5: The stone still met an open mont noah yechte and
Speaker 5: clapped the heart in San Honde head Ross also of
Speaker 5: the veld and seconder still stormed, and either rain Hatau
Speaker 5: was releaised for its bizomblers look for the envarmer route
Speaker 5: in senhart Emma km nahemtu met en ju to himler
Speaker 5: o parsicht that was hevelde Luke rips trots in her
Speaker 5: stem for the earst sachai haines septi sismo of spot
Speaker 5: in her own alayne respect, and the wandering had fooled
Speaker 5: ozen knuffel an onzif bar on helsing deven bond for
Speaker 5: staracter look hot need alaine Emma's respect, Ravona mar belongreker
Speaker 5: no for traun in herself the aphant of the acebaan
Speaker 5: fronder the alis helfool i ain't le craisine so as
Speaker 5: hey wilder dots and family hemzach farther self for the
Speaker 5: acred and relift and thevel the snail zach bonto valahonte
Speaker 5: for licht acebam. This tay, the Ditzler said, berhinvos.
Speaker 2: Let's take another. Listen, listen closely to any part you
Speaker 2: may have missed.
Speaker 5: The hell the relieft both the acebam switted austerere and
Speaker 5: the cowd of internacht.
Speaker 2: The bright lights above the skating rink shimmered like stars
Speaker 2: in the cold winter night.
Speaker 5: Hetos kerst miss end luchtros refult metuzuta hour from warmacha
Speaker 5: cola de de milk and fierce rebacco oliboul.
Speaker 2: It was Christmas and the air was filled with the
Speaker 2: sweet scent of hot chocolate and freshly baked oli.
Speaker 5: Bowling Luke an oontiner stole samidzenfamili and ronte from the
Speaker 5: ace bahn Luke.
Speaker 2: An awkward teenager stood with his family at the edge
Speaker 2: of the rink.
Speaker 5: Zen audrezus Emma alta it full zelfertau marked rop ov
Speaker 5: wuhe Alta strangled over sen Erafutu.
Speaker 2: His older sister, Emma, always full of confidence, joked about
Speaker 2: how he always tripped over his own.
Speaker 5: Feet hunclay Neborchi Noah cake for bevon lringnadis Ratzer's di
Speaker 5: mutilos over it. As said.
Speaker 2: Their little brother, Noah watched in awe at the skaters
Speaker 2: gliding effortlessly over the ice.
Speaker 5: Luc sur te dip.
Speaker 2: Look sighed deeply.
Speaker 5: Dit vos seen consom emma te lat zin de'l temr
Speaker 5: condo sdart.
Speaker 2: This was his chance to show Emma that he could
Speaker 2: do more than she thought.
Speaker 5: Huvel hey fak locht on le bla regis cnachted alted Erchens.
Speaker 2: Although he often laughed off the teasing, it always nodded him.
Speaker 5: Hey, how's heart offant up at before mere achtern house
Speaker 5: states osniemand Cake.
Speaker 2: He had practiced hard on the frozen lake behind their
Speaker 2: house every time when no one was looking to.
Speaker 5: Knew it moment there was foolded the Srats as a
Speaker 5: futa plotzling svar am.
Speaker 2: Yet now, at the moment of truth, the skates on
Speaker 2: his feet suddenly felt heavy.
Speaker 5: FAM's and stelichus hats to hunt in hunt forbet la
Speaker 5: hunt ensignens.
Speaker 2: Families and couples skated hand in hand past them, laughing
Speaker 2: and singing.
Speaker 5: The sphere vos floated en warmed uloungst the cow del'uchte.
Speaker 2: The atmosphere was cheerful and warm, despite the cold air.
Speaker 5: Luke foolded o from Emma and Noah OpEM richt.
Speaker 2: Luke felt the eyes of Emma and Noah on him off.
Speaker 5: Miss hine veldefon iiderin opta drug asbahm.
Speaker 2: Or maybe even those of everyone on the busy rink.
Speaker 5: Elka stop fool the usen au daring. Every step felt
Speaker 5: like a challenge, elche play osen test, every glide like
Speaker 5: a test. Marlu caught its baslot.
Speaker 2: But Luke had decided something. Hey must if need lad aflaide,
Speaker 2: he must not be distracted head haloud from Spael and
Speaker 2: the kindre and braten the flossene vito an trodrugt devel
Speaker 2: hesef concentrido upsen adam ahli. The sound of playing children
Speaker 2: and chatting adults faded into the background as he focused
Speaker 2: on his breathing.
Speaker 5: Hey bohol long sam terrede si focused obtur beveching the
Speaker 5: head hoophens.
Speaker 2: He began to skate, slowly, concentrating on the movements he
Speaker 2: had practiced.
Speaker 5: Metzen oh rolf ruslow tefn de vindt zeta. Hees herself
Speaker 5: off and flipped over the barn.
Speaker 2: With his eyes half shielded against the wind. He pushed
Speaker 2: off and slipped across the rink.
Speaker 5: Lung sam marsacre fonteisen rit mature.
Speaker 2: Slowly but surely he found his rhythm again.
Speaker 5: The blarey if anfourblamers for fat, I'll snail the umbervarmersun smold.
Speaker 2: The teasing of passers by faded like snow melting under
Speaker 2: a warm sun.
Speaker 5: Hey wild Emma toon de'lte come. He wanted to show
Speaker 5: Emma that he could do it, and toun deteye it,
Speaker 5: and then he did it. Lung sam bevoesen arma um
Speaker 5: and spin in a super dry empiute sols alaine in
Speaker 5: sendro ma der for doun.
Speaker 2: Slowly he moved his arms up and spun in a
Speaker 2: smooth turn, a pirouette he had only dared to do
Speaker 2: in his dreams.
Speaker 5: De virot om ain for varte from parsecumde.
Speaker 2: The world around him blurred for a few seconds.
Speaker 5: Head aes de lichte de mense Allas dried. The sama
Speaker 5: in prat held a.
Speaker 2: Circle, the ice, the lights, the people all spun together
Speaker 2: in a beautiful, bright circle.
Speaker 5: Doun the dry stopped ca carecht in the frosto o
Speaker 5: von Emma.
Speaker 2: When the spin stopped, he looked straight into the surprised
Speaker 2: eyes of Emma.
Speaker 5: Seston still met an ope Monde.
Speaker 2: She stood still, her mouth agape.
Speaker 5: Noah jeerte and clubbed a heart in sen honle.
Speaker 2: Noah cheered and clapped his hands hard.
Speaker 5: Hed Los also off the veiled, and Secunde still stumed,
Speaker 5: and ider Reintaro was waised for its bizumlers.
Speaker 2: It was as if the world had stood still for
Speaker 2: a second and everyone had witnessed something special.
Speaker 5: Luke fooled the envarmerut in Enhart.
Speaker 2: Luke felt a warm glow in his heart.
Speaker 5: Emma kom narhemtu met ho to him La of Bartsicht.
Speaker 2: Emma came up to him with a big smile on
Speaker 2: her face. Delt vos velde Luke, that was amazing. Luke
Speaker 2: reps thoughts in her stem. She exclaimed, pride in her voice, food.
Speaker 5: Earst sahin septi sismo of spot in her oh aline
Speaker 5: respect emblonling.
Speaker 2: For the first time, he saw no skepticism or mockery
Speaker 2: in her eyes, only respect and admiration.
Speaker 5: Had fooled the OSome knuffel an ouldzichbaro um helsingivembuond for stagte.
Speaker 2: It felt like a hug, an invisible embrace that strength
Speaker 2: than their bond.
Speaker 5: Luke caught nit a lain Emma's respect, travonne mar blongre
Speaker 5: kern fertraun in herself.
Speaker 2: Luke had one not only Emma as respect, but more
Speaker 2: importantly confidence in himself.
Speaker 5: The afont p de esbam frondo de allis.
Speaker 2: That evening on the rink changed everything.
Speaker 5: Hel fool desire ain't le creusine. So I'll say vilde
Speaker 5: del sinfoni, dihmza third zelfer zacret and fricht.
Speaker 2: He finally felt seen in the way he wanted his
Speaker 2: family to see him, skilled, confident and loved.
Speaker 5: Enterval de snail, zach bauhontefala nte, frichte aisbam via del
Speaker 5: ditzler s bhinvos.
Speaker 2: And as the snow began to fall gently around the
Speaker 2: illuminated rink, he knew this was only the beginning.
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.
Speaker 5: In English, stride, swriterden slitter, shimmered on hondre, on hondre, onandre, awkward, struggled, struggled, struggled, tripped, conachte, conachte, canarchte,
Speaker 5: nod for warte, for wahden for wachte, faded bi ruete,
Speaker 5: b ruete, birruette, pureuet umhelsing umhelsing umhelsing embraceding b wondering,
Speaker 5: the wundering, admiration zell for the acret Zell for the
Speaker 5: acret zell for the acret confident, effortlessly, effortlessly, effortlessly, mutelous, septi, sisma, septi,
Speaker 5: sisma septisism, skepticism, flow, look, flow, look, throw, look, cheerful, consentire, consentire, consentire, concentrating, Ritma, ritma, rithm, rhythm,
Speaker 5: clay clay flay guide for varden for warden for wade, drifted,
Speaker 5: duv duerfen duerv there, ruteau, rudau, rutau, witnessed for roster,
Speaker 5: forluster for luster, surprised, glut flute, rut glow BoNT BoNT
Speaker 5: borand band trotz trotz, trots proud bla reichus bla reichius
Speaker 5: la regus, teasing, zifbarre onziv barra, zichtbarre unseen, audarin au daring, audharching,
Speaker 5: challenging for luster, for luster, for luster, surprisingly, smelt smelt, smelt,
Speaker 5: melt before, beforeen before froth, yorte, yorte, yeoorte, cheered umhelzing
Speaker 5: umhelzing umhelsing embracing.
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